God commanded "THE MAN" concerning the consequence
of partaking of THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT (Genesis 2:16-17)
That CONSEQUENCE was PHYSICAL DEATH (5:12),
i.e. "THOU SHALT SURELY DIE" (Genesis 2:16-17) - Hebrew, literally ("DYING YE SHALL DIE"), EMPHASIZING the
CERTAINTY of the predicted event, i.e. a PHYSICAL WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE as indicated by the context in each case of
where this Divine pronouncement is made
God to Abimelech, "THOU SHALT SURELY DIE" (Genesis 20:6-8)
God to the wicked, "THOU SHALT SURELY DIE" (Ezekiel 3:16-19)
God CLOTHED our DISOBEDIENT first parents WITH the SKINS
OF a SLAIN ANIMAL (Genesis 3:20-21) - the FIRST OCCURRENCE of SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT (Isaiah 53:6-8,10)
The PROMISED PENALTY - IMMEDIATE ("IN
THE DAY") DEATH ("THOU SHALT SURELY DIE"),Hebrew
("DYING YE SHALL DIE"), i.e. an INFLICTED PHYSICAL DEATH (Genesis 20:6-8; II Kings 1:4-6; Ezekiel 3:16-19)
The PROMISED PENALTY did NOT fall on Adam and Eve PERSONALLY,
BUT on a SUBSTITUTE, i.e. on the ANIMAL God slew - whose "COATS OF SKINS" CLOTHED the TRANSGRESSORS (Genesis 3:20-21)
The PROMISED PENALTY would fall PERSONALLY on the PROMISED
REDEEMER (Genesis 3:14-15)
Thus, for "SINFUL flesh" (8:3) -
"the life of the flesh is in the BLOOD" (Leviticus 17:11) and, therefore, it is "the SHEDDING of BLOOD" (Hebrews 9:22)
that is the PURGING of SINS (Hebrews 1:3)
Christ's ACT of OBEDIENCE was His ACT of RIGHTEOUSNESS
(5:18),
i.e. His SUBMISSION to the PARTAKING of His FATHER'S "CUP" (Matthew 26:39,42,44):
The PARTAKING of His FATHER'S "CUP" was the
SHEDDING of His BLOOD "for the REMISSION of SINS" (Matthew 26:27-28)
WHEN that "HOUR" was COME, He DRINKS the VINEGAR
("sour WINE") and IMMEDIATELY DIES (Matthew 27:46-50) as the TRUE and FOREORDAINED LAMB (Revelation 13:8 cf. Isaiah 53:7,10) and "FORTHWITH came there out BLOOD and water" (John 19:34)
The "ACT" - BEFORE and AFTER:
ADAM and EVE (BEFORE the FALL) - NO BLOOD (Genesis 2:23)
CHRIST (BEFORE the CROSS) - "WATER ONLY" (I John 5:6),
i.e. NO BLOOD (John 1:13**)
** NOT "WHICH WERE", i.e. BELIEVERS (John 1:12),
BUT "WHO WAS", i.e. "the WORD ... MADE FLESH"(John 1:1,14)
CHRIST (AFTER the RESURRECTION) - NO BLOOD (Luke 24:39)
The "ACT" - Conclusion:
We as "children are PARTAKERS of flesh and BLOOD"
(Hebrews 2:14) - "PARTAKERS" (Greek, "KOINONEO"),
i.e. shared by DISTRIBUTION (PASSED DOWN)
CHRIST, He also Himself TOOK PART of the same" (Hebrews 2:14)
- "PARTAKERS" (Greek, "METECHO"), i.e. participate by INGESTION
(EATING, DRINKING)
ADAM and EVE PARTOOK of "the pure
(WINE red) BLOOD of the GRAPE" (Deuteronomy 32:14) by EATING (Genesis 3:6) and spawned a BLOOD race, i.e. one which is "SINFUL" (8:3)
and subject to "CORRUPTION" (I Corinthians 15:50)
** a "DAY" is reckoned from SUNSET TO SUNSET (Genesis 1:5); He gave His disciples to drink at START OF DAY(AFTER SUNSET) and He drinks at SAME DAY'S END(BEFORE SUNSET)
CHRIST became "SIN" for us (II Corinthians 5:21)
"in His own BODY on the TREE" (I Peter 2:24) that "He by the GRACE of God should taste should taste DEATH
for EVERY MAN" (Hebrews 2:9)