Genesis 1-3
After reading the location of Eden in Genesis 2:10-14, it occurred to me that perhaps you could "find" Eden in Google Earth based on locating the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Of course, I didn't really expect to zoom into the Garden of Eden, but it was an interesting search anyway. I ran across an article that places Eden in northwest Iran in the area of modern-day Tabriz, Osku, and Kandovan... a reasonable location given biblical history. They like Osku -- a lush oasis in the midst of desert as a focal point. I find it somewhat ironic that the Iranian government has a "secret" military installation here... perhaps near the site of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When I zoomed out of that area of Iran, it almost looks like a giant crater... as if God removed the garden of Eden from the earth until a later time.
Alas, Eden is not to be found, at least not physically on earth, yet we need only delve into His word to find Him.
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