I liked your reference to "in the garden". In your discussion of "the garden of Eden", the consequence is deadly - rotting DEATH. When Adam sins, the LORD's question, "where are you?" is the question of a parent who needs to present the LAW to the child who thinks he/she is hiding. You cannot escape the consequence. But when the LORD "passes over former sins", He delays the consequence. So "on that day", Adam is dead, but the LORD is not finished. You're already DEAD but He creates a LIFE after DEATH.
I liked your reference to "in the garden".
In your discussion of "the garden of Eden", the consequence is deadly - rotting DEATH.
When Adam sins, the LORD's question, "where are you?"
is the question of a parent who needs to present the LAW to the child who thinks he/she is hiding.
You cannot escape the consequence.
But when the LORD "passes over former sins", He delays the consequence.
So "on that day", Adam is dead,
but the LORD is not finished.
You're already DEAD but He creates a LIFE after DEATH.