"..Thou Shalt Surely Die"

In God’s communication with Adam, God oriented the first human to the rules of life. The only reservation which God made to Adam is recorded in Genesis 2. Genesis 2: 16, 17: And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day [not a day, but in that very day ] that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. In the beginning there was only one who was above Adam, and that was God. Except for God, Adam was the supreme being. As earth’s ruler, Adam had only one “hands-off’ stipulation with the consequence being “...for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” In the beginning, the spirit in man made it possible for God to talk to him and for man, in turn, to talk to God. The natural man of body and soul only has his five senses whereby to acquire knowledge. In contrast, the first man not only could acquire knowledge through his five senses, but he could also attain knowledge through his communication with God, made possible by the spirit from God within him. Adam had two ways whereby he could know things, and he had the freedom of will to choose whether he was going to gather knowledge by his five senses or by spirit – God’s speaking to him. When God created spirit within man, man had perfect fellowship, perfect communion, with the Creator at all times. Adam also had supreme power on earth over that which God gave him dominion. Genesis 1:26: ...Let them [man] have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth.... Adam had dominion over all God’s creation because God had given him this dominion; and as long as Adam walked by the spirit, he had perfect fellowship with God. But the moment Adam let his senses rule over his mind and body instead of walking by the spirit, calamity resulted. Why? Because then he was no longer God-ruled. Adam had the option of wa