The end: book 12, Paradise Lost

[likethebeer]

A last peek at Paradise Lost: in books 11 & 12, the archangel Michael goes & shows Adam through visions what's going to happen in the future up to the flood of Noah. Then he tells Adam what's going to happen beyond that, including the Exodus from Egypt.

Then he's got to kick Adam & Eve out. But the Son has given them clothes, & I think the angels help them w/farm tools, & Adam says that he's going to build temples to God, who he can't see anymore.

The stories from the Bible are interesting, but won't make sense unless you just put the whole darned thing in there.

So, here are the last lines (book 12, lines 641-649):

They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate
With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms:
Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon;
The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide:
They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow,
Through Eden took their solitary way.

There ya go. Wish I'd given you more of plagues & things, but like I wrote before, wars & hell & sin are just so much more interesting. Or maybe that's just me.