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Eden PART 1: Defining the Yahuwah Triangle

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As stated in Part 1 of the Great Pyramid portion of this Yahuwah Triangle series, I believe the current location of the Great Pyramid of Giza is at the center of what was original Eden. In fact, I believe this was the physical location of Adam's creation from the dust of the earth. If this is true, we will see some really amazing things as the Yahuwah Triangle begins to take shape. Again, this is all sheer speculation on my part. I'm not teaching some "new doctrine". I am merely "thinking out-loud" in blog format. So, if that's cool with you, let's continue...

It seems to me that most people start on their quest to find the location of the Garden of Eden by tracking the rivers that are mentioned in the Genesis account. Indeed, I did the same thing myself and we shall go over that shortly. But I found there are a number of other clues in the Scriptures that are even more telling (in my opinion) than just what is said about the four rivers.

In my research, I've found that there are at least 5 plausible locations and I've illustrated them below with yellow circles:

There may be others, but these were the locations for which I found the most evidence. The bottom circle may seem way out of place (and I agree), but I've included it on this map because that is where Stan Deyo's research has recently led him and he's been making the rounds on the conference and radio talk show circuits promoting his latest finds, which led him to this conclusion.[1] I will discuss my opinion on each of these possible locations as we move forward in this study. For now, let's go back to "the Beginning" and look at the story as told in Genesis.

Even knowing in advance (from the moment of his creation) that Adam would fall, YHWH still had great plans for mankind.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

- Genesis 1:27-31 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

We see that at some point after Adam and Eve were formed, He placed them in a garden.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. - Genesis 2:8 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

The first thing I want to point out in this regard is the fact that the Garden of Eden is not Eden. It was something placed "eastward" within it. So, Eden is the name of a geographical location. Hold that thought. What happens next?

Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:9 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

Here we see that YHWH creates a garden "eastward" within a location known as Eden and within the "midst" of that garden, He placed two very special trees. The word "midst" comes from the Hebrew word, תָּ֫וֶך - "tavek" - Strong's # 8432 meaning:

From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), X between, half, X (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).

In English, the word "midst" is defined by Webster as:

Thus, we tend to think of it as right smack in the center of something. Does that mean we can take out a tape-measure and see that the two trees were in the exact middle of the Garden? Or may we view it as merely stating that somewhere near the center of the Garden, the two trees were planted? Hold that thought. We'll come back to it.

Of course we all know what happened next. After Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden, presumably somewhere near the trees, the Serpent shows up and deceives Eve, getting her to partake of the one thing from which they were told they could not eat: the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They only had one "negative" (thou shalt not) commandment at this point, and yet, what did they do? They violated that one commandment! Eve first, then Adam. It was through Adam however that all of mankind fell.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: - Romans 5:12 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

What is sin? It is disobedience to YHWH's laws.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
- 1 John 3:4 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

According to Leviticus 18, disobedience to His Law results in exile from His land:

25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

- Levitcus 18:25-30 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

Keep this too in mind - we'll come back to it. Now, let's go back to the first sin in the Garden of Eden. After Adam and Eve sinned, YHWH paid them a visit and had some words to say to the Deceiver. Let's read the whole story...

GENESIS 3:

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

[emphasis mine]

Wow! There's a lot going on here. Let's break it down...

First, we are introduced to the "Serpent", which in Hebrew is נָחָשׁ - "naw-khawsh'", which as a noun (Strong's #5175) is "serpent" but the same word as a vowel (Strong's #5172) is נָחַשׁ - "to practice divination, observe signs". Strong's further defines it as:

certainly, divine, enchanter, use enchantment, learn by experience, diligently observe

A primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. Whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate -- X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.

So, a hissing, whispering enchanter of divination approached Eve. This creature deceived her with three interesting promises:

1. You will surely not die - a promise of immortality
2. Your eyes will be opened - gaining greater wisdom/knowledge
3. You will be like God - a promise of becoming god-like

The tragic irony of this deception is in the fact that Adam and Eve already had all three! They were already immortal. Death only came after they took a bite of the forbidden fruit. They had all the knowledge of the Universe within the grasp of their daily routine. Whatever they didn't already know, they could simply ask the Creator of the Universe who walked and talked with them often in the Garden. Be like God? They already were made in the image and likeness of YHWH. So, the Serpent deceived them and in listening to this creature, Adam and Eve lost what they already had and mankind has been trying to gain those things back ever since.

Second, notice what the first prophecy of the Bible says:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

- Genesis 3:15 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

The KJV uses the word "bruise" here. Others use words like "crush" and "strike." Essentially, there will be violence between the two "seeds" resulting in the offspring of Eve having an injured heal and the Serpent ending up with an injury to the head. Most recognize this as Yeshua (Jesus) having his feet pierced and at some point in the future, this same Messiah gains ultimate victory over the Serpent. Now, if you are the serpent hearing this prophecy - that Eve's seed is going to strike/bruise/crush your head - what do you think you would do to her seed? You're going to do everything you can to mess it up aren't you? Well, that's exactly what we see happen.

It is not within the scope of this blog to go into this much deeper, but there are some very interesting stories (especially in the book of Jasher) concerning these special "coats of skin" that YHWH made for Adam and Eve.[2] For the sake of this work however, I simply want to point out that this was the first time blood would be shed for sin. This likely happened somewhere in between the two trees. Keep this thought in mind too!

