JEWELS

Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) minister and author wrote:
 
“You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering,” the Lord said to the king of Tyre, “carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx; sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald.” But then, as the Lord goes on to explain, because the king fell from innocence into sin, “I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and the guardian cherub drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire” (Ezekiel 28:13,16).
 
One way or another, we have all fallen like the king. Yet we all also carry within us a memory of Eden. It is perhaps why jewels fascinate us so and why we value them above almost all things. In their starry depths we see glimmers of where we have come from and also of where, according to ancient prophecy, we are going: the city whose “walls are… chrysoprase… jacinth… amethyst… and the twelve gates… twelve pearls… and the street… gold” (Revelation 21:19-21).”
(From ‘Wishful Thinking’)

It is a long-held view of mine as well that we have at our deepest inner level the DNA of the Garden of Eden. We know instinctively this is where we belong. We also know that one day the New Heaven and New Earth will again be Edenic as we rest under the Tree of Life.

“I am going to prepare a place for you?  When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.” Jesus