To say that God created Adam mortal in body is to mar scriptural comprehension and add to the word what is not there. What I mean is that we are going to receive immortal bodies according to
1 Cor 15. Saying that Adam was created mortal is to say that had he not sinned, we'd never get immortal bodies. And if man's soul and spirit were already immortal, just leaving the body mortal, then what benefit would the fruit of life give to man? Are you saying the fruit of life would make man's body immortal?
The fruit of Life must be understood as the antithesis of the forbidden fruit. The forbidden would give death and the fruit of life would give life. If the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil only brought spiritual death, since man would already die physically with or without the forbidden fruit, then only spiritual LIFE would be gained from the fruit of Life. And what is spiritual life? The opposite of spiritual life is obviously spiritual death, which is separation from God, right? But that means the fruit of life had nothing to add to Adam (unless you claim it was physical immortality) than what Adam already had, because Adam had a relationship with God and was not alienated from him in spiritual death.
So you have to tell us what you think the fruit of life would benefit Adam. There's currently too many gaps in what you've stated to be able to respond thoroughly to your thoughts.
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