God is all knowing. god knows the future. Because god knows the future there is only one possible way for things to progress. If things progressed in a different way then god foresaw it, then he is not omniscient. So things must progress in the way that god sees them. If things progress always in the way god sees them, then there is no free will because everything has a set path.
In other words, god could not be omniscient while we have free will. Iâve explained this twice now and I have yet to hear a legitimate argument against it, just denial.
God is omniscient. He knew that
if He chose to create angels and men/women and give them all free will, then not every one of them would choose His Good. Sure, He could have scrapped the whole plan before He put it into motion, but He chose to have half a loaf (a few people choosing Him freely) rather than a full loaf (forcing everyone to choose His Good). But, the downside to everyoneâ individual free will choice is: a person chooses for eternity either heaven or hell by his/her own free will actions. There is no middle ground.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who
obey Him
As far as Adam and Eve, itâs literally impossible for the whole human race to have come from two people.
Anyways, mankindâs closest common ancestors are 100,000 years apart:
A human is not human until it has an immortal soul. Evolution can be part of Godâs plan, but only Adam received the first
immortal soul, so he is the first human. (Genesis 1:26, Romans 5)
Youâre missing a key component to your story. So, as you agreed, he knew that mankind would fall. So he punishes mankind for something he knew would happen if he created them (remember you said this yourself). Since he is all knowing and knew this would happen, he created man knowing they would be punished to eternal torture. He then sends his son to die for something he knew would happen.
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That is why it is called free will.** We are free to choose Him or not and accept the consequences. Did you or anyone you know give your/their children the option of being conceived? He gave us this great gift of life and free will, but there are always consequences as to how we use the gifts we receive.
His Son was happy to die for our sins because of His great love for us. He was not badgered into it. He knew that if mankind was created, then He would die for them in order to reconcile them to God again after Adamâs sin. Awesome!
He could have avoided all this if he hadnât created Lucifer (and as you agreed he can see the future) or by not punishing us for something he knew would happen.
Lucifer was just one of the angels in the myriad legions of angels that God created and gave the gift of free will. He had the same opportunity to choose God as all the other angels did. So, why should God refuse to create angelic beings just because some would not choose Him?
Should I not give an âAâ to one child who deserved it simply because no other child also deserved an âAâ?
God is all-good. He is a consuming fire. He cannot abide evil because He is perfect Good. His consuming fire destroys evil, (this is its nature) so evil angels, men, and women are destroyed by this consuming fire because of their own chosen wickedness. Godâs consuming fire refines the âjustâ souls in purgatory if necessary, so that they will be without blemish, perfect, holy, and acceptable to Him. Nothing imperfect can enter heaven.
The consuming fire for the just souls:
1 Corinthians 3:15
If anyoneâs work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
The consuming fire for the reprobate souls:
John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
The âcreatedâ have
no power of their own making, so they are foolish if they tell God the âCreatorâ what He should do about His âcreationâ and then expect Him to do it. They are also foolish to question His motives; He reveals what He desires us to know about Him and we will know Him intimately in heaven as His adopted children. (Ephesians 1:5)
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, âLet Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
God wanted a large family of people and angels who would share completely in His Love for eternity. Sounds like a good plan to me.
