“上帝看着一切所造的都甚好”（创1:31）。{FH.139.1}
亚当与夏娃从他们的创造主手里造出来的时候，身体、心智与灵性的各种禀赋都是全备的。上帝为他们设立了一个园子，并在他们四周安置了各样悦目可爱的事物，以及他们肉体所需要的一切。这对圣洁的夫妇面对一个无比可爱荣耀的世界。……慈善的创造主向他们显明了祂良善仁爱的证据，供给他们水果、菜蔬和五谷，并使地上生出各样美丽有用的树木。{FH.139.2}
这对圣洁的夫妇观看大自然，犹如一幅无比可爱的图画。褐色的大地上覆盖着一层鲜绿的地毯，其间点缀着各式各样变化无穷而自动繁殖、自动生存的鲜花。灌木，花卉与藤蔓；它们的美丽与芳香令人心旷神怡。多种巍然高耸的树林结满了形形色色美味的鲜果，适合快乐的亚当夏娃的口味，满足他们的需要。上帝为我们的始祖预备的这个伊甸家园，给了他们无误的证据，证明祂对他们的大爱和关怀。{FH.139.3}
亚当被加冕为伊甸之王。他被授与对上帝所造一切生物的统治权。上帝赐给亚当和夏娃的智力是动物所没有的。祂让亚当合法地治理祂所创造的万物。按照上帝形像所创造的人类，能够思考和欣赏自然界中上帝的荣耀作为。……{FH.139.4}
那环绕他们的天然之美像镜子一般，反照他们天父的智慧、卓越与仁爱。他们深情的赞歌，悠扬而恭敬地上达于天，与高贵的天使及无忧无虑唱着美妙乐曲之快乐鸟儿的歌声相和。完全没有疾病、衰弱与死亡。眼目所见的事物都充满生气。大气也孕育着生命。在每一片叶子，每一朵花儿和每一棵树里都有生命。——《评论与通讯》，1874年2月24日。{FH.139.5}
The Creation, May 7
Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.?Genesis 1:31.?{FH 139.1}[1]
Adam and Eve came forth from the hand of their Creator in the perfection of every physical, mental, and spiritual endowment. God planted for them a garden and surrounded them with everything lovely and attractive to the eye and that which their physical necessities required. This holy pair looked out upon a world of unsurpassed loveliness and glory. A benevolent Creator had given them evidences of His goodness and love in providing them with fruits, vegetables, and grains, and had caused to grow out of the ground trees of every variety for usefulness and beauty.?{FH 139.2}[2]
The holy pair looked upon nature as a picture of unsurpassed loveliness. The brown earth was clothed with a carpet of living green diversified with an endless variety of self-propagating, self-perpetuating flowers. Shrubs, flowers, and trailing vines regaled the senses with their beauty and fragrance. The many varieties of lofty trees were laden with fruit of every kind and of delicious flavor adapted to please the taste and meet the wants of the happy Adam and Eve. This Eden home God provided for our first parents, giving them unmistakable evidences of His great love and care for them.?{FH 139.3}[3]
Adam was crowned as king in Eden. To him was given dominion over every living thing that God had created. The Lord blessed Adam and Eve with intelligence such as He had not given to the animal creation. He made Adam the rightful sovereign over all the works of His hands. Human beings made in the divine image could contemplate and appreciate the glorious works of God in nature....?{FH 139.4}[4]
The natural loveliness which surrounded them, like a mirror reflected the wisdom, excellence, and love of their heavenly Father. And their songs of affection and praise rose sweetly and reverentially to heaven, harmonizing with the songs of the exalted angels and with the happy birds who were caroling forth their music without a care. There was no disease, decay, nor death anywhere. Life, life was in everything the eye rested upon. The atmosphere was impregnated with life. Life was in every leaf, in every flower, and in every tree.—The Review and Herald, February 24, 1874.?{FH 139.5}[5]
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