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Quote by: SoccerfreakAB2 What makes you think the "good side" is winning?
So your saying then that God and Satan both reigned eternally until God created the Earth? Or did he create Satan himself? |
I see God's victories every day. Satan has some too, but prophecy indicates he's lost already and doesn't acknowledge it.
Satan was created by God. Or rather the precursor being, Lucifer, was the mightiest angel. Angels are created beings. God is the Uncreated. Lucifer's pride brought rebellion against the Most High. He was ejected from his position of greatness in the kingdom of eternal Holiness. Now he seeks the destruction of all the beauty and goodness that God has created. He has some limited success, true.
The Eternal Torment is designated for Satan and his servants, the demonic powers. It was never meant for humanity. But some choose it in their rejection of the mercy of the Most High. This is not God's plan. But His allowance for free will is the only thing that prevents us from being automatons. We can choose God or choose to bypass His offer of Eternity with Him. The Soul is a construct of God. Once made, it cannot be unmade. The generous offer God has made is Eternity with Him in the Kingdom of Light.
Eternal Torment is the agony of the soul is its self-imposed separation from Him...If you exalt yourself against God, you are the loser.