They left by the Easten Gate
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Genesis 3:17-24 God was speaking,
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy
wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it
bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return. And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD GOD MAKE COATS
OF SKINS, and clothed them. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is
become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he
placed at the EAST of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming
sword which turned every way, to keep the way of
the tree of life." As Adam and Eve left the garden
facing East; the Devil was now incharge of their "new
world". They could chose between good and evil. The beautiful gate into
their old home was now on the west. With their backs towards the gate
and their faces towards the east, it was the beginning of sorrows.
As we read Genesis 4:1-8 the Bible says. "1And Adam
knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the LORD. 2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel
was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3And in
process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the
ground an offering unto the LORD. 4And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect
unto Abel and to his offering: 5But unto Cain and to his offering he
had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6And
the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance
fallen? 7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest
not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and
thou shalt rule over him." 8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it
came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him. God was not pleased with it. However His plan
of forgiving went ahead regardless of the offenders.Those who loved God
took the plan and implemented it. |