22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden, with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
“Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil.” This verse is difficult to understand. Sarcasm?
“lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...” live forever as a sinner.
banished; send someone away as official punishment.
“24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden, with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.”
Cherubim are always associated with the presence and glory of God, we hear them mentioned in Exodus, 1 Kings, Ezekiel.
Adam and Eve could always come there to visit God, this was their holy of holies but the way to the tree of life was guarded keeping man and Satan away.
This is the last time the Garden of Eden is mentioned. Did God destroy it or did He allow it to dissolve into the landscape because sin had infected the world?
What happens to your garden if left unattended?
Blessings, David
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