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After Satan's fall, why
did God allow him to
deceive Adam and Eve,
and to continue to run
rampant throughout
the earth
destroying lives when
God could have simply
cast him into the
lake of fire
from the beginning
and have it done with,
sparing mankind?
Q&A
After Satan's fall, why
did God allow him to
deceive Adam and Eve,
and to continue to run
rampant throughout
the earth
destroying lives when
God could have simply
cast him into the
lake of fire
from the beginning
and have it done with,
sparing mankind?
Answer to Question
Like the angels,
man was created with free will.
God specifically told Adam
and Eve not to eat
of the forbidden fruit.
In listening to the serpent
they were consciously
disobeying Him.
Like the angels,
man was created with free will.
God specifically told Adam
and Eve not to eat
of the forbidden fruit.
In listening to the serpent
they were consciously
disobeying Him.
Remember they had no
sin nature at the time
so they could have resisted.
Therefore God did not
" allow " them to be tempted.
sin nature at the time
so they could have resisted.
Therefore God did not
" allow " them to be tempted.
If there was no evil
in the world we would
not have free will.
We could only do and be good.
Because of Satan
we can love God and live
in a manner that's pleasing
to Him by choice.
This makes our love
meaningful to Him.
Otherwise we'd just be
mindless robots.
in the world we would
not have free will.
We could only do and be good.
Because of Satan
we can love God and live
in a manner that's pleasing
to Him by choice.
This makes our love
meaningful to Him.
Otherwise we'd just be
mindless robots.
Also, though the Bible
only hints of this,
I have concluded that
had Satan not rebelled
against God,
mankind would not exist.
When you get right down
to it, there's really
no purpose for our lives
other than to choose
which one of them
will be our God.
only hints of this,
I have concluded that
had Satan not rebelled
against God,
mankind would not exist.
When you get right down
to it, there's really
no purpose for our lives
other than to choose
which one of them
will be our God.
There's nothing we have
that God needs,
and as it says in
Job 35: 6-7,
our righteousness
doesn't help Him
and our sinfulness
doesn't hurt Him.
Our behavior only
impacts us and those
around us.
that God needs,
and as it says in
Job 35: 6-7,
our righteousness
doesn't help Him
and our sinfulness
doesn't hurt Him.
Our behavior only
impacts us and those
around us.
In short, even though
God knew about it
in advance
and wasn't taken by surprise,
I think the entire
7,000 years of the
Age of Man was His
response to Satan's
rebellion.
God knew about it
in advance
and wasn't taken by surprise,
I think the entire
7,000 years of the
Age of Man was His
response to Satan's
rebellion.
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