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Shabbat Shalom ( Sabbath of Peace Hebrews 4 : 1 - 7 !!! ) As we look through Gen. 3 : * 24 * KJV : So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims ( Plural ) , and a flaming sword which turned every way , to keep the Way of * The TREE OF LIFE * !!! The Tree of Life was to Live Eternaly Vs. 22 ... !!! Since * Disobedience of God*s Commands or Sin * entered the world through Adam and Eve by eating of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil ... !!! Our time spent reading the Bible gives us a relationship with Jesus ; the Word of God ; John 1 : 1 , 14 the Word became flesh !!! Psalms 1 : 1 - 3 Reveals a Believer of the Lord meditating on the Word of God Day and Night !!! KJV vs 3 ( I will let the Spirit of the Lord Guide me to reveal how this ties into the Throne of God and the Lamb of God ? !!! ) : And he shall be like a Tree ( Tree of life ; Trees of righteousness ) planted by the rivers of waters ( Rivers of Living Water spoken by Jesus ) ; that bringeth forth his Fruit ( 12 Fruits of the Tree Of Life , a Fruit every month ) in His ( God*s ) Season ; His Leaf ( Leaves off the tree of life for the healing of the Nations ) also shall Not whither ; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper !!! Psalms 1 Connects the believers of Jesus Christ to Rev. 22 : 1 - 7 To the Throne of God and the Lamb of God to have Access to the Tree Of Life , by the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ !!! Bless everyone , Glory to God Through Christ amen shalom

Shabbat Shalom to all , the Throne of God Comes from Jerusalem Ezekiel 47 : 1 - ** 12 - 13 ** !!! Not By Power , Or By Might , But By My Spirit says the Lord ... !!! As stated in the Bible !!! I will humbly put up more posts to Strengthen the Body of Christ ; to God*s Glory amen shalom

Messengeroflight, it is very hard to follow your exegesis on tree of life so, pleas don’t mind if I share some of my opinion and point of view in regard to topic.
Gen 3:24 God drove him out - This signified the exclusion of him and his guilty race from that communion with God which was the bliss and glory of paradise. But whether did he send him when he turned him out of Eden? He might justly have chased him out of the world, Job 18:18, but he only chased him out of the garden: he might justly have cast him down to hell, as the angels that sinned were, when they were shut out from the heavenly paradise, 2Pe 2:4
, but man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. He was only sent to a place of toil, not to a place of torment. He was sent to the ground, not to the grave; to the work - house, not to the dungeon, not to the prison - house; to hold the plough, not to drag the chain: his tilling the ground would be recompensed by his eating its fruits; and his converse with the earth,

whence he was taken, was improveable to good purposes, to keep him humble, and to mind him of his latter end. Observe then, That though our first parents were excluded from the privileges of their state of innocence, yet they were not abandoned to despair; God's thoughts of love designing them for a second state of probation upon new terms. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden, a detachment of cherubim, armed with a dreadful and irresistible power, represented by flaming swords which turned every way, on that side the garden which lay next to the place whither Adam was sent, to keep the way that led to the tree of life.
The tree of life has been planted since the WORD incarnates and grow in the mount of Calvary when Christ died and resurrected through the glory of the Father.


All Scriptures are KJV unless otherwise are indicated.

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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Isaiah 52:7

When I read about the tree of life I think of grace. God, after Adam and Eve sinned, drove them out of the garden and placed a cherub to keep man out of the garden. If man had stayed or if he had eaten of the tree of life he would have lived forever in a fallen state and in a fallen world. It was his grace that stopped man from eating of the tree of life.

this is how it's commonly perceived but why would God Place cheribim with a twirling, flaming sword to kieep man out? -- a simply angel would more than suffice

no, this was more likely to keep Satan out since he was also a cherib

You have a good point Paco but I feel that the cherub was there also for intimidation and with his ominous appearance to make man realize the severity of the separation. True it would have been easy for one simple angel to keep out man but the cherub were also there since the garden was one of God's placing of living or abode therefore the cherubs were with Him. (International Bible Encyclopedia, vol. 1, p. 602)

I think it amazing and awesome that the one Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden, guarded, contained ... becomes the enormous, prolific, fruitful Tree of Life, growing all along the river of the water of life, in the New Jerusalem, where it speaks to me of abundant life and grace. The only way to the Tree of Life is via the one who is the Way, the Truth and the Life: Jesus himself. Jesus, it seems to me, in a very real sense, "guards" the way - and praise God that he, in his mercy and grace, lets us in to eat of the fruit that he alone can provide, if we but trust in him!

Avid Reader wrote:

Agree, being the WORD of God John 1:1, Heb 4:12, Gal 3:16 Christ is the two edge sword and who guarded the way to truth and life with him is cherubim which parallel to Zech 4: 12-14 which is synonyms of Eph 6:1-2, Luke 18:16-17 which we can understand through the germination of the seed as demonstrated in parable of the seed.
Now let me first of all address what that does not mean: this parable does not teach that there are not contributory factors to the growth of the seed. It grows independently, but that doesn't mean that nothing else affects its growth. Now first of all, as we look at the spiritual truth, we have to say that a sower must sow the seed - is that not so? Excuse the pun. There is a sower, and he is planting this seed, and that has to happen. Though the growth is independent, and the life is in the seed itself, someone needs to go and put it out onto the soil. It's the same with the gospel, people will not get saved if we just sit and rest on our lees and do nothing about it, but as Paul said in Romans: how shall they hear without a preacher? There needs to be a sower. It pleased God, through the foolishness of preaching, Paul told the Corinthians, to save some - so there are contributory factors to the growth of this seed, though it grows independently.
There must be a sower to sow. Then secondly, not only must there be a sower, there must be water. In 1 Corinthians 3:6, Paul could say: 'I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase'. He's indicating there that though God gave the increase, and the seed's growth was independent of anything else, because the life is in the seed, there was a contributory factor to the growth of that seed, and that was watering - and I believe watering could well be prayer. We need to sow the seed, we need preachers, we need people who gossip the gospel - and it's not enough just to throw the seed out, we need to pray before and after, we need to water the word of God.
Jesus prayed in John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
In sowing of seed we cannot sow other seed except the seed which God has elected and that seed is Christ. Luk 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Jesus said in John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Like in the parable of the seed Mark 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Mark 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
This is how Jesus teaches how we could know the secrets of the parables which are formed of pure words of God Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psa 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Isaiah 52:7

Brother GaryM : Shalom and an Excellant Post !!! Quot : " One Simple Angel " to Guard the " Tree Of Life " ... ??? !!! But Gen. 3 : 24 States " Cherubims - Plural " !!! Please take a Look on How the Lord wanted the " Ark of Testimony " Made ... Exodus 25 : 16 - * 22 * !!! Two Cherubims ... On the Mercy Seat ... see the Resemblance to Genesis 3 : 24 ??? !!! Peace and Love from Up Above amen shalom !!!