In this scripture, the serpent said, “you shall not die” refers to a spiritual death. Rather than a spiritual death, neither Adam nor Eve knew evil. Their eyes were opened and they became like God, having knowledge of good and evil. Their nakedness became an occasion of shame, which was impossible before they sinned in the garden. The day they fell from grace means they were no longer abiding by God's commandments. The serpent's deceptive pretension was to camouflage the truth. Adam and Eve experienced a spiritual death, not a physical death. This proves that there was truth in the serpent's statement to Eve, but that there was a difference in what God and the serpent were referring to. Satan's plan is to deceive humanity into believing that we are only physical beings. Adam and Even in the garden were conscious of God and knew no sin. Participation in the tree of knowledge awakened their awareness of being aware of their surroundings and their nakedness. Their disobedience gave rise to their self-consciousness which disrupted their communication with