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73:1.4 There existed a [[traditional]] [[enmity]] between the Nodites and the Amadonites. This [[feud]] was constantly coming to the [[surface]] whenever the [[offspring]] of these [[two]] [[groups]] would try to [[engage]] in some common [[enterprise]]. Even later, in the affairs of [[Eden]], it was exceedingly [[difficult]] for them to [[work]] [[together]] in [[peace]].

73:1.4 There existed a [[traditional]] [[enmity]] between the Nodites and the Amadonites. This [[feud]] was constantly coming to the [[surface]] whenever the [[offspring]] of these [[two]] [[groups]] would try to [[engage]] in some common [[enterprise]]. Even later, in the affairs of [[Eden]], it was exceedingly [[difficult]] for them to [[work]] [[together]] in [[peace]].

73:1.5 Shortly after the destruction of [[Dalamatia]] the followers of ''Nod'' became divided into three major [[groups]]. The central group remained in the immediate vicinity of their [[original]] [[home]] near the headwaters of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gulf Persian Gulf]. The eastern group [[migrated]] to the highland regions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam Elam] just east of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates valley]. The western group was situated on the northeastern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] shores of the [[Mediterranean]] and in adjacent territory.

73:1.5 Shortly after the destruction of [[Dalamatia]] the followers of ''Nod'' became divided into three major [[groups]]. The central group remained in the immediate vicinity of their [[original]] [[home]] near the headwaters of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gulf Persian Gulf]. The eastern group [[migrated]] to the highland regions of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam Elam] just east of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates valley]. The western group was situated on the northeastern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] shores of the [[Mediterranean]] and in adjacent territory.

73:1.6 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] had freely mated with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] and had left behind an able [[progeny]]. And some of the descendants of the rebellious [[Dalamatia]]ns subsequently joined [[Van]] and his [[loyal]] followers in the lands north of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Here, in the vicinity of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van Lake Van] and the southern [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] region, the Nodites mingled and mixed with the Amadonites, and they were numbered among the "mighty men of old."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6]

73:1.6 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] had freely mated with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] and had left behind an able [[progeny]]. And some of the descendants of the rebellious [[Dalamatia]]ns subsequently joined [[Van]] and his [[loyal]] followers in the lands north of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Here, in the vicinity of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van Lake Van] and the southern [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] region, the Nodites mingled and mixed with the Amadonites, and they were numbered among the "mighty men of old."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6]

73:1.7 Prior to the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]] these [[groups]]—Nodites and Amadonites—were the most advanced and [[cultured]] [[races]] on [[earth]].

73:1.7 Prior to the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]] these [[groups]]—Nodites and Amadonites—were the most advanced and [[cultured]] [[races]] on [[earth]].

==73:3. THE GARDEN SITE==

==73:3. THE GARDEN SITE==

73:3.1 The committee on location was absent for almost three years. It reported favorably concerning three possible locations: The first was an island in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf]; the second, the [[river]] location subsequently occupied as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden]; the third, a long narrow [[peninsula]]—almost an island—projecting westward from the eastern shores of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea.

73:3.1 The committee on location was absent for almost three years. It reported favorably concerning three possible locations: The first was an island in the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf]; the second, the [[river]] location subsequently occupied as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden]; the third, a long narrow [[peninsula]]—almost an island—projecting westward from the eastern shores of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea.

73:3.2 The committee almost unanimously favored the third selection. This site was chosen, and two years were occupied in transferring the world's [[cultural]] [[headquarters]], including the [[tree of life]], to this [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]].[http://press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] All but a single [[group]] of the [[peninsula]] dwellers peaceably vacated when [[Van]] and his company arrived.

73:3.2 The committee almost unanimously favored the third selection. This site was chosen, and two years were occupied in transferring the world's [[cultural]] [[headquarters]], including the [[tree of life]], to this [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]].[https://press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] All but a single [[group]] of the [[peninsula]] dwellers peaceably vacated when [[Van]] and his company arrived.

