The Ashkenazi Revolution

14danger that man might merit eternal life, cruel measures are taken againsthim:The Lord sent him from the Garden of Eden to work the land whence hewas sent. So man was banished and was placed to the east of the Gardenof Eden, with the angels and the flaming sword, which turns around,guarding the way to the Garden of Eden.God remains ruler of the tree of life, and therefore He has nothing to fearfrom man. He even made robes of leather and clothed them. Jewishwisdom says that intellect is as nothing compared to time. Therefore, hewho rules over time also lords over he who eats from the tree ofknowledge. The absolute distance of man from the tree of life depriveshim, irrevocably, of the uniqueness of being a quasi-god, which he wasgraced with upon his creation.The Bible speaks at great length of the banishment of Adam and Evefromheaven. Before us is a complete and detailed writ of accusation; thesnake, the woman and the man, the temptation and its consequences. Incontrast, the Bible is brief in its description of the cosmic catastrophe of theflood, as if its causes were already understood. “The Earth became corruptbefore God and the Earth became full of injustice. God saw the Earth andbehold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the Earth.”(Genesis 6:11,12). What happened? How had the Earth become corrupt?We find the answer to this question in the preceding verses of chapter six.From them it becomes evident that here we have an additional version ofpunishments that God casts upon man because he is living too long andthus, in a cunning way, he had attained everlasting life, which is solely theprivilege of God.The sons of God saw the daughters of man, that they are good. And theytook them as wives, each according to his choice. So God said, “my spiritshall not strive with man forever, since he is flesh. His days will be ahundred and twenty.”