Throughout Genesis (I will be referring specifically to Genesis 3:22) the word "us" is spoken by God.
"And 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 of life and eat, and live forever.'"
First, is He implying there are more gods? Second, why would He want humans to stay away from the tree of life and live forever? My last question is somewhat related to the second and I will be analyzing the aforementioned statements. God said, "man has now become like one of us... He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." This implies that "we" have become somewhat like "them" (God and the "us"); however, not entirely. We still have not achieved immortality. It seems God is afraid of this. Why? Also, if the notion of heaven is for the human soul, then does this not imply that God - seeing as he is immortal - is absent from heaven?
Edited by cronin, : No reason given.
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