EDEN'S MIRROR - what is it?
Eden was pure. Eden cried. Eden was blocked and then destroyed.
God has only walked in two gardens of His entire world, Eden and Gethsemane.
As Easter fast approaches let us EACH recall that if:
there was no Gethsemane there would be no Golgotha.
Deliberated decision preceded His death. (We all need a 'golgotha'.)
Into earth's first/best garden sin had 'slithered'. Then, Eden's only mirror, the 'second' garden 'Gethsemane' became the conduit of sin's final exit from earth and all its gardens.
It is in the pleasant places a disciple will mimic his master, agreeing to choose well in the dark places. This is righteousness.
Then Jesus told His disciples,“If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me". (Matthew 16:24)
Disciples don't compromise. Jesus didn't.
As Golgotha mirrored Eden, so as disciples we too are living 'mirrors', the 'Messiah's mirror'.
The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, he is the man who holds a new spirit and a new heart - he is a new man for the old man has been rescued by the Cross. (see Ezekiel 18:20 & 31)
ENJOY too - A Tale of 2 Gardens