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Adventistische Schriften über: "Where exactly was the Garden of Eden located?"
Answer
The exact location of the Garden of Eden is unknown today, as it was taken away from the earth before the Flood. Biblical accounts and Adventist commentaries indicate that it lay east of Palestine, in the region or near Babylon, on an elevated site from which four great rivers flowed. Some historical considerations also view the mountainous region around later Jerusalem as a possible original site of the garden.
The Search for the Cradle of Humanity in the East
»The location of this garden is described in detail, although the actual site remains unknown. ... Somewhere east of Palestine and in or near Babylon we must search for the cradle of humanity.«
Elevated Location and Possible Connection to the Region around Jerusalem
»It is not impossible that the mountainous regions surrounding Jerusalem before the Flood were the base or foundation of the Garden of Eden, the place where Adam was created. ... and from the fact that four great rivers (the Euphrates is one of them) spring from the Eden region, we infer that the Garden of Eden must have had an elevated location, as hinted in Genesis – inaccessible from all sides except the east, at which point the sword of the Cherubim was placed to guard the way to the Tree of Life.«
Removal of the Garden of Eden from the Earth before the Flood
»The Garden of Eden remained on the earth for a long time after humanity was banished from its pleasant paths. ... When the flood of iniquity covered the world and the wickedness of mankind decided its destruction by a deluge, the hand that had planted Eden withdrew it from the earth.«
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