JEHOVAH SHAMMAH: THE LORD IS PRESENT OR THE LORD IS THERE The need for God's presence. In part I of the Perfect Redemption Plan, we explained that in the beginning, when God created Adam and Eve, they were in the very presence of God. They were living in Eden, the Garden of the Lord. God would come in the cool of the day and commune with them. Furthermore God was also in them, for He breathed Himself in them (Genesis 2:7). But when Adam and Eve sinned, they were banished [to banish means to condemn, to exile, or to compel to leave one's country, by authority of the prince or government, either for life or for a limited time] from the presence of God, and God was no longer in them either. We have explained how God made it possible to get rid of sin in our life, by the death and resurrection of Jesus, so that He could breathe Himself into us again, when we are born again and impute His righteousness unto us.