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"The Mountain of the House of the LORD
Will be established as the chief of the mountains,
And each of them shall sit under his
Vine and under his fig tree
With no one to make them afraid."
Micah 4:1,4
The Nature and Purpose of Man in the Garden of Eden included the following.
- A Mandate to Exercise Dominion
- over a Fruitful Garden
- gaining Knowledge
- in Harmony with Nature
- enjoying the Freedom to Glorify God
- in a Family-centered life
lasting many healthy years
- as Stewards over the creation
- Planted Securely on the Land.
Let's explore:
There is every reason to believe that man in the Garden could have lived without fear of death. Even before the cataclysmic changes that took place during the world-wide flood and re-creation at the time of Noah, men were living centuries before dying.
If we are committed to obeying God's Law and returning our family to the Garden, God promises to bless us with increased life (Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1-3). The Prophets spoke of the effects of the Gospel in restoring health and long life-spans. Of course, the word "Salvation" means "health" and "wholeness" (Matthew 9:21-22 with Ephesians 2:8; same word). Thus Isaiah speaks of the New Creation, where people grieve over "infant deaths" when one dies a hundred years old:
For Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. (Isaiah 65:17,20).
That this prophecy speaks of the present age is seen in the fact that in the "New Heavens and New Earth," people do in fact die, which runs contrary to the "premillennialist" view of the New Age. Even now, as more people are saved from the lies of the demonic City, the New Creation comes into being and the Curse is progressively forgotten (2 Corinthians 5:17).
We eat of the Tree of Life (Matthew 26:28) on the Mountain of the LORD (Revelation 21:10; 22:2).
The Christmas Tree
Dying in the New Heavens
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Vine & Fig Tree