controll of all things at all times?.
2006-12-30 01:24:35 · 14 answers · asked by Cool Briz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In a word, YES. In Christian theology, this aspect of God's activity comes under "God's Providence" or "God's Goverment." There is no area in the material or immaterial worlds where God’s rulership is not operational. To the Christian, God’s universal governance means that every circumstance, every opportunity, every happenstance has a place and function in God’s grand plan. Even the existence of fallen angels.
2006-12-30 02:13:18 · answer #1 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
False interpretations lead to misunderstandings.
Immature minds imagine trivial things and dare condemn God for acting like children.
We should read the Holy Books to gain the mature thinking bestowed by the One True God, Who is the Omniscient and All-Beneficent Creator.
Man continues to misunderstand each other, that is why we need the education of God to make peace. I have no wisdom to judge the asker or anyone else, but I only stress on seeking the wisdom of God to illumine our ways.
2006-12-30 01:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think free agency is defined as a lack of divine intervention.
but fallen angels dont do what God commands, they do things because they can escape being captured.
but once they are captured, their prison cells are like the holes in the rocks. and eventually i think the heavens can be rolled up like a scroll, or serve the purpose of a phantom zone and thuse everyone is alive in outer darkness with no place to go
2006-12-30 01:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are still limits to what God allows to affect His creation. That is why there is a place called Tartarus where angels whose evil depravity exceeds the limits of God's grace are confined until the judgment, or the end of time, to be released on unrepentant humanity.
2006-12-30 01:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, even the fallen ones serve God, they do not have "free will".
Don H is incorrect, we as Christians do not see Satan as an equal to God, we know that he serves God as well as we do.
2006-12-30 01:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
All of Gods creation has free will but God uses our actions to bring about his plans. How hard is it for us to get a mouse to do the maze for us? That's the challenge for God too I suspect. A closed system and He has all the maps and keys.
2006-12-30 01:32:27 · answer #6 · answered by Pilgrim 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely
2006-12-30 03:02:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
god and the universe is a closed system. god was before all of it and will be forever after it. that means that yes, all things work according to how he designed it, even satan. satan is doing the will of god (like in the book of job) every day. for if it wasn't the will of god, who's will was it and shouldn't we serve the one who's will is stronger?
2006-12-30 01:27:10 · answer #8 · answered by Shawn M 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't expect God, the all powerful, almighty would have a problem controlling any of God's creation ...
so yes.
2006-12-30 01:27:02 · answer #9 · answered by Fadi K 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
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
2006-12-30 01:28:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