If angels have freewill, why did God need to create humans?
2006-10-30 13:48:16 · 4 answers · asked by Scizzill 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-11-01 13:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angels don't have freewill. They do what they are commanded to do by God. They are God's "instruments".
Satan, the fallen angel, challenged God's command, to all the angels, to "bow down" to Adam. Satan's argument was a valid one, in that he was more superior in creation than Adam. He was created from "fire" while Adam was created from "clay", but he had disobeyed God's command and was cast out of Heaven, along with Adam and Eve.
2006-10-30 21:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made humans and angels different, they both have different reasons for being alive. Angels tend to the Lord's work, they are also messengers. God made humans for fellowship with Him.
2006-10-30 21:58:47 · answer #3 · answered by trainer53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
angels don't have free will, they work for god and have to do what he tells them
2006-10-31 06:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