Was Jesus in the garden of Eden?
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. -- Genesis 3:8 (NKJV)
Danie Haasbroek, the author of "The Wonder of Jesus in the Old Testament", claim that this was Jesus who "walked" with Adam and Eve.
- Jesus' name is never mentioned in the entire book of Genesis. It specifically said "LORD God" which was translated from the Hebrew name, יְהוָֽה which is never identified as Jesus.
- There are no verse in the entire bible that stated the Adam walked with the "LORD God" as one would walk next to a buddy through a garden. This is an assumption many Christians made which is based on no scripture.
- The verse state that "they heard the sound of the LORD God walking". They never saw Him walking, nor walked with Him. Adam told God “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked" (Genesis 3:10 NKJV). Adam did not see Jesus, he heard the LORD God.
- How did it sound? Like the "wind". Many translators would use the words "in the cool of the day", which is actually "in the breeze of the day". The word used there is רוּחַ ("ruach") which means "breath", "wind" or "spirit". This could imply that they experienced God's Spirit or presence.
- How did God "walked"? The word translated as "walking" is actually הָלַךְ ("halak") which could mean "walk", but it also means "to go" or "to come". They did not necessary heard God's footsteps as a person or animal walking, but they heard God or His Spirit coming as the wind. Another example is "Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." (Genesis 5:24) which means "Enoch had gone with God, and he was not, for God took him", same word translated as "walk" instead of "gone".
- God is invisible (John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:16; Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 4:12) and certainly did not walk as a human (1 Kings 8:27) in the garden of Eden.