"And to the north of the garden there is a sea of water, clear and pure to the taste, like unto nothing else, so that, through the clearness thereof, one may look into the depths of the earth."
This is a goo quote describing the detail of the "borders of heaven" This uses great imagery. I also like the way the story is written with words such as depths, thereof, unto, etc. It definitely gives it a unique feel.
God approached Adam and told him something that Adam didn't understand at all (nor did i) but Adam was under the impression that the world was going to end in 5 days and begged and begged God to explain why. Adam later on learned that wasn't the case.
Adam and Eve enter the cave, and prayed as Adam saw the rock and the roof that covered the cave so that he couldn't see heaven nor Gods creatures. He wept and wept until he dropped "dead." Eve wept and wept believing that he was actually dead.
"But God looked upon them, for they had killed themselves through great grief. But he would raise them and comfort them."
"They wept before him and sought mercy from him" Adam and Eve wept in front of God like he was one of their parents.
"Then God, merciful and gracious, looked upon them thus lying in the water, and nigh unto death, and sent an angel, who brought them out of the water and laid them on the seashore as dead." God sends his word unto Adam and Eve and raises them from dead, once again proving the power of God. It is interesting throughout the story, the amount of deaths and sins committed not only by Adam and Eve but others, God seems to always be there.
This is also one of my favorite pictures, as it is colorful and in great detail as I was also wondering what the Garden of Eden looked like before seeing this picture.
"All this misery that thou hast been made to take upon thee because of thy transgression, will not free thee from the hand of Satan, and will not save thee. But I will." God says Adam will not be ruined by Satan regardless of all the darkness he is experiencing but he will one day be saved by God. That Adam needs to experience darkness and that God will suffer for their salvation.
Adam throws himself from atop the mountain and Eve weeps and weeps and then later threw herself after him. This section was very interesting and kind of depressing in a way, as it showed a ton of emotion, but was really interesting to read.
"Then Adam and Eve took stones and placed them in the shape of an altar, and they took leaves from the trees outside the garden, with which they wiped, from the face of the rock, the blood they had spilled"
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