Did god put an angel outside the garden of eden?

Answer 1

God did put Cherubims guarding the way to the tree of life, in order to assure that Adam and Eve did not partake of the eternal life giving tree, while in their fallen (due to their sin) condition. God would not have been able to redeem the human race of their fallen nature by sending the Messiah, Jesus Christ, to pay for their sins with His life, had Adam and Eve partaken of the eternal life giving tree of life, in their fallen state. They would have been condemned with not hope of redemption as the eternal, but fallen, angels are. The Cherebim are a special class of spiritual beings that differ from regular angels, seemingly both in appearance and in job description. Theirs, seems to be the task of guarding and transporting the throne of God, that none come near.It was of this class of spiritual being, that Lucifer, originated. He was the Fifth Cherubim that surrounded the throne of God, the Cherubim that covereth as he is called. Of course he fell, when he decided he wanted to be like God, and He with 1/3 of the angels rebelled and were cast from heaven and he became Satan. That Cherubim were used to guard the way to the tree of life, speak to the importance of the task. There is a reason God used the more powerful Cherubim and not just regular angels to guard the way to the tree. This is surmising, but perhaps it was to not just keep Adam and Eve from the tree as it was to keep the eternal being, The Serpent, or The Devil from getting the fruit and giving it to Adam and Eve. Genesis 3:24 - 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. (KJV)