73:3.3 This [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]] had a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious salubrious] [[climate]] and an equable temperature; this stabilized [[weather]] was due to the encircling [[mountains]] and to the [[fact]] that this area was virtually an island in an inland sea. While it rained copiously on the [[surrounding]] highlands, it seldom rained in [[Eden]] proper. But each night, from the extensive network of [[artificial]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] channels, a "mist would go up"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]  to refresh the [[vegetation]] of [[the Garden]].

73:3.3 This [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]] had a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious salubrious] [[climate]] and an equable temperature; this stabilized [[weather]] was due to the encircling [[mountains]] and to the [[fact]] that this area was virtually an island in an inland sea. While it rained copiously on the [[surrounding]] highlands, it seldom rained in [[Eden]] proper. But each night, from the extensive network of [[artificial]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] channels, a "mist would go up"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]  to refresh the [[vegetation]] of [[the Garden]].

73:3.4 The coast line of this [[land]] mass was considerably elevated, and the neck connecting with the mainland was only twenty-seven miles wide at the narrowest point. The great [[river]] that watered [[the Garden]] came down from the higher lands of the [[peninsula]] and flowed east through the peninsular neck to the mainland and thence across the lowlands of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] to the [[sea]] beyond. It was fed by four tributaries which took [[origin]] in the coastal hills of the Edenic [[peninsula]], and these are the "four heads" of the [[river]] which "went out of Eden,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] and which later became [[confused]] with the branches of the rivers surrounding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

73:3.4 The coast line of this [[land]] mass was considerably elevated, and the neck connecting with the mainland was only twenty-seven miles wide at the narrowest point. The great [[river]] that watered [[the Garden]] came down from the higher lands of the [[peninsula]] and flowed east through the peninsular neck to the mainland and thence across the lowlands of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] to the [[sea]] beyond. It was fed by four tributaries which took [[origin]] in the coastal hills of the Edenic [[peninsula]], and these are the "four heads" of the [[river]] which "went out of Eden,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] and which later became [[confused]] with the branches of the rivers surrounding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

73:3.5 The [[mountains]] [[surrounding]] [[the Garden]] abounded in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_stones precious stones] and metals, though these received very little [[attention]]. The dominant [[idea]] was to be the [[glorification]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and the exaltation of [[agriculture]].

73:3.5 The [[mountains]] [[surrounding]] [[the Garden]] abounded in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_stones precious stones] and metals, though these received very little [[attention]]. The dominant [[idea]] was to be the [[glorification]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and the exaltation of [[agriculture]].

73:3.6 The site chosen for [[the Garden]] was probably the most [[beautiful]] spot of its kind in all the world, and the [[climate]] was then [[ideal]]. Nowhere else was there a location which could have lent itself so perfectly to becoming such a [[paradise]] of [[botanic]] [[expression]]. In this rendezvous the cream of the [[civilization]] of [[Urantia]] was forgathering. Without and beyond, the world lay in [[darkness]], [[ignorance]], and [[savagery]]. [[Eden]] was the one bright spot on [[Urantia]]; it was naturally a [[dream]] of loveliness, and it soon became a [[poem]] of exquisite and [[perfected]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[glory]].

73:3.6 The site chosen for [[the Garden]] was probably the most [[beautiful]] spot of its kind in all the world, and the [[climate]] was then [[ideal]]. Nowhere else was there a location which could have lent itself so perfectly to becoming such a [[paradise]] of [[botanic]] [[expression]]. In this rendezvous the cream of the [[civilization]] of [[Urantia]] was forgathering. Without and beyond, the world lay in [[darkness]], [[ignorance]], and [[savagery]]. [[Eden]] was the one bright spot on [[Urantia]]; it was naturally a [[dream]] of loveliness, and it soon became a [[poem]] of exquisite and [[perfected]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[glory]].

==73:4. ESTABLISHING THE GARDEN==

==73:4. ESTABLISHING THE GARDEN==

73:4.1 When [[Material Sons]], the biologic uplifters, begin their [[sojourn]] on an [[evolutionary world]], their place of [[abode]] is often called the [[Garden of Eden]] because it is characterized by the floral [[beauty]] and the [[botanic]] grandeur of [[Edentia]], the [[constellation]] [[capital]]. [[Van]] well knew of these [[customs]] and accordingly provided that the entire [[peninsula]] be given over to the Garden. Pasturage and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] were projected for the adjoining mainland. Of [[animal]] life, only the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] and the various [[domesticated]] [[species]] were to be found in the park. [[Van]]'s instructions were that [[Eden]] was to be a [[garden]], and only a garden. No [[animals]] were ever slaughtered within its precincts. All flesh eaten by the Garden workers throughout all the years of construction was brought in from the herds maintained under guard on the mainland.

