“In society, Mr. President, these two opposing realities co-exist as eternal enemies, just as God and Satan are eternal enemies.”
That is bad theology. Only God is eternal. And thank God, the created and fallen being known as satan has a finite beginning and an absolutely certain final destination. The Archbishop shouldn’t have portrayed them as equal dualistic opponents.
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I certainly wouldn’t try to put any of my ideas up against an archbishop. But if you are correct, then I am horribly disappointed, cause I thought all the evil doers including Satan were going to burn forever for all eternity.
gisd O
Absolutely, they are going to! But eternity reaches backwards, as well as forward. I was just pointing out that the way the Archbishop phrased it made it seem as though they were “equal” opponents. Satan had a starting point, which implies he is bound by time just as all creation is, while only God alone exists outside of time (and space), which are part of the created order. Nothing can happen without God’s knowledge and control. We have to live life moment by moment. But He sees it all, down to every detail, even from before any of it ever came to be.