It would have done what major floods do—erode the land surface in one area and redeposit those sediments elsewhere. Biblically, the Flood covered the planet with processes operating at rates, scales, and intensities far beyond those possible today.
No place on Earth could have survived untouched. These sediments would have been full of organic debris, which over time would either fossilize or metamorphose into oil and gas. The sediments would harden into sedimentary rock, in places bending into mountains or breaking along fault systems.
Today, the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley contains sediments over two miles thick, from which are pumped enormous quantities of oil and gas. The sediments, now rock, are dramatically bent into modern mountains as well as subsurface mountains, and brutally broken by major fault systems.
They deeply cover and obscure any possible pre-flood locations. Furthermore, the basement rock, if indeed it was present before the Flood, would have likely undergone erosion also. No present topography or underground surface could possibly bear any resemblance to the pre-flood world. That world is gone! Noah and his family would have encountered the present-day Tigris and Euphrates Rivers soon after leaving the Ark.
As their descendants migrated, they would give familiar names to the new rivers and places. God placed an angel at the entrance to the Garden to keep pre-flood men from returning.
The Flood made even that precaution unnecessary. Cite this article: Morris, J. More info. The Garden of Eden, also referred to as Paradise, is the biblical garden of God described in the Book of Genesis about the creation of man.
The narrative surrounds the apparent first man and woman — Adam and Eve — placed in the garden to guard the Tree of Life, before being tempted by a serpent to eat from a forbidden tree — a move that saw them expelled.
Many have long searched for its location, based on clues given in the biblical text, but the age-long question may have finally been uncovered. Apparently, the garden was in the Middle East and Adam went farther east. But as Henry Morris states, we believe the topography and geography has completely changed.
In summary, we do not know the location of the Garden of Eden. Maybe some day archaeology will discover the location, however, that is doubtful. While we wait, we should follow the advice of the apostle Paul who said,. As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.
John McClintock and James Strong. Cyclopedia of Biblical Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Baker Book House. III, pp. John Calvin. Commentaries on Genesis. Ephrem the Syrian. Commentary on Genesis. Ancient Christian Commentary on the Scripture. InterVarsity Press. Kenneth Matthews. Genesis The New American Commentary. Henry Morris. Jeremiah Garden of Eden— Where was the Garden of Eden located?
Bible Question: Where was the location of the garden of Eden? Was it in the Middle East? Bible Answer: The location of the Garden of Eden was on the east side of a region called Eden according to Genesis Pishon River Some have said the river Pishon is the Danube River, but there is no biblical, historical or archaeological support for the claim.
Gihon River The location of the Gihon River is also unknown. NASB 2 Peter There is great reason to believe the great flood changed the geography of our world. Henry Morris in his Commentary on Genesis states, In general, it is evident that the geography described in these verses does not exist in the present world, nor has it ever existed since the Flood.
Tree of Life The tree of life was the other special tree.
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