Absolutely insane footage has been released of rivers
reappearing in dry parts all around the world.
And yet here's the question that nobody seems to be asking.
Does all of this point to something much bigger, like the
location of the Garden of Eden? Listen to me, the Bible gives
very specific instructions on the location of the Garden of
Eden and you and I would be very foolish to ignore them.
It says now a river went out of Eden to water the garden and
from there it parted and became all riverheads.
It then names these four rivers. Number one is the Pishone.
The Pishone is known to run through the land of Havilah, and
in Havilah it is known to have lots of gold.
Remember this. Number two is the Guihon.
The Bible says this river runs through the land of Kush.
Our third river is the Tigris and #4 is the river Euphrates.
It's no secret that the Tigris and the Euphrates are on every
map in the modern world. Now do you see why you are
supposed to take the Bible seriously?
Because when it gives descriptions, it doesn't
describe made-up fictional places like Narnia or Mordor.
Now it's talking about real places that you and I can visit
today. So this could get quite exciting
because according to the scripture is all you and I have
to do is we have to find these two rivers, the Pishon and the
Guihon, and where these two rivers meet with the other two
rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, and turn into one
singular river, that is where we will find the location of the
Garden of Eden. OK, so here's the thing.
Once I understood all of this, I became mega confused as to why
Youtubers, Bible scholars, and professors, we're all putting
and forth very unusual suggestions.
But I thought, OK, I'll listen to them all, I'll hear them out.
Because after all, one of them might just be true.
By far the wildest theory was put forward by scholar Pete Van
Dyke. He believed that the ancient
cultures didn't mean E like we mean east, but cosmic East.
And so he proposed the idea that the Garden of Eden was located
on an astroplane in space, resting above the eastern
horizon. I also heard another YouTube
claim that the Garden of Eden hovered over Earth and that is
why all the four rivers they meet and flow down onto Earth.
I can still see why many Ethiopians claim that Eden is in
their country. As Genesis 2 verse 13 says the
name of the second river is Guihon.
It is the one which goes around the whole land of Kush.
So let's ask the obvious question here.
Where is Kush located today? Well, there is an alternate view
to this which I'm going to share with you in a moment.
But when the Bible talks about Kush, it is describing Ethiopia,
Sudan and South Sudan. So that leads us to ask another
question. Which river flows through
Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan? Well, you've probably guessed
it. It's the river Nile.
So one popular theory for the location which Bible scholars
put forward, especially those from the past, is they said that
the Gehon River was the Nile. And believe it or not, the river
Ganges in India was our mysterious river.
P Sean, are you imagining this right now?
In other words, these Bible scholars were claiming that Eden
encompassed the entire ancient world from Africa to India.
But I could be totally wrong about this.
But the reason I believe there is a a much likelier location
for Eden is because when Adam and Eve were taken out of the
garden for eating the fruit that God told them to avoid is the
question that should go through all of our minds at this point
is how could they be removed from effectively the whole
world? And that is why I believe the
Garden of Eden is likely to be much smaller, and hence why we
have not found it from our list from above.
Pangaea or Pangaea is the scientific view.
The Earth did not always look like a bunch of jigsaw pieces
floating around in a vast sea of oceans.
No once all of our land was joined together in one massive
supercontinent. But then what happened was there
was a weakness in the earth's crust and this caused a movement
in the Earth's plate and 'cause Pangaea to rift and break apart.
Hey, I wonder how many of you are shaking your head and
uttering these words under your breath.
Total nonsense. Well, did you know that the
Bible actually can support the Pangaea theory?
What explanation is this? When mankind got too big for
their boots and they thought they could reach God by building
the Tower of Babel in their arrogance, what did Almighty
Creator do with these little Ant like people?
Well, the Bible says this. So the Lord scattered them
abroad from there over the face of all the earth and they ceased
building the city. I am actually planning a very
big video on the Tower of Babel, so if you would like to see
that, please make sure you subscribe.
