Was Eden a true paradise?

[Divergent fire]

I didn't really understand the question but as for my knowledge, from the Bible, Eden is indeed a paradise.

[M Deedee]

Eden was truly a paradise and the murder took place outside of Eden.

[Chickenwings00]

To my knowledge of killing Abel. Eden is a beautiful place to be. In another world, it can be called paradise. If not, because Adam and Eve ate the apple, they wouldn't have been driven from Eden.

[Cyrus Michino]

The Biblical Eden is brought as paradise on Earth. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God would have taken their lives away, instead, He threw them out of the Garden as a punishment.

[NDeMeer]

The murder happened after Adam and Eve had been thrown out of the garden of Eden, so yes, Eden is still a paradise and murder could not take place there. I guess the question that follows from this is: Does Eden still exist on Earth? Does that mean we have 2 paradises: Eden and Heaven? Interesting things to think about!

[grgmrn]

As with many other things in the Bible, Eden was meant to be understood as an allegory.

[OB Brian]

Eden has always been described as heaven on Earth. If it was, with all the good things there, shouldn't a murder a mishap in the so-called paradise?

Abel was not killed in the Garden of Eden. He wasn't even born there. After the fall of man, God sent Adam and Eve out of Eden and placed the Cherubim to guard the entrance to the Garden. They had no children at the time

[Christiana+-]

There was a time I was studying what God put together in forming Eden. I was amazed at what I get to understand. Eden is really a paradise here on earth before the fall of man.

[David_Kariuki]

Eden has always been described as heaven on Earth. If it was, with all the good things there, shouldn't a murder a mishap in the so-called paradise?

I don't believe the murder happened in Eden since Adam and Eve were taken out of the garden. I also believe that Eden was less of a physical location and more of an atmosphere of God's constant presence,where man and God could interact readily, easily and directly.

[David_Kariuki]

Eden has always been described as heaven on Earth. If it was, with all the good things there, shouldn't a murder a mishap in the so-called paradise?

I think one way to address this would be to say calling it paradise doesn't mean all and everything that happens there is always good. But it is the case that most of the times, good things happen I in paradise. The one-third of the angels that were said to rebel also rebelled in heaven. But I don't really know how plausible this explanation is.

This is very interesting. Paradise is not always perfect. It makes a lot of sense because even though the murder happened outside paradise, the devil was able to deceive man while still in paradise.

[David_Kariuki]

The murder happened after Adam and Eve had been thrown out of the garden of Eden, so yes, Eden is still a paradise and murder could not take place there. I guess the question that follows from this is: Does Eden still exist on Earth? Does that mean we have 2 paradises: Eden and Heaven? Interesting things to think about!

I doubt it exists on Earth. I believe Eden was a place of constant presence of God. Maybe Eden was taken to Heaven. Who Knows!

[Chikom]

I strongly agree with the statement, Eden was a true paradise on earth. Since everything that man could desire was available in the garden ,this is reason enough to support the statement.

[Marvin85]

The garden of Eden was truly a paradise because of the peace which Adam and his family enjoyed. In addition, the presence of God always covered the place. It is no doubt that when Adam and his family were in the garden, they never lacked anything, God sustained them. When they were booted out, things changed-they started to live a life of lack.

[Haywhyre7]

Eden remained a true paradise as The parents were thrown out before they had kids so no murder happened in Eden

[Patrick Maina1]

The Bible paints a picture of Eden as paradise on Earth though man lost it.