And yet some(Angels), it is said, rebelled against God.. Angels have seen God.. and some of them bought the lie deciding "good and evil" for yourself will make you like God.. Which was repeated to Eve and Adam by Satan which believed it himself(probably)..
Angels seem to have a different or no bodies like humans bodies since they can be invisible to men.. they are spirits.. It is possible that "what humans ARE" can be some of the angels that bought the lie(but repented) getting a second chance.. Meaning an (angelic)spirit injected into a human body for a test.. with evil and good angels influencing that human for "its" earthly life on this planet.. i.e. a second chance..
What a drama that would be.. No doubt there would "rules" for both angelic sides of the contest.. Each human testing platform(human life) would be like a chess board.. Being "born again" could be like "QUEENING" in chess..
If SOooo, I wonder if there is a LINE(somewhere) in a heavenly queue waiting for a human body to be concieved so another angelic being could assume the "second chance"(prodigal son- parable) in the/this earthly drama/soap opera/contest/maze of testing..
This scenario would/could solve Not only mankind's but the angels rebellion problem(since humans are really angels).. so that God could eventually get down to populating the Universe or some other creative task..
Anyway this would make a good novel...
"Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves."-G.K. Chesterton
"The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction HAS to make sense" - Tom Clancy
What a fascinating speculation, dear ‘pipe! Thank you so much for writing!
Ephesians 3:10-11 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We teach the angels in a sense through their observation of the unfolding work of redemption.
Have you read C.S. Lewis’ “Screwtape Letters”? It’s a bit like the plot you describe.
I read Chamber's devotions in the original language hardcover most mornings. Sometimes I 'cheat' and read ahead a few days, as I did this morning. I read up through June 20th. There are quite a few lines among those pages that are working like a scalpel on my heart today, but one in particular seems purposely orchestrated as a suitable reply to your metaphorical post:
The first thing God does is give us a spiritual spring cleaning;
there is no possibility of pride left in a man after that.