I just do repeat that text, so that co-readers know , where it is all about.
"The Lord God said: 'the man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree and eat and live forever' ". .... How was the situation; a horrible disaster had occurred, the tender tie between God and men had been broken by the sin of disobediance . But...how unbelievably it sounds: this catastrofee could be worse: now there was in mankind a feeling of deep panic. surely satan should come anew to make disaster complete. For sure he shoukld say : "See, how your situation is . Quickly: eat from the tree of life. Worse than up now is not possible. If it does not do any good, it does not do any harm either after the enormous blow , you have alreAdy got".
But it could be worse: when a sinful man still with all his sins eats from the tree of life, he is losr past recoverey. Then there is for him only left an eternally continued existance in sin...that is..hell.
God's plans however go on and on. He wants, that one time, the frontsouldiers' of mankind are standing there on both sides of 'the river', (Revelation 22 v 2) and that the rest of saved humanity eats themselves healthy with their superfluous fruits.
And therefore this ultime annihilation deed of satan cannot be allowed tl succeed
Away from paradise. Hold back from something still super- clumsy. Now already they are 'just like God'. They know what is good and evil., although they know it in an pityfull, dreadfull way There must remain room for salvation once upon a time. A road mustr remain open for this deligfhtful future of being youself 'living trees'.
And that is why God sent them awat from the garden.
