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1 | flaming sword | Gen 3:24 | jason32 | 156358 | ||
In Genesis 3:24, it refers to a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. Who or what is the sword and what does the flame or fire represent? | ||||||
2 | flaming sword | Gen 3:24 | BradK | 156359 | ||
Hi jason, Here's the verse: "So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life." Though scripture doesn't explicitly say, here are a couple of views that may shed some light. "24. placed … cherbim—The passage should be rendered thus: “And he dwelt between the cherubim at the East of the Garden of Eden and a fierce fire, or Shekinah, unfolding itself to preserve the way of the tree of life.†This was the mode of worship now established to show God’s anger at sin and teach the mediation of a promised Saviour as the way of life, as well as of access to God. They were the same figures as were afterwards in the tabernacle and temple; and now, as then, God said, “I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims†(Ex 25:22). [A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments.] Warren Wiersbe offers this in his Expository outlines of the Old Testament: "Verses 22–24 show a strange action of the grace of God: He drove the man and woman out of the garden! They had forfeited their right to the tree of life by disobeying God. If they had eaten of that tree, they would have lived forever in their sinful state. This would mean that the Savior, the Second Adam, could not come to die to deliver humans from sin. Thus, in driving Adam and Eve out of paradise, God was showing His grace and mercy to the whole human race. The sword that God placed at the garden barred the way. It is possible to translate this “a swordlike flameâ€â€”the fire of God that speaks of His holiness (Heb. 12:29)." I hope this helps, BradK |
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