73:4.1 When [[Material Sons]], the biologic uplifters, begin their [[sojourn]] on an [[evolutionary world]], their place of [[abode]] is often called the [[Garden of Eden]] because it is characterized by the floral [[beauty]] and the [[botanic]] grandeur of [[Edentia]], the [[constellation]] [[capital]]. [[Van]] well knew of these [[customs]] and accordingly provided that the entire [[peninsula]] be given over to the Garden. Pasturage and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] were projected for the adjoining mainland. Of [[animal]] life, only the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] and the various [[domesticated]] [[species]] were to be found in the park. [[Van]]'s instructions were that [[Eden]] was to be a [[garden]], and only a garden. No [[animals]] were ever slaughtered within its precincts. All flesh eaten by the Garden workers throughout all the years of construction was brought in from the herds maintained under guard on the mainland.

73:4.2 The first task was the building of the brick wall across the neck of the peninsula. This once completed, the real work of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[beautification]] and [[home]] building could proceed unhindered.

73:4.2 The first task was the building of the brick wall across the neck of the peninsula. This once completed, the real work of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] [[beautification]] and [[home]] building could proceed unhindered.

73:4.3 A [[zoological]] [[garden]] was created by building a smaller wall just outside the main wall; the intervening [[space]], occupied by all [[manner]] of wild beasts, served as an additional [[defense]] against hostile [[attacks]]. This menagerie was [[organized]] in twelve grand divisions, and walled paths led between these [[groups]] to the twelve gates of the Garden, the [[river]] and its adjacent pastures occupying the central area.

73:4.3 A [[zoological]] [[garden]] was created by building a smaller wall just outside the main wall; the intervening [[space]], occupied by all [[manner]] of wild beasts, served as an additional [[defense]] against hostile [[attacks]]. This menagerie was [[organized]] in twelve grand divisions, and walled paths led between these [[groups]] to the twelve gates of the Garden, the [[river]] and its adjacent pastures occupying the central area.

73:5.1 At the [[center]] of the [[Eden]]ic [[peninsula]] was the exquisite stone [[temple]] of the [[Universal Father]], the [[sacred]] [[shrine]] of the Garden. To the north the [[administrative]] [[headquarters]] was [[established]]; to the south were built the [[homes]] for the workers and their [[families]]; to the west was provided the allotment of ground for the proposed schools of the [[educational]] [[system]] of the expected Son, while in the "east of Eden"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] were built the [[domiciles]] intended for the promised Son and his [[immediate]] [[offspring]]. The architectural plans for [[Eden]] provided [[homes]] and [[abundant]] [[land]] for one million [[human being]]s.

73:5.1 At the [[center]] of the [[Eden]]ic [[peninsula]] was the exquisite stone [[temple]] of the [[Universal Father]], the [[sacred]] [[shrine]] of the Garden. To the north the [[administrative]] [[headquarters]] was [[established]]; to the south were built the [[homes]] for the workers and their [[families]]; to the west was provided the allotment of ground for the proposed schools of the [[educational]] [[system]] of the expected Son, while in the "east of Eden"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] were built the [[domiciles]] intended for the promised Son and his [[immediate]] [[offspring]]. The architectural plans for [[Eden]] provided [[homes]] and [[abundant]] [[land]] for one million [[human being]]s.

73:5.2 At the time of [[Adam]]' s arrival, though the Garden was only one-fourth finished, it had thousands of miles of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] ditches and more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads. There were a trifle over five thousand brick buildings in the various sectors, and the trees and [[plants]] were almost beyond [[number]]. [[Seven]] was the largest [[number]] of houses composing any one cluster in the park. And though the [[structures]] of the Garden were simple, they were most [[artistic]]. The roads and paths were well built, and the landscaping was exquisite.

