Probation

“perseverance, character; and character, hope.”

“Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”

“but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’””

“In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.””

“So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.””

“And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,”

“For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.”

“So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.”