"Back To Eden"

"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden;

and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.  

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;  And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.  And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.  And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.  And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."

(Genesis 2:10-15)

Everything comes full circle with The Creator of all things.  You say, "What do you mean?"  Here's what I mean:

    The Garden of Eden was in Iraq

Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization

Noah built the Ark in Iraq (Landed on Mt. Ararat)

The Tower of Babel was in Iraq (Northwest of Bagdad)

Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq

Isaac's wife, Rebekah, was from Nahor, which is in Iraq

Jacob met Rachel in Iraq

Jonah preached in Nineveh, which is in Iraq (Northern, run by Babylonian Empire)

Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel

Amos cried out in Iraq

Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem

Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq

The three Hebrew children were in the fiery furnace in Iraq

Belshazzar, King of Babylon, saw the handwriting on the wall in Iraq

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq

Ezekiel preached in Iraq

The wise men were from Iraq

Israel is the nation mentioned most often in the Bible, but second to that is Iraq, or as it was in biblical times: Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia.  The name Iraq means "country with deep roots."  So, here we are again, headlines, back at the beginning; only this time it doesn't look much like a Garden  ... the rivers are flowing with blood.  What is happening?  Prophecy.    The word "Eden" in Hebrew means: delight, luxury, pleasure, paradise.  Today's Iraq, with blood and war, is not what Almighty God intended, but in the end, it will all come full circle to a new heaven and a new earth  ... and a restored Eden.

Adam and Eve banished from the Garden, after sinning

  

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if Adam and Eve had not sinned and been banished from the Garden?  What if the sin had not spiraled from there to the need for the great flood?  What if the world was not on this road to Armageddon?  What if there had been no sin in the Garden and we were still there in a perpetual "earth Garden?"  You say, "What if's are crazy; we can never go back there."  Oh, but we can!  I believe the thousand years of peace will revert back to a Garden of Eden status.  The devil will be in the Lake of fire; the lion will lie down with the lamb; there will be no more war; The Lord Jesus Christ will have come back to earth and set His feet on the Mount of Olives and He will have taken earth back; the thousand years of peace will be in motion  ...  and Eden will be back  ...

Roman soldier spearing Jesus

Who is in control of the Middle East?  Who has His hand on the Nations?  Who sets up and tears down?  Who controls time and destiny?  The ONE with the spear-scarred side, the One who gushed "water and blood" when the Roman soldier pierced Him in His side, the One who is coming back  ...  The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ!

What is the significance of "water and blood" from the side of Jesus Christ, when He was pierced on Calvary?  Blood and water were the two essential elements under the Levitical system for cleansing impurity.  When Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, and grew to the age of 30 and began His ministry for 3 1/2 years to the point for which He came  ... to die; He came to die, to take the place of the old Levitical law, He became the sacrifice for all time and for all mankind; He shed His blood on calvary, because without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins.  When the spear pierced His side, "blood and water" gushed forth, symbolizing the birth of the Church.  Even as Eve was formed from the rib from Adam's side, so was the Church, the bride of Christ, borne from the side of Jesus Christ  ...  the water and the blood  ...  "And there are three that bear witness in the earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."  (I John 5:8)  This is the gospel of Jesus Christ, His death, burial and resurrection; repentance, baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost  ...  the message of the Church to a lost and dying world.  

It's time for Iraq to get back to its "deep roots" of purity and beauty; there's only One who can accomplish that, and He's the Lion of Judah, The Holy One of Israel, The Gardener of Eden.  All eyes are on that deep-rooted place, and it's because the beginning has come to the end to go back to the beginning.  Huh?  The Gospel shall be preached, and published, in all the world for a witness and then the end shall come!  The world is not flailing about with no guiding hand  ...  No, there is an unseen hand moving the Nations, directing events, orchestrating the positions  ...  Why? Prophecy!  The Bible will be fulfilled to the very last word, and the Gardener is in control! 

We're living in the times of "Living Water," the times of the Spirit of Jesus Christ dwelling in His creation, the times of the outpouring upon all flesh  ...  The blood of Iraq must meet up with the "Living Water," and The Gardener, so that the circle will begin to be complete:  "Back To Eden."

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's getting the world ready for Eden)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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