[1 Adam+Eve 26:7]
Then God looked upon Adam and Eve and upon their great sorrow, and upon all they had done with a fervent heart, on account of all the trouble they were in, instead of their former well-being, and on account of all the misery that came upon them in a strange land.

Meaning, the great sorrow, heartwarming acts and attempts on account of the trouble and misery of Adam and Eve in a strange land (outside the Garden), "caught the attention of God."

I tell you, it's great achievement among angels to catch and have the attention of the most supreme and most important Being in all ramifications of existence. To be His focus, subject and matter, in His infinite Mind is worth all the troubles to get.

Congratulations to Adam and Eve, for they had the attention and concerns of God on account of what they went through and were going through. He might not have immediately changed their situation, remove or solve their troubles, but He's with them in the midst of their sorrows and troubles. Even so, do not waste your trials and troubles, for in them you may demonstrate the faith that pleases God, touches God deeply and earns God's attention, care and concerns, focussed on you.


[1 Adam+Eve 26:8]
Therefore God was not wroth with them; nor impatient with them; but He was longsuffering and forbearing towards them, as towards the children He had created.

The attention and concerns of God with them, removed the wrath, anger and impatience of God away from them, but brought His long-suffering, forbearance and compassion towards them. Our first parents were both children of God and children to God, who created them. Being children to God means they had not advanced from needing God to "Babysit" them by giving them such attention, compassion and overlooking their follies.

[Psalms 103:9‭-‬14 NKJV] — He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.


[1 Adam+Eve 26:9]
Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said unto him, "Adam, as for the sun, if I were to take it and bring it to thee, days, hours, years and months would all come to naught, and the covenant I have made with thee, would never be fulfilled.

Adam had wanted the sun to stand still over them forever, and never go down nor allow room for night or evening darkness. But here the word of God told them that to still the sun would mean to stop times and seasons, prevent days, hours, months and years, from coming to pass. And unless times and seasons come to pass, the covenant between God and man would never be fulfilled. Indeed God's covenant in Christ Jesus are calendar bound, and He must remain the God who changes times and seasons for Him to change the fallen state of mankind and to bring them into the redemption and restoration in the Lord Jesus Christ the Savior.


[1 Adam+Eve 26:10]
"But thou shouldest then be turned and left in a long plague, and no salvation would be left to thee for ever.

The same reason why God would not allow the man eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in his fallen nature of sin after eating the forbidden Tree. The same reason why God would not still the sun to cause eternity over the man, stopping time. Time is grace and mercy of God to men and sinners. If eternity steps in, and no more time, every nature of man's soul remains eternally as he was when he entered eternity, and there can be no way to add or remove from his nature, plagues or gifts, curses or Blessings, with that man forever in the realms of eternity. No repentance that changes the soul in the realms of eternity, but repentance is in times and seasons. Whoever was holy when he entered eternity shall be holy still eternally; Whoever was filthy when he entered eternity shall be filthy still eternally; Whoever was righteous when he entered eternity shall be righteous still eternally; Whoever was impious when he entered eternity shall be impious still eternally; Whoever was a liar when he entered eternity shall be liar still eternally; Whoever was anything in soul when he entered eternity shall be that thing in soul still eternally, etc.

Therefore, the tree of life was not made available to Adam so that he might die and be saved through death. The Death of Adam was the path to his salvation, not the lost of salvation. It's like saying the death of Jesus Christ is the path to our salvation. After Adam sinned in the Garden, the "Tree of Life" and the "Salvation of Adam (Mankind)" became two opposing forces because of the state of Adam. If God allowed Adam eat of the tree of life, Adam would live forever and never die; but that will also mean Adam will never be saved from sin nor attain salvation. So God driving Adam away from the tree of life, to make Adam die, was actually God bringing Adam into the path to Salvation. Death is the way both the first Adam and second Adam (Jesus Christ) procured Salvation.

Even so, changing times and seasons draw us nearer to our salvation. Behold the relationship between Salvation and Times:

[Romans 13:11‭-‬12 NKJV] — And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

[II Corinthians 6:2 NKJV] — For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

[1 Peter 1:5] — "We are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."

PCHC:
Why God did not allow Adam and Eve eat of the tree of life and live forever

Revelation 22:14
God will bless all who have washed their robes.
They will each have the right to eat fruit from the tree that gives life,
and they can enter the gates of the city.

Insubordination and disobedience are not rewarded with immortality, is the simple and direct reason why God did not allow Adam and Eve eat of the tree of life and live forever

_{Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.}