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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. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
(Genesis 2: 10-15)

Verses 10-15 goes into great deal about its geographical location 

I know some people love to do research and try and place the garden geographically. But the fact is only two of the 4 rivers mentioned are identifiable today and remember this was prior to any flood which would have significantly re landscaped the whole Euphrates flood plain anyway. But this we do know about the garden. 

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

(Gen 2:15)

So, the first responsibility given to mankind was not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. His second responsibility is to take care of the garden. To tend it and keep it. Interesting isn’t it, God intended for Adam to work. As matter of fact, God’s ideal world is not a world of idleness. The Egyptian culture that proceeded the Abrahamic faith was one that said work was degrading. They believed that idleness was desirable and that created a culture that required the ownership of slaves.  In Paradise right at the very beginning humanity was called to engage in work in the form of tending the garden. Tending to the garden was one of the benefits of living in Paradise. Sin later would result in that work become a real toil and a strife, but motivated creative work was part of the original plan of God for all of us. This tells me today that meaningful work should always be a gift from God, not a punishment for sin. The bible says, no matter what you do enjoy your work and do it well and do it to the glory of God.  And if you find the work you have to do makes you unable to do my suggestion, is you either change your attitude or change your job.

A Christian professor I once heard speak who taught at one of the most prestigious theological seminar in the United States said, that when he retired, he did an extensive study of retirement in both the Old and the New Testament. His conclusion was, “The word retirement does not even appear in the bible…. Retirement is not a biblical concept”. In the 1960’ and 70 this man lectures were attending by up to 1800 students at a time.  Many where broadcast by Radio syndication around the world. Although now in his 80’s and using a wheelchair, he still pastors and preaches every week at a small church in the retirement community in California where he now lives. He says today’, “I cannot imagine not working for the Lord, the only thing I have had to learn recently that for me working does not include using my legs anymore, just my mind and my voice”. Now I understand some people are unable to work due to illness or incapacity but if you are in any way able too, I believe God intends for us to have significant activity and satisfaction in your life, employment and enjoyment, and we are better off when we have both. 

So here in Genesis God created a garden and God created a gardener. Up to this point we see God has given mankind two responsibilities  But it is at this point in the passage when we see God gives a command. 

. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

(Gen 2: 16-17)

God gives another command, and He says every tree is good to eat and you can go eat all you want. But there is this one tree you should not eat from and that is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I wonder how they will respond to Gods command this time.

We will find out in the next episode.