Gates of Eden

Gates of Eden Gates of Eden is a Messianic congregation in Pekin, IL, and also the Botkin Bimonthly teaching magazine of the same name. It is not sent by email.

Follow this page for updates, teachings, and events. The Gates of Eden Botkin Bimonthly started as an 8-page newsletter in 1995 with articles and comics by Daniel Botkin. Over the years it has grown and is now a 36-page magazine featuring in-depth Bible studies, thought-provoking articles, and zany comics. It is printed on real paper and delivered to readers' homes.

04/16/2026

Getting ready to update the mailing list for the May-June issue of my magazine Gates of Eden. Articles included in this issue are: "Swift But Not Hasty"; "Communications 101 & Our Communication of Biblical Truth"; "The Jigsaw Puzzle Parable"; "The Greek Roots of Our Faith, Part 1"; "The Kingdom of God is Not Meat & Drink." And the usual Letters Page, a chapter from my book My Back Pages, and brand new zany "Rev. Twistruth" cartoons. No cost to get on the mailing list if you live in the USA. It's not sent by email, it's printed on paper and mailed to readers' homes, so if you want to be added to the mailing list, send your name & mailing address to [email protected]. (Do NOT send your address as a PM on FB, because I might not see it.)

Gates of Eden is now meeting for Shabbat every Saturday at our new location, 13895 1st St., Pekin IL 61554. We are in th...
04/13/2026

Gates of Eden is now meeting for Shabbat every Saturday at our new location, 13895 1st St., Pekin IL 61554. We are in the process of buying this building! You’re welcome to join us - 10 am Bible Study; 11 am Praise & Worship, Teaching, & Prayer Time; Lunch after the meeting.

12/29/2024

Our youngest daughter, Autumn Sunshine, 24, has Down syndrome and autism. People with Down syndrome are mentally re****ed. When used in a non-pejorative way, the word re****ed means “delayed.” Autumn’s language learning was delayed, but she learned to speak. She could count, recite the alphabe...

12/15/2024

There are two important aspects of our faith I want to discuss. First I want to discuss the importance of having a clear focus from the right position. Then I want to address the object of our faith, i.e., the question of which aspect of our faith deserves the most attention.AN UNCLEAR FOCUS FROM TH...

12/08/2024

IS IT REALLY PAGAN?Throughout Israel’s history, God’s people often mingled their worship of the one true God with customs and traditions borrowed from pagan religions. Whenever that happened, God spoke through His prophets to express His hatred of this mingling of the holy and the profane, the s...

12/01/2024

One of my pet peeves is people trying to dismiss a Bible truth by repeating the trite, worn-out excuse “That’s a mistranslation.” No Bible translation is 100% perfect, because the full meaning of any Hebrew or Greek or Aramaic word, and all the nuances of that particular word and its connectio...

11/24/2024

Suppose an evil man plans to abduct, abuse, and murder a child. Each day he hides in a clump of trees by a playground in a park. He waits and watches for an opportunity to carry out his plan. One day his opportunity comes. A young mother and her four year old daughter are at the playground and no on...

11/17/2024

Approximately 200 years before Christ, Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek. This Greek translation is called the Septuagint. The Septuagint can help us see how Jews at that time understood the Hebrew Scriptures. I want us to look at one phrase in Amos as an example. In Amos 6, the...

11/10/2024

For Jews and Christians, Abraham is the father of our faith. We do not want to dishonor Abraham by criticizing him, but at the same time, we have to acknowledge that the flaws of Father Abraham are written in the Holy Scriptures. Obviously our heavenly Father wants us to know about Abraham’s flaws...

11/04/2024

Yes, I have read the Book of Enoch. No, it is not supposed to be in the canon of Scripture. I first read Enoch when I was living in Israel in 1977 and borrowed it from a friend. I thought it might be a rare book and unavailable in the U.S., so I wrote down notes summarizing the entire content of the...

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13895 First St.
Pekin, IL
61554

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10am - 3pm

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