I AM

I AM : M. M. Ninan
But we need to go a step further. Sin has alienated man from God.
It is this alienation that eventually leads to death.
In Genesis 2:15–17 God told man concerning the fruit of the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil "in the day you eat thereof you will
surely die." Man and woman ate of the fruit; did they die that day?
Amazingly, most people will say "No!" because Adam and Eve did
not die physically after they ate the forbidden fruit. But this is not
the whole story.
The Argument usually presented is: " If Adam and Eve did not die
the day they ate, then Satan told the truth and God lied! God said
you would die in the day you eat, Satan said you will not surely
die, Genesis 3:1ff. Who told the truth to Adam and Eve? Unless one
can find Adam and Eve physically dead in Genesis 2–3 then the
death they died was spiritual and not physical!" This may sound
simple logic. But is it?
For one thing, "on that day " does not even imply a 24-hour day.
Even today Arabic word "Yom" is used to denote a time span. Even
in English language common use, it implies a period only. It
simply means because of the disobedience, death will come on you.
Only a legalistic hermeneutics will permit a 24-hour day period.
Elsewhere Peter makes this concept clear.
2 Pet 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a
day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Peter was talking about the second coming of our Lord.
How long did Adam live?
Gen 5:5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
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