My contention is that the people of God are making a journey back into the garden where righteousness dwells. However, this garden is not an exact replica of the Garden of Eden. It is still the same garden, but different in purpose. Some have confused my thinking in this matter as if this journey into the garden is our final journey. Nay, this journey is merely a first step towards a perfect world where God dwells supremely and man reigns forever over the angels. The first garden was a piece of land surrounded by rivers. It was limited in dimension and size. The garden the elect of God pursue is the same garden as Eden but no longer limited in size. That garden first created by God for His first human creation suffers an expansion. This expansion will cease only when nothing surrounds the garden. It must overcome land and sea (Isaiah 11:9).
The Garden as the dwelling place of God. From the Garden to the tabernacle, from the tabernacle to the temple, from the temple to the Church. It continues to move forward till eventually heaven on earth becomes fully realized as the dwelling place of God.