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QUESTION 10
And on this I’ll ask from another angle. Satan disobeyed God, God is 100% good. So obviously the devil is the cause of all evil.Why did God let the devil live knowing he’ll keep perpetrating these evils. Why didn’t he get rid of him? Doesn’t that make God an accomplice to evil.
You see this particular question 10, i used to think about it also.
Why did God let the devil live?
Why has he not just killed the devil so we can all love happily ever after?
Like why not just save us all the stress?Again, I will like us to go back to Creation.
Who created the devil?
How did he come to be?
Ezekiel 28 vs 12-15
"Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God : "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
Ezekiel 28:12-15 ESV
Lucifer was created by God, just as man was and every other being.
He was also created to bring God pleasure.
Look at the details used in describing Lucifer in Ezekiel.
I'm certain God was pleased when He created Lucifer just as He was with man. The scripture says Lucifer was sheer perfection from the day of creation. Who would have thought that the devil was once perfect and pleasant to God?
But something happened.
Isaiah 14:12-15
Lucifer was one of the cherubs beside God's throne.
that is how special he was. He was a highly rated Angel, an anointed one. The precious stone covering, I can't imagine how breathtaking his beauty would have been. It is even believed He was the head of the angelic choir
Head of the people singing sweet praises to God.
Telling of God's beauty with their words and physical appearance
Let's read Isaiah 14:12-15
Isaiah 14:12-15What a comedown this, O Babylon! Daystar! Son of Dawn! Flat on your face in the underworld mud, you, famous for flattening nations!
You said to yourself, "I'll climb to heaven. I'll set my throne over the stars of God. I'll run the assembly of angels that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon.
I'll climb to the top of the clouds. I'll take over as King of the Universe!"
But you didn't make it, did you? Instead of climbing up, you came down - Down with the underground dead, down to the abyss of the Pit.
He wanted (wants) men to worship him. He wanted to be like the most high.
He rebelled against God
Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they were not strong enough. The dragon and its angels lost their place in heaven. It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.*
Revelation 12:7-9 ERV
A third of the angels in Heaven followed him.
Now that Lucifer who was created to give God pleasure is known as the devil.
And the angels that were expelled with him are called demons today
The devil was expelled to where?
Earth. So God did not create the devil, He created the person who became the devil.Lucifer became the devil, Satan (Which means the resister) out of Choice.
The angels had ability to choose also. Satan resisted God's ruler ship and right to be worshiped, he challenged it.
Satan answered the Lord, “But Job has a good reason to respect you. You always protect him, his family, and everything he has. You have blessed him and made him successful in everything he does. He is so wealthy that his herds and flocks are all over the country. But if you were to destroy everything he has, I promise you that he would curse you to your face.”*
Job 1: 9 -11 ERV
The devil actually believed (believes) God is a manipulator. That humans serve Him because of the blessings He bribes them with. That God doesn't deserve to be obeyed.
If you were God, will you reply with a show of force to someone that questioned you this way?
What kind of message will that be sending to The other angels? Will God not look like Hitler?
Response 1: God sent him packing, probably so he won't corrupt the other angels.
As a leader, if there's someone that constantly rejects my authority and influences others, causing discord, I'll send him packing with every means necessary. The devil wanted to be worshiped and He felt God wasn't deserving. We can see his stance from his conversation about Job and even with Jesus. And he pushed this agenda well enough for one third of the angels to align with him.
So if you were God in all of this, what will be your reaction?
Response 2:Sincerely, if I was God, I will respond in a way that others will learn from
Response 3: Well disloyalty is a deal breaker for me personally. So I think I’d do exactly what God did, except I’d permanently get rid of the enemy. _Still don’t know why God kept him alive tho_
I think God likes drama.
Response 4: Best thing is to banish such person and I won't hesitate before he corrupts other angels.
First, GOD IS OMNISCIENT. No doubt or argument about this. God is ALL knowing
Now why did He create the devil in the first place and why did He still let him live after rebellion.
God created angels and man for His pleasure. God created man with a will God created Angels with free will also. Will to choose between good and evil..God knows all the possible outcomes of our will. He knows what we will choose
God also knew the Angels were capable of choosing good (even though he knew what some of them will choose)
So I create Angel 1, Angel 2, Angel 3.
