Was sending Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden a blessing or a curse?

[Mimi JJ1]

The author did a great job
This is a great book review
I enjoyed it very well

[Ignesta Ignetius]

Sometimes the worst situations brings out the best in us and helps us build character. I think sending them away from the garden of Eden was a blessing, according to the book, Adam wouldn't have discovered himself or understood the father's love for him clearly if he remained in the garden. Leaving the garden sent them on a journey of self-discovery which did them good.

I personally believe that what motivates God's actions or inactions towards us is His pure love for us.

[justjessireels]

For me I would say it was a blessing because the evolution and procreation was assured after they left the garden. Though it seemed like a tough life to live it brought about a lot of advancements

[Abbdul Razak]

I believe it was both a blessing and a curse. In the garden, they could not enjoy the varying levels of emotions such as sadness and pain, at they would not be able to fully appreciate the good times. The curse comes with separation from God and even facing death ultimately.

Many Americans today regret their lives as it wasn't a fruitful part of them. Sadness and pain is a discomfort. Every part of the world.

[Andrew Darlington]

Beyond protecting them from Lucifer, God punished them for their disobedience. However, the curse was a means of correction out of the love God have for them.

[Badger Martin]

The point the authors on this subject seem agreeable with me. It could be that God's intention was to protect man from the enemy the devil. Eating the fruit of life was still disobedience and it would have worsen the situation.

[Adrian Bouknight]

Just after Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree of knowledge, God drove them away from the Garden. The author of this book seems to justify every curse that God put on Adam. At some point, Adam seems grateful for the curses. What really captured my attention was the justification of the fact that God sent them away from Eden. Do you think the main purpose was to protect them from Lucifer? Do you believe that eating from the tree of life would have worsened the situation?

If we read the passages closely, we will see that in Genesis, Chapter 3, God never actually puts a curse on Adam or Eve.

God places a curse on the serpent:
Genesis 3:14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!

And God places a curse on the ground:
Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;

The serpent in Eden is never actually identified as Lucifer. It's possible that the narrative is giving a theological explanation as to why mankind lives in a broken world in which we have to work fields and have pain in childbearing. Then regarding the tree of life, the narrative speaks to the question of why we all eventually pass away, and it speaks to our interest in living forever. The answer to the question of why we do not live forever is portrayed in Chapter 3, that is, our betrayal or separation from God. Choosing mankind's wisdom (The Tree of Wisdom) vs choosing God's provision (The Tree of Life).

Though, given the age of the narrative and its brevity, it is difficult to know what the story originally meant.

[mtims_1968]

I believe sending Adam and Eve from the garden was a curse because they had everything in the Garden of Eden. They didn't have any sin in the Garden of Eden. Now, we have sin and death.