Prophecy in
But the LORD God warned him, 'You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.'
Context
God places Adam in the Garden of Eden and gives him a command regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Fulfillment
partial
Fulfilled inGenesis 3:6-19
The immediate consequence of eating the fruit was spiritual death and eventual physical death, as seen in the fall of man and the curse pronounced in Genesis 3.
Theological significance
This prophecy introduces the concept of sin and death entering the world through disobedience, setting the stage for the need for redemption and the promise of salvation through Jesus Christ.
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