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==Question: What was the state of things on the Earth prior to the placement of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?==
===The "period of our planet's creation and preparation as a dwelling place for man" is excluded from the period of the Earth's "temporal existence"===

The following is from the ''Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual'', (2002), 167–171, "Section 77 Questions and Answers on the Book of Revelation." {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-69-80/section-77-questions-and-answers-on-the-book-of-revelation?lang=eng}}
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'''D&C 77:6–7. Why Was the Book Sealed That John Saw?'''
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“‘The book which John saw’ represented the real history of the world—what the eye of God has seen, what the recording angel has written; and the seven thousand years, corresponding to the seven seals of the Apocalyptic volume, are as seven great days during which Mother Earth will fulfill her mortal mission, laboring six days and resting upon the seventh, her period of sanctification. '''These seven days do not include the period of our planet’s creation and preparation as a dwelling place for man.''' They are limited to Earth’s ‘temporal existence,’ that is, to Time, considered as distinct from Eternity.” (Whitney, Saturday Night Thoughts, p. 11.) {{ea}}
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The manual specifically excludes the "period of our planet's creation and preparation as a dwelling place for man" from the period defined as the Earth's "temporal existence." Nothing is implied or stated regarding "death before the Fall."
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