The Splendor of Paradise

One of the key provisions of God in His redemptive program is access to the Tree of Life. When Adam sinned, God didn't remove the Tree from the Garden; rather, He kept them out by Cherubim and flaming sword. Therefore, through Jesus, God has redeemed and repositioned us to eat from the Tree of Life and bask in the splendor of Paradise.God has never at any point left the world without help. He has not at any time taken away the beauty of paradise from the earth. Paradise has never been...
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One of the key provisions of God in His redemptive program is access to the Tree of Life. When Adam sinned, God didn't remove the Tree from the Garden; rather, He kept them out by Cherubim and flaming sword. Therefore, through Jesus, God has redeemed and repositioned us to eat from the Tree of Life and bask in the splendor of Paradise.God has never at any point left the world without help. He has not at any time taken away the beauty of paradise from the earth. Paradise has never been taken out of the earth; rather, men were denied access. The presence of evil, wickedness, perversion, abject poverty, sickness and tribulation doesn't negate the beauty of paradise in God's presence. However, it takes the knowledge of the truth to build the faith that keeps us lifted from the realm of the darkness of history into the glorious realm of eternal day where we can walk and live in God's presence perpetually.It wasn't the Garden of Eden that made it paradise. It was the glorious presence of God in that place. Paradise is any place that God honors with His abiding presence. Eden had such impeccable beauty, bliss and splendor because God honored it with His glorious presence; the same glory that is forever present in heaven where God perpetually lives. In the face of death and dearth, you can bask in the splendor of paradise where you have peace, harmony and ecstasy in the presence of the Lord.