Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Note on Expulsion from Eden

Genesis 3:22, 24 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:  ...So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Not an act of judgment but of mercy here, to keep man from entering immortality with a fallen nature.  In whatsoever state we enter eternity, we will remain for all of eternity.  Revelation 22:11 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

VM

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