The word Eden comes from a word meaning “delight.” It was a garden of delight. Everything that was needed was provided, and it was beautiful. God Himself planted the garden. Then God created Adam in the garden and took a rib from man and fashioned a woman, Eve. So the first marriage took place in the garden. But then there came sin, then guilt, and then shame, because shame is the product of guilt, and guilt is the product of sin. And so society sinks deeper into the mire of sin and guilt today. Thank God, there is another Adam—a second Adam—God’s Son, whom He sent also into this world seeking a bride. We are that bride.
