<TITLE>33. Par 288-291</TITLE>L-288 And the LORD... said, Behold, the man is become... one of us,... (Now, He never said the woman has become one, the man has become one...)... and knows good and evil:... (The woman didn't; she was deceived. Do you see it?)
Now, Paul said, "I suffer not a woman to teach or to usurp any authority, but--for Adam was first formed and then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived." So she didn't become one of God. She didn't know no difference; she was deceived. You get it? If you do, say "Amen," so I... [Congregation says, Amen."--Ed.]
... the LORD... said, Behold, the man is become... one of us, to know good and evil: and know... 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... 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 flying sword--flaming sword which turned every way,... (See the four beasts? There's only four ways you can go, see?: east, north, west, and south. These Cherubims had a flaming sword at the gate of the garden)... to keep the way of the tree of life. ('Cause if man ever got ahold of the Tree of Life, then he could live forever.)

L-289 And these Cherubims, first mentioned, was placed at the east gate of the garden, going four ways. I should've made that a little different from that; I can't do justly to God's orders and things like that, but I--I just... So that you'll know what I mean. There's the garden of Eden. And this is the gate right here, opens up here, swings out, and at this gate there was Cherubims--Cherubims. And remember, it doesn't say "a Cherubim," it said, "Cherubims." Cherubims was placed there to guard what? The Tree of Life. That's what they was to guard, the way of the Tree of Life. The Way, Who is the Way? Jesus. Where's it reflected from? Here is the holy place; here are the Cherubims.
Now, watch, put all this down. Here is the holy of holy, this holies of holies, holy of holies; this is the holy place; and here is the sea; and here is the light, candles, the seven that's reflects the Light from here, in here, in here, in here, in here, in here, in here. See? What do they reflect? They are guarding and reflecting with the fire of God the Way to the Tree of Life. See, it can't come from over here, Presbyterian seminary or a Pentecostal seminary; it's got to come from here, reflecting the Light. All right.

L-291 You notice, these--these Cherubims that John saw here must've been interested in keeping the Tree of Life, so they must be interested in human beings. Or read Genesis, getting back to Genesis again; They kept the Tree of Life, guarded it, the Way of Life, the Way of Life. How is the Way? Jesus said, "I am that Way. I am that Bread that come from God out of heaven. If a man eats this Bread, he'll live forever." Now, there is a way back to that Tree of Life. You get it?
Now, at this, I want to show now and make this sure, it's an altar. Now, this must've been an altar at the garden of Eden. I tell you why. Do you remember both Cain and Abel come up here to worship? So that showed that God's altar was moved and set here at the garden of Eden, and the only way back to Eden is by the altar. Here you are again (See?), back to Eden through the altar. And they were to keep that way there, guard it, that they couldn't get back there until this altar was covered with blood.
(O God, can't people see it?) See, nothing but the Blood. There has to be an atonement, a mercy seat there; this altar of judgment must become a mercy seat; and when this altar, if the Blood is lifted, there'll stand on that judgment day the fire of God's wrath to guard that Tree again. Only one thing will enter into this gate to Eden again, will be through the Blood of Jesus Christ. You see it?


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