1. In 3:22–23, God sends Adam out of the garden so he can’t eat from the tree of life and live forever in his sin. Does that feel more like mercy or more like judgment to you?
2. In Genesis, people who move east of Eden start building: Cain builds a city (4:17), Babel builds a tower (11:4), and Lot picks a valley that looks “like the garden of the LORD” (13:10). What are people you know building to try to get Eden back?
3. The way to the tree of life is guarded (3:24), but Hebrews 10:19–22 says we can now draw near with confidence. So why do Christians still keep their distance from God after they sin?
