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Adventistische Schriften über: "How long did Adam and Eve live in Paradise?"
Answer
The provided documents do not give a precise period for how long Adam and Eve lived in Paradise before the fall. It notes that there are no reliable means to know this, although some interpretations suggest it may have been only a short span from spring to autumn. After the fall, Adam lived for almost a thousand years outside Eden and bore witness there to the effects of sin.
No certainty about the duration before the fall
»How long Adam remained in the garden, from his creation in the first week of time until the fall, we have no reliable means to know; but the likelihood is that it was only from the preceding spring, which, according to the best authorities, is when the earth was created. Thus only such a short period could have elapsed between creation and the beginning of the curse.«
Adam's life after the expulsion from Eden
»For almost a thousand years Adam lived among men, a witness to the consequences of sin. Faithfully he endeavored to put a stop to the flood of evil... To his children and grandchildren up to the ninth generation he described the holy and happy condition of man in Paradise and repeated the story of his fall... Although the death sentence pronounced on him by his Creator first seemed terrible to him, after he had seen the effects of sin for almost a thousand years, he regarded it as merciful from God to bring an end to a life full of suffering and sorrow.«
The continued existence of the Garden of Eden on earth
»The first Eden remained on earth for a quarter of earthly history. With its locked gate and an angelic guard at the tree of life, it was a wonderful lesson for the inhabitants of the world before the Flood. Before the destruction of the earth by water, the garden was taken up into heaven.«
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