Fourth, notice how the next thing that concerned YHWH is the idea that Adam and Eve might now think to partake of the Tree of Life and thus live forever in their fallen state.

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

- Genesis 3:22-24 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

This now completes what I have come to refer to as the Yahuwah Triangle. We've all heard of the Bermuda Triangle. What is the Yahuwah Triangle? Well, it is the shape now formed from three specific locations. But what are those locations? Well, we've already established one as Egypt, so, let's put a pin over Giza. Assuming this is the starting point, I then drew a line due north from the Great Pyramid:

The red line looks curved, but that is because the Earth is curved. When you follow the line all the way up, you find that it comes to the North Pole:

Assuming we are on the right track with this, the Garden can be anywhere "eastward" of the North/South line. Well, that didn't narrow things down too much for me at all. As you can see, all 5 possible locations are east of the line:

I then began to look at Isaiah 19 once again...

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

- Isaiah 19:24,25 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

Why is Israel YHWH's inheritance?

8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
9 But the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

- Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (ESV) [emphasis mine]

YHWH divided the nations at the Tower of Babel into 70 different people groups according to the 70 angels of what Dr. Michael Heiser refers to as "the Divine Council."[3] Out of that division, he chose the house of Abraham for Himself and made the person of Jacob, who would become known as Israel, the father of the 12 tribes who, as a whole, would bear that name and settle in a land, which likewise would become known by that name.

6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. 7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

- Zechariah 2:6-12 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

Why is Israel the "apple of His eye" anyway? Why is that one location on the entire planet so important to Him? Why does He refer to it as HIS land over and over again in the Scriptures? I believe it is because this is the location that was once the Garden, wherein He used to dwell with His "very good" creation, walking with Adam in the cool of the day.

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LordGod amongst the trees of the garden.

- Genesis 3:8 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

Considering the fact that virtually the whole Bible centers around Israel and YHWH's people being kicked out and returned to this location over and over again, it seemed to me that Israel was by far the most logical choice for the location of the Garden. So I put a pin over Jerusalem and began to test the theory I was developing.

I believe Adam was created in Egypt, specifically on the Giza plateau. He was then placed "eastward in Eden" into a garden. Within that garden, Adam and Eve sinned and were then kicked out. Where were they sent next?

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

- Genesis 3:23-24 (KJV) [emphasis mine]

Since YHWH placed Cherubims (with light-sabers) to the East of the Garden, I suspect that is the direction he also sent Adam and Eve. Otherwise, why guard the Garden from that position? If you go east of a very specific location within Israel (which I will address in the next blog), I believe they we can prove they were sent to Babylon.

Let's see what is happening here.

1. Egypt: Adam's creation place.
2. Israel: the Garden of Eden (the special place YHWH prepared for those made in His likeness and the place that He always keeps His eye on - the place where it all begins and ends) and
3. Babylon: the place of exile/punishment.

Now connecting these dots, I have depicted the Yahuwah Triangle below in yellow:

Remembering that the Great Pyramid was oriented to true north, I created the blue cross-hair arrows. The inner circle represents the interior area, which would later include the safe-ground land of Goshen. The middle circle represents the boundary circle for the land that would later include Sinai, the wilderness of wandering and the land of Isreal. The outer circle extends to just west of Babylon. It is my belief that the entire area within the outer circle was the land mass known as "Eden." I came up with this simply by putting a compass needle at Giza and then extending the pen out to Babylon and then drawing a circle. I originally did this back in 2009. It wasn't until just recently (in 2014) that I would discover just how prophetic that spurt of inspiration may have been.

Before I go deeper into that, please allow me to continue to elaborate some more on the above map. The white arrow is drawn at 33.33 degrees from Giza. It takes you right over Mt. Hermon! Thanks to the work of the late David Flynn, we learn that the center of that mountain range is located at 33.33 degrees north x 33.33 degrees east from the Paris Prime Meridian. We know from Scripture that Lucifer takes 1/3 of the "stars" (angels) with him when he is cast out of Heaven in Revelation 12. Thus, it is commonly accepted that of all the angels in Heaven, 33.33...% have rebelled. How amazing that all of these things "add up" to this same number: 33.33! For more on this, you may enjoy my lecture, The Mt. Hermon-Roswell Connection:

Zooming out a bit, I believe this is the "big picture" and the confines in which all of the evidence I've been finding seems to be pointing:

Eden proper is a big place, with a curious diameter, if my thesis is correct. Again, I came up with this, by putting a compass needle on a map, centered on Giza and extended the pen out to just west of Babylon and drew this circle. Why just west of Babylon? Because we see that the "plains of Shinar" was where early civilization was known to have developed. The earliest written records we have point to this area. I believe after the Flood, the reason men gathered together there (in Genesis 11, under the leadership of Nimrod) is because they were returning to familiar territory. If this is indeed where early civilization developed, it stands to reason it was east of the area that was "under guard" by the Cherubim.

With this as a foundation, let's dig some more (don't worry, I'll deal with the rivers in the next blog)...

To be continued in Part 2: Finding the Garden of Eden

Footnotes:

1. See Stan Deyo's "Quest for Eden" presentation at the Prophecy in the News sponsored 2014 Pike's Peak Prophecy Summit. [back]
2. See Jasher 27:1-12 for instance. [back]
3. Michael Heiser refers to the 70 angels as the "Divine Council" - http://www.thedivinecouncil.com/
   See also Jasher 9:31,32 [back]

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