But just now, here is the suggestion.
One suggestion is to stop these men and women from building this
great big tower. God immediately split the earth
and confuse the languages. And today what do we have?
We have Spanish, we have Italian, we have French, we have
English, Japanese, all different people groups from all around
the world separated by ocean across the earth.
Why? Because God suddenly confused
the people and stopped them building this arrogant tower.
However, that does not get us any closer to discovering Eden.
So the other biblical theory of Pangea is during the days of
Noah when God poured out his judgment on all of the earth.
This colossal amount of water caused the Earth's crust to
break. And and it's also why we have
water which takes up 71% all over the earth.
Because water doesn't just disappear into thin air, does
it? Well, okay, yes, it kind of
does. But it comes back through the
water cycle. So I'll ask you again, what does
this have to do with the location of Eden?
Well, could it be that Eden was lost forever because both the
Guihon and the Pishon were washed away as much of the
landscape would have been changed post Noah.
And maybe even the Tigris and the Euphrates are in completely
different places to their original location next to the
Garden of Eden. But somehow, as you know, I
probably doubt this to be true. As I said in this video, we are
waiting for something very big to happen to the Euphrates.
Between you and me, I'm still not convinced.
So I decided to research what it is that modern day Bible
scholars, Modern day professors who teach in universities?
What are they saying about the real location of the Garden of
Eden? If you travelled to Jerusalem,
did you know that you can visit a small spring that, as long as
people can remember, has been called Gihon?
Isn't that interesting? OK, now watch this.
In 1000 BC, Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.
And inside the temple behind the Guardian Curtain was the Holy of
Holies. And the Ark of the Covenant was
found inside the Holy of Holies. And it is there that the
Scripture teaches us that the Lord God dwells.
Now we as Christians believe that God is omnipresent.
That means he is everywhere. But the Bible really does tell
us there is really only two places where God dwelt for a
long period of time. One of them is inside the Temple
in Jerusalem and the other is in the Garden of Eden.
This is only amplified when we see God becoming a man and
living amongst us as Jesus of Nazareth.
And where did he spend much of his time?
In Jerusalem. Something very memorable about
the Adam and Eve account is once driven from the Garden of Eden,
they were blocked from ever entering as guarding cherubim
were placed at the east entrance of the garden.
And there there was a flaming sword which turned in every way
guarding it to stop them from getting back in towards the tree
of life. So take all of that into your
mind and now tell me what is it that guards the Ark of the
Covenant to cherubim? And then inside the temple there
is so much garden imagery. The temple itself was lined with
cedar wood and then of course there are depictions of palm
trees, flowers and pomegranates. So although the temple is
indoors, it feels like you're outdoors.
But here is the real crazy part. In 587 BC this beautiful temple
was broken to pieces and God's people, the Israelites, were
carried off to wait for it the east to be exiled in Babylon.
So just like the Garden of Eden, paradise was lost and God's
people were taken away E away from their homeland.
OK, I'm not going to lie. After everything we've just
seen, this last one seems the most plausible.
But there is more. There's two more options.
One of them I think most of you will say, yes, this is the
location of the real Garden of Eden.
But the last one is a little bit of a wild card and that one
might just clinch it for me. OK, firstly we have the Zarins
theory. In 1971, Professor Jury Zarins
travelled to the Arabian Peninsula to research ancient
civilizations. It was there, after examining
many satellite images of the area, that he noticed what
appeared to be a former river totally dried up, which would
later be identified as the Wadi Baton.
This literally means, in Arabic, the Belly Button river and this
river which flows through. Arabia Zarin believes that 6000
years ago it would have met with the Euphrates, the Tigris and
our 4th River, the Quran, and these altogether would flow into
the Persian Gulf. Did you catch that?
