We’ve read the last three books now and they were all interesting in their own respects. Especially, Michael basically redecorating the world momentarily to show Adam not only the negative consequences of his disobedience but also the positives— Both spread throughout his lineage.
Out of the three books, the main thing that stood out with me, was the “fall” of nature Itself. Through no fault of its own paradise is forced to shift to a perfectly imperfect world. Adam taking the fruit from the tree and partaking in it didn’t just affect him and Eve, but affected all of those that would be born of Him, and more importantly nature itself. The peace that existed between the animals had been stripped away, and they’re more “carnal”, the earth is tilted on its axis and can only enjoy nice weather for extremely short periods of time, and man has to now WORK for the food that the earth once provided so freely.
Back when Paradise was still Paradise, all of nature sang in Harmony. The Humans, the Beasts, and the Ethereal hosts all sang a song that resonated with heaven and (in my mind) replaces the void that Lucifer (Ex-Minister of Music) left behind after HIS fall. At that point man and Nature were one, man needed a pure environment to “match” their purity, but when they took death and sin and defiled their bodies, making them much less than perfect, the natural and beautiful earth changed with them. The Earth and All of nature still has a perfect system and order, but it’s perfectly flawed to match the state of man. And this at the same time does what Milton wanted— it justifies the ways of God to Man (And Satan). It shows that when someone or something falls—whether or not they choose to get up and brave the proverbial storms, floods and tempests in pursuit of righteousness in the arms and loving embrace of their creator where they once were— their getting back up is greater worship unto God because they are actively making the choices.
So when man sang the wrong key in Paradise it disrupted everything else’s flow and now they must brave storms that before hadn’t existed.
I commented on Breanna’s and Josh’s posts
Out of the three books, the main thing that stood out with me, was the “fall” of nature Itself. Through no fault of its own paradise is forced to shift to a perfectly imperfect world. Adam taking the fruit from the tree and partaking in it didn’t just affect him and Eve, but affected all of those that would be born of Him, and more importantly nature itself. The peace that existed between the animals had been stripped away, and they’re more “carnal”, the earth is tilted on its axis and can only enjoy nice weather for extremely short periods of time, and man has to now WORK for the food that the earth once provided so freely.
Back when Paradise was still Paradise, all of nature sang in Harmony. The Humans, the Beasts, and the Ethereal hosts all sang a song that resonated with heaven and (in my mind) replaces the void that Lucifer (Ex-Minister of Music) left behind after HIS fall. At that point man and Nature were one, man needed a pure environment to “match” their purity, but when they took death and sin and defiled their bodies, making them much less than perfect, the natural and beautiful earth changed with them. The Earth and All of nature still has a perfect system and order, but it’s perfectly flawed to match the state of man. And this at the same time does what Milton wanted— it justifies the ways of God to Man (And Satan). It shows that when someone or something falls—whether or not they choose to get up and brave the proverbial storms, floods and tempests in pursuit of righteousness in the arms and loving embrace of their creator where they once were— their getting back up is greater worship unto God because they are actively making the choices.
So when man sang the wrong key in Paradise it disrupted everything else’s flow and now they must brave storms that before hadn’t existed.
I commented on Breanna’s and Josh’s posts
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