Created lower than the angels, could man attain to their exalted position?
“The holy pair were not only children under the fatherly care of God but students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator. They were visited by angels, and were granted communion with their Maker, with no obscuring veil between. They were full of the vigor imparted by the tree of life, and their intellectual power was but little less than that of the angels. The mysteries of the visible universe–‘the wondrous works of Him which is perfect in knowledge’ (Job 37:16)–afforded them an exhaustless source of instruction and delight.” –Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 50, 51. “The Lord has given man capacity for continual improvement, and has granted him all possible aid in the work. Through the provisions of divine grace we may attain almost to the excellence of the angels.” –(The Review and Herald, June 20, 1882) Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1, p. 9. “Great as is the shame and degradation through sin, even greater will be the honor and exaltation through redeeming love. To hum
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