This scripture is profound to me in a way it never was before.
Gen_3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever
I've been thinking on this scripture, and even though I've read it many times over the years, not once did I connect it to my question. It's not even one of those that's hidden in deep spiritual meaning.
All I know, is I have talked to God many times about mans strong desire to live, especially when my sister was fighting so hard to live, even though she had suffered endless days with unimaginable pain from cancer, she kept saying she wanted to keep fighting. I prayed for the time she would surrender because her suffering became to much for me to bear. Now I understand, it was not in her control not to fight, until God made it so. I've also read how hard Ray fought to live, and It was the same for him.
Imagine fighting against the will of God until our dying breath, and yet that is his will too. We can't surrender to death until God makes it so.
Job 14:5-6 (NIV)
5 A person’s days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6 So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.