The Garden of Eden was the first dwelling place prepared by God for Adam and Eve at the beginning of creation. Filled with beauty, abundance, and peace, Eden was a holy paradise where mankind lived in harmony with God, creation, and one another before the entrance of sin into the world. In the center of the garden stood the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
God entrusted Adam and Eve with stewardship over Eden and commanded them not to eat from the forbidden tree. However, through the temptation of the serpent, they disobeyed God and fell into sin, bringing suffering, death, and separation from God into the world. As a result, mankind was driven out of Eden, and access to the Tree of Life was guarded by cherubim.
The Garden of Eden remains a symbol of mankind’s original innocence, the tragedy of the Fall, and the hope of restoration through God’s plan of salvation.
Genesis 2:8–17
God plants the Garden of Eden and places Adam within it.
Genesis 2:18–25
The creation of Eve and life within Eden.
Genesis 3:1–24
The temptation, fall of mankind, and expulsion from the garden.
Ezechiel 28:13
Eden is described as the garden of God filled with beauty.
Apocalypse 2:7
The Tree of Life is promised to the faithful in God’s paradise.
Illustration by: Colton Rompala