Where was Eden - Was it actually in Israel?

[eprom]

that is what the Bible tells us, by looking at a map and looking at description of where Eden was, you would be very close to it.  as far as where it stands now, only God knows how we can get there, and well, the maps do not show anything that has to do with Eden even close to Jerusalem other then the land is neighbors of Iraq.

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[Guest littleeagle]

The question is, "If Eden was in Israel, how does this effect the way we understand the rest of scripture?"

No one knows where Eden was because the whole earth was covered by 2 miles of dirt and rock after the flood.

[eprom]

No one knows where Eden was because the whole earth was covered by 2 miles of dirt and rock after the flood.

I know this is the standard creation science perspective, but it

[nebula]

Noah also had food for the animals on the Ark. It is likely that the Lord gave him instruction to store enough for several months more then jus the time on the ark. The seeds, etc from these plants was more then enough to plant, and whatever he didn't have, God provided. Remember, he only had one pair each of carnivorous and other unclean creatures, and seven pairs of clean animals.

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What did Noah feed to the carnivores?

Hmmm . . . maybe that's what happened to the unicorns!

[eprom]

flotsam! Wood floats, as do leaves and most seeds. Noah also had food for the animals on the Ark. It is likely that the Lord gave him instruction to store enough for several months more then jus the time on the ark. The seeds, etc from these plants was more then enough to plant, and whatever he didn't have, God provided.

Dear WhySoBlind

The implied purpose in the Biblical text for Noah to send out the birds in the Great Flood Narrative was to find dry land. The dove that came back with a leaf didn

[eprom]

The first three chapters of Genesis are far more than unassuming folklore, devised to amuse and instruct our youth with mythological tails of earth's origins, and humanities fall from innocence. In the context of Eden's Israeli location, they are a mountain cast into a calm sea! They are the first wave, which moves and ripples throughout the pages of scripture, and echoes into the heart of the Adam in all of us. They are a roadmap that permeates the Bible and is entrenched into our very sub consciousness, providing landmarks and beacons to chart our way back home.

The river of Eden will flow again! And when it flows, all the Jewish people will see their Messiah and Believe. See Here

http://faith-friends.com/Eden/modules.php?...ndex&page_id=14

[Christ's Free Servant]

Actually most biblical scholars believe it was in Iraq

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I was studying not too long ago somewhere in the Bible and God led me to see that Eden was in Iraq and Iraq is Babylon, so I wondered if life was not only created there but if that is where it will end. Any thoughts on this? That would be so God, would it not to have life begin and end the same place?

[eprom]

I was studying not too long ago somewhere in the Bible and God led me to see that Eden was in Iraq and Iraq is Babylon, so I wondered if life was not only created there but if that is where it will end. Any thoughts on this? That would be so God, would it not to have life begin and end the same place?

I responded a few times earlier in this thread as to why I do not believe Eden was in Iraq. Check them out! There are two trees in this story of beginnings - one was great and majestic (Ezekiel 31) and the other was just a tender shoot (Isaiah 53:2). Eden's river will flow again (Ezekiel 47) and when it does, the Jewish people will see their messiah and believe (Zechariah 14). Do you really think that these images we see here first in Genesis 2 and then permeate the rest of the Bible would have any significance if they were anywhere else but Israel? New Biblical evidence for Eden to have been in Israel can be found here:

http://faith-friends.com/Eden/modules.php?...ndex&page_id=19

[irishcowboy]

if Israel (Jerusalem) was/is where the Garden was, why are you the first one to ever come up with this theory?

don't you think that with all the geologist, and all the others that have done and are doing research and studies on the anchient days would have come to the same conclussion?

Eden is gone from view, not to be seen by man until the Lord God totally restores it. until then it really does not matter where it was.

as far as the location being of interest, that is fine. just like the Ark of the Covenant's location being known........ when God says it is time, it will be revealed.

as for those that either believe or do not believe, something like that will not change their minds, they will try and find loop holes and excusses as to why they do not believe.

think about it also,

believing that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is not enough for salvation, for even satan believes that, having, taking accepting Christ Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior is what is needed. being that He is the Lord over me, i do as He says, for He is my Lord, and then I walk in His graces........

God created Adam for companionship.

God wants a one on one relationship with each of us, as He had with Adam, as He had with Abraham, as He had with Noah, as He had with David. and many more thru out the history. we are too busy being caught up in peticulars, we are too involved in rules to see the Lord when He is standing right there in front of us....

mike

[nebula]

Eden is gone from view, not to be seen by man until the Lord God totally restores it.  until then it really does not matter where it was.

I agree that the Lord has buried (or hidden in some other way) Eden - that is, the Garden of Eden.

I am not so sure the Old Garden of Eden will ever be restored though.

Here is my reasoning -

Rev. 21:5 - Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new."

Rev. 22:1,2 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.