Wait…being removed from the garden of Eden might actually have been the bigger blessing?

Genesis 3:22-23

22 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:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

I’ve been struggling lately with my faith. Not that I don’t believe in Christ, but knowing that my relationship with God hasn’t been what it should.

While cruising Instagram today I stumbled across this little gem that sparked my curiousity.

Item #1Behold, the man is become as one of us

I think this is the earliest reference to a 3 part God (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit), but also demonstrates the collaboration of the 3?

Item #2 – Was it a punishment? Or a blessing to be removed from the garden of eden?

I grew up believing that humanity was punished from Eden for eating from the tree of good an evil…but that might not actually be the main reason. Because we have free will and sinned, God was afraid that we might also eat from the tree of life, and thus live forever…

…and here is the mind blower.

If Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree of life, humanity would forever live a hopeless unending existence, separated from God. Jesus as a human descendant of Adam and Eve couldn’t die on the cross, and our sins forgiven.

Right from the moment we sinned, God had a plan to redeem all of us.

#mindbown