The ongoing series on Imagining the Garden of Eden is an extended exercise in using God-given imaginations to consider what is written about what happened there in the Garden of Eden. By using imaginations and thinking these things through a greater understanding of God and His way of life comes. Caution applies to the use of the imagination in this sense that imaginations must not run wild but stay within the bounds of what God has revealed in His Word. Limitation applies not to what God says in Genesis 2 but to the entirety of the revelation. Bits and pieces from other parts of Scripture back up what is said so that imagination enhances what is actually written in this particular spot.

In this series on imagining the Garden of Eden the concept has been advanced that in giving a human spirit God endowed humanity with imagination. The imagination that He has given is a good thing although it can be used for evil. He wants imagination to be used in creative inventive artistic and other endeavors to help in seeing possibilities that may not have been thought of before. Imagination can be employed to great advantage in Bible study as long as it is kept firmly within the bounds firmly within the hedges of God's revelation. In a sense using imagination when approaching God's word is trying to read between the lines to provide depth and background thus understanding what is written. If imagination is employed understanding should be enhanced and more possibilities should be seen of what God may be trying to convey.

Imagination serves as a tool for enhancing understanding of God's Word through envisioning scenes such as the creation of Adam and the planting of the garden. Care must be taken to ensure that such imaginings remain within the bounds of possibility according to what has been revealed in Scripture. One must avoid becoming too dogmatic about these possibilities because the imaginations of men's hearts can easily go astray. When used properly, imagination generates ideas that aid spiritual understanding by forging connections with other concepts. Adding to or taking away from what is written must be avoided.