1. Gan Eden

The Torah, or the laws of Hashem, are the blueprint for all of creation. More than a list of “to dos” and “to don’ts,” the Torah is a compilation of mitzvot, which in fact are individual covenants that Hashem has made between Himself and his Jewish people. If kept, the mitzvot bring life, peace, and blessing. If the mitzvot are not kept, just punishment (or "curses") befall the transgressor.

What we must understand, however, is that though Torah was first formally given on Mount Sinai to Hashem's chosen people, the Hebrews, we can also see that at the outset of creation, Hashem set His Torah in the middle of the Garden of Eden if the form of the Tree of Life.

Proverbs 3:18 confirms that:

Indeed, Proverbs 8:22 tells us that before anything was created, Hashem formed all of His wisdom, His teaching, meaning: His Torah. ​

The fruits of this Tree of Life (Hashem's wisdom) were not forbidden to eat. Just like the fruit of all of the seed-bearing trees, the Torah and mitzvot were available for Adam and Havah to consume. Prior to Genesis 3 and the entrance of sin into the world, Adam and Havah lived in peaceful harmony with Hashem—indeed, Hashem walked among them in their midst. This peace and close connection with Hashem are arguably due to the Torah, whose mitzvot were easily kept when the eyes of Adam and Havah had not yet been opened to the world of darkness and sin.

It was only after eating from the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil that Hashem kicked Adam and Havah out of Gan Eden, creating distance between Himself and His Torah and Adam, Havah, and all of creation. Once Adam and Havah were removed from the Garden, Hashem put an Angel at the Gate with a flaming sword to protect the sanctity of His Holy Garden and His Tree of Life, the Torah.

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Prior to banishing Adam and Havah from Gan Eden, however, Hashem promised Havah that her SEEDS (plural) will be the ones to strike at the head of HaSatan. These seeds are the offspring promised later to Abram in Genesis 12 that would arise from the child born to Sarai (Isaac). From Isaac came Jacob, who was later given the name Yisrael. From Jacob, the 12 tribes of Yisrael were born. It was to this chosen people, the Jewish people of Israel, of whom Hashem states:

1. Exodus 4:22​

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2. Jeremiah 2:3​

It was also to this chosen, Jewish people, to whom Hashem gave His Torah as an eternal covenant: which stands as both a marriage ketubah  and eternal Peace-Treaty, if you will, between Hashem and His elected Jews. This contract of mitzvot is the source of all eternal promises of blessing to both the Jewish people and the entire world. It is through the Jewish people living by way of the Torah that we shine as "lights unto the nations."

• By the light of Torah radiating through Jews, the goyim can not only see Hashem, but they can also be drawn to Hashem and the happy and peaceful life that comes through bearing the Holy Yoke of Heaven. 

• By the light of Torah radiating through Jews, the promise of eternal global peace will come.

• By the light of Torah radiating through Jews, Gan Eden will be restored when we perform teshuvah, return to Hashem, and live by the light of Torah. For then, and only then, will the Redeemer (Hashem) return to Jacob (Isaiah 59:20), usher in moshiach (the anointed earthly king from the line of King David), and secure the globe in utter peace without war, famine, or suffering of any kind. In this renewed Gan Eden, only the Light of Hashem will shine as we will all know, keep, and willingly do the mitzvot held in our eternal Peace Treaty: The Torah.

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Ezekiel 36: 22-30