To Teach Them War (6): Knowing War’s Origin: In the Angelic Realm
This article traces the origin of warfare and evil in God's creation, arguing that Satan's rebellion in the angelic realm preceded and enabled human sin through the serpent's temptation of Adam and Eve. Huizinga emphasizes the literal historical narrative of Genesis and employs progressive revelation to explain how understanding the angelic conflict is essential to comprehending war's entrance into human history and creation.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2014, p. 232. What a lovely world of beauty and perfect peace God made in the beginning! All creatures in the heavens above and earth beneath were fully consecrated to God's glory. "Good," declared God, beholding all He had made, "very good." The divinely inspired narrative of literal history in Genesis says so. Then, without any warning, a talking, man-tempting, God-slandering serpent appears on the scene (Gen. 3:1). Evil. Very evil. It gets...
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