Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

fail to give them hope. They could look forward to final victory!
Satan knew that his work of depraving human nature would be
interrupted, that by some means men and women would be enabled
to resist his power. Yet Satan rejoiced with his angels that, having
caused mankind to fall, he could bring down the Son of God from
His exalted position. When Christ would take upon Himself human
nature, He also might be overcome.
Heavenly angels explained the plan of salvation more fully
opened to our first parents. Adam and his companion were not to be
abandoned to Satan. Through repentance and faith in Christ they
might again become the children of God.
Adam and Eve saw as never before the guilt of sin and its
results. They pleaded that the penalty might not fall on Him whose
love had been the source of all their joy; rather let it come on them
and their descendants.
They were told that since the law of Jehovah is the foundation
of His government. Even the life of an angel could not be accepted
as a sacrifice for transgression, but the Son of God, who had created
them, could make an atonement for them. As Adam's transgression
had brought misery and death, so the sacrifice of Christ would bring
life and immortality.
At his creation Adam was placed in dominion over the earth,
but by yielding to temptation he became Satan's captive. The
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