Then how exactly are we going to do it here
2006-10-07 13:19:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
meaning...in heaven we are to be happy, no sorrows,no tears no pain...then how did Satan have the thoughts that he had to try and over come...is there freewill in Heaven also?
2006-10-07 13:23:26 · update #1
thanks to everyone for your answers..i was unaware of the Angels freewill....
2006-10-07 13:34:08 · update #2
Matt. 6:9-13: “You must pray, then, this way: ‘[1] Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. [2] Let your kingdom come. [3] Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth. [4] Give us today our bread for this day; and [5] forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And [6] do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.’”
His will has been done in heaven as # 3 points out. How?
Revelation 12: 7-10 And war broke out in heaven: Mi′cha·el and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled but it did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any longer in heaven. So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
“Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God!
2006-10-07 13:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by papavero 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan which means liar, and Devil means slanderer, had also lied to angels and of course Adam and Eve. it is not that God could not keep peace in heaven, He has allowed both angels and people to answer the question does God have the right to rule over his creation? and Do people worship God only by having selfish interest.
Peace here on earth is obtained by paying attention to what Jesus said, His true followers are the ones that are showing brotherly love for one-another. Also being no part of the world.
2006-10-07 13:28:20 · answer #2 · answered by fire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as we have free will this side of the Final Curtain, it will be a struggle.
Note: Satan means Accuser. His original role was to accuse people before God for judgement. His existence was not evil cf. Job. When Satan turned to evil, Jesus came as Advocate to stand against the Accuser.
The struggle to bring peace is none the less valuable anymore than the struggle to maintain monogamy, freedom, and the like, even though we cannot reach perfection yet.
2006-10-07 13:24:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God couldn't keep peace in heaven because He created angels with free will. It was therefore up the angels themselves to keep peace in heaven. God has also created humans with free will. That's why it is totally inappropriate to blame God when some great evil occurs on earth. It is our responsibility, not God's, to live in harmony with one another by making responsible choices of free will.
2006-10-07 13:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by barbara m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God could keep peace in heaven and on earth if he wanted to control everything by force. But he created angels and humans to be free creatures so that they could respond in love. And being free means both angels and humans can choose to not love.
There can only be peace here when people choose to live in peace, not when God makes it happen.
2006-10-07 13:24:39 · answer #5 · answered by jakejr6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that question has bothered many Christians in the past..But, God doesn't owe us an explanation...Hopefully oneday He will answer some of our questions...But whether He does or He doesn't...I still choose to follow Him...and I fully trust that He can and will handle anything that Satan throws His way...In Heaven or any other place..
2006-10-07 13:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by appleblossom_1957 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did keep peace in Heaven, thats why satan has Hell now. (We can't make peace anywhere. God has done so in Heaven.) He made sure ALL satans followers did just that also, followed him straight to hell. Satan is not on this Earth. He is in Hell but his demons are here causing havic on our lives.
God gave us a choise to live in Heaven. Or go to hell with satan.
2006-10-07 13:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by Mary D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is the one who stirred the pot in heaven and now he is doing it here. God gives everyone a free will. It's your choice.
2006-10-07 13:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by darlndanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God kept peace in Heaven, He threw the revilers out.
2006-10-07 13:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by blaze 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God can kep peace. it was his choice to let the devil backfire. i think there will never be peace on earth unless it is God's will and He makes it so. He has given man free will and a choice to make their own moral decisions, and that is why the world is not peaceful. because we care so much about what's best for us that we hurt others, causing wars
2006-10-07 13:22:22 · answer #10 · answered by lizalwin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