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The Story of Redemption The Beginnings of Death While Abel justifies the plan of God, Cain becomes enraged, and his anger increases and burns against Abel until in his rage he slays him. God inquires of Cain for his brother,

The Story of Redemption Chapter 6 — Cain and Abel and Their Offerings This chapter is based on Genesis 4:1-15. Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam, were very unlike in character. Abel feared God. Cain cherished rebellious feelings and murmured

The Story of Redemption The Sacrificial Offering When Adam, according to God’s special directions, made an offering for sin, it was to him a most painful ceremony. His hand must be raised to take life, which God alone could give,

The Story of Redemption A View of the Future To Adam were revealed future important events, from his expulsion from Eden to the Flood, and onward to the first advent of Christ upon the earth; His love for Adam and

The Story of Redemption God’s Unchangeable Law All heaven mourned on account of the disobedience and fall of Adam and Eve, which brought the wrath of God upon the whole human race. They were cut off from communing with God,

The Story of Redemption The One Possible Way of Salvation The angels prostrated themselves before Him. They offered their lives. Jesus said to them that He would by His death save many, that the life of an angel could not

The Story of Redemption Chapter 5—The Plan of Salvation Sorrow filled heaven, as it was realized that man was lost and that world which God had created was to be filled with mortals doomed to misery, sickness, and death, and

The Story of Redemption The Curse The Lord then addressed the serpent: “Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat

The Story of Redemption Man’s Freedom of Choice God instructed our first parents in regard to the tree of knowledge, and they were fully informed relative to the fall of Satan, and the danger of listening to his suggestions. He

The Story of Redemption Eve Becomes a Tempter She then plucked for herself of the fruit and ate, and imagined she felt the quickening power of a new and elevated existence as the result of the exhilarating influence of the

The Story of Redemption Chapter 4—Temptation and Fall This chapter is based on Genesis 3. Satan assumes the form of a serpent and enters Eden. The serpent was a beautiful creature with wings, and while flying through the air his appearance

The Story of Redemption Adam and Eve Warned God assembled the angelic host to take measures to avert the threatened evil. It was decided in heaven’s council for angels to visit Eden and warn Adam that he was in danger

The Story of Redemption The Plot Against the Human Family His followers were seeking him, and he aroused himself and, assuming a look of defiance, informed them of his plans to wrest from God the noble Adam and his companion

The Story of Redemption Satan Seeks Reinstatement Satan trembled as he viewed his work. He was alone in meditation upon the past, the present, and his future plans. His mighty frame shook as with a tempest. An angel from heaven

The Story of Redemption Chapter 3—Consequences of Rebellion In the midst of the garden, near the tree of life, stood the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This tree was especially designed of God to be the pledge of

The Story of Redemption Adam and Eve in Eden Very happy were the holy pair in Eden. Unlimited control was given them over every living thing. The lion and the lamb sported peacefully and harmlessly around them, or slumbered at