The Garden Of Eden

Q. A garden of God is mentioned in Ezekiel 28:13, is this the same garden as the Garden of Eden in Genesis?

Where did the skins come from that God used to clothe Adam and Eve?  Was this the first sacrifice for sin done by the hands of God as an example to Adam and Eve of the fulfillment of His justice?

A. The two names refer to the same garden.  Ezekiel 28:13 confirms that Satan was the power behind the serpent’s cunning.  God had Adam and Eve remove the clothing of leaves they had made and clothed them with animal skins instead to demonstrate that their “covering” would come from the shedding of innocent blood, not by the works of their own hands. (The skins came from animals he had created on the day before Adam was created.)  This model of God’s Grace would later be fulfilled in the shedding of the Lord’s blood which spiritually covers us in righteousness we cannot achieve by our own works.

This and other models are like parables. They’re usually not specifically explained in Scripture, but they are illustrations we use as study aids. They are not meant to establish doctrine but to support it.