Timecodes by line
1-10 02:11 11-20 02:44 21-30 03:19 31-40 03:55
41-50 04:33 51-60 05:08 61-70 05:47 71-80 06:24
81-90 07:05 92-102 07:48 103-110 08:28 111-120 08:58
121-130 09:37 131-140 10:16 141-150 10:51 151-160 11:26
161-170 12:01 171-180 12:33 181-190 13:07 191-200 13:38
201-210 14:13 211-220 14:49 221-230 15:25 231-240 16:00
241-250 16:32 251-260 17:18 261-270 17:57 271-280 18:31
281-290 19:04 291-300 19:36 301-311 20:06 312-322 20:42
323-330 21:24 331-341 21:52 342-351 22:25 352-360 22:59
361-370 23:27 371-380 23:55 381-390 24:30 391-402 25:03
403-412 25:45 413-420 26:18 421-430 26:46 431-440 27:16
441-450 27:51 451-461 28:23 462-471 28:59 472-480 29:32
481-490 29:59 491-502 30:32 503-512 31:14 513-520 31:47
521-530 32:13 531-540 32:50 541-550 33:22 551-560 33:53
561-570 34:28 571-580 35:03 581-590 35:36 591-601 36:08
602-610 36:46 611-621 37:18 622-631 38:02 632-641 38:42
642-650 39:16 651-660 39:52 661-670 40:28 671-680 41:08
681-690 41:41 691-700 42:12 701-710 42:45 711-720 43:18
721-730 43:49 731-740 44:22 741-750 44:51 751-760 45:27
761-770 45:56 771-780 46:30 781-790 47:05 791-800 47:38
The narrator introduces us to Eden and our “Grand Parents.” Satan is detected spying on them and is expelled from the garden, after which God sends an angel to tutor Adam and Eve in the history of the heavenly war that has led to the present situation. At Adam's request, the heavenly guest then recounts the creation of the visible world, explaining also the proper nature of development, whereby all things proceed from lower to higher by refining that which nourishes them.
Satan, however, returning in the form of a snake, offers Eve an evolutionary shortcut in the form of a magical food capable of endowing her with super powers. He claims it has conferred on him both reason and speech. Since Eve is suffering at the moment from a fancied slight to her moral strength, she allows herself to forget her recent lesson and yields to this temptation. Adam, unable to imagine life without Eve (and failing to explore alternatives to sin), accepts the fruit from her and eats as well.
Satan’s triumph is short-lived, for although hell and the world of mankind are now linked by a broad highway, he and his followers are humiliated in hell by being turned involuntarily into snakes every year.
Whatever their reasons, both Adam and Eve have disobeyed their Maker’s sole command, and both are condemned to mortality and expulsion from the garden, but before they leave they are vouchsafed another history lesson, this time of the world to come: the progress of sin, the Savior’s coming, and the growth of the church.
3 окт 2018
