> Mike: John,  but wasn't Adam's relationship conditional in a way that
> ours under grace is not?

JGR: I agree.

> The text does imply that continued life is conditional upon not eating,
> even if it only says that eating will bring death.

JGR:  Again. I agree. The question is whether the continued life was given
to Adam at creation or whether he had to earn that right by works of
obedience.