Claim. God’s “do not eat” commandment was binding only while Adam and Eve were immature. The Principle mandates that perfected humans do eat — i.e., consummate sexual love — once they reach full maturity. At that point conjugal love becomes absolute and inviolable, beyond any power to break.
Elaboration. Per 3.3. The Period During Which the Commandment Was Necessary: God’s second blessing (be fruitful and multiply) is fulfilled when Adam and Eve enter God’s direct dominion of love by joining as true husband and wife. “Indeed, the Principle mandates that human beings eat of the fruit once they reach full maturity of character.”
The mechanism of inviolability: “Had Adam and Eve reached perfection, become a godly husband and wife, and experienced God’s direct governance by the absolute power of His love, their conjugal love would have become absolute. No person, no power in the universe could ever break that bond of love.” Even the archangel’s unprincipled love — which sufficed to topple immature Eve — could not have severed mature conjugal love.
This atomic completes the §3 cluster: love > principle (so a guardrail-commandment is needed during immaturity), the commandment is the guardrail, and the guardrail expires at completion stage when love itself becomes the absolute governance. It also reframes the prohibition: “do not eat” was not absolute prohibition of the sexual act but timing-restriction on it. The fall was premature consummation, not consummation-as-such.
This pairs with dp-perfected-individuals-cannot-fall from Ch 1: completion-stage individuals are ontologically secured, here specifically through conjugal love.
See also. dp-commandment-given-to-immature-humans-as-guardrail, dp-power-of-love-is-stronger-than-power-of-principle