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of Eden and could 'eat' (partake) of anything without exception from God's
spiritual perspective (Gen 1:28-30) and were men as they had the characteristic of
dominion (Gen 1:26, Psalm 8:6). They can, could and should have partaken of
Christ, the Tree of Life which incorporates, fulfils and ends, as the way to
righteousness, the Law (Mat 5:17, Rom 10:4) which is the Tree of the knowledge
of good and evil and of death (Gen 2:17, Rom 3:20, 4:15, 7:7, 13). Death was and
is appropriated individually by (evolved) men, individual by individual (Rom 3:10,
20, 5:12, 10:3), by their own sin in choosing to continue under the Law (Psalm
58:3, Rom 2:12-15, 3:10, 20, 4:15, 10:3). The evolved men were under the Law-in-
spiirt-and-flesh from inception following Lucifer's fall contaminating the earth
(Psalm 51;5, Rev 12:4, 12) and Genesis 1:29-31 is a prophecy about how the Law
can be 'eaten' or accomodated by Salvation - see tenth paragraph later on. However
as sin is individual the spiritual emphasis is parabolically placed upon Mankind as
being one Man (Gen 5:1-2, Rom 5:12, 17, 19). Also there must have been the first
evolved man, as adjudged by God and this man sinned (Rom 5:12). The evolved
men sinned (and sin today) from inception by continuing under the Law (Gen 2:17,
3:5, 22, 5:1-2, 12-13, Psalm 51:5, Rom 10:3, Rev 12:4, 12).

The parabolical Adam, single and male only (initially), is contrasted to the above
by his being placed only in a Garden (Gen 2:8) and being told he should not eat all
fruits without exception (Gen 2:17) in accordance with the duality principle.

The first men, evolved on a planet (see Earth - Gen 1:28, Heb 1:2), were capable of
believing in Christ and receiving eternal life from Christ (Gen 1:29, 2:9, Rom 1:20)
the Life (John 11:25, Rev 21:24, 22:2, 19) which is eternal life (Gen 3:22). Man,
as a sinful man, had to die in order to cease sinning (Rom 6:7) and so that sin
might be openly manifested for what it is (Rom 7:13). By these two means
Salvation was encouraged in accordance with the prime principle (Rom 8:20).
This is why Christians freed from their sin should appropriate, see Chapter 2 (Rom
8:19). A sinful but immortal Adam (Mankind) could not have been redeemed by
the vicarious death of Christ (Rom 5:15-16, 6:3, 6-7). Angels too are not immortal
in that they face the second death at the final judgement unless saved, albeit that
this is a form of living death which is another msterious antinomy, (Rev 14:11,
20:15). Angels need salvation (Rev 20:15).

To receive Salvation is an iterative process of seeking and finding steps (Mat 7:7-
10, Luke 11: 9-10) which could and should always commence in a search for God
by all men who have ever existed (Rom 1:20).