Why does God not destroy Lucifer?
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Good question. Do you believe in the Bible? If not, there is no point in giving biblical answer. But, if you do you may find this view helpful.\n\nGod did not destroy Lucifer--including Adam and Eve--immediately after their rebellion in Eden because an important issue was raised. If God destroyed immediately the 3 rebels then other intelligent creations--the angels or spirit beings-- would have thought that the 3 rebels were right. This issue--which you and I face--needed time to be solve.\n\nISSUE: DOES MAN NEED GOD TO GOVERN HIMSELF? Satan said: 'NO, man by himself can know what is good and bad. He does not need God'. By raising this issue the wily serpent turned the 1st man and woman as his worshipper. (Read and understand Genesis 3:2-4; Luke 4:5-7)\n\nThis issue on Sovereignty--the right of God to rule--was again raised by the Israelites. They have turned away from the true God and worship other gods. (1Samuel 8:4-8) Guess who would be behind this?\n\nBut, try as he might Man and Satan can not really make a better world for us. We have tried so many forms of government. All are failures--monarchy, demo-crazy, (pun intended), oligarcy, communism, etc. Nothingh works.\n\nSo, God has set up a time when he will destroy all these governments under the control of Satan. (Dan 2:4; Rev 12:9) Yes, all humans who dishonor God--including fornicators, criminals--and SATAN will be destroyed eternally by God