of Satan, they were as secure as the heavenly angels. But if they yielded to
the tempter, He who spared not the exalted angels would not spare them.
They must suffer the penalty of their transgression, for the law of God
was as sacred as Himself, and He required implicit obedience from all in
heaven and on earth.
The angels cautioned Eve not to separate from her husband in her
employment, for she might be brought in contact with this fallen foe. If
separated from each other they would be in greater danger than if both
were together. The angels charged them to closely follow the instructions
God had given them in reference to the tree of knowledge, for in perfect
obedience they were safe, and this fallen foe could then have no power to
deceive them. God would not permit Satan to follow the holy pair with
continual temptations. He could have access to them only at the tree of
knowledge of good and evil.
Adam and Eve assured the angels that they should never transgress
the express command of God, for it was their highest pleasure to do His
will. The angels united with Adam and Eve in holy strains of harmonious
music, and as their songs pealed forth from blissful Eden, Satan heard the
sound of their strains of joyful adoration to the Father and Son. And as
Satan heard it his envy, hatred, and malignity increased, and he expressed
his anxiety to his followers to incite them (Adam and Eve) to disobedience
and at once bring down the wrath of God upon them and chang