73:5.2 At the time of [[Adam]]' s arrival, though the Garden was only one-fourth finished, it had thousands of miles of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] ditches and more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads. There were a trifle over five thousand brick buildings in the various sectors, and the trees and [[plants]] were almost beyond [[number]]. [[Seven]] was the largest [[number]] of houses composing any one cluster in the park. And though the [[structures]] of the Garden were simple, they were most [[artistic]]. The roads and paths were well built, and the landscaping was exquisite.

73:5.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] arrangements of the Garden were far in advance of anything that had been attempted theretofore on [[Urantia]]. The drinking [[water]] of [[Eden]] was kept wholesome by the strict [[observance]] of the sanitary regulations designed to [[conserve]] its [[purity]]. During these early times much trouble came about from neglect of these rules, but [[Van]] [[gradually]] impressed upon his [[associates]] the importance of allowing nothing to fall into the [[water]] supply of the Garden.

73:5.3 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] arrangements of the Garden were far in advance of anything that had been attempted theretofore on [[Urantia]]. The drinking [[water]] of [[Eden]] was kept wholesome by the strict [[observance]] of the sanitary regulations designed to [[conserve]] its [[purity]]. During these early times much trouble came about from neglect of these rules, but [[Van]] [[gradually]] impressed upon his [[associates]] the importance of allowing nothing to fall into the [[water]] supply of the Garden.

73:5.4 Before the later [[establishment]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage sewage]-disposal system the Edenites [[practiced]] the scrupulous [[burial]] of all [[waste]] or [[Organic|decomposing]] material. [[Amadon]]'s inspectors made their rounds each day in search for possible [[causes]] of [[Disease|sickness]]. Urantians did not again awaken to the importance of the prevention of [[human]] [[diseases]] until the later times of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 disruption of the Adamic regime] a covered brick-conduit disposal system had been constructed which ran beneath the walls and emptied into the [[river]] of Eden almost a mile beyond the outer or lesser wall of the Garden.

73:5.4 Before the later [[establishment]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage sewage]-disposal system the Edenites [[practiced]] the scrupulous [[burial]] of all [[waste]] or [[Organic|decomposing]] material. [[Amadon]]'s inspectors made their rounds each day in search for possible [[causes]] of [[Disease|sickness]]. Urantians did not again awaken to the importance of the prevention of [[human]] [[diseases]] until the later times of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 disruption of the Adamic regime] a covered brick-conduit disposal system had been constructed which ran beneath the walls and emptied into the [[river]] of Eden almost a mile beyond the outer or lesser wall of the Garden.

73:5.5 By the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival most of the [[plants]] of that section of the world were growing in [[Eden]]. Already had many of the fruits, cereals, and nuts been greatly improved. Many [[modern]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal cereals] were first cultivated here, but scores of varieties of [[food]] [[plants]] were subsequently lost to the world.

73:5.5 By the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival most of the [[plants]] of that section of the world were growing in [[Eden]]. Already had many of the fruits, cereals, and nuts been greatly improved. Many [[modern]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal cereals] were first cultivated here, but scores of varieties of [[food]] [[plants]] were subsequently lost to the world.

73:5.6 About five per cent of the Garden was under high [[artificial]] cultivation, fifteen per cent partially cultivated, the remainder being left in a more or less [[natural]] state pending the arrival of [[Adam]], it being [[thought]] best to finish the park in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]].

73:5.6 About five per cent of the Garden was under high [[artificial]] cultivation, fifteen per cent partially cultivated, the remainder being left in a more or less [[natural]] state pending the arrival of [[Adam]], it being [[thought]] best to finish the park in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]].

73:5.7 And so was the ''Garden of Eden'' made ready for the [[reception]] of the promised [[Adam]] and his consort. And this Garden would have done [[honor]] to a world under [[perfected]] [[administration]] and [[normal]] [[control]]. [[Adam and Eve]] were well pleased with the general [[plan]] of [[Eden]], though they made many [[changes]] in the furnishings of their own [[personal]] [[dwelling]].

