Garden of Eden Lauren Stigers

Genesis is the first book in the bible and considered the most important story of all to some. It explains how the earth was created and how mankind began. The Garden of Eden is the story of how the world and everything else began. God created the world and heaven in seven days, which became the numerical symbol of holiness, as opposed to the number 6 symbolizing Satan. God created the ocean, plants, trees, sunlight, animals, and then mankind. He made a man named Adam, and a woman named Eve, whom we all stem from. Adam and Eve were placed into the Garden of Eden by God, with the only guidance of not to eat from a particular tree. Adam and Eve ate from the tree, and later they were punished by God. They disobeyed their only instruction, and as a result, God banished them from the Garden of Eden and upbringing pains to their life in the future.

Because I have grown up in a Christian lifestyle, this story is very important to me. It meant a lot to me in figuring out my views on the after life. Being in the ocean makes me feel like my beliefs are true because how else could this amazing thing appear in such a little time. Also, if everything was created in just one week and has lasted all of this time, it only makes sense that life goes on forever, just like the ocean, nature, etc has gone on forever. The number 7 is of paramount importance because it is a symbol for Christianity stemmed from this story. Everything in the story makes up how the rest of the bible goes, and without Adam and Eve, is is proposed that the rest of us would not be there. People are always hesitant and wary to talk about religion and the afterlife, partly due to the non definite answer. I cannot first hand prove that all of this is true, but the story of the Garden of Eden helps provide possible explanations of how the world was created.

This image captures some of the amazing things done in these seven days, incorporating a possible view of the light in the Garden of Eden.

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