Now that I have your attention:"The truth shall set you free". Does that mean free from death?

Question

At one time man was immortal. Then something went wrong. Without some record we would never have a clue. I believe that Genesis is a message sent from the past to the present to tell people what went wrong and what can be done about it. I believe that I alone have discovered the meaning of an ancient document. I believe that a murder was commited in paradise. Nothing like that had ever happened before. As a punishment for that we were sentenced to death forever collectively. I know that there was a provision made to eventually receive clemency. I know several aborted attempts were made. The story of Jesus was one such attempt. The record of other attempts verify that my concept is true. The problem arizes because no human could replace Abel. Therefore universal law must be relied on. Murder is a legal issue. The answers lay in the requirements to legally received clemency in a capital case. If I am wrong and do not have your attention. Go ahead and die. Who cares. It is your choice.

Answer 1

The entire scripture reads, " And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32 Jesus was speaking to the Jews about who He was and explaining what His mission was. If you are going to quote scripture don't try to twist it to suit your own purpose. Search the scriptures to understand what they are saying.

No one is exempt from a physical death, however everyone is exempt from a spiritual death providing they seek God and repent of sin. Jesus spoke of this truth to Nicodemus in John 3:1-7: "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

When someone is born a natural birth they will die twice, a physical and spiritual death, however, when they are born twice, a physical and spiritual birth then they die only once a physical death. Spiritual death is eternal separation from God our creator.

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Answer 2

I was involved in a cult. They had a long list of do's and don'ts. After I got out of it, I had what some would call a spiritual epiphany. A lot of good stuff that God revealed to me. Religion is man made with a lot of rules that do nothing for our salvation. Religion and Eastern philosophies that advocate enlightenment and different steps up a spiritual ladder are useless. Nobody can ever make God love them by their good deeds. God loves us just the way we are, faults and all. We don't have to study at the feet of a master or climb remote mountains to visit some monastery. God is right next to us and always has been. All we have to do is reach out to him. Christ came into this world, led a perfectly sinless life for us, and paid the price for our sins on the cross. We can sit back and relax, confident in the knowledge that it has all been done. There's nothing anybody could ever do to top that. This knowledge frees us from rules and gives us a peace of mind. We no longer fear death. We know we are going to heaven when we die because of our faith in him. This is what real freedom is all about and what this verse means.

Answer 3

And what if someone tells you that you are in error? You begin with a premise you cannot prove; that man was at one time immortal.

Man was made of the dust of the ground; physical, subject to eventual decay.

When Adam and Eve sinned, they were told ahead of time they would die "in that day".

So your understanding of death from God's perspective is flawed. They did "die." This death according to God, is separation from God where one is dead in their sins:

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Eternal life is described by Christ as knowing God and Him. Eternal life is being one with God, and no longer separated from God.

I see a smug pride in your writings that comes from believing you have knowledge none others have. This sort of thing effectively cuts out all outside influences to the contrary. One should always be careful when they conclude something and believe it to be unique and uniquely revealed to them. It plays into an ego that is easily inflated.

It is those who place their faith in Christ who will be saved, and there is no boasting in this by anyone, for anyone can believe the gospel. Going beyond faith, trust, assurance in Christ is a dangerous thing.

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Answer 4

1 Corinthians 15:29
As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

It is simple really, all mankind dies and all mankind is resurrected. We know the wages of sin is death and that all men have sinned. The only one who hasn't and death had no right to him, was Jesus Christ, he laid down his life willingly and was able to take it up again.