You know the story! Adam and Eve had all that God had blessed them with and still they reached outside the realm of obedience and tasted of the forbidden tree. And God reacted!
“So the Lord God said, ‘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.’” Genesis 3:22.
God did not want Adam and Eve(man)to live eternally without His presence. God found a way to protect them.—–God still loved——–
“So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the Tree of Life.” Genesis 3:23.
“To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the paradise of God.” Revelation 2:8.
God still loves—–In the new earth, evil will be destroyed and all believers will eat from the Tree of Life and live eternally in the very presence of God.
Have blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane