...of God? What may we learn from this revealing of Yehovah's amazing perspective which refers to the Garden of God and all the trees of Eden...long after this Garden of Eden was thought to have vanished from sight?
The context of this Q. is God speaking through Ezekiel unto Pharaoh, and his multitude, saying, "Who are you like in greatness"?
Then, as we see below, God plainly says that "all the trees of Eden that were in the Garden of God, envied him"....because of his greatness and beauty...and though God made him fair and beautiful, his heart was lifted up in pride, and he was cast down.
(Here is the rest of the context of the this Q., starting in vs 8, but the whole chapter really should be considered
" The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. Therefore the Lord GOD says; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen (referring to Nebuchadrezzar, King of Babylon); he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD". Ezekiel 31:8-18
What does this passage reveal about the Garden of God and all the trees of Eden?....and is this the same Garden which God planted eastward in Eden?
Does this give a whole different look at reality?
(True Reality being really what the God of Truth sees)
Thank you for considering this Q. and much love to you and to all : )
(((Elephant Love)) I came across this passage today, and it was intriguing how God was relating His view of Pharaoh....amazing to say the least.... I also believe that every word of God also reveals more about the precious person who Created ALL of us for His Good pleasure....all this talk of the "Garden of God" also reminds me of a favorite movie line....
"We walk in the garden of His Turplulence" !
(Turpulence, of course being, "a tumultuous explosion of persona resulting in a feeling of total envelopment by another person's presence".)
(p.s. Elephant love sounds dangerous....is that your hobby?...I hope you don't get trunk-ated : )
(((Leon Manso)) I greatly appreciate your interest in the priceless treasures of the Word of God, and your increasing knowledge thereof...How refreshing! : )
The context of this Q. is God speaking through Ezekiel unto Pharaoh, and his multitude, saying, "Who are you like in greatness"?
Then, as we see below, God plainly says that "all the trees of Eden that were in the Garden of God, envied him"....because of his greatness and beauty...and though God made him fair and beautiful, his heart was lifted up in pride, and he was cast down.
(Here is the rest of the context of the this Q., starting in vs 8, but the whole chapter really should be considered
" The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. Therefore the Lord GOD says; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen (referring to Nebuchadrezzar, King of Babylon); he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD". Ezekiel 31:8-18
What does this passage reveal about the Garden of God and all the trees of Eden?....and is this the same Garden which God planted eastward in Eden?
Does this give a whole different look at reality?
(True Reality being really what the God of Truth sees)
Thank you for considering this Q. and much love to you and to all : )
(((Elephant Love
)) I came across this passage today, and it was intriguing how God was relating His view of Pharaoh....amazing to say the least.... I also believe that every word of God also reveals more about the precious person who Created ALL of us for His Good pleasure....all this talk of the "Garden of God" also reminds me of a favorite movie line...."We walk in the garden of His Turplulence" !
(Turpulence, of course being, "a tumultuous explosion of persona resulting in a feeling of total envelopment by another person's presence".)
(p.s. Elephant love sounds dangerous....is that your hobby?...I hope you don't get trunk-ated : )
(((Leon Manso
)) I greatly appreciate your interest in the priceless treasures of the Word of God, and your increasing knowledge thereof...How refreshing! : )