After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, from that moment on, sin, sickness, evil, and death entered the world (Romans 5:12). As a result, they were sent out from their paradise in the Garden of Eden so they couldn’t eat from the Tree of Life.
Have you ever thought about WHY God made Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden? Have you ever considered that God was actually protecting them? Discuss!Great question! God casting out Adam and Eve may seem cruel, but it actually was an act of love.
let’s back up a bit. We know that when Adam sinned, he and all his descendants thereafter, acquired sin nature. (Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12)
Going a little further it’s easy to see that those who have sin nature will sin. No matter what, those who are evil; do evil. (Jeremiah 13:23, Isaiah 44:20)
Therefore, If an evil person lived forever, he would do evil forever. So then, it was necessary, for God to cast them out of the garden, “Lest he…eat, and live forever”(Genesis 3:22)
But here is the good news! Jesus came, died, and rose again to give all who call on his name a new heart and a right spirit. Everyone who believes in His name Will do good! Therefore, they may eat and live forever to hail the Lamb. (Psalm 51:10, Matthew 26:27-28, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Hebrews 10:22, Revelation 2:7)
TLDR: God casting Adam and Eve out the garden because they would do evil forever without the blood of Jesus.
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What a great answer! It really does seem that God was protecting humanity from an eternal existence of sin. If they’d eaten of the Tree of Life, they would have become immortal— in a never ending life of suffering and sin. What an act of love from our Creator that He spared us all from that existence.
One thing I often feel sometimes gets left out of these conversations is the fact this was a personal act of rejection towards God.
It wasn’t just about eating a “bad fruit” that is bad “because God said so”, I actually don’t think it had anything to do with the fruit itself. It was a deliberate choice in believing that everything else God provided (as well as direct communion and relationship with him) wasn’t enough for them, so Adam and Eve sought to get further satisfaction apart from God.
I think they were in action saying, “God isn’t enough for me, I want more.”
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I love your summary ending quote! It makes me think that maybe all sin boils down to that.
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Very well said, Andrew!