Rebellious Angels Are Cast Out, and Adam and Eve Fall
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All heaven took a deep and joyful interest in the creation of the
world and of man. Human beings were a new and distinct order.—
The
Review and Herald, February 11, 1902
.
Next to the angelic beings, the human family, formed in the image
of God, are the noblest of His created works.—
The Review and Herald,
December 3, 1908
.
The Lord ... had endowed Adam with powers of mind superior to
any living creature that He had made. His mental powers were but little
lower than those of the angels.—
The Review and Herald, February 24,
1874
.
As soon as the Lord through Jesus Christ created our world, and
placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, Satan announced his
purpose to conform to his own nature the father and mother of all
humanity.—
The Review and Herald, April 14, 1896
.
When the Lord presented Eve to Adam, angels of God were wit-
nesses to the ceremony.—
In Heavenly Places, 203
.
This sinless pair wore no artificial garments. They were clothed
with a covering of light and glory, such as the angels wear.—
The Signs
of the Times, January 9, 1879
.
God created man for His own glory, that after test and trial the
human family might become one with the heavenly family. It was
God’s purpose to repopulate heaven with the human family.—
The
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S.D.A. Bible Commentary 1:1082
.
The vacancies made in heaven by the fall of Satan and his angels
will be filled by the redeemed of the Lord.—
The Review and Herald,
May 29, 1900
.
Adam and Eve in Eden
Although everything God had made was in the perfection of beauty,
and there seemed nothing wanting upon the earth which God had
created to make Adam and Eve happy, yet He manifested His great
love to them by planting a garden especially for them. A portion of
their time was to be occupied in the happy employment of dressing the
garden, and a portion in receiving the visits of angels, listening to their
instruction, and in happy meditation. Their labor was not wearisome,
but pleasant and invigorating.—
The Signs of the Times, January 9,
1879
.