In the early chapters of the Bible, particularly in Genesis chapter two, we encounter the story of a man formed from the dust and placed in the Garden of Eden. Yet this account should not merely be understood as a literal historical event. Rather, it can be seen as an allegorical revelation — a spiritual parable or divine mystery meant to be discerned by those enlightened by the Spirit of God.

The Garden of Eden represents more than a physical location. Eden is a realm of consciousness, awareness, and spiritual knowing. It is the awareness of the one eternal Life — the Life of the Father, the great “I AM.” This is the only true Life that exists, the Life by which all living beings truly live. Scripture calls it “the land of the living,” because all who truly live partake of that one divine Life.

This Life is spiritual, eternal, and incorruptible. It cannot be bound to the temporary and beggarly elements of the material world. It is above all earthly limitations and remains forever.

What we witness in the world today is humanity existing in a fallen state. Men and women have fallen short of the glory of God — that divine state of being rooted in the Life of the Father. To sin is to fall short of this higher Life and consciousness. Humanity descended into the “dust,” which symbolizes the realm of vanity, deception, corruption, and spiritual ignorance.

This dust realm is not merely physical earth; it is a condition of spiritual death. It is the state of living according to the carnal mind — the outer, natural consciousness separated from the awareness of divine Life. Scripture declares that “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God,” and that “the wages of sin is death.” Thus, those who live apart from the Life of God dwell spiritually in the grave, dead in sins and trespasses.

This explains the corruption and decay seen throughout the world. It is a realm where everything fades: flowers bloom only briefly before withering, grass dries up and dies, and all earthly glory passes away. Why? Because true Life is absent from that realm. Humanity, governed by the carnal mind, has become unaware of its eternal spiritual nature in God.

Yet God has not abandoned humanity. What God is doing in the world today is breathing His Spirit into those who sleep in their graves. This divine breath is symbolized in Scripture as a trumpet, a loud shout, or the voice of God calling forth the dead. It proceeds from the depths of divine Love to awaken the sons and daughters of God from spiritual death and restore them to Life.

This is the deeper meaning of God breathing into man in Eden. When God breathed into man, man became a living soul. Before this awakening, humanity existed in spiritual death, lost in sins and trespasses. But through the Spirit, one comes alive to the reality that only the Lord truly lives.

The breath of God grants spiritual understanding. It awakens humanity to its divine origin and true identity. Through the Spirit, we begin to understand the mystery of the Body of Christ and recognize our true nature as the image and likeness of God — spiritual, incorporeal, eternal, without beginning and without end.

God reveals to us that we are His offspring, branches of His own Life. He arms us with truth so that we may be delivered from the lower state of dust-consciousness and restored to divine awareness.

As Jesus declared, “The hour is coming when those who are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God.” Those who respond to that voice awaken into righteousness, glory, and Life.

What does it mean to “do good”? To do good is to hear the divine voice, obey the truth, and align oneself with the Life of God. It is to walk by faith in the name of the Lord. It is to exercise oneself in Christ — the beloved Son of God, who is the image and likeness of the Father.

To do good is, by faith, to awaken from the dust and return to divine Life in Eden.

When a person hears the voice of the Father and receives the breath of God, they are gradually guided out of mortal sense and awakened into spiritual reality. In due season, they are introduced once again into their true realm — the Garden of Eden. This Garden is the consciousness of the Father, the awareness of divine oneness.

When Christ declared, “I and the Father are one,” He revealed the consciousness attained by those who have risen from among the dead. These are the resurrected sons and daughters of God, gathered into one Body, one Spirit, and one identity — the Lord Himself.

In unison, they speak with the “voice of many waters.” The many waters symbolize the multitudes gathered unto the Lord upon Mount Zion, united in one Spirit and one Name. Together they proclaim:

“I am He that liveth. I was dead in times past, but thanks be to the Father, who delivered me from the snare of the fowler and released me from the prison house of death. He has crowned me with joy, gladness, and everlasting freedom.”

This is the echoing voice of eternal Life — the testimony of those awakened into divine consciousness. They rejoice continually in the name of the Lord, exercising themselves in the Spirit and beholding the beauty and glory of God.

When humanity awakens in the likeness of God, it simultaneously discovers the Garden. The awakening and the Garden appear together. The desert places become flourishing fields; the rough places are made smooth. What was once barren becomes alive with divine abundance.

The Garden of Eden symbolizes this restored spiritual state — a flourishing realm filled with the riches of divine Life. The “dust of gold” represents immortality and divinity. The rivers and brooks flowing through the Garden symbolize the endless knowledge and wisdom of God flowing from within the awakened soul.

Scripture speaks of a river flowing out of Eden and dividing into four streams. Spiritually understood, this represents the inexhaustible abundance of divine understanding filling the earth, just as waters cover the sea.

Those who enter this realm are surrounded by the glory and love of God. They live in the consciousness of oneness, peace, and divine union. In this state, all things belonging to the Father become theirs also.

Here, fear no longer exists. Death loses its hold. Anxiety about tomorrow disappears. Questions such as “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we wear?” no longer dominate the mind, because the soul realizes its inheritance in God.

