Week 1 Bible Study Notes - Heart of Wisdom

The Four Rivers of EdenHe took one of his ribs and closed upthe flesh at that place.The Lord God fashioned into a woman therib which He had taken from the man,and brought her to the man.The man said,“This is now bone of my bones,And flesh of my flesh;She shall be called Woman,Because she was taken out ofMan.”For this reason a man shall leave hisfather and his mother, and be joinedto his wife; and they shall becomeone flesh.And the man and his wife were both nakedand were not ashamed.The Last Days of CreationWith these two pictures the artist, Burne-Jones, completes his celebrated series of thecreation. Each day is represented by a gigantic angel bearing the globe of the earth,with the work done upon it in that “day.” Thus the fifth angel upholds a world of birdsand fishes, the sixth a world of vaguely shadowed land animals with man rising beforethem all. Each angel, as his day is completed, steps into the background to give placeto the next; but the earlier angels do not disappear, for their worlds are still existent andin harmony with the newer creations. Only the flame fades from their foreheads. Thisflame typifies the creative power, the word of God Himself operating for a moment inthem and through them, in the creation of the world.At the feet of the sixth angel sits a seraph singing; for the work is finished, the time ofrest is come. When God viewed all the work that He had done, He was satisfied. He“saw that it was good.” So on the seventh day God rested, and sanctified that day to bea day of blessing and song and rest for-ever.Sir A. Hamilton