So as I said earlier, if we can find out where the Tigris, the
Euphrates, the Guihon and the Pichon River where they all meet
together, that will give us a pretty strong indicator of where
the Garden of Eden is okay. This is where it gets a little
bit complicated because Zarin's proposed that the Karoon River
is the Guihon which rises in Persia and flows southwesterly
towards the Persian Gulf. This is where it gets a little
bit difficult. You see, Scripture says that the
Guihon on winds all the way through Kush, which as we saw
earlier, is believed to be Ethiopia.
But we then meet a man called Eframe Spizer.
Spizer is a translator of the Torah.
That's the first five books of the Bible in Hebrew, and he
believes that it's actually a better translation of the word.
Kush is the word cash shoe, which would refer to the Kasai
people who conquered Mesopotamia in 1500 BC.
And we're actually from this exact region, Persia, Kuwait.
And that would make perfect sense for this theory because
the Karoon actually flows through these exact regions that
we've just talked about. So let's examine our next river,
the Pishon, which Professor Zarin's claims is the Wadi Baton
today, or the Wadi al Rumar. What backs up this claim even
more is that the Bible itself says the name of the first is
Pishon. It is the one which skirts the
whole land of Havillar, where there is gold and the gold of
that land is good. Archaeologist Joel Kramer and
the author of Where God Came Down unravelled a key piece of
information about the Wadi. You see, just as a scripture
says the land of Havilah, there's gold and the gold there
is is good gold. So Joel and his son visited the
area and discovered that at the Wadi Rumars River basin there
are actually 55 gold mines and one known as the Cradle of Gold
has been mined for thousands of years And still to this today it
is known as the finest gold mine in all of Saudi Arabia.
One thing that really surprised me is Joel and his team found an
unusual volcanic rock at the top of the Hijaz mountain.
Now if this is where the Pishon River started, just note that
that's the source. So they followed this dry
riverbed a bit further down and what did they find?
They found this unusual rock like substance at the bottom of
the riverbed. And then get this.
They travelled 500 miles, tracking this parched river all
the way through the desert, through Saudi Arabia, all the
way through into other countries.
And what did they find at the bottom?
You're not going to believe it. They found this unusual volcanic
rock deposits. Now, it was smooth because of
river erosion, but what's crazy is it could not have come from
any other place because these rocks are only indigenous to the
Hijjar's mountains. Big news though.
It's not just Christian archaeologists who believe that
the Garden of Eden could be located at the head of the
Persian Gulf near Earth, but Ward Sanford, who is certainly
not a theologian but a hydrologist with a PhD.
He theorizes that in the ancient world there was a natural dam at
the Straits of Hormuz, meaning that where there is now ample
water at the Persian Gulf, it was once dry ground.
And it was there that he believes that the four rivers
converged and right now he thinks that Eden is lost forever
underwater at the Persian Gulf. A bit of a confession to make to
you. I'm not totally satisfied.
Yes, although I do think that this probably is the real
location of where Eden is to be found, or or at least it's very
close to that area. There is still one huge question
which lingers in my mind, and it led me to coming up with my own
kind of theory. Now guys, I'll be honest, my
theory isn't really worth mentioning at all.
So let me share something with you far, far more important than
any of these theories. And then, if you're still here
at the end, I'll share with you my more off the curb kind of
theory. My dear friends, what is the
most important part of this video?
Well, it's this. What if we aren't supposed to
find Eden? Like what if it's inaccessible
for a reason? What if it's because we as a
world have fallen so far from God with our sin?
The Divine Presence has now gone.
Our sin has separated us from a holy God, and thus we have been
driven out of paradise. I actually do believe that
another possibility is that the Pishon and the Guihon River
dried up as a sign. It's a sign of how spiritually
dry we've become as people. But the sad reality is many of
us are thirsty, but we refuse to drink of the rivers of living
water. There is good news though,
because there is another Eden. There is an Eden that can never
be lost, for it is held by someone who is eternal, and this
eternal one has ensured that paradise will be regained.
Jesus Christ, the last Adam restored Eden for us when he
brought us back into fellowship with God by taking our sin.
