Why You Didn't Know the Garden of Eden Was on a Mountain
- Andy McIlvain
- Nov 16, 2024
- 1 min read
Video from BibleProject Podcast
Why You Didn't Know the Garden of Eden Was on a Mountain
"The Mountain E3 — The biblical authors portray Eden as a cosmic mountain—an overlapping Heaven and Earth space in God’s presence. Humans are placed on the Eden mountain and given a choice: Will they trust God’s voice and wisdom, or will they seize the knowledge of good and bad on their own terms? In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss the drama that plays out on the first cosmic mountain and how it becomes the pattern for every future mountaintop story in the Bible. Timestamps: Chapter 1: Recap of What We’ve Learned So Far (0:00-12:33) Chapter 2: The Cosmic Eden Mountain (12:33-33:27) Chapter 3: The First Humans Fail the Mountain Test (33:27-58:50) " from the video introduction
Ok. My concerns with the Eden on a Mountain theory are:
1) Exegetically, the word "mountain" or "high hill" first occurs in Genesis 7, after Adam died.
2) Theologically, the Garden was before the fall, when God could walk with Adam in the cool of the evening. The fall changed that relationship and hence the apartness had to occur.
3) Geologically, the first assumption is wrong. There were waters below the earth and the rivers flowed due to the subterranean pressure.
Any thoughts?