Here is the main point of the OP...
Deuteronomy 4:2
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."
How should we interpret Genesis 2:17?
So far we have...
- Spiritual Death
- Began to die
- Death is certain
Did we miss any?
Gen 2:
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17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Going back 6,000 years...
First man, Adult body, Limited knowledge, as a little child who has entered the world, with no experience, history, examples to consider.
The concept is the same how we treat and Direct a babe/child...love, tender, comfort, teach good, give them what is ok for them, then warn what they shouldn't have or do, stand back observe, intervene.
It's WHAT we warn ABOUT, that is puzzling...
* don't touch an outlet, it could kill you.
* don't God near the stairs, you could die.
* don't go near the Street, you could die.
It's puzzling ... Because they know not what killed is, or how or why, that is something they could get...and what it would mean IF they got killed.
Advancing in Scripture, we find, a man's experience with Death, and more knowledge given them.
Body, grows, knowledge, wisdom increases, aging, Energy, power, decreases.
Death- cecession of Bodily life. Beginning to Stink, Rot, Decay. Cover with dirt. Uncovered? Flesh, gone, bones still can be seen.
Learning...Body Dies...But something within the man does not die...what is that? What becomes of that something, when the body dies?
Now, with a history of 6,000 years And more
Knowledge...
God has (seeds).
From Gods seeds...things develop when planted.
The thing, that develops, is given a body, as God CREATES (forms).
The thing, is given Life, from Gods Breath, that MAKES (Alive)
God called the thing, by a description.
The Created thing- from a seed- planted- dust
Created Form- called Body
Body- called man(KIND) of thing.
Made Alive- with Gods Breath
Body's Life- called Blood
Soul's Life- called Gods Breath
Body + Soul Together called...an Alive Living man KIND of thing.
Body Dies- body's Life (blood) dies-
(Returns to Dust)
Gods Breath is Gods, is God, God is not subject to Death.
God does not Live in Dead things.
Gods Life in the soul, departs ... (leaves body)
leaves what?
A dead body? No
A Dying body? Yes
And Where does this Soul with Gods Breath IN it Go?
Depends ON Era in the generations of ancient man...and men who have lived, establishing, history, knowledge, experience...and men of later generations, "who" pay attention and become WISE, from the knowledge, history and experiences of Ancient men.
The Body does...men can see, smell, and quickly Cover a
dead body in dirt.
The LIVING Soul, departs the Body...
• Goes to where God SENDS it, to a place God has prepared.
* to a place (similar) to the Garden of Eden...
(The first man Was Created Outside of the Garden...then PUT/sent) into the Garden, with God)
Same concept with the departed Living Soul.
Sent to a place, of comfort, good, (the life sustaining TREE OF LIFE Present).
(This is...Called...Paradise)
This IS where the Departed Living Souls Are SENT, of Body's, that Believed IN God)
And the bodies of men....that Did NOT, believe in God?
Where do their DEPARTED Living SOULS GO?
(Separated ...from God in Bodily Life...)
Also Their Departed Living Souls ...Sent to a place Separated from God, (and His comforts and goodness).
"Any Separation" from God, Is "called" a Death.
"A" Body without blood flowing, results in a bodily death.
"a" Living soul, without God, is called a Death.
To date...many bodies have died.
Many bodies are Alive, physically, but separated from God, thus Dead.
All Souls, in or departed from bodies... are Still Living Souls...
Some With God,
Some separated from God.
It's ORDER and WAY concerning DEATH, pertaining to every single individual man.
Physical (SEEN) Death and Spiritual (UNSEEN) Death.
Glory to God,
Taken
