THE CRYSTAL SEA AND THE WATERS OF EDEN

THE CRYSTAL SEA AND THE WATERS OF EDEN

Forgotten Books of Eden

Book of Adam and Eve Book 1 Ch 1

The crystal sea. God commands Adam, expelled from Eden, to dwell in the Cave of Treasures.

1 ON the third day, God planted the garden in the east of the earth, on the border of the world eastward, beyond which, towards the sun-rising, one finds nothing but water, that encompasses the whole world, and reaches unto the borders of heaven.

2 And to the north of the garden there is a sea of water, clear and pure to the taste, like unto nothing else; so that, through the clearness thereof, one may look into the depths of the earth.

3 And when a man washes himself in it, becomes clean of the cleanness thereof, and white of its whiteness--even if he were dark.

4 And God created that sea of His own good pleasure, for He knew what would come of the man He should make; so that after he had left the garden, on account of his transgression, men should be born in the earth, from among whom righteous ones should die, whose souls God would raise at the last day; when they should return to their flesh; should bathe in the water of that sea, and all of them repent of their sins.

5 But when God made Adam go out of the garden, He did not place him on the border of it northward, lest he should draw near to the sea of water, and he and Eve wash themselves in it, be cleansed from their sins, forget the transgression they had committed, and he no longer reminded of it in the thought of their punishment.

6 Then, again, as to the southern side of the garden, God was not pleased to let Adam dwell there; because, when the wind blew from the north, it would bring him, on that southern side, the delicious smell of the trees of the garden.

7 Wherefore God did not put Adam there, lest he should smell the sweet smell of those trees forget his transgression, and find consolation for what he had done, take delight in the smell of the trees, and not be cleansed from his transgression.

8 Again, also, because God is merciful and of great pity, and governs all things in a way He alone knows--He made our father Adam dwell in the western border of the garden, because on that side the earth is very broad.

9 And God commanded him to dwell there in a cave in a rock--the Cave of Treasures below the garden.

Genesis 2:8-10

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Revelation 22:1-2

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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The Waters of Eden, along with the Tree of Life, the first appearance in the Bible is before the original sin and the other mention is along with the creation of a new heaven and a new earth. Between Genesis 2 and Revelation 22, excluding the first and last chapters of the Bible, man has to contend with sin; God's word providing guidance.

Meanwhile water and its purification qualities take a role in cleansing throughout the Bible and in service. Included is baptism, as attributed to Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist) in going before Y'shua (Jesus) proclaiming that the Kingdom of Heaven is near (Messianic Kingdom). Baptism as an act of repentance and faith can be a symbol of the Waters of Eden. Forgiveness is in the belief, in the right direction; repentance or turning from our sin and wrongdoing. This shows that sin, in making us unclean, takes us away from God.