Eden Then and Now

Our Bible tells us in:

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD Yahuwah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Then Yahuwah prepared a garden in:

Genesis 2:8 And the LORD Yahuwah God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Atheist find the creation story hard to believe. Here's the thing though. The creation of man in the womb begins with the egg cell being fertilized by the sperm. The sperm and the egg cell unite into a single cell called a zygote. Shortly after that, cell devision begins and the multiplying cells seek to attached itself to the walls of the womb to begin extracting oxygen and nutrients. Cell division continues for about 9 months, and the life in the womb goes out as a baby to develope into a full grown man for about 18 years. Whether it takes a day like the creation in Eden or 18 years from zygote to adolescence, the process is the same–dust to man, and it is accomplished by the power of God in man. The miracle that happened in the garden of Eden then is now starting to happening in the mother's womb.

Here's the reverse process. Man dies and undergoes cremation. The water in the body evaporates into the atmosphere. The oxygen and hydrogen in the carbohydrates and proteins form water and goes to the air. The carbon forms carbon dioxide and goes to the air. The nitrogen in proteins combines with the oxygen, and goes to the air too. The process leaves metallic oxides of magnesium, calcium, potasium, etc., called ash or "dust" as before. This time the Spirit of God has left and gone back to where it came from:

Ecclesiastes 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Yes. Vanity of vanities, because man is supposed to live forever.

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