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And I'm still waiting for the scripture that says satan was an angel that rebelled against God.

Wouldn't this indicate that satan was an angel (cherub) and perfect before he rebelled....

Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.​

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I see NO Angel here in any of these scriptures, no rebellion in the heavens before the world began.
I do however see the prophet adressing the king of Tyrus.
 
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Wouldn't this indicate that satan was an angel (cherub) and perfect before he rebelled....

Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.​


I see NO Angel here in any of these scriptures, no rebellion in the heavens before the world began.
I do however see the prophet adressing the king of Tyrus.[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't "anointed cherub that covereth" be an angel?
 
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This is a clear picture of Lucifer, the anointed cherub who rebelled and rose up against God and God kicked him out of heaven.

That's what you see, because it's been taught to you by someonelse's belief. I could see this as Adam though.
 
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That's what you see, because it's been taught to you by someonelse's belief. I could see this as Adam though.

2knowhim,
What? You say more or less it is my opinion and then you just guess it might be Adam. Adam never rose up against God. One he couldn't get to heaven physically and two he was henpecked and gave into Eve. You really think he could have the gaw to usurp himself against God. Get real!
Lucifer defiled the sanctuaries on earth and he would be brought down to hell. Nothing is said to Adam about going to hell and he could not defile sanctuaries on earth for there were only him and Eve.
I'm sorry but you need to read your bible and learn proper hermeneutics to understand the word instead of saying illogical comments just to have something to say. Try again. Jerry kelso
 
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But according to you, sin started with satan alias "lucifer" in the heavens long before the world began.



You got that right.



None.
Actually that is not what I said. I said obviously Satan's fall had to occur prior to the incident in the Garden. That is a simple fact because he is shown tempting mankind to defy the natural order God placed them in. And if you go back and read that post am pretty sure I alluded to the fact that I do not hold to any specific time line regarding that incident in the Garden and the proximity of it to THE Beginning. For all I know thousands of years could have elapsed and the angelic revolt could have transpired in mere moments. The creation timeline within the two creation stories is one of the areas that Catholics have a great degree of freedom in speculating on what might of or when it occurred. IOW just because it is obvious in the story that Satan had already fallen, my belief/faith does not require me to think that fact means Satan existed prior to THE Beginning or that he is evil from the beginning. The teaching is some angles fell, which is supported by the few scriptures we have regarding them. In order to fall they, like Adam, had to be originally perfect, which means Satan like Adam was originally created perfect - good (no evil).

I see so the claim then you never heard or read anyone holding this position and you arrived at it yourself in a total cocoon/vacuum having the Spirit lead you yourself directly to it, which is but one option I alluded to as a claim you could make. And if all your beliefs have NEVER changed during your lifetime, what are you to say when those beliefs do change or if some have already?
If it has changed, were you not just as certain about it before as you are now?
And why would your claim to hold any given position be anymore valid that another person making the exact same claim that they are led to their opposing position by the supposedly the same spirit? One of person must be wrong - so which is really being led by the Spirit? Of course one would claim the obvious.
 
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I really don't see much sense in talking about these things with either of you because I can already tell that, your POV of the devil, angels and cherubims are Very different than mine.

The teaching is some angles fell, which is supported by the few scriptures we have regarding them. In order to fall they, like Adam, had to be originally perfect, which means Satan like Adam was originally created perfect - good (no evil).

Why? Because God is perfect and good? Do you think that Paul would ask the question "what if" here if he didn't know something that many of us would have a hard time believing?

Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Dr. I started out believing everything you probably now believe, from what you say. I was in the church for a period of time, until I became so confused by what they were teaching and what I was reading, that I put it all away and believed that I didn't need any man teach me, for He alone was my teacher. And I've been learning from Him and Only Him for the last 18 yrs.
Yes, I would agree that my understanding has changed over the yrs. But there are things that I am certain about now, and it is those things that I talk about. Because I know they have been tried through the fire, and have stood.

Can you point to a reference in scripture where a cherub isn't an angel?

That would be hard to do because there is no scripture that points to them being angels. Just because you read that they have wings, the image in your mind automatically tells you they must be angels.

Cherubims are just "imaginary figures" of something that we should Know what they represent by now. It says in Heb. he couldn't discuss them as of yet. And I have a feeling I shouldn't either. I can say that they were to "keep the way of the tree of Life" Gen.3:24 and they "overshadowed the mercy seat". Heb 9:5

Adam never rose up against God. One he couldn't get to heaven physically and two he was henpecked and gave into Eve. You really think he could have the gaw to usurp himself against God. Get real!

