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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Aban Rune: [QB] This is so cool. These are the kind of discussions I love! Isn't the internet cool?! First of Two: The questions didn't NEED to be raised, but they were. God would have been perfectly happy (and so would Humanity) if Satan had never rebelled (incidently, the names Satan and Devil mean 'liar' and 'slanderer'). Had Adam and Eve resisted temptation, the question would've been answered then and there and Satan would've been destroyed immediately. Angels do have free will. The fact that Satan rebelled and many angels followed him makes that point all too clear. God doesn't create flawed things, only things with the ability to choose. And the next two questions answer themselves: The fact that God is infallible and the fact that He created everything gives Him the right to determine what's best for everything. Fortunately for us, He's a loving God so it really is best for us. Why can't creatures of as developed an intellect as Humans recognize a superior authority? The Bible says that Satan desired worship for himself. He wasn't satisfied with the position he was given. I think greed would almost be a better word than pride, but I think it's more than that too. Sol System: Satan wasn't unleashed in 1914, he was kicked out of Heaven in 1914. He hasn't been bound or released yet. The purpose of getting him out of the way for the 1000 years (which, again, hasn't happened yet) is to give Earth and Humanity a chance to get to the condition that God wanted it to be in the first place, a paradise filled with a perfect Human family. That's what Adam and Eve were told to do. Once Humanity has reached that point, we'll all have to make the choice that Adam and Eve both failed: Do we, as perfect people, want to obey God or not? Bryce: You're right. Figuring out dates is in prophesy is very complex (sometimes they're not there to figure out) btu Daniel does contain a sinilar prophesy to the one in Isaiah. They both talk about the end of the System of Things. Also, the terms "Babylon" and "Babylon the Great" in Revelation refer, not to the literal nation of Babylon, but to the world of false religion in general. You'll notice an allegiance between Babylon and "The Beast", or world government. In the past decades and centuries, we've seen this happen. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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