Genesis has long been my favorite OT book, and I've been getting even more excited about it lately. For instance, I see now that when God kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden, it was an act of mercy as well as of judgment. If they had eaten from the Tree of Life after disobeying the Lord, they would have been stuck in their sinful condition forever, just as the fallen angels. No hope of redemption. God prevented them from becoming immortal.
Why is it that many well-meaning Christians insist that all people are immortal? Doesn't the Bible refer to us as mortals? Doesn't it say that one receives eternal life only when one is converted to the faith of the Lord Jesus?
Hallelujah! Those who follow Jesus will one day eat from that Tree of Life.
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