The Bible Doctrine Hour presents Pastor Robert McLaughlin The Angelic Conflict 2012 - Part 7
Point 2. Existence of rational creatures. b. The historical category: Human beings, Mankind, or Man. Angels are created beings who are superior to humans. His real name is Lucifer, the son of the morning, the anointed cherub! He was at that time the highest of all creatures. Today the seraphim are the highest ranking angels above the cherubs.....Why? Adam was created perfect in the Garden of Eden but he fell and now anyone who believes on TLJC actually becomes greater than Adam who was created perfect. We now have the very righteousness of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the eternal state, the difference between the perfection of Adam in the garden and the perfection we will all enjoy is the fact that we have received a nature that cannot sin, Adam, even though he was created perfect, could sin. 1JO 3:9 "No one who is born of God sins, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."
1PE 1:23 "for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God." Adam was created perfect, he fell or sinned against God and a higher category of humans came into existence called the children of God. Lucifer, the son of the morning, the anointed cherub, was created perfect and was the highest ranking angel at that time. Just like Adam was created perfect and he fell and anyone who follows God will become greater than Adam so certain angels were rewarded a higher rank than Satan after his fall! That higher rank is called seraphim, angels with 6 wings. Because of the character and nature of God, which is the fact that He is righteous and just and the fact that He is immutable, we are forced to the conclusion that just as members of the human race are rewarded for their faithfulness to TLJC, so the angels were given rewards for living in something similar to our PPOG. The reason being is the fact that God never has and never will coerce or force angelic or human volition to make choices. There is a special group of angels who in eternity past made the right possible grace decisions for our Lord. Angels were apparently created out of light as we will note. They are able to move through space at will, and are invisible to the empirical investigation of mankind. |