Wasn't it Adam whom God walked with, wasn't it Adam who was told to "keep" the Garden, wasn't it Adam whom God told not to eat of the tree of tkogae, and wasn't it Adam who became the first satan "accuser"? Wasn't it Adam that cause sin to enter the world, and death by sin passed upon us all?
 
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That would be hard to do because there is no scripture that points to them being angels. Just because you read that they have wings, the image in your mind automatically tells you they must be angels.

Your position would then be that they're winged spiritual beings who aren't angels but of their own spiritual category?

Cherubims are just "imaginary figures" of something that we should Know what they represent by now. It says in Heb. he couldn't discuss them as of yet. And I have a feeling I shouldn't either. I can say that they were to "keep the way of the tree of Life" Gen.3:24 and they "overshadowed the mercy seat". Heb 9:5

And one was anointed, perfect, a covering and in the garden of Eden, that's not an imaginary being.
 
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Tyrus, the king, was a cherub, anointed, perfect in all his ways, a covering and in Eden?

Yes, and many more too. Do you really think those trees of the Garden of Eden were just trees?
Or that the tree of Life, wasn't a representation of our Lord and Savour Jesus Christ?
What do you think this man was seeing here?

Mar 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mar 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
 
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Yes, and many more too. Do you really think those trees of the Garden of Eden were just trees?
Or that the tree of Life, wasn't a representation of our Lord and Savour Jesus Christ?
What do you think this man was seeing here?

Mar 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mar 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying the literal king of Tyre was a cherub, anointed, perfect in all his ways, a covering and in Eden?
 
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I really don't see much sense in talking about these things with either of you because I can already tell that, your POV of the devil, angels and cherubims are Very different than mine.



Why? Because God is perfect and good? Do you think that Paul would ask the question "what if" here if he didn't know something that many of us would have a hard time believing?

Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
The question asked is who can resist God's Will, and so then why did He make me the way I am. Saint Paul then goes on to say who are we to question are maker. And more to the point of this thread, Saint Paul then asks what if He made us and He knew from the beginning (before He made any of us) that there would be two distinct groups of us in the end. That He allowed us to exist anyway as we are (in either group) for His Glory, waiting for a long time to demonstrate His Glory (Justice) against one group (vessels fitted for destruction-Hell) and the other group He had prepared for eternal Glory.

Whether one is taught by another or thinks a position is entirely arrived at by oneself (taught yourself), the case remains that one has been taught by men (assuming one is human if self taught) ----UNLESS one can show that teaching came from God. A claim that what one believes is Spirit led can be sincere and obviously all Christians want to say that - but just as obvious that cannot be true in all cases because of the differences. I do not doubt your sincerity and if where you are at brings you closer to God, then I am glad you are there. For me I can show that because the teaching I rely on did not come from me but from those who followed what the Apostles taught, who got their knowledge directly from God, and a promise from Him given that those teachings would be preserved. That was my point and my freedom.
 
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I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying the literal king of Tyre was a cherub, anointed, perfect in all his ways, a covering and in Eden?

Isn't that what the scriptures say? Pharaoh was there too ya know?

Eze 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
 
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The question asked is who can resist God's Will, and so then why did He make me the way I am. Saint Paul then goes on to say who are we to question are maker. And more to the point of this thread, Saint Paul then asks what if He made us and He knew from the beginning (before He made any of us) that there would be two distinct groups of us in the end. That He allowed us to exist anyway as we are (in either group) for His Glory, waiting for a long time to demonstrate His Glory (Justice) against one group (vessels fitted for destruction-Hell) and the other group He had prepared for eternal Glory.

Whether one is taught by another or thinks a position is entirely arrived at by oneself (taught yourself), the case remains that one has been taught by men (assuming one is human if self taught) ----UNLESS one can show that teaching came from God. A claim that what one believes is Spirit led can be sincere and obviously all Christians want to say that - but just as obvious that cannot be true in all cases because of the differences. I do not doubt your sincerity and if where you are at brings you closer to God, then I am glad you are there. For me I can show that because the teaching I rely on did not come from me but from those who followed what the Apostles taught, who got their knowledge directly from God, and a promise from Him given that those teachings would be preserved. That was my point and my freedom.

Your right Dr. neither one of us has anything to prove, we will all stand before Him. The thing is I came out of the church and know what their doctrines are, and none of them agree, just look at how many denomenations there are. I've attended alot of different ones in search of the Truth and found it not, until I began to let Him teach me.
And if your happy and not confused then so be it, I'm happy for you too. I wasn't, I knew there was something missing, and I found it.

I believe the devil, satan, etc. is a spirit that came from out of the ground that Adam was created from they came from the same source the ground, Eve came out of Adam and God is the one who created them all with Pupose. These are only types of body, soul, and spirit. Man in his fallen nature is compared to as a beast of the field. We see this throughout scripture. The spirit, serpent....Adam, the body,...Soul, Eve..

