Is Paradise of God the Garden of Eden?
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The answer to the OP question depends on whether one thinks of the Garden of Eden as a physical place located (as indicated in Genesis) somewhere in the Tigris-Euphrates region, or whether it is a spiritual place that transcends geographical bounds. Gen. 2:10-14 states:
A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches... The name of the third (branch) river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
This eliminates the possibility that Jesus spoke of the physical Garden of Eden when he told one of the men crucified with him: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
The OP also asks "If the tree of life is one, can we conclude that the Garden of Eden is the Paradise of God?" Not exactly. The Tree of Life may be "one" but it is used in several senses in the Bible. Especially in the Book of Proverbs it does not seem to be a literal tree but a symbol of various virtues.
Proverbs 3:18 She (Wisdom) is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life
In the Book of Revelation the Tree of Life seem to be a literal tree again but its location is not the physical Garden of Eden. Rather it is the New Jerusalem which is a "city" not a "garden." (Revelation 22:2)
The inevitable conclusion is that the author of Revelation thinks of Paradise in a more spiritual sense (as does Jesus in Luke), while Genesis gives it a more definite physical location. And if the Tree of Life is "one," its oneness is multidimensional.
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I have been studying a little on paradise in Luke and the translation in Greek says park Eden Jesus told the thief today you will be with me in the park in Eden (if you use the Greek word) Greek: παράδεισος Transliteration: paradeisos Pronunciation: par-ad'-i-sos Definition: Of Oriental origin (compare [H6508]); a park that is (specifically) an Eden (place of future happiness paradise): - paradise. to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.I am the God of the living. Would it not be fascinating to know we who die knowing and serving Jesus Christ go to the garden until the Lord returns. I’ve never heard it preached before so I don’t know exactly from my limited knowledge of what happens when we(true Christ followers not these 2023 Christians) die.(our soul not out body) after I wrote there is a mention of paradise in II cor 12 Paul talks about a man being caught up into the 3rd heaven vs 2 and then caught up into paradise vs 4 the Greek definition is the same as in Luke and Revelations caught up means rapture raptured up up is Eden up up ?
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