This is the exalted grace of the saints — gathering together in unspeakable joy before the presence of the Almighty. In Him there is fullness of joy, peace without measure, and everlasting exaltation.

The realm of the Spirit is a dimension of consciousness — the awareness that “I AM He.” Within this dimension, humanity rediscovers the angelic state, symbolized throughout Scripture by the cherubim.

The cherubim are spiritual symbols representing the exalted condition of the resurrected sons of God. Through these heavenly images, God reveals the elevated and incorruptible state prepared for His people.

For a season, humanity fell beneath this glory. Man became “lower than the angels,” descending into flesh, mortality, and corruption. But the Lord restores His sons and daughters once more. He gives them the wings of the eagle and the wings of the cherubim, lifting them back into fellowship with Himself upon Mount Zion — the realm of divine communion.

Even Christ entered into this mystery. For a time, Jesus was made lower than the angels. Yet He prayed:

“Father, glorify Me with the glory I had with You before the world was.”

And the Father answered Him, restoring Him to divine glory and giving Him the Name above every name — the Name of the Father Himself.

This same promise is extended to all who awaken to their true identity as sons and daughters of God. We are one with the Father. We are one Spirit with the Lord. We came forth from Him, and now the time has come to walk consciously in Him once again.

Yet there remains a sacred responsibility for those who dwell in this Garden.

The instruction given to Adam was simple: keep the Garden and tend it.

Spiritually understood, this means guarding the consciousness of divine Life. The awakened soul must remain rooted in the Spirit and avoid returning to the lower consciousness symbolized by the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The serpent in the Garden represents the spirit of this world operating through the carnal mind. It is the lower nature that crawls in the dust — the realm of earthly thinking, fear, separation, pride, and illusion.

Scripture symbolizes this same spirit in many forms: serpent, dragon, lion, or adversary. Yet all these images point to the same reality — the spirit of this age working through unawakened human consciousness.

The spirit of this world continually seeks to draw humanity away from spiritual awareness and into identification with the outer realm of flesh and appearances. It entices the soul to seek fulfillment in earthly glory, causing man to descend from spiritual heights into vanity, lust, pride, and corruption.

As humanity becomes absorbed in the lower realm, awareness of the true and eternal Life fades. Man begins to walk the earth apart from divine consciousness, identifying himself with mortality and dust rather than with Spirit and eternal Life.

This worldly consciousness persuades humanity to believe that it is merely material and temporary. It veils the soul from the reality of the Father’s Life.

Yet the Father comes to remove that veil. He awakens understanding within His people and calls them back into Life. This is why teachings such as these exist today: to awaken humanity from spiritual forgetfulness and restore the consciousness of divine union.

Many imagine that God casts man away or condemns him. But spiritually understood, humanity experiences separation when it attempts to live outside of divine Life. To abide in God is Life; to depart into self-consciousness and carnality is death.

The glory of God cannot be joined to the lower consciousness of dust and corruption. Eden is the realm of divine awareness, and to dwell there one must walk in the image and likeness of God.

When humanity identifies itself merely with earthly distinctions — race, gender, status, nationality, religion, or material identity — it descends into dust-consciousness. Then the voice echoes:

“Dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.”

The eternal “I AM” cannot be reduced to the temporary elements of this world. “I AM” is eternal Spirit.

The feelings of nakedness, shame, fear, and unworthiness arise when humanity becomes misaligned from divine Life. Yet the deeper fulfillment of all spiritual law is found in oneness with the Spirit.

The commandments point toward unity — unity with God, unity with Life, and unity within the divine identity of the Father.

The hatred, wars, bitterness, and confusion seen in the world today arise because humanity has dissociated itself from the one true Life, which is the Lord.

Separated from divine awareness, humanity becomes bound to mortality and corruption. What man continually confesses, he gradually conforms himself unto.

Scripture declares:

“By your words you are justified, and by your words you are condemned.”

If a person continually identifies with mortality, limitation, and dust-consciousness, he remains bound within that realm. But if he confesses the Christ — the Son of the living God — and abides in that truth, he enters into Life.

Therefore, discernment is essential. Humanity must guard what it hears, believes, and meditates upon, remaining aligned with the Spirit and the Spirit alone.

“I and the Father are one.”

“The Lord is Spirit, and he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”

These are not merely religious sayings. They are eternal realities to be awakened to and consciously lived.

If you can hear the voice of the Spirit today, then awaken to who you truly are. Confess the truth boldly within yourself:

“I am Christ, the son of the living God. I am one with the Father.”

Through this recognition and confession, the Lord leads the soul out of the snare of the fowler and delivers it from deception. As it is written:

“Because you have known My Name, I will raise you up.”

The serpent — the deceiver, the liar, the spirit of carnality — is placed beneath your feet as you continue walking in the Spirit and abiding in the truth.

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

This is the entrance into the glorious liberty of the sons and daughters of God — reigning in Life from age to age.

May the Lord preserve you in this awareness. May He establish you in His Life, His Spirit, and His eternal truth.

Amen.