Traces Of The Original Paradise

The Book of Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament of the Bible, gives the location of the original Garden of Eden, the paradise that God created for human beings to live in until those plans changed because of sin. The garden was vast and must have contained a luxuriant variety and number of plants. The land on which the garden is located is now mostly desert and it may seem to an unbeliever that the story could be a myth. But then a vast amount of oil was discovered under that sand. We know that oil is formed of the remains of ancient plants that became buried. It looks as if the oil in the Middle East bears witness to the existence of the Garden of Eden.

Another thing that attracted the disdain of skeptics for hundreds of years was the claim of the biblical prophecies that the final war of the world would begin over the Middle East, into which Israel would be re-established. Why would the world go to war over all of that sand? But once again, the discovery of the oil along with the development of modern technology changed the picture entirely. The past few decades have shown just how willing nations are to plunge into war over the Middle East. After Armageddon, the world will be restored to the paradise that God intended with Jesus reigning in Jerusalem and directly administering the world.

Another event that I would like to mention is the flood in the Book of Genesis. It has been established that there is a layer of clay under the ground in Mesopotamia that could have only been deposited by a vast amount of water. There are relics of human settlements both above and below the layer of clay. After the work I have done with glaciers in the Niagara and Toronto areas and in England as detailed on my other blogs, I can tell you that there is nothing at all unusual about such a flood. The relatively quick melting of glaciers could easily cause such a deluge and if we wish to get an idea of what the flood must have been like, anyone who was in New Orleans or the sorrounding area when the storm hit in 2005 can tell you.