I create all of them with the ability to choose the right thing. I also know what each of them will most likely choose after I've given them free will
If I go back to not create Angel 2 because he wouldn't choose me. And leave only the angels that will choose me to stay alive. Is that not manipulation 101? True free will is allowing the truth to Happen. Here is a personal opinion I have. I think God also had hope somewhere than man and every one that has fallen would maybe choose right.
Because they actually had the power to choose right
God is not a manipulator.
He will not alter things away from a truth he can't face because it is hurting. And if Lucifer had not led the rebellion, another Angel would have. God wants a world filled with people that voluntarily choose to love him back. Not a world where he creates only those that will pick him. That will be like programming people to pick him
Like automated human beings and anger. Which brings us to God knowing *the end from the beginning. The end is the separation of those that have chosen evil from those that chose Christ. Christ's coming has been there all from the beginning. If God created angels that had only the capacity to choose God then there is no choice. And he'd be lying about freewill
God will never be a liar. Another thing I want us to know Is, though God knew beforehand those who will rebel, He still feels hurt when this things happen. But because God is sovereign, He used all of these rebelious action to bring about His Holy plan. Salvation had been there from the beginning (because of the knowledge of choice outcome God has).
Salvation requires something to be saved from.
So God still found a way for us all. Do we all understand why God created man and angels knowing some of them will Rebel? So now we know why Man and Angels alike were created despite God knowing some will rebel. Why is God still allowing the devil to live?God killing the devil now does not end the curse of sin. Many still choose to resist God's plan for man up till date just like Satan (the resister). Many still choose to rebel against God this day. The curse of sin is removed when we are permanently brought in His presence forever.
Remember God cannot behold iniquity. So when we finally join Him, only those that said no to Sin by choosing Christ will the curse be removed from. And every other person that chose sin will be destroyed alongside sin and the devil
I heard a loud voice from the throne. It said, “Now God’s home is with people. He will live with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them and will be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.”*
Revelation 21:3-4
God will not allow the devil to live longer than necessary. The influence of the enemy will also not remain. God has set a time to Destroy the devil and all that choose Him
Now, God is waiting for more people to make that right Choice (Christ)
Know that there are conditions for paradise that is why Adam was sent from it in the first place. Those who make it are those who meet the conditions here on earth. There will be a legal case against Satan on that great day and God's right to rule will be vindicated. The devil's challenge of this right (and every other person that joined him) will be openly judged
And God in all of this will remain true, having disproved all that the enemy brought as accusation. God will remain True, truly deserving of our worship, of our own free will. A God and His people. Those whom He chose and those that Chose Him in return. We will all live as God intended from the beginning. No mosquitoes, Cancer, sin, fear, war. All we have is righteousness and our new glorious body. This time is coming, sooner than we think.
The end is here.
As cliche as this might sound, the end is actually here. And everyone that chose to remain in the curse of sin by resisting Christ will join the devil. The end of the devil is here. “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons*.
Matthew 25:41 NLT
And here is something, I think God will still be hurt when casting the devil and everyone that chose to resist into this lake.
God created all things in love. All these things meaning so much to Him at that time.
But God would have to Destroy these things regardless cos He must stay true to His righteousness. I think I might give God a hug when this is done. Now we've answered the question of *Why the devil is still alive And why he was created in the first place.
Erhm...Has anyone ever thought, what if we get to paradise and someone else chooses to sin again. I used to think about this when I was growing up. Like what if somebody sins And everybody has to come back to earth and repeat cycle. Let me answer this.
There will be no Sin.
First, Sin came in as a result of challenge of God's authority and ruler ship. The devil felt He should be worshiped. He deserved it more than God. Adam ate the fruit of the tree cos he was told he'd have knowledge more than God. All of the theories by the day of judgement would have been thoroughly debunked. As all men will see the vindication of God that He is truly God, worthy of praise, truthful, fair and righteous. Even those that will be thrown into the lake will agree with this at that time. And those in Heaven will also see that there is truly no place for argument concerning their initial stance
God will be true and this will be established by all people.Then there will be no need for rebellion since there is nothing to argue about again. Sin will be permanently purged from the world as those chose it are thrown in the lake of fire. The ones who have chosen Christ will have His life in them and live it fully in a new world. This life we will have will not be capable of sin
So sin is NEVER coming back
End of teaching
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