Claim. God gave Adam and Eve the “do not eat” commandment as a guardrail against the stronger power of deviant love during their immature stage. The commandment was given to humans only — not to the archangel — to exalt humans as God’s children with authority over angels.
Elaboration. Per 3.2. Why God Set Up the Commandment as an Object of Faith: in their immature state, Adam and Eve could not yet be directly governed by God through love. Because the power of love is stronger than the power of the Principle, God foresaw that if they ever formed common base with the archangel, the power of deviant unprincipled love could overwhelm them.
The commandment’s purpose was protective: “had Adam and Eve adhered to God’s commandment, forming a common base with God and engaging in give and take with Him and no other, the power of the Archangel’s unprincipled love would not have affected them and they would never have fallen.”
A second purpose beyond fall-prevention: inheritance of God’s creatorship. “In order to inherit this creatorship, human beings should perfect themselves through their faith in the Word as their own portion of responsibility.” Faith in the commandment is the human-portion-of-responsibility mechanism.
Why the commandment was given to humans only: “God gave the commandment not to the Archangel but only to the human beings. God wished to exalt the dignity of human beings as bestowed by the Principle of Creation, which entitled them to stand as God’s children and govern even the angels.”
See also. dp-commandment-binds-only-during-immaturity, dp-power-of-love-is-stronger-than-power-of-principle