I understand that GOD may have decided to allow the angels a moment of free will to decide who they reall wanted to serve, but after all the divisions were decided upon GOD could have just cast out those who decided against HIM...with NO WAR !! So why did the GREAT WAR have to take place?
2006-07-12 14:18:17 · 8 answers · asked by KEITH W. N 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They were in Heaven an had to be BOOTED out.... You think they wanted to leave heck no.. They figured I guess that theyd go out fighting.....
True God could have just snapped his fingers and Viola theyd be gone... BUT !!
I figure That would take away the right of free choice from them in thier actions during the Great War....
They chose to fight, so Gods law of free will stands... they have to be given that right to act on thier choice...
2006-07-12 14:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by djshyc 3 · 9⤊ 1⤋
I assume the "great war" you're talking about is the ancient story about the angel Lucifer (yes, that's right) and one-third of the angels of heaven rebelled against God and were cast out of heaven.
I say, hogwash. There is no evidence in the Old Testament to support the assertion that Satan rebelled against God at all. And don't give me that bull about the "serpent" in Genesis 3 being Satan, either - there's no link except the one that has been pounded into your head since you were five years old.
Satan's most prominent appearance in the Old Testament is in the book of Job. Satan, far from being a crafy tempter who tries to cause people to sin, is a part of the LORD's council in heaven and was, if you will, on God's payroll! Indeed, the Catholic Church today, when considering candidates for beatification, identifies a "devil's advocate" to accuse and test the candidate's life and works to make sure s/he is worthy - exactly what Satan does to Job in the OT story.
2006-07-12 21:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by jimbob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though,the angels that had sinned in the days of Noah,were outcasts from God's heavenly family and under definite restrictions (Jude6;2Peter2:4)they still had access to heaven.
So before Christ started ruling as King of God's Heavenly Kingdom,the heavens had to be cleansed.
These angels still had free will,as we all do and as such made their own decisions.Jehovah gave this gift to all his intelligent creation.And being a God of justice, He would not 'make' anyone do what they did or did not want to do.It would defeat the purpose of 'free' will.It would also make Jehovah a hypocrite.
Therefore,these angels or more accurately demons had to be ousted out of heaven.
The term 'war' refers to a state of hostility accompanied by actions designed to subjugate or to destroy those viewed as the enemy.And this is exactly what Jesus at Jehovah's command did.
2006-07-12 22:16:28 · answer #3 · answered by lillie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said that this great war ever happened? Who wrote the Bible, The Torah, or the Koran. It was not God, it was man. It was stories told to make people get along with one another in societies. Rules. Are they right? You be the judge.
2006-07-12 21:21:43 · answer #4 · answered by Andrea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God granted all of his creations free will, if he picks and chooses certain points in any of his creations existance to override that free will he would be no better than Lucifer.
2006-07-12 21:23:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What great war? BTW the bible was written by man.
2006-07-12 21:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by Jill P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where exactly is the "Great War" in the bible anyway?
2006-07-12 21:22:11 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin Beckman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say." ~ from Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
2006-07-12 21:31:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