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THOU HAST BEEN IN EDEN. Eze. 28:13 It is very evident that there is a reference made here to someone other than the king of Tyre. That being is none other than the devil, himself. The name of this beautiful garden of God bears the connotation, delights, which is in the plural, indicating unlimited pleasures forevermore. Ps. 16:11 Every delightful plant, tree and experience was present and to be enjoyed in this beautiful garden of the Lord. To be found among the gorgeous display of flowering trees and plants was the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The most important and vital of all the planting of the Lord, for they are spiritual trees and mankindís partaking of them indicates their eternal destiny. Gen. 2:9 This most pleasant place was also the dwelling place of the man whom the Lord had created. Gen. 2:8.
In this delightful atmosphere and place the Lord brought forth a companion for the man Adam whom He had created and placed in the garden. What a glorious type this transaction is as it portrayed the ultimate, the grandest of the creative ability of the Lord, the Bride of Christ. This was the final act of the original creation of the Lord. The grand finale, the crown and glory of all that He had brought forth. The perfected Bride is the goal and purpose of the Lord which is to reach its accomplishment in the end of the age. She is a living Bride and does not include those who have passed and gone to heaven. Eph. 5:27 Adam, under the power of the Spirit of the Lord, was made to be impervious to pain during the surgery performed by the Lord. A deep sleep from the Lord fell upon him. In the process, the Lord opened the side of Adam, very likely a bloodless surgical act, nevertheless blood was exposed. Gen. 2:21 From the side of the last Adam, the Lord Jesus, blood and water flowed as He was pierced by the spear of a soldier when nailed to the tree. John 19:34 As Eve, in the form of a rib, was taken from the side of Adam, so the church is brought forth by the blood and water and will be made to be His Bride. John 3:5.
Both natural birth and spiritual birth are by blood and water. The blood of redemption and the waters of baptism. Under the Law, washings were many and very necessary for entrance into the holy place. The unwashed would die for entering unwashed. Ex. 30:21 Paul was told to be baptized to, wash away his sins. Acts 22:16 It is an integral part of our first works as a Christian. Acts 2:38 Then there is that constant cleansing which is a result of the workings of the Word of the Lord in those who read and hear it. Eph. 5:26.