But the great story of scripture, from creation and covenant right on through to the New Jerusalem, is constantly about God’s overflowing, generous, creative love—God’s concern, if you like, for the flourishing and well-being of everything else.
N. T. Wright
All of the named components of the garden functioned interactively to produce the perfect ecology for humans to enjoy and flourish as God intended.
Stephen D. Lowe; Mary E. Lowe
It has been said of the palm-tree, Sub pondere crescit—The more it is pressed down the more it grows; so the righteous flourish under their burdens; the more they are afflicted the more they multiply.
