The Oval Theory

History has always been a big interest to me. From Julius Caesar to the Holocaust, I've always had a keen interest for the past.

And since history jives with it, I also love archeology. Or at least anything about it. Tomb Raider in games, Indiana Jones in movies, books about archeology.... Somehow, I share the same joy of the character who discovers something amazing.

But could this be the same case in the Bible? Could science possibly prove the Bible true?

Indeed, yes.

Numerous times has there been proof supporting the Bible. Kingdoms and kings mentioned in the Bible jive with historical records. Places mentioned still exist today. Plants only found in the deepest of oceans were found on mountaintops. And numerous archaeologists - Christian and not - agree that the Bible gives definite records and is used for research.

Yet people believe the world was formed by an explosion of atoms which - by sheer coincidence - fell into place just like that. They believe that men came from apes. However, in truth some planets are older than the theorized date of the Big Bang, and none of the apes today seem to be evolving to become humans.
So I began thinking, what discovery could prove the Bible true? What discovery could prove scientists' belief wrong? What discovery could possibly and finally prove that God truly does exist?

How about the place where all things were created?

In Genesis, God created the first living beings in Eden with the Tree of Knowledge and Life. After the fall of man, God cast out Adam and Eve from Eden and placed a cherubim and a flaming sword to guard its entrance.

So did God destroy Eden?

Throughout the process of creation in Genesis, it is always mentioned after every creation that God saw it was good.

Would God destroy something He saw that was good?

Definitely not.

So if Eden still exists, where is it today?

Geographically speaking, the Bible only tells us the four rivers that run through the garden: Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. The Pishon and Gihon are unidentified today, but the Tigris and Euphrates means that Eden was somewhere in Mesopotamia. Modern-day Mesopotamia still exists today, only with a different name: Iraq.

So could Iraq be Eden? Could the present-day battleground be the place where God walked and dwelt?

I say no.

In Genesis 3:22, God made it clear He doesn't want man near Eden. Therefore, no man has seen or walked in the Garden for centuries.

So where is it? The Bible doesn't mention Eden after Genesis.

Alas, my friends.... this might not be so.

Michael Phillips, author of Rift in Time gives a compelling theory on Eden's location. And guess what.... we look toward Exodus for answers.

When Moses was in Midian, he went to Horeb, the mountain of God, where he talked to God through a burning bush. He was instructed to removes his sandals, since it was holy ground.

Also, after freeing the Israelites, he received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai.

Sinai.... Horeb.... both mountains. God talking to Moses.... God giving the Commandments to Moses....

According to Phillips, they are one and the same place.

But what significance does this hold with eden?

In Phillips' research, there are only two places in which God dwelt and walked for a brief period of time: Horeb and Eden.

They are, therefore, the same place.

Moses was told it was holy ground. Maybe because God walked and dwelt there? God talked through the burning bush. What better tree to talk from than the Tree of Life? The Ten Commandments. He gave at the same place He issued his first commandment.

With the theory of Horeb and Sinai being one, the burning bush being the Tree of Life, and the Tree of Life being in the center of Eden, there is only one conclusion....

The center of Eden is a mountain, and there rests the Tree of Life and Knowledge.

The second I read this theory, I was amazed how parallel all the information were. Could it be? If Mt. Sinai is discovered, could it lead to the discovery of the garden where life began?

Like Phillips, I believe that Eden is somewhere here on Earth, guarded by the cherubim and sword. But only in god's perfect time will it be revealed. Fin