The Love of God in Giving his Son
I have been shown the great love and condescension of God in
giving his Son to die that man might find pardon and live.
I was shown Adam and Eve in the garden, privileged to behold its
beauty and loveliness, and with permission to eat of all the trees in the
garden except one. But the serpent tempted Eve, and she tempted her
husband, and they both ate of the forbidden tree. They broke God’s
command, and became sinners.
The news spread through heaven, and every harp was hushed. The
angels sorrowed, and feared lest they would put forth the hand and eat
of the tree of life, and be immortal sinners. But God said he would
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drive the transgressors from the garden of Eden, and by cherubims, and
the flaming sword, guard the way of the tree of life, so that man could
not approach unto it, and eat of its immortal fruit, which perpetuates
immortality.
Sorrow filled heaven, as it was realized that man was lost, and the
world that God created was to be filled with mortals doomed to misery,
sickness and death, and there was no way of escape for the offender.
The whole family of Adam must die. I saw the lovely Jesus, and
beheld an expression of sympathy and sorrow upon his countenance.
Soon I saw him approach the exceeding bright light which enshrouded
the Father. Said my accompanying angel, “He is in close converse
with his Father.” The anxiety of the angels seemed to be intense while
Jesus was communing with his Father. Three times he was shut in by
the glorious light about the Father, and the third time he came from
the Father we could see his person; and his countenance was calm,
free from all perplexity and trouble, and shone with loveliness, such
as words cannot express. He then made known to the angelic choir
that a way of escape had been made for lost man; that he had been
pleading with his Father, and had obtained his consent to give his life a
ransom, to bear their sins, and take the sentence of death upon himself
to open a way that man might find pardon for transgressing God’s
command; that man, by taking hold of the merits of Christ’s blood,
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