The works, and the designs,
and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated,
neither can they come to naught.
D&C 3:1

This piece illustrates divine foreknowledge—a moment where God’s wisdom anticipated and outmaneuvered the adversary’s cunning, repurposing rebellion into redemption.

Though the imagery centers on Eden, the theme reaches far beyond: to the Restoration, to the loss of the 116 pages, and to every moment where apparent defeat was both foreseen and accounted for in the Book of Life.

The chess position shown is not arbitrary. It comes from the French Defense, Advance Variation—a strategic opening that demands foresight, patience, and the ability to think many moves ahead.

The adversary, eager to claim an early advantage, has walked into a set trap.
In Eden, as in the Restoration, Satan’s apparent victory was absorbed into a broader narrative. Just as Nephi’s second record had been prepared over two millennia earlier to render the theft of the Book of Lehi powerless, so too was the Fall transformed—from tragedy into a necessary step.

The scripture accompanying the piece is a witness: a reminder that God’s wisdom does not merely react to evil—it encompasses it, reshapes it, and turns it toward higher purposes.

On the chessboard,
as in eternity,
the final victory was never in doubt.