I have a theory that when God
made the angels it was his first pass at the idea of having fellowship with
other beings. He gave them free will and
eternally immortal bodies. The
fellowship thing was going pretty good for a while until a few of them decided
they wanted to be in charge. Satan led
them in revolt against God. So after God
tosses them on their ears and they get to rule earth, He creates mankind for
his fellowship. However, learning from
the experience of giving eternal life to Angels who didn't all want to be in
fellowship with God, He makes Mankind of limited life span with an expiration
date--with the option to do a one-time offer of extension upon death. That offer of extension was contingent upon
proving oneself a faithful child of God, believing in his Goodness and
promises. God figures if they can hold
up to that in relatively blind faith under the stressful and tempting
conditions of a fleshly existence on earth, they just might be good for eternal
fellowship in Heaven with Him. He
attempts to get them to sign on the dotted line, and not surprisingly most of
the humans decline the offer. So it
proves up his plan to select only the ones that will be in eternal fellowship
with Him gladly.
Having said that, I have
implied that an all knowing and all powerful God made a mistake when He created
the angels. But if He did it knowingly, He apparently had a reason for a better outcome. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts.
Key word here is: free will. The angels who chose to rebel used their free will to follow one of their own into rebellion against the God who made them. God cannot make a mistake or He cannot be God. He also cannot be taken by surprise by the action of any being.
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