"In His teaching from nature, Christ was speaking of the things which His own hands had made, and which had qualities and powers that He Himself had imparted. In their original perfection all created things were an expression of the thought of God. To Adam and Eve in their Eden home nature was full of the knowledge of God, teeming with divine instruction. Wisdom spoke to the eye and was received into the heart; for they communed with God in His created works. As soon as the holy pair transgressed the law of the Most High, the brightness from the face of God departed from the face of nature. The earth is now marred and defiled by sin. Yet even in its blighted state much that is beautiful remains. God's object lessons are not obliterated; rightly understood, nature speaks of her Creator. COL 18.1"
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
Both passages discuss the perfection of God's creation. EGW elaborates on the idea that creation was originally an expression of God's thought, aligning with Genesis 1:31's declaration that everything God made was 'very good'.
"And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden."
The EGW passage speaks of a lost communion with God in nature after the fall, while Genesis 3:8 describes Adam and Eve hiding from God after their transgression. While not a direct quote, the EGW passage expands on the theme of separation from God due to sin introduced in Genesis.
"In the days of Christ these lessons had been lost sight of. Men had well-nigh ceased to discern God in His works. The sinfulness of humanity had cast a pall over the fair face of creation; and instead of manifesting God, His works became a barrier that concealed Him. Men “worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator.” Thus the heathen “became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” Romans 1:25, 21 . So in Israel, man's teaching had been put in the place of God's. Not only the things of nature, but the sacrificial service and the Scriptures themselves—all given to reveal God—were so perverted that they became the means of concealing Him. COL 18.2"
"Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."
The EGW passage directly quotes Romans 1:25.
"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened."
The EGW passage directly quotes Romans 1:21.
"Christ sought to remove that which obscured the truth. The veil that sin has cast over the face of nature, He came to draw aside, bringing to view the spiritual glory that all things were created to reflect. His words placed the teachings of nature as well as of the Bible in a new aspect, and made them a new revelation. COL 18.3"
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
Both passages discuss removing a veil or obscurity to reveal truth or glory. EGW speaks of Christ removing the veil of sin from nature, while the Bible verse speaks of beholding the glory of the Lord with an open face. The connection is thematic, focusing on revelation and transformation.