05-09-2008, 01:44 PM
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Hello
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Originally Posted by Brother Tim
I will respond briefly after glancing over your post.
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Thank you very much! I look forward to your insight.
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Originally Posted by Brother Tim
1. It is a curious observation and thought.
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Indubitably!
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Originally Posted by Brother Tim
2. Who are you to copyright what you are proposing is Scriptural insight?
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I suspected that someone might take issue with the copyright. Be it remembered that this is a THEORY or perhaps more like a hypothesis and therefore is that which is deemed possibly true or assumed as true with the goal of reaching truth not yet surely known. It is a tentative explanation of certain facts arranged in such a way as to paint a picture. The goal is to account for as many facts as possible within the framework. For that reason, it is not explicitly stated in the Bible in black & white. It is in this, that I mean copyright. I am the only one that I know of that has conjectured such a view (please let me know if anyone else has done the same). But none of the hundreds of books in my library issue forth such a concept as a whole. Some mention the idea that accesses to the tree of life will be restored but as to the ascension of the Garden and its renovation into the New Jerusalem is a unique concept. So, I take full responsibility for any of the deficiencies in this speculation. Further, it is obvious that the words as ordered are my words and as such can be copyrighted. However, I do not mean to suppress or prevent any truth that may be present. Anyone may, if they please share this theory whenever and with whoever they want just as long proper credit is given originator. As well, I am not trying to take credit for or from the word of God. God's word is God's word, period! I am just connecting ideas present in the Bible of assumed on my part to form a picture. One that explains the possibility of where the Garden of Eden went after the fall.
You hear a lot about people trying to find the location of the Garden and claiming to know the basic area, based on the names of some rivers. Others, however, claim that this is an impossibility seeing as the flood has refaced the earth. The similar river names are just peoples attempt to remember life as it was. For example, in my city I live on Jefferson street, yet how many cities have a Jefferson street? Lots! That does not mean that they are all the same street. People as they migrated across America reproduced the cities that they had come from. This second idea has at times by certain individuals stated that the Garden was covered by the flood waters. I disagree with both and consequently, have proposed a third concept and have located the Garden as being in heaven.
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