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. Genesis 3:24 ESV
from the garden,
-1-God prevents humans from living forever in a permanent state
of estrangement from their Creator.
-2-Since God is the source of life,
restricting access to the Tree of Life also restricted access to eternal
communion with God.
*All human beings, even the most pious, are infected
by sin and subject to its effects."
CMI