Chapter 17/ "O the Depth of God's . . . Wisdom"

RUINED! Mankind,the crowning glory of the sixth creative day, suddenly plummeted from the heights to the depths.  Jehovah had pronounced "everything he had made," including humankind, "very good."  (Genesis 1:31)  But at the start of the seventh day, Adam and Eve chose to follow Satan into rebellion.  They plunged into sin, imperfection, and death. 

It might have appeared that Jehovah's purpose  for the seventh day had been hopeless thrown off track. That day, like the sixth that preceded it, was to be thousand of years long.  Jehovah had pronounced  it sacred, and it would ultimately see the whole earth made into a paradise filled with a  perfect family of mankind.  (Genesis 1:28; 2:3)  But after the catastrophic rebellion, how could such a thing come ever come about?  What would God do? Here was a dramatic test of Jehovah's wisdom-perhaps the ultimate test. 

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From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah