Ellen Chat Conversation

Ellen White taught that the Garden of Eden was removed from the earth just before the Flood. She wrote that "when the tide of iniquity overspread the world, and the wickedness of men determined their destruction by a flood of waters, the hand that had planted Eden withdrew it from the earth" (PP 62.2). The garden didn't disappear immediately after Adam and Eve's fall. Instead, "the Garden of Eden remained upon the earth long after man had become an outcast from its pleasant paths" (PP 62.2). During this time, the fallen race could still see their former home, though angels guarded the entrance. Adam and his descendants came to the cherubim-guarded gate to worship God and renew their vows of obedience. Ellen White explained God's purpose in preserving Eden: "God purposed to preserve a specimen of his perfect work of creation free from the curse wherewith he had cursed the earth" (3SG 55.1). Rather than allowing the garden to experience the effects of sin and the curse, God "in his wonderful providence withdrew it from the earth" (1SP 61.1) before the Flood destroyed the antediluvian world. She also shared a beautiful promise about Eden's future: God "will return it to the earth again, more gloriously adorned than before it was removed from the earth" (SR 58.1). In the final restoration, "when there shall be 'a new heaven and a new earth,' it is to be restored more gloriously adorned than at the beginning" (PP 62.2). --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about how Adam and his family worshiped at Eden's gate before the Flood? • How will the restored Eden differ from the original garden? • What was the purpose of the tree of life in Eden, and will it be in the new earth? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=When+did+the+garden+if+Eden+get+taken+up)