Gen 3:24 | MHM | STEP | v. 24 : God drives Adam out of the garden and places cherubim and a flaming sword at the entrance to guard the way to the tree of life. This means Adam and Eve, and all of humanity, cannot return to the way things were before sin. The cherubim show that God is displeased, and the flaming sword means there is judgment for sin (Num. 22:23 ). The way to the tree of life is now closed—humans cannot find eternal life through their own effort or by the old covenant. But this is not the end of hope. God is preparing a new way back to him, through the promised Savior. One day, through Jesus, the way to eternal life will be opened again, and people can be reconciled with God and his angels.

‏ Genesis 3:24

v. 24: God drives Adam out of the garden and places cherubim and a flaming sword at the entrance to guard the way to the tree of life. This means Adam and Eve, and all of humanity, cannot return to the way things were before sin. The cherubim show that God is displeased, and the flaming sword means there is judgment for sin (Num. 22:23 ^a). The way to the tree of life is now closed—humans cannot find eternal life through their own effort or by the old covenant. But this is not the end of hope. God is preparing a new way back to him, through the promised Savior. One day, through Jesus, the way to eternal life will be opened again, and people can be reconciled with God and his angels.