So whereas I perceive that Adam was created in/for the non-physical realm (whether we call it heaven or spiritual realm) - I can also see where Eden/Paradise can be perceived as an intersection between the two like the Temple, Tabernacle, Ark, Holy Mountain, you and me.
That does a lot to explain the meaning of a dream (oft repeated over a few years now, they are similar in detail with the same theme) I had last week, only this one had a different ending than the others. Unlike the others, this one arrived at its destination, but had to go "back to the future" in order to do so.
Furthermore (providing confirmation), the date of her post (July 9, 2009) was just before (~ a couple weeks) the time when I actually went to that specific destination [in real time], so I was busy preparing for the trip, which was integrated into a move/relocation. Thus, the trip [to Paradise] was truly an intersection between the two [locations].
These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created...
Divine rectification. Or how to change the past. Well when the properties of a physical entity are conditional upon its being observed.. one thing is not like the others, even though it's the "same". The soul is changed, which is the very substance of the thing.
Genesis 2:7-8
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
I'm gonna walk here round in a circle...
Oh Josephus!
God can work through extraterrestrials as well as demonic forces. They could be like humans in some ways — God on one shoulder and a devil on the other.
I’ve always believed that Eden was in an alternate reality. For all we know it could have been a garden space station. Some mechanical device or reflection on glass could have appeared to be an angelic sword.
Just one example.
Countless ways a prehistoric mind would view technology.
God might have spoken through computer programming, a powerful voice that seemed ‘all knowing’.
That’s why I don’t put much stock in oral traditions even though I wonder at them and ponder them.
We can put our faith in Jesus. That is solid history backed up by countless miracles over the centuries.