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now, through the work of the atonement, Adam is reinstated in his first
dominion.
Transported with joy, he beholds the trees that were once his
delight—the very trees whose fruit he himself had gathered in the days
of his innocence and joy. He sees the vines that his own hands have
trained, the very flowers that he once loved to care for. His mind grasps
the reality of the scene; he comprehends that this is indeed Eden restored,
more lovely now than when he was banished from it. The Saviour leads
him to the tree of life and plucks the glorious fruit and bids him eat.
He looks about him and beholds a multitude of his family redeemed,
standing in the Paradise of God. Then he casts his glittering crown at the
feet of Jesus and, falling upon His breast, embraces the Redeemer. He
touches the golden harp, and the vaults of heaven echo the triumphant
song: “Worthy, worthy, worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and lives
again!” The family of Adam take up the strain and cast their crowns at
the Saviour’s feet as they bow before Him in adoration.
This reunion is witnessed by the angels who wept at the fall of Adam
and rejoiced when Jesus, after His resurrection, ascended to heaven,
having op ened the grave for all who should believe on His name. Now
they behold the work of redemption accomplished, and they unite their
voices in the song of praise.
Upon the crystal sea before the throne, that sea of glass as it were
mingled with fire,—so resplendent is it with the glory of God,—are
gathered the company that have “gotten the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name.”
With the Lamb upon Mount Zion, “having the harps of God,” they stand,
the hundred and forty and four thousand that were redeemed from among
men; and there is heard, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound
of a great thunder, “the voice of harpers harping with their harps.” And
they sing “a new

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