And although we deserve to be sent E like Adam and Eve, Jesus
Christ took our sin and he separated it.
As far as the East is from the West, He removed it no more so
that you and I can be forgiven. Because Jesus Christ left his
paradise in heaven and entered into our lost world, our lost
Eden. He died on that cross for you
and me. Though we were lost sinners, He
died for us in our place so that we can be forgiven.
And if we put our trust in Him, know this, we too can enjoy Eden
for all of eternity. In the last book of the Bible,
Revelation, it says that the new city of Jerusalem will come down
to earth. And I truly do believe that that
Eden will once again be restored on Earth.
But here's the most important thing.
If you remember one thing from this video, remember this.
Do you know where the real location of Eden is?
It's not to be found. Where there is palm trees,
there's rivers, there's fruits, there's beautiful things.
No, the real location of Eden is to be found where Christ is,
Where Christ is, That's where Paradise is.
Do you remember that man who was dying next to Jesus on the cross
when he realized who Jesus was? When he realized that this man
was the Son of God and he trusted in him?
What did Jesus say to him? Surely this day I tell you, you
will be with me in paradise because Christ knew that anyone
who trusts in him will find peace, will find Paradise, will
find Eden, because the location of Eden is where Jesus is.
So if you're watching this right now and you are a born again
Christian, can I tell you, you don't need to find the location
of Eden because you've already found it in Jesus Christ.
And if you're watching this right now and you have not yet
trusted in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, can I say this
Eden is available for you right now is all you have to do is
call on the name of the Lord and he'll save you and he'll give
you paradise. Right now, Paradise will be
regained for anyone who turns to him.
OK, you've been very patient. So what is this big question
that has been left in my mind from the Persian Gulf theory?
Well, the Bible says now a river went out from Eden to water the
garden and from there it parted and became 4 riverheads.
So in other words, the original Eden would not be at the base of
four rivers meeting, but it would be at the head of the
river, it would be at the source of the river.
And that is why another historian, David Roll, he says
he proposes the idea that Eden is actually in Persia, right at
the top of the source of the river and he says it's covered
now by a city called Tabriz. He uses similar arguments to the
ones we've heard before, that the Cassites, they were the
people of Kush and he also also proved that the river Jizal
Ozan, which means golden, that could be the river Pishon
because there was gold also found in that area.
And then the Gale Hon Aras that would be the Guihon River which
also begins next to the Euphrates and next to the source
of where the Tigris river starts in the northern Persian
mountain. David also discovered that east
of this region, east of the Garden of Eden, what he believes
is an area called upper and lower Nakadi, which can be
translated to mean Nod. And do you remember Kane when he
was driven out of the Garden of Eden, he was driven to the east,
to the land of Nod. But I can hear exactly what
you're saying right now. You're saying, Joe, that isn't
your theory. So what is your off the curb
theory? Well, I've been thinking as I've
looked over many of these theories, some of them, yes, I
think we can rule out totally. But there does seem to be a
grain of truth in all of them. I mean, for instance, what about
the land of Kush? Why have we always known
Ethiopia as the land of Kush? For some reason it doesn't rest
well with me to just write that off and say no no longer we're
saying that that is Kush. So what if when Pangia was that
super constant, if you look at the map, Ethiopia, if you bring
it together, it comes very, very close to Persia.
So what if the river Guillon really did start at the same
source right next to Persia because Ethiopia was so close.
And that's where the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Pichon River
started. And And then what if after the
days of Noah we lost it? It was gone forevermore as as
the consonant started to to rift apart.
And then Eden was meant to be restored in the Temple.
And then, as you know, that also went.
But then it was finally restored.
Eden came back through the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
and it'll be never gone through him.
Those are just my thoughts. It's just a theory.
But hey, now perhaps you're saying I don't understand how
because Adam and Eve sinned, we also have lost Eden.
Well, if you're asking that question, you've got to see this
video. And if you did find this video,
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