Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
Perhaps the most dramatic part of this chapter is at then end of verse 22, where God does not complete His statement, represented by the "-". The Godhead (and we) don't want to even think of what it would be like for sinful rebellion to last forever... Action was required. Thus, we have seen throughout His-tory that when God speaks He does end up acting, often sending someone and/or something to realign man's action or condition with His will and purpose. He sends judgments and deliverers, problems and promises, all the while having a long-term view of what life is intended to be. May we listen and learn from what He says and what He sends.
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