We start off in the natural or soulish stage of being, like the first Adam, and then in regeneration we enter into a new condition.
Adam started out with the breath of God in him, which made him a living being animated with God’s Spirit (Genesis 2:7). When he disobeyed God’s one commandment and at the forbidden fruit, he died. His soul and body still lived, but the spiritual connection was broken and decay set in (Genesis 2:16-17 & 3:1-22).
