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How does the conflict, downfall, and this final resolution of the angel’s existence—an event related to a different set of beings—relevant to us? Why did God make reference to this in his revelations to the prophets?
Have we seen where Adam’s downfall and his eventual expulsion from the Garden of Eden may not have been his fault, at all? And that this was his destiny on a journey to an everlasting existence. A very similar deception and demise had happened to the angels eons before the creation of Adam, and it must be carefully understood that free-will was again at the center of this conflict and actuality.
In the examples of creation we know—man and the angels—it happened twice. Two separately created beings falling to the guile and deceptiveness of the same common perpetrators. Why? If it had happened only once, then it could be debated as the remorsefulness of a Creator who was still omnipotent and all knowing. But twice seems totally deliberate, especially when an omnipotent Creator could have destroyed these nefarious perpetrators after their heavenly rebellion. We’ve established in previous articles that there’s an important purpose for them; one which uses them as a functioning catalyst for free-will.
If the good angels—those that had chosen to follow God’s precepts—are already enjoying the joys of an eternal existence, then the same seems destined for us in due course. Eternality is ultimately the greatest gift of all, but it must be pursued, earned, and defended all the days of our earthly existence—however many the number of days that has been granted unto us.
Like the angels, our own creation story was chronicled and revealed as a mark of our origins and the significance of our existence. Yet, that God has chosen to reveal to humans the account of the deception and fall of the deceived angels, suggest a need for us to understand the general workings of his will.
We’ve shown in part-2 of this article where free-will, by its nature, automatically demands obscurity and uncertainty, if not it simply wouldn’t be free-will. But free-will also demands options—alternatives available to an intellectually free being.
The alternatives—whatever they may have been—were presented to the angels by Lucifer and his cohorts. And they are currently presenting similar, if not the same options to the human as we speak. “Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven,†(Matt. 6: Vs. 10) must then be carefully interpreted. Otherwise we miss the significance of this conspicuously hidden secret.
In retrospect, the angels—like us—were given the opportunity for an eternal existence, and many grabbed hold of this unspeakably good fortune. The deceivers of the fallen are presently doing this same thing to us, as if there is still a good reason for them to continue doing what they do—at least from their perspective. It’s important to note that simply because there has been no mention of it, doesn’t mean there aren’t other worlds elsewhere in the universe where this same thing has happened, is happening, or is going to happen. The universe is vast; so vast, it seems limitless. And there is enough time and space for multiple worlds to exist and experience God in the same way that angels and humans have experienced him.
It can be seen where our experience mirrors that of the angels. And at the core of our existence is the great opportunity for an eternal life. But first we must earn it—a challenge each and every sole must undertake—even the Christ.
During his tenure on the earth, Christ proved that by faith this great promise of God was attainable to all humans. And by becoming flesh he also proved himself as deserving of his own eternal existence. Satan, if not Beelzebub, was confident that his death and descent into Hell would have resulted in his ultimate demise, though the Christ clearly knew otherwise.
Think on these things.
Have we seen where Adam’s downfall and his eventual expulsion from the Garden of Eden may not have been his fault, at all? And that this was his destiny on a journey to an everlasting existence. A very similar deception and demise had happened to the angels eons before the creation of Adam, and it must be carefully understood that free-will was again at the center of this conflict and actuality.
In the examples of creation we know—man and the angels—it happened twice. Two separately created beings falling to the guile and deceptiveness of the same common perpetrators. Why? If it had happened only once, then it could be debated as the remorsefulness of a Creator who was still omnipotent and all knowing. But twice seems totally deliberate, especially when an omnipotent Creator could have destroyed these nefarious perpetrators after their heavenly rebellion. We’ve established in previous articles that there’s an important purpose for them; one which uses them as a functioning catalyst for free-will.
If the good angels—those that had chosen to follow God’s precepts—are already enjoying the joys of an eternal existence, then the same seems destined for us in due course. Eternality is ultimately the greatest gift of all, but it must be pursued, earned, and defended all the days of our earthly existence—however many the number of days that has been granted unto us.
Like the angels, our own creation story was chronicled and revealed as a mark of our origins and the significance of our existence. Yet, that God has chosen to reveal to humans the account of the deception and fall of the deceived angels, suggest a need for us to understand the general workings of his will.
We’ve shown in part-2 of this article where free-will, by its nature, automatically demands obscurity and uncertainty, if not it simply wouldn’t be free-will. But free-will also demands options—alternatives available to an intellectually free being.
The alternatives—whatever they may have been—were presented to the angels by Lucifer and his cohorts. And they are currently presenting similar, if not the same options to the human as we speak. “Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven,†(Matt. 6: Vs. 10) must then be carefully interpreted. Otherwise we miss the significance of this conspicuously hidden secret.
In retrospect, the angels—like us—were given the opportunity for an eternal existence, and many grabbed hold of this unspeakably good fortune. The deceivers of the fallen are presently doing this same thing to us, as if there is still a good reason for them to continue doing what they do—at least from their perspective. It’s important to note that simply because there has been no mention of it, doesn’t mean there aren’t other worlds elsewhere in the universe where this same thing has happened, is happening, or is going to happen. The universe is vast; so vast, it seems limitless. And there is enough time and space for multiple worlds to exist and experience God in the same way that angels and humans have experienced him.
It can be seen where our experience mirrors that of the angels. And at the core of our existence is the great opportunity for an eternal life. But first we must earn it—a challenge each and every sole must undertake—even the Christ.
During his tenure on the earth, Christ proved that by faith this great promise of God was attainable to all humans. And by becoming flesh he also proved himself as deserving of his own eternal existence. Satan, if not Beelzebub, was confident that his death and descent into Hell would have resulted in his ultimate demise, though the Christ clearly knew otherwise.
Think on these things.
~The Gift of God is Eternal Life~
