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Gensis 2:16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” We clearly read that God is promising DEATH through this one commandment. This is a law of sin and death. God never promised LIFE through a system of works. Romans 8:2 "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."

Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. The Old Covenant given by Moses on Mt. Sinai is a yoke of bondage to sin and death. Do not submit again to bondage for Christ has made us free forever!! IT IS FINISHED!!

Hebrews 8:6-7 “But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.” V. 13 “In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” Sin and death have come to AN END and are not ever increasing with Christ's death. (Heb. 9:15; Luke 22:37; Luke 24:44; Eph. 2:14-15; Gal. 4:21-25; 5:1) IT IS FINISHED FOREVER!!

Galatians 3:15-19 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.

God was not pleased when we failed to believe Him since he loves us and wants us to be alive unto him. Gen. 3:11 And He said, … Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” And Verse 13. And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And verse 14 “So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this,…” Rom. 8:6-8: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 2 Cor. 15:14-15 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

1 Cor. 15:45: And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. God gave the free gift of the Holy Spirit to Adam in Gen. 2:7 making him in God’s image this way. The law is not the image of God, but is only a shadow. Heb. 10:1 “For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.” God only gave the law of sin and death to Adam which was “Do not eat or you will die”. Rom. 8:3-4 “For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Adam and Eve were to believe God so that they would stay alive. They freely chose death.

The apostle Paul would ask the Assembly. “Since God never gave a law that could give life according to his inspired word and testified by Paul in Galatians 3:21 and the law of Moses did not exist until over 2,300 years after the death of Adam or 430 years after Abraham, why would or how could God extract this law back in time and give it to Adam to obey and promise him life upon the fulfillment of it? We should test all things with the word of God which is the only and final standard that we have for faith and life.