73:5.7 And so was the ''Garden of Eden'' made ready for the [[reception]] of the promised [[Adam]] and his consort. And this Garden would have done [[honor]] to a world under [[perfected]] [[administration]] and [[normal]] [[control]]. [[Adam and Eve]] were well pleased with the general [[plan]] of [[Eden]], though they made many [[changes]] in the furnishings of their own [[personal]] [[dwelling]].

73:5.8 Although the [[work]] of embellishment was hardly finished at the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival, the place was already a [[Jewel|gem]] of [[botanic]] [[beauty]]; and during the early days of his [[sojourn]] in Eden the whole Garden took on new [[form]] and assumed new [[proportions]] of [[beauty]] and grandeur. Never before this time nor after has [[Urantia]] harbored such a [[beautiful]] and replete exhibition of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and [[agriculture]].

73:5.8 Although the [[work]] of embellishment was hardly finished at the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival, the place was already a [[Jewel|gem]] of [[botanic]] [[beauty]]; and during the early days of his [[sojourn]] in Eden the whole Garden took on new [[form]] and assumed new [[proportions]] of [[beauty]] and grandeur. Never before this time nor after has [[Urantia]] harbored such a [[beautiful]] and replete exhibition of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and [[agriculture]].

==73:6. THE TREE OF LIFE==

==73:6. THE TREE OF LIFE==

==73:7. THE FATE OF EDEN==

==73:7. THE FATE OF EDEN==

73:7.1 After the first garden was vacated by [[Adam]], it was occupied variously by the [[Nodites]], Cutites, and the Suntites. It later became the dwelling place of the northern [[Nodites]] who [[opposed]] [[co-operation]] with the Adamites. The [[peninsula]] had been overrun by these lower-grade [[Nodites]] for almost four thousand years after [[Adam]] left the Garden when, in [[connection]] with the [[violent]] [[activity]] of the [[surrounding]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes volcanoes] and the submergence of the [http://www.ciesm.org/marine/morphomap.htm Sicilian land bridge] to Africa, the eastern floor of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea sank, [http://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/animation_flooding_small.gif carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula]. Concomitant with this vast submergence the coast line of the eastern [[Mediterranean]] was greatly elevated. And this was the end of the most [[beautiful]] [[natural]] [[creation]] that [[Urantia]] has ever harbored. The sinking was not sudden, several hundred years being required completely to submerge the entire [[peninsula]].

73:7.1 After the first garden was vacated by [[Adam]], it was occupied variously by the [[Nodites]], Cutites, and the Suntites. It later became the dwelling place of the northern [[Nodites]] who [[opposed]] [[co-operation]] with the Adamites. The [[peninsula]] had been overrun by these lower-grade [[Nodites]] for almost four thousand years after [[Adam]] left the Garden when, in [[connection]] with the [[violent]] [[activity]] of the [[surrounding]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes volcanoes] and the submergence of the [https://www.ciesm.org/marine/morphomap.htm Sicilian land bridge] to Africa, the eastern floor of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea sank, [https://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/animation_flooding_small.gif carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula]. Concomitant with this vast submergence the coast line of the eastern [[Mediterranean]] was greatly elevated. And this was the end of the most [[beautiful]] [[natural]] [[creation]] that [[Urantia]] has ever harbored. The sinking was not sudden, several hundred years being required completely to submerge the entire [[peninsula]].

73:7.2 We cannot regard this disappearance of the Garden as being in any way a result of the miscarriage of the [[divine]] [[plans]] or as a result of the mistakes of [[Adam and Eve]]. We do not regard the submergence of [[Eden]] as anything but a [[natural]] occurrence, but it does seem to us that the sinking of the Garden was timed to occur at just about the date of the accumulation of the reserves of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] for undertaking the [[work]] of rehabilitating the world peoples.

73:7.2 We cannot regard this disappearance of the Garden as being in any way a result of the miscarriage of the [[divine]] [[plans]] or as a result of the mistakes of [[Adam and Eve]]. We do not regard the submergence of [[Eden]] as anything but a [[natural]] occurrence, but it does seem to us that the sinking of the Garden was timed to occur at just about the date of the accumulation of the reserves of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] for undertaking the [[work]] of rehabilitating the world peoples.