Pulpit Analyst Genesis 2:8-14 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.… I. Compare the PLACES. The second is superior to the first. 1. In respect to its elements. What was dust in the first paradise was gold in the second. 2. Of its extent. The first paradise was the corner of a small planet; the second is a universe of glory in which nations dwell, and whose limits angels know not. 3. Of its beauty. II. Compare the INHABITANTS of the two paradises. The inhabitants of the second are superior to those of the first. 1. In physical nature. 2. In employment. The employment of heaven will relate to beings rather than to things. The sphere of activity will be more amongst souls than flowers. Will call into exercise loftier faculties; will tend more to the glory of God. 3. In rank. 4. In freedom. 5. In security. Adam was liable to temptation and evil. In the second paradise is immunity from peril. 6, In vision of God. In the first paradise God walked amid the trees of the garden. Adam realizes the overshadowing Presence. The inhabitants of the second paradise shall enjoy that Presence more perfectly. (1) Vision brighter. (2) Constant. (Pulpit Analyst.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.WEB: Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. |
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