Map aid: Bible geography landmarks
Eden, wilderness, land, Zion, exile, nations, and New Jerusalem.
Reading scope: canonical.
Open this guide in the Concept AtlasEden
Eden is the primordial garden-land in Genesis where God places the first humans, associated with divine presence, abundant life, human vocation, and the tragedy of expulsion.
Look for: Open Eden and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Wilderness and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Eden in the AtlasWilderness
The 40-year testing period between Egypt and Canaan — archetype of God's formation of His people through deprivation, testing, and provision.
Look for: Open Wilderness and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Promised Land and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Wilderness in the AtlasPromised Land
The Promised Land is the land of Canaan pledged by God to Abraham and his descendants, received by Israel as covenantal inheritance, and interpreted in later Jewish and Christian tradition…
Look for: Open Promised Land and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Zion as Temple Mountain and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Promised Land in the AtlasZion as Temple Mountain
Zion functions as God’s holy mountain and center of worship, justice, and instruction for the nations, anticipating universal pilgrimage and peace (Ps 48; Ps 132:13-14; Isa 2:2-3; Mic…
Look for: Open Zion as Temple Mountain and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Exile and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Zion as Temple Mountain in the AtlasExile
The displacement of Israel/Judah from the land (Assyrian, Babylonian) — punishment for covenant unfaithfulness and backdrop for prophecy of eventual return/new exodus.
Look for: Open Exile and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Babylon the Great and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Exile in the AtlasBabylon the Great
The harlot city seated on many waters embodies idolatry, oppression, and illicit wealth, intoxicated with the saints’ blood, and destined for sudden judgment (Revelation 17–18; cf.
Look for: Open Babylon the Great and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward New Jerusalem and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Babylon the Great in the AtlasNew Jerusalem
The holy city, depicted as the bride, descending from heaven to manifest God’s immediate presence, abundant life, and covenant fulfillment among redeemed humanity (Revelation 21:2, 9-27…
Look for: Open New Jerusalem and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Pause here and choose the next neighboring concept that deserves a closer look.
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