The Garden
of Eden: Exploring the Paradise of God
The Garden of Eden is a place of mystery and wonder, where the first humans lived in harmony with nature and God. It is described in the Book of Genesis as a paradise, full of trees, rivers, animals, and precious stones. But what was it really like? What is God's purpose for planting this garden? And where was it located?
In this article, we will explore some of the answers to these questions, based on historical, Biblical, and scientific evidence. We will also examine some of the legends and myths that have been inspired by the Garden of Eden, and how they have influenced art, literature, and culture throughout history.
We shall also delve into the unknown, the relationship, between human development and the Gardens of God in Eden and Lebanon. Join us
as we take a journey to the most fascinating and mysterious place in the world:
the Garden of Eden.
Things You Should Know About the Garden of Eden
The Fruit of Immortality: A Deeper Metaphor
The fruit of the Tree of Life
represents immortality and the unbroken circle of existence. God intended it as a reward
to free us from the cycle of birth and rebirth.
Choice and Consequence: The Forbidden Tree
Adjacent to the Tree of Life
stood the infamous Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Its fruit,
forbidden to Adam and Eve, bore the weight of choice and consequence. The association
of these two trees reminds us that growth often comes from grappling with
choices and their outcomes.
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| The temptation of Adam and Eve |
The Temptation and Fall: Lessons in Humanity
In the
cycle of instruction followed by testing, the allure of enticing knowledge led to humanity's expulsion from Eden.
This lesson
teaches us the importance of understanding
our limitations and the consequences of succumbing to temptations.
Seeking the Tree Within: Personal and Spiritual Growth
As we navigate life's challenges, the Tree of Life serves as a beacon. Just as its branches stretch outward, our experiences push us to expand our horizons and develop our inner and outer selves until God considers us fit to eat the tree of immortality. Naturally, this leads us to God's purpose for planting his garden.
God Ordained His Garden As A Principal Reward For Man's Future Growth.
The third reward in the Garden of God is the marriage act. Man now has a companion, an associate, a helpmeet, a partner on his way to God. Gen2:18, 21-25.
A Man and a woman as a husband and wife can now strive to reach God with
the assistance of each other. As development partners, they can now strive
together towards the Tree of Life and the River of Life at the tenth stage of development
with the spirit of God as a guide.
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| The Human Development Index of God |
Man becomes a worker with God as a leader or captain of tens, from the second wheel upward. Each climb of the wheel above the second increases his responsibilities to God.
This journey ends on the day of resurrection when the man and woman will no longer be given in marriage as sons and
daughters of God.
They become immortal and equal with the angels. They have now received due compensation for their past work to God, as service rendered unto others throughout all their past incarnations.
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These
blessings of God for Homo sapiens means that they are to become equal to the
angels on maturity. The right time that God was to offer the forbidden trees
was on the day of maturity.
Eden and the history of man
The Genesis account introduces us to the Garden of Eden as the original dwelling place of the first man and woman of our species, Adam and Eve. This sacred narrative provides the bedrock for our understanding of this legendary paradise.
But Satan struck and seduced Eve to eat the fruits of the tree of the gods. This is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lucifer had seduced them to abort the process of their development on the ladder of God, and they agreed thinking that Lucifer meant better to them than God.
The Garden of God is a reward system God planted for his creation when they came of age. The Tree of Life confers immortality and equality with the angels, the sons of God.
The garden of God was not there from the beginning. God planted it when he created the last stage of man, homo sapiens, that is Adam, and Eve. Though the most talked about, in stature, Eden is below the Garden of God in Lebanon.
God’s tools of blessing man at the various stages of man’s development.
Let us not
be in a hurry to disclose God’s purpose for planting the garden of God in Eden. To
make things clear we shall start from the known to the unknown, and then from
the past to the future.
When God
created the most recent specie of man, the homo sapiens, he named them Adam and
Eve. He put these two parent ancestors of the human race in a garden he had
recently planted. This was so because man has come to the last phase of his
development compared to his former lower forms, the Neanderthals, homo erectus,
homo habilis, and others.
There are other tools of God like the stones of fire that shall be considered in the next post, but among the tools or ordinances that God had to equip man with on his spiritual journey are;
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| The turning point in man's development in Eden |
- § The ordinance of marriage
- § Domestication of animals
- § Agriculture
- § Spirituality
- § Thinking or more complex reasoning
But God reserved two trees for their future use at the level of the gods and when they
gained human perfection. These are:
- § The rod of God as the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil
- § Immortality as the tree of life
God meant
to use these two trees to empower man when he had reached the appropriate stages
of development. These were;
- § Prophethood for the tree of the gods which is the rod of God, but more popularly known as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
- § Human perfection as his angels before
using the tree of immortality, more popularly known as the tree of life.
God had intended to give these two trees to them when they were ready and ripe for it.
- From the Human Development Index of God below, the ripe stage of development for the tree of the gods is at the level 8 stage of development on the Human Development Index of God. This is the cumin, the prophet of God. [Isaiah 28]
From the Human Development Index of God below, the ripe stage of development for the Tree of Life is human perfection, at the stage of an angel, the bread corn [Isaiah 28]: level 10 on the Human Development Index of God below.
A Premature Blame Of The Bible
The symbol of the Tree of Life isn't confined to a single story; it appears across cultures and belief systems. From the Norse Yggdrasil to the Kabbalistic Sephirot, each instance reflects a universal yearning for connection and understanding to God’s continuous improvement of the make-up of man.
However, many
writers wrongly assert that the Bible was copied from the Akkadians. They cut
off the Garden of God from the many tools associated with man’s development [Science:
evolution].
So, let us
address these issues holistically by laying a firm foundation for Eden in the
past with a view to seeing the clear picture when man shall re-enter the garden
of God to eat the tree of life. This will make him to become immortal as the son
of God. Man in a plural sense will then become the administrative official of God in the New
Jerusalem.
A Glimpse Of Perfection In The Near Future
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of
the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that
Persons who cheaply paint the Bible as a thief should not choose to ignore the fact that those behind the Bible right from its pre-Hebrew origins, the blacks of ancient Egypt, have been following up with what they are trying to tell the world, an updated version of the future of man, as the administrative officials of God. As we have seen in Revelation, man will then have the rights to the Tree of Life and the River of Life based on his development as the angel of God.
And where will that be? In Eden
of the New Jerusalem: Have the Akkadians updated the future of their Dilmun
Island paradise as the Bible did in Revelation? Is God a smart thief or is the originator on course to perfect his will?
Symbolic Significance
Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the
street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life,
which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the
leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no
more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his
servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be
in their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no
candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they
shall reign for ever and ever.
Let those who accuse God wrongly retract their accusations. Let them bring their version of the complete detailed conclusion of the evolutionary development of man, from his primitive forms, right unto the end as quoted above and below, including a record of the harvest, judgment of the earth based on the seals of judgment.
Revelation
22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates
into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus
have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the
root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 17 And the
Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him
that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely.
Navigating Temptation
The age-old struggle with
temptation, personified by the serpent, offers insight into the choices we face
and the importance of self-awareness. The angels who fell on their own want others to go down with them. flee from them. God pardons those who make genuine mistakes, but we should not be followers of the fallen who want to drag others with them.
This leads us to the various stages of human development from our primitive hominins before we became ripe as homo sapiens. This is the subject of our next post: YOUR JOURNEY INTO EDEN, THE GARDEN OF GOD. Don't miss it.
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