PAGE 14. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(GARDEN LOCATION)

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT TO UNDERSTAND THE END OF THINGS,  WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE BEGINNING. AS WELL, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE: WE CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND THE BEGINNING BY LOOKING AT THE END OF THE STORY AND OTHER SCRIPTURE AS WELL. BY LOOKING AT THE END OF THE STORY, WE KNOW THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THE PLACE WHERE HEAVEN MET EARTH. THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS LOCATED WHERE ISRAEL AND PART OF HER SURROUNDING COUNTRIES ARE TODAY.

 THE CENTER OF THE GARDEN, WHERE THE TREE OF LIFE WAS LOCATED, IS THE CITY OF JERUSALEM.

  IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN,  YESHUA, JESUS WAS PHYSICALLY THERE.  THE PLACE HE IS COMING BACK TO DWELL AND SET UP HIS THRONE IS THE CITY OF JERUSALEM.  THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH SAYS:

 "ON THAT DAY THE LORD WILL GO OUT AND FIGHT AGAINST THOSE NATIONS, AS HE FIGHTS IN THE DAY OF BATTLE. ON THAT DAY HIS FEET WILL STAND ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, EAST OF JERUSALEM..." ZECH 14:3

 WHEN YESHUA ASCENDS  TO HEAVEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, THE ANGELS TELL THE DISCIPLES THAT HE WILL RETURN IN THE SAME WAY HE ASCENDED . ACTS 1

 HE WILL RETURN THERE AND SET UP HIS THRONE IN JERUSALEM. THE LORD SAYS THROUGH ZECHARIAH:

 "I WILL RETURN TO ZION AND DWELL IN JERUSALEM. THEN JERUSALEM Will BE CALLED THE CITY OF TRUTH, AND THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY WILL BE CALLED THE HOLY MOUNTAIN?" ZECH 8:3

 HEAVEN WILL COMPLETELY BE CONNECTED TO EARTH AGAIN WHEN THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN AND UNITES WITH EARTHLY JERUSALEM. JOHN WRITES ABOUT THIS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION:

 "I SAW THE HOLY CITY, THE NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD..." REV 21:2

 THIS IS HINTED AT IN PSALM 122:3. KING DAVID SAYS: "JERUSALEM IS BUILT LIKE A CITY THAT IS UNITED TOGETHER" THE HEBREW WORD FOR UNITE IS "CHABER". IT MEANS TO BE KNIT OR JOINED TOGETHER. IT IS HINTED AT THAT THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM WILL BE UNITED WITH THE EARTHLY JERUSALEM. IN THIS NEW JERUSALEM THERE WILL BE THE TREE OF LIFE AND THE RIVERS FLOWING OUT FROM THE THRONE OF GOD.  REV 21, 22.

THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAYS THAT ONE DAY JERUSALEM WILL ONCE AGAIN BE LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN. HE SAYS"

"THE LORD WILL SURELY COMFORT ZION AND WILL LOOK WITH COMPASSION ON ALL HER RUINS; HE WILL MAKE HER DESERTS LIKE EDEN, HER WASTELANDS LIKE THE GARDEN OF THE LORD."

 THE ORIGINAL GARDEN OF EDEN, WHERE HEAVEN ONCE WAS UNITED WITH EARTH IS RESTORED IN THE END. WHEN I VISITED JERUSALEM, I COULD SENSE THE TENSION AND THE LONGING OF THE PLACE TO RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE.