The Showdown of the Two Edens

Gospel of John shows Jesus went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem all throughout his life. But Matthew, Mark, and Luke want to save Jesus' journey to Jerusalem for the climax of their stories. If you think Jerusalem was supposed to become a true Eden, it didn't. And now for centuries it's been under foreign occupation. Abraham's family is semi-incharge there in Jesus' day. So that's Jerusalem in Jesus' eyes. The kingdom of God is up here in Galilee. It's even reaching up into the pagan parts of Tyre and Sidon.Jesus is starting the new Eden but outside Jerusalem.