Wednesday, 15 July 2009 00:00 | and posted in Two Trees
The Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever. So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden... Genesis 3:22-23
Adam and Eve begin their journey away from the garden in what could be seen as a severe move by God to banish them from Eden. However, God in his grace is actually protecting them; if they ate now from the tree of life they would have to live forever with their sin. God sends them away, but he doesn’t abandon them. It’s like God too moves away from the garden to walk in the desert…