In fact, without it no one could have a personal relationship with God. Or have eternal life and immortality. The Genesis account that speaks to the events that happened in the garden begins with instructions from God to Adam to show him what it would take for him to remain there. God also told him what would happen when he did not live up to those instructions. Afterward God made Eve to be a helpmeet for Adam. And they lived in the garden until the day that they chose to use God’s instructions in a way they had not done previously. By eating the fruit that God told them would bring their death. What they didn’t know, because God did not tell them, was that they were created mortal. They were also flesh and blood with no spiritual part in