Angels and Women (1924)

APPENDIX 255NoTs 7. (See page 42)Although God put a flaming sword east of the Gardenof Eden, to keep Adam and Eve from partakingof the tree of life, yet now in the near future theentire earth will be made like unto the Garden ofEden when the Lord has lifted the curse from mankindand from the earth itself. "Then shall the earthyield her increase; and God, even our own God, shallbless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of theearth shall fear him."---Psalm 67:5-7.In that day the crops will be so abundant that "thefruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest." (Isaiah29:17) Then "the desert shall rejoice and blossomas the rose." (Isaiah 35:1) "Then the eyes of theblind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shallbe unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as anhart, and the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wildernessshall waters break out, and streams in thedesert."--Isaiah 35:5, 6.Then the world of mankind, restored to God’s favor,shall "inherit the desolate heritages." (Isaiah 49:8)Then "instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree."(Isaiah 55:13) Then the Lord "will multiply the fruitof the tree, and the increase of the field." (Ezekiel36:30) "And they shall say, This land that was desolateis become like the garden of Eden." (Ezekiel36:35) See THE HARP OF GOD,pages 28, 29, 39,40; and STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol."VII, pages 82-95.NOTE 8. (See page 63)Death means destruction of being, the opposite oflife. "God so loved the world that he gave his onlybegotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should17