Genesis 3:24

Title: After he drove the man out

The one real pleasure in the garden of delight is the presence of the Lord God.

If anything else, the world has lost its expectation of the wonder of the sound of the footsteps of God, and yet man’s every endeavor, learning, physical prowess, is geared toward achieving the bliss of Paradise exclusive of the Creator in its reality.

Let us be reminded that there can be no lasting joy outside the economy of God. The best the world system can offer are the fleeting enjoyments afforded by the cursed environment out of the Garden God had planted in the east, in Eden.

Genesis 2:9

Title: The tree of the knowledge of good and evil

There was no bad tree or fruit in the garden eastward in Eden, for everything the Lord God had created was extremely good.

The problem was that man couldn’t handle the knowledge of good and evil by approaching it in rebellion by way of instant gratification of the senses.

Perception of what is good, and the fulfillment that comes along with it, can be rightly interpreted only as a reality that doesn’t stop at the senses, but is carried along by obedience to the proper resolution of objective, and in this case the possession of knowledge untainted by sin.