The whole natural world is designed to be an interpreter of the things of God. To Adam and Eve in their Eden home, nature was full of the knowledge of God, teeming with divine instruction. To their attentive ears it was vocal with the voice of wisdom. Wisdom spoke to the eye and was received into the heart, for they communed with God in His created works. As soon as the holy pair transgressed the law of the Most High, the brightness from the face of God departed from the face of nature. Nature is now marred and defiled by sin. But God’s object lessons are not obliterated; even now, rightly studied and interpreted, she speaks of her Creator.... {CT 186.1}

Hele den naturlige verden er designet som en fortolker af Guds ting. For Adam og Eva i deres edenhjem, var naturen fuld af Gudskundskab, myldrede af guddommelig undervisning. For deres opmærksomme ører var det i klang med visdommens røst. Visdom taler til øjet og blev modtaget i hjertet, for de havde fortrolig omgang med Gud i Hans skabte værker. Ligeså snart det hellige par overtrådte den Allerhøjestes love, forlod Guds ansigts klarhed naturens ansigt. Nu er naturen ødelagt og besmittet af synd. Men Guds forbilledlige lektier er ikke tilintetgjort. Selv nu taler hun om sin Skaber, hvis naturen fortolkes rigtigt. . . . .