In the second chapter of Genesis you will see, with God’s help, a picture that God has established of what He intends our homes to be. We have the precious truth concerning Christ and His church, the assembly, pictured here in Adam and Eve. We find that Adam was under a deep sleep when a rib was taken from his side and for him was fashioned Eve, the woman who was brought unto the man. We see here a beautiful picture of the Lord Jesus and His church. He went into the deep sleep of death and God formed for Him this woman, and Christ, like Adam, will have that which is so infinitely precious to Himself, which is now spoken of as “bone of [His] bones, and flesh of [His] flesh” made one with Himself.
When we see the picture of the Christian home unfolded before us, we find a very distinct and instructive order. “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (vs. 7). Here we have the foundation, the first step in the establishment of a Christian home — the man who becomes a living soul. He belongs to Christ by the miracle of new birth and now he, as a child of God to whom God has given life, is ready for his home.
Man was formed first and then for him God formed the garden. It tells us distinctly that in the garden “out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food” (vs. 9). In the garden, which God intended to be the home for the man whom He created and gave life to, He provided everything that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. A man does not have to wander into strange pastures to find that which satisfies his heart. It is all in his own home as God has established it.