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To: Dutchboy88

“My FRiend, if all was ‘good’ in the sense that you mean, then Satan was a regular, righteous being since he was in creation along with man.”

You’re putting words in my mouth. I never said anything about Satan being good.


37 posted on 01/17/2013 12:09:05 PM PST by Pope Pius XII (There's no such thing as divorce)
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To: Pope Pius XII
"You’re putting words in my mouth. I never said anything about Satan being good."

I certainly do not want to put words in your mouth; to do that is very unfair. So, correct me if I am wrong, but you cited the creation story wherein God pronounced everything, "...very good." (Gen. 1:31). From that you concluded man was therefore "good".

I commented that if you understood this phrase ("very good")to mean everything was holy (or not evil), then by default Satan's nature would have also had to be holy (or not evil) since he was present in creation. Do you follow my concern? If Satan was present, then not everything could be "good" the way you were using the term.

The term "good" is used in Gen. 1:31 to signal that everything was perfectly ready to display the drama about to unfold. Namely, the rebellion of man, the inability to find righteousness, the rise of the "special family" (Jews), their inability to obey, the advent of their Rescuer (Jesus the Messiah), the death/burial/resurrection/ascension of the Savior (now) of the world, the addition of the Gentiles, the end of times.

40 posted on 01/17/2013 3:15:36 PM PST by Dutchboy88
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