Gardens: Gateways to the Underworld?

Alright guys, I’ve got an extra-weird one for you this time: does the Bible demonstrate some kind of connection between gardens and the Underworld?

Uh, what? When I first heard that, I thought it was one of the most bizarre ideas I’d ever read. While we might use a garden to grow our carrots and cucumbers, the ancient people of the Old Testament era thought of gardens as gateways to the spiritual realm. A place where one could make contact with the dead. 

And as we explore various gardens of the Bible today, this concept will start to become very clear even in Scripture itself. And it goes all the way back to the very first one: the garden mountain of Eden. 

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible. 

Turn to I Kings 2, and let’s get weird.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

2:00 - Gardens on Cosmic Mountains

6:20 - Kings and Gardens

15:15 - The Last Adam and the Last Garden

21:50 - I’m Going In

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