The letters to the seven churches have ended. The warnings have been given. The promises have been spoken. The call to overcome has gone out to every believer. Now the scene changes dramatically. John is no longer looking at the churches on earth. He is called upward to behold the reality that stands behind all earthly events. Before the seals are opened, before the trumpets sound, before the judgments unfold, God grants His servant a vision of heaven itself.

Expelled from Eden The gates of Eden are not yet closed behind them, but the world has already changed. In Book XI of Paradise Lost, the full weight of the Fall settles upon Adam and Eve. Their tears are real. Their shame is no longer hidden. The garden that once echoed with peace now trembles beneath judgment. Yet this is also the moment when mercy begins to shine through wrath. Milton’s great epic turns from innocence lost to history unfolding.

Last week, we stood at the dawn of creation—light breaking into the void, order rising from chaos, and the world shaped by divine wisdom and delight. Now the story deepens. Creation is no longer merely formed—it is inhabited.