And I think all of the points we have been making present a clear biblical case for understanding it to be a specific contract God made with Adam in which there were defined guidelines and consequences, and in which Adam's obedience to those guidelines was the sole determination for those consequences, and in which his eventual disobedience was imputed to all men immediately rather than merely infused at their first sin.
but the Bible does not call it a covenant! The Scriptres mention many covenants by name. And while we may very well all agree on WHAT happened, and the disagreement may very well be semantics - it is important to build our theology on the Word of God. Every word inspired, not a letter wasted or out of place. And that inspired Word of God does not tell us that Adam and God were in a COVENANT of WORKS.
That may be the bottom line.
What does the Bible say?
Phillip