Eden & The Two Family Household of God

Deuteronomy 32 Worldview Series

Often, the presumptive reading of Scripture defaults to a primary focus on an earthly context. However, the Scriptures from the opening pages of Genesis orient the story of God and his people within a cosmic (or supernatural) setting.

Eden is the Garden temple of God and the residence of Yahweh’s two-family household (supernatural and human).

Old Testament Scholar, Gordan Wenham notes that Eden is not just a piece of farmland in the Mesopotamian region but an “archetypal sanctuary, that is, a place where God dwells and where man should worship him.”^[1] Yahweh walks and talks in Eden with His image bearers, Adam and Eve, who serve as vice-regents (royal king and queen) over creation. In other words, they are royal children, who are to serve as stewards of their Father, God. However, humans (Adam and Eve) are not the only created beings on God’s holy Mountain, where he planted the Garden of Eden.