Understanding Eden (Part 3 - Summary)

 

See the series here

For diligent, motivated students of The Bible, here is a summary of insightful aspects of the four Eden-type experiences elaborated in this series.

 

Each one:

    a. Is Earth-centric, not Heaven-centric. God is clearly Earth-minded.

    b. Follows God’s judgment. That’s the 2^nd point in His Jeremiah 9:24 strategic plan.

    c. Is preceded by massive de-population,(e.g., devils in Heaven, most folks on Earth).

    d. Is aimed at achieving righteousness on Earth, the 3^rd point in His strategic plan.

    e. Involves some significant re-creative aspects, cleaning-up sin’s results on Earth.

     f. Is longer than the preceding one - a possible ramping up to eternity.

    g. Involves many more people than the preceding one, as human population explodes. 

    h. Involves people speaking one pure language, thus languages today are temporary until Zephaniah 3:9 is activated.

     i. Is preceded by massive violence and corruption, first by angels who from Grace fell, then by humans. Think these are BADD NOW? Strap-in for much worse! See: Anti-Christ Series, especially Part 5.

     j. Involves great wealth. Adam, Eve, Noah and his family ‘owned’ all earthly wealth! Isaiah 60 describes the wealth that will be accumulated in the substantially-expanded Israel when Jerusalem is the seat of Jesus’ global, millennial government. 

    k. Involves only 1 law-giver or government - Jesus and Noah, as patriarch. Adam was inaugurated as THE first law-giver, but due to his sin, his time was short.

     l. Is a time of peace, with no warfare. Subsequent sinfulness and greed trigger wars! 

Moreover, the wealth mentioned above becomes a basis for warfare that will usher in the next two Eden-types!! (See: Ezekiel 38, 39, Revelation 20:7-9 and also Booty Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series)) Wealth accumulated via The Goshen Effect in Israel might be what will trigger the 1st War of Gog and Magog, likely sometime during the tribulation age, and before the Armageddon War at the end of the great tribulation. Similarly, wealth accumulated in Israel during The Millennial Reign, especially in Jerusalem, might be what triggers the second War of Gog and Magog, noted in Revelation 20:7-9. In both cases, wealth serves as The Lord’s bait to expose sinfulness hidden in folks’ evil hearts! Caveat/beware!

Each, except the 2^nd,

--Involves people with exceptionally long lifespans

--Involves animals in their non-threatening mindsets

--Involves people and animals eating their original Genesis 1:29-30 diets

Think

--The first 2 include the presence of devils, whereas in the last two, no devils will be present. 

--Each, except the 2nd, features the physical presence of Jesus.

--In the 1^st and 4^th, Earth is likely one land mass. (Genesis 10:25 and Revelation 21:1)

--The first 3 were/will be time-limited, whereas the last one will be eternal.

--Only the 4^th one will involve ALL resurrected, then immortal saints from across the ages. Resurrected saints from the first resurrection will feature in The Millennial Reign. This group will not include people who will be saved later on. See: Salvation in The Millennium (Series) and also Anti-Christ Series), especially Part 5.

Finally:

It is critically important to perceive each of the 4 Eden-type experiences with an eye toward the inner vision God iterates and confirms in Numbers 14:21, Isaiah 11:9, and Habakkuk 2:14, namely that: 

‘With knowledge of God, the knowledge of,

and with His glory, all of the Earth will be filled.’  ^* 

--Though they likely lasted only a relatively short time, the 1^st and 2^nd Eden-type experiences (i.e., the Garden of Eden and the immediate, post-flood world) actually achieved this, historically.

--For a thousand years, the promised 3rd Eden-type experience (i.e., Christ's iron-rod Millennial Reign) will achieve this, forcefully!

--The promised 4th Eden-type experience (i.e., the new Earth) will be a world with nothing BUT this, eternally. 

Long after the initial 3 Eden-type experiences, the knowledge of God and of His glory ...quickly faded/will fade, just has it has done in our world today. Thus, it may help to think of each successive Eden-type experience as a vaccine booster shot, boosting the fear, awe and respect of God and His Son, Jesus, The Lord God, across the remnant/surviving human race.

Reader, as you study and ponder this enlightening series, please share any additional, significant similarities and differences you note between The Garden of Eden, the immediate post-flood world, The Millennial Reign age, and the promised new, eternal Earth. I am sure there is much more to learn about this interesting sequence of ‘post-judgment, righteousness, Eden-type experiences’ on Earth.

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* See: wOw! Earth, Filled (Series) and also Anti-Christ (Series), especially Part 5.