Fallen angels....are those that walk among us today, and are held in chains of darkness until...Judgement/the light of The Christ.
They are led by the carnal man/Adam nature, the old man, the son of peridition...

The whole Garden senerio happens in Gen.1:2 hence the darkness upon the face/identity of the deep/soul. Adams disobedience causes this.
Till The Spirit of God hovers over and says let there be light. The 4th day light is located in The Christ, Christ appeared 4,000 yrs. into the plan of the ages. God did not originally created man/Adam perfect, but continues the process, til we get to Gen.1:26&27 Where All mankind is created in His image
and Likeness, this is where it is said by God that it is Good because it is done in and for and by His Son, His image.

This is, in short the things that have been Revealed to me, through The Revelation of Christ Jesus.
I'm sure you think I'm mad, but that's ok, they make perfect sense to me, and bring harmony to all of scripture.
 
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Your right Dr. neither one of us has anything to prove, we will all stand before Him. The thing is I came out of the church and know what their doctrines are, and none of them agree, just look at how many denomenations there are. I've attended alot of different ones in search of the Truth and found it not, until I began to let Him teach me.
And if your happy and not confused then so be it, I'm happy for you too. I wasn't, I knew there was something missing, and I found it.

I believe the devil, satan, etc. is a spirit that came from out of the ground that Adam was created from they came from the same source the ground, Eve came out of Adam and God is the one who created them all with Pupose. These are only types of body, soul, and spirit. Man in his fallen nature is compared to as a beast of the field. We see this throughout scripture. The spirit, serpent....Adam, the body,...Soul, Eve..

Fallen angels....are those that walk among us today, and are held in chains of darkness until...Judgement/the light of The Christ.
They are led by the carnal man/Adam nature, the old man, the son of peridition...

The whole Garden senerio happens in Gen.1:2 hence the darkness upon the face/identity of the deep/soul. Adams disobedience causes this.
Till The Spirit of God hovers over and says let there be light. The 4th day light is located in The Christ, Christ appeared 4,000 yrs. into the plan of the ages. God did not originally created man/Adam perfect, but continues the process, til we get to Gen.1:26&27 Where All mankind is created in His image
and Likeness, this is where it is said by God that it is Good because it is done in and for and by His Son, His image.

This is, in short the things that have been Revealed to me, through The Revelation of Christ Jesus.
I'm sure you think I'm mad, but that's ok, they make perfect sense to me, and bring harmony to all of scripture.
No, not mad, just wrong. As am sure you see me, probably at least confused as well. That's ok. At least we agree Satan was created by God, am not sure from the post here that Hillsage does and your agreement with him made me wonder if you thought so.

The purpose for God making us and the angels is huge part of the issue here in a thread on UR. That purpose would have to be in agreement with our view of the final outcome for all creatures/creation. God's Nature also comes into play in His deciding to make us all as He did. I will address His Nature first, because if we have no agreement there then we are not even talking about the same God.

As mention of fallen angels and fallen nature is made here in your last post, it is difficult for me to understand how agreement was made earlier with Hillsage who declared that both man and Satan were made exactly as they are now - IOW never were either Adam or Satan in a perfect state. When the orthodox discuss a "fall" it is understood that the state being fallen from is perfection. As a matter of logic, a "creator" seen as all Good and Omnipotent (nothing could stop Him from doing His Best), such a creator would certainly be able to create perfect beings. To suggest He did not do so would mean one thinks He did not do His Best and that simply by His Choice He created things less than perfect. Have never heard anyone successfully argue how the motive behind such a choice could be considered Good - which is why I kept telling Hillsage that such a view is an attack on the very Nature of God - saying in effect that He is not All Good. It also attacks God's Nature (Goodness) directly as the cause for evil rather than correctly being able to say evil is the result of free will choices of created beings. Hillsage is somehow ok with doing that to God's Nature. Am not sure you are, nor from this last post reference to a Fall, does it apparent that you really agree with this view of God being something less than what we would call All Good. That odd view of God is required to be able to say He did not do His Best in making us.

So why did God make angels and us. Clearly not all the angels revolted as some are clearly "with" Him not. Which means for at least those angels, He made those spirits to enjoy(be Happy with Him) and adore Him in Heaven. If one imagines (like Hillsage) a different subset of angels created by God as they are now, then clearly the purpose for making that group of angels cannot be the same as the one just mentioned. The same is true for mankind (to know, love and serve Him and share in His eternally Happiness). If one agrees with Hillsage, then that purpose does not fit because in his opinion we (in Adam) were never originally created perfectly, but can only eventually obtain such perfection.

