Perry, This sounds very good, and I agree with what it says--but I am not the author. I woiuld guess David H wrote it. Blaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] [TruthTalk Digest]
> > >Blain wrote:: > >.......Does that answer your question, Laura? Now let me ask you a > >couple.......IF Adam had not transgressed, he would have been immortal. > >I assume you agree with that? Then, do you believe immortal men and > >women can have children? Now let me take it a step further......suppose > >Eve had partaken of the FF and had fallen, but Adam had not transgressed > >and remained immortal. Do you think Adam (being in a higher state of > >immortality) could have had children with Eve (in a lower state of > >mortality)? > > If I may interject, neither Adam nor Eve were physically immortal to start > with. The death that God was talking about was spiritual death! Recall that > they were bannished from the garden so they would not partake of the tree of > life and, thus, live forever in a fallen and unredeemable state. Kicking > them out of the garden was an act of mercy, to remove them from the presence > of the tree of life, thus allowing them to be remain redeemable. > > Gen 3:22b-24 ...and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the > tree of life, and eat, and live for ever; 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him > forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. > 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden > Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of > the tree of life. > > Perry > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! > http://shopping.msn.com/softcontent/softcontent.aspx?scmId=1418 > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
