GENESIS 3:22-24, C. H. Cayce “And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and no, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 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.”
In verse 5 the tempter had said, “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Notice, “ye shall be as gods,” not as God, but as false gods, which are plural, more than one. The Lord is God of gods, Lord of lords, and King of kings. Now, since man has violated the law, he knows evil. He knew the good before, but now he knows both good and evil— hence “is become as one of us”— not as I am, but as one of us. Then the Lord God sent him forth from the garden to till the ground, “lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Then the Lord placed the Cherubims and flaming sword to keep the way of the tree of life. These have never been removed, and to this day they keep the way of the tree of life, so that man cannot put forth his hand and take of that tree and eat and live forever. Hence the sinner cannot be saved by his own effort. C. H. Cayce, The Primitive Baptist, Nov. 1917, 1908.