And so both the purpose for our (and angels) existence and God's very Nature are impacted by our view of the next life. Mind you everything I just said does not come from me, but is my poor attempt to summarize many thousands of superior thinkers pondering these things to reach answers (if possible) that agree with the teachings of the Apostles (which includes how all of scripture is to be understood), who were taught by God Himself. Those answers did not come about in a lifetime and I should not expect that I alone could successfully reach the same conclusions in mine, especially if I just limited myself to reading scripture. So when I say I am happy to rely on that treasure of knowledge rather than my own thoughts, I mean there is a freedom there from concern in being able to trust a source beyond myself. It was frustrating for me to walk through life knowing that the position taken today contradicted an earlier one held and my being just as certain at both points that said position was absolutely true. Not a concern for me now.

So I can reject UR not just because it creates many issues with other fundamental elements of our faith (God is All Good and why He made us being just two that were easy for me to think of), but also because that same treasure of knowledge faced a belief in UR thousands of years ago and a similar case for why it is wrong was made.
 
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Isn't that what the scriptures say? Pharaoh was there too ya know?

Eze 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

No, this isn't just about being in Eden....and Ezek 31:18 doesn't claim that Pharaoh was in Eden.

Now again, are you claiming that the king of Tyre was....

1) a cherub
2) anointed
3) perfect in all his ways
4) a covering
5) in Eden
 
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If we understand the concept of "what is perfect" darkness is perfect because it is the complete absence of light ... and in the same way ... light is perfect because it is the complete absence of darkness, the difference between the two is:

Light is eternal .... darkness is not
 
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it is difficult for me to understand how agreement was made earlier with Hillsage who declared that both man and Satan were made exactly as they are now -

Yes, I know it is hard for you to agree to that, but anything less than that, puts God in the light of being caught by surprise, or going oops, or making a mistake. And that I can't see.

To suggest He did not do so would mean one thinks He did not do His Best and that simply by His Choice He created things less than perfect.

That's what you see though, if He didn't create someone perfect from the beginning you seem to see it as "not being His best".
But what we call His best and what He calls His best can be two different things. You and I were both born in sin and tresspasses were we not? Born that way,....but look at what He has done for us in Giving us His Son.
It has always been God's way to save the best for last. Remember the marriage at cana?

Joh 2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
Joh 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

If we were made perfect from the start how could we have ever fallen? Perfection does not fall. And the scripture in Ezk. that everyone wants to use to discribe satan's fall, notice it says he was "perfect in all Thy/your ways" but it does not say God's ways. The same as it denotes here that...
Gen 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

So why did God make angels and us. Clearly not all the angels revolted as some are clearly "with" Him not. Which means for at least those angels, He made those spirits to enjoy(be Happy with Him) and adore Him in Heaven. If one imagines (like Hillsage) a different subset of angels created by God as they are now, then clearly the purpose for making that group of angels cannot be the same as the one just mentioned. The same is true for mankind (to know, love and serve Him and share in His eternally Happiness). If one agrees with Hillsage, then that purpose does not fit because in his opinion we (in Adam) were never originally created perfectly, but can only eventually obtain such perfection.

I know that you think that angels are beings in the heavens way beyond the milky way (as weve been taught) probably having wings as in the pictures we see, the images of angels are everywhere. But I don't see them that way. I believe that angels are who we are wheither in the physical realm or the Spiritual realm. When you hear the word angel immediately this image appears in your mind, am I right? Simply put, I believe angels are who we are in the Spirit, we are human here in this world. We each have our own ....for a lack of better words....counterpart....and that choosing was intirely God, before the world began. Some were chosen to be a vessel of honor for the purpose of God, and some were chosen to be a vessel of dishonor for the purpose of God, so that in the end none of us can boast of ourselves, that we had anything to do with our own salvation. We are all messengers of God wheither for the good or for evil. Consider this. The two different realms.

Gen 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

This is no doubt through His Son Jesus Christ, for He is The Seed, The Word of God.
mal-awk'
From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically of God, that is, an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher): - ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

As you can see angels can very well be prophet, priest or teacher, in the Greek it also says preachers.
Now is there any wonder why we will judge angels? There are messengers all around us all the time, we must discern the difference.
Mar_12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Luk_20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

The same is true for mankind (to know, love and serve Him and share in His eternally Happiness). If one agrees with Hillsage, then that purpose does not fit because in his opinion we (in Adam) were never originally created perfectly, but can only eventually obtain such perfection.

I have to ask you something about this statement. Do you think that God ever had anything other than His Son/Word in mind when we are talking about Perfection? IOW....could there ever be any perfection without Him?

Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
 
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