![]() ![]() The tree would have symbolized the life they would have had if they had remained obedient. ![]() Some commentators believe that the tree would also have had symbolic value to Adam and Eve. Therefore, God in His mercy kept them out of the Garden once they were banished. For some unexplained reason, eating of the tree of life would have doomed them to an eternal state of sin. It would not have solved their problem, it would have sealed their fate. Eating from the tree would not have reversed the effects of their sin. ![]() The banishment from the Garden was an act of God's mercy. Why were they driven out? Why did God place the guard at the Garden of Eden to keep Adam and Eve from eating of the tree of life? Who were the cherubim placed to keep them from reentering Eden? Why were they kept away? There are several possible answers. So He drove out the man and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life ( Genesis 3:24).Īdam and Eve were banished from Eden as punishment for their sin. After the Fall had occurred and the verdict of death announced against Adam and Eve, we are told that God drove them away from the tree of life and out of the Garden of Eden. ![]()
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