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and the choices inadvertently made, would work to the perfection of
mankind in the end.
God could have defeated or destroyed Satan of His own accord, but, if He
did that, perfect justice would not have been rendered. God could not
render perfect justice in this imperfect state, for nothing would have
remained. Perfect justice is actually or inadvertently served by injustice, and
mercy, while unjust, is a form of justice. God extended mercy by sending
His Son into the world, to save and redeem the world, and to show man
how to defeat Satan for the love of God.
The vision revealed to John has not yet begun; the angels are waiting
patiently for the day when a mere man [Christ] will have them sound the
alarm. Then all hell will break loose and the results of Armageddon will be
obvious.
The relativity of God to man is a Divine phenomenon. Under the guise of a
mere man, Jesus spiritually defeated Satan to empowered mere man to
following His footsteps. Satan sought a
ho l y one
understanding him to be a
king, desiring to defeat Him in order to rule the earth. Asserting Jesus was a
blasphemer Satan was convinced the mere man was speaking inaccurately
saying He was the Son of God and would not admit He was only a mere
man.
The question now is who is the son? What is the relativity of the son, two
sons at two different times? The first Son, Divine essence of God the
Father, was manifested in the flesh of a Divine Son. Since God the Father is
perfect, anyone coming into His presence would be made perfect or
destroyed, God condescended to become flesh in the person of Jesus. God
offered a physical presence in His Son; a seemingly natural presence,
whereby the full Divine presence of the Father was diminished in this
imperfect window of time. Under the guise of a man, Jesus took upon
Himself all that Satan would put upon Him in order that Satan would
remain deceived. Jesus never considered Himself equal to the Father in
human form—He was not equal. After His passion and resurrection He and
the Father are One, as Jesus proclaimed, and are now in One Body as the
fullness of God—one Divine presence as two persons per’se.
Heaven and Earth
God condescended to enter into imperfect time; He assumed flesh or