Dagdag kaalaman : Ang Diyos ba ang may gawa ng devil? And if He did, why? God never did make the devil; He created the angel, Lucifer who later of his own free will made himself into the devil by opposing the will of God. Just as Genesis tells us that God created everything inherently good sa pasimula palang ay mabuti ang lahat (and God saw that it was good), it was only after that sin that humans and some angels became evil of their own free choice sa kanilang pagpili na maging masama. Other religions contend that there has always been an eternal struggle between good and evil, between God and devil . . .that is called dualism and IT IS NOT CHRISTIAN TEACHING. REVELATION (Apocalypse) 12:3-9 speaks of a great heavenly battle between the Archangel Michael and the other angels (Lucifer and the third of the angelic host who followed him), The fallen angels were cast into hell and, once there, became known as devils, or demons, whereas the two-thirds of the good angels went to heaven and are still called angels. God originally created them being angels that became the devil and the devils demonic followers as angels, unlike human beings, have no physical bodies. You and I know things by using our bodies, primarily the five senses of our physical existence; the human abstract ideas from this sense data. Angels do not see, hear, taste, smell. or feel. Therefore, all the knowledge they have was given to them (infused) at the moment God created their intellect. Angels knew everything they will ever know at the moment they created. Their choices or decisions are irrevocable and forever. Angels cannot change their minds. They had once change and one chance only, but they knew that before they made their choice. Human beings can have incomplete information due to imperfect senses or due to imperfect judgment of their rational intellect on the information given. An optical illusion, for example, is not a case where our eyes are lying to us. Instead it is an improper judgment of the mind. When someone concludes that a pencil in a glass is bent---when actually the light rays are bent through through the water---it is our eyes that lead us to make that conclusion. Lucifer and the other his subordinates angels were given a test. What test we do not know! But none of the angels that stayed with God were actually in heaven during or before the test. Once in heaven you can never leave, nor do you ever want to leave. Theologians have speculated for ages what it could have been. Some contest it was that God revealed to them that He would create human beings next and that He would give them a test, those that passed would also be given the reward of heaven. Lucifer was one of the most intelligent of angels, and it is speculated his pride could not stomach sharing heaven with an inferior creature like man. Angels are as far above us in beauty, intelligence, and power as you and I are above ants, or even microbes. Other theologians propose that God disclosed the fact he would create man, man would sin, and God would later forgive men and women since our human intellect and will is not like the angelic. We can change our minds and we can repent of evil or we can go bad after a life of goodness. Our capacity to change for the better or worse makes us ---- different from the angles, who only have one chance to do good or evil. The scholars who promote this theory believe Lucifer was outraged that man would be given a chance to repent or that he would be redeemed by a Savior while the fallen angels would have to spend eternity in punishment and damnation. Whatever the test (this is all speculative), the Bible does tell us that Lucifer and his third were defeated by Michael Archangel and the other (GOOD) two-thirds of Angels. Once in hell, Lucifer was forever known as the devil, Satan, or the Evil One. He made himself what he is today. God gave him a chance, as God gave Adam and Eve a chance. God gave Judas a chance ...he could have freely chosen not to betray Christ for thirty pieces of silver, or, after he committed his sin ,,,he could have repented---as did Peter and the other disciples who let Jesus down when He needed them most. Even evil tyrants like Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin were originally created good. Each freely chose to become and to commit evil. Mother Teresa of Calcutta freely chose to do good while she lived on Earth. She could have chosen the path to darkness, evil, and sin, but she chose the path to goodness and holiness. If God knew beforehand that Lucifer would go bad, why create him at all? Why create him at all? Why not just spare the universe the devil in the long run? Fair question. Again remember that GOD CREATES GOOD. Only creatures with a free will can choose (piliin niya) evil and sin, and then face the consequences of their choice made. If God prevented the devil from being created merely because later, after being created, Lucifer would freely choose to go bad, then it is the same as not having a free will after all! If only those who chose good are allowed to exist, what freedom is that? That we can choose to do good or to do evil (although not choose what is good or evil) means there is consequence to our decisions. Were the evil people and angelas not allowed to exist before they even made their choice, it would not be just. It would be condemning a person before they commit the crime. Punishment must come after the fact done , not in anticipation. For instance, imagine a parent discipining a two-year old child for bad behavior that will commit as a teenager. Mali na ito at hinuhusgahan na!
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:24:59 +0000
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