3. What revealed to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that the life they had been given came from God? Genesis 2:9.
NOTE: ‘The fruit of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden possessed supernatural virtue. To eat of it was to live forever. Its fruit was the antidote of death. Its leaves were for the sustaining of life and immortality. . . . The tree of life was a type of the one great Source of immortality. Of Christ it is written, “In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.” He is the fountain of life. Obedience to Him is the life-giving, vivifying power that gladdens the soul. Through sin, man shut himself off from access to the tree of life. Now, life and immortality are brought to light through Jesus Christ.’ Medical Ministry, page 233.
4. After Adam and Eve sinned, how did God show them that immortality had been lost by them? Genesis 3:22-24.
NOTE: ‘In the midst of Eden grew the tree of life, whose fruit had the power of perpetuating life. Had Adam remained obedient to God, he would have continued to enjoy free access to this tree and would have lived forever. But when he sinned, he was cut off from partaking of the tree of life, and he became subject to death. The divine sentence, “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return,” points to the utter extinction of life. Immortality, promised to man on condition of obedience, had been forfeited by transgression. Adam could not transmit to his posterity that which he did not possess.’ Great Controversy, pages 532-533.