Garden of Eden. Represents Much More than a Garden

Garden of Eden. Myth or reality? Imagination or Paradise? It is Bible reality, described from Genesis to Revelations in notable fashion.

The Garden of Eden. In the bible, this exquisite home is reality. It is described throughout the Bible in many ways.

The Garden of Eden and its creation was the immediate first act after creating the first man. Genesis 2:8 recounts this episode. Understanding the relationship of man, humans to the Garden of Eden is comprehending the Plan of God. Let’s start by establishing some basics which mythology and religion have twisted out of shape. God made a neshama nefesh. A conscious being whom He houses in sumptuous surroundings. God alone, can insert and extract human beings from the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God planted (H5193) a garden (H1588) eastward in Eden (H5731); and there he put the man whom he had formed.

1. Technically it is not the Garden OF Eden. It’s the Garden IN Eden. Eden is quite a vast territory, as I’ll point out. Within is a relatively small space devoted to this Garden.
2. God had already created Eden. I would say on Day 3 when He created dry land and vegetation.
3. This Garden belongs to God. It’s His abode on…