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beautiful garden of Eden, everything
there was joyful.

To what does the subject of creation herein briefly treated relate? ¶ 28.
Who is designated in the Bible as the beginning of God's creation? ¶
28.
To what does the Genesis account of creation relate? ¶ 29.
What earthly creatures did God create before making man? ¶ 29.
For what purpose did God create the earth? ¶ 29.
What human beings did God create? ¶ 30.
Who was the father and who the mother of the human race? ¶ 30.
Who was the father and who the mother of Adam? ¶ 30.
What power and authority did God give to man at his creation? ¶ 30.

How did God create man? ¶ 31.
Define the soul. ¶ 31.
Does the word soul apply to any creatures except man? Give Scriptural
proof. ¶ 31.
Describe the original man's first home. ¶ 32.
What is the meaning of the word Eden? ¶ 32.
What law did God give to man by which he was to be governed while
in Eden? ¶ 33.
Describe the creation of Eve. ¶ 34.
By obeying God's law, how long could Adam and Eve have lived in
Eden? ¶ 34.
A star is used in the Scriptures to symbolize what? ¶ 35.
What is the meaning of the Scriptural term "bright and morning star"? ¶
35.
Who is the most highly honored one in the divine realm? ¶ 35.
Who is the devil or Satan? and who made him? ¶ 36.
What was his original name? ¶ 36.
How does the prophet Ezekiel describe Lucifer? ¶ 36.
What other beings in heaven are called sons of God? ¶ 37.
When God created man, what was the effect upon the host of heaven
who observed the creation? ¶ 37.
What is the first string upon the divine harp? ¶ 38.

Does the revelation of this string cause rejoicing? and if so, by whom?
¶ 38.
Who is light and without darkness? ¶ 38.
Has God ever created an imperfect creature? ¶ 38.
What is the disposition of God's creatures while in harmony with him?
¶ 38.
What was the condition in Eden when man was created? ¶ 38.
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CHAPTER III
String 2: Justice Manifested
One of the divine attributes is justice. "Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne." (Psalm 89:14) Divine wisdom devised the
great divine program or plan. Divine justice must perform its part in
harmony with the other divine attributes. God's law must be
unchangeable. Being unchangeable, his creatures can have absolute
confidence and faith in him, that he always does exactly as he says. A
violation of Jehovah's law must be followed by punishment in the
exercise of justice. The prerogative of justice is to see that the law is
enforced. The manifestation of justice magnifies the name and the
dignity of Jehovah. Without the manifestation of justice it would have
been impossible for Jehovah so fully to manifest his love toward man
in providing for his redemption and subsequent blessing. When one
understands the office of justice and why it was manifested, he rejoices.
A failure to understand and appreciate the divine attributes makes it
impossible for one properly to appreciate Jehovah's goodness and
loving kindness to mankind. Jehovah is too good to be unjust. He is too
wise to make a mistake; he is too loving to be unkind; and his power is
always exercised in such a way that ultimate good may result.
[40]The manifestation of justice is one of the strings upon the harp of

God; but we must see and appreciate it in order to understand the
beauty and harmony it brings when used in connection with the other
springs.
[41]Good and evil are antagonistic principles or rules of action. Good is
the law or rule of action by which God is always governed. Evil
becomes active only when some creature of Jehovah violates his law.
God made man a free moral agent. He did not compel him to do or not
to do certain things. He told man that if he did certain things he would
be blessed; and that if he did other things contrary to divine law he
would suffer punishment; and the punishment prescribed was death.
Mother Eve was deceived by Satan, the devil, and thereby induced to
violate the law of God. Father Adam, seeing that his companion and
helpmate had violated the law and judging that she must die, preferred
to join her in the transgression and die with her. (1 Timothy 2:14) It
will be of interest here to examine the circumstances leading up to the
violation of the law of God and to see why his justice toward man was
manifested in sentencing him to death.
[42]All dominion rightly belongs to Jehovah.