Skeptics point to the fact that Adam lived until he was 930 years old (see Gen. 5:5) and claim that he did not die “the day” he ate the forbidden fruit. Just as physical death occurs when our soul separates from our body, spiritual death occurs when our soul is separated from God. Adam was unique in that when he was created, God breathed His Spirit into him, giving Adam spiritual life—so he could know and relate to His Creator. But Ezek. 18:4 tells us, “The soul that sins shall die.” Because God is so holy that He cannot abide with sin (Psa. 5:4; Hab. 1:13), He withdrew His Holy Spirit from Adam when he disobeyed, and Adam died spiritually at that very moment.
Genesis 2:17 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.
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He didnt fall down dead that moment, but just as a cut flower, separated from its source, may retain it’s appearance for a time, yet that flower is still dead from the moment it is cut off. likewise, man was cut off from God when he sinned. he lost his life when he sinned. that is how I explain it to my kids. death began working in his body from that instant. the cut flower is dead, even though it looks pretty and smells pretty. in a short while, the result of the cutting off is evident.
How you put it, Wanda, is how I have often seen it, but do also see it as Ray put it, that our soul dies, that we do not know our Spiritual Father and deserve to be cut off from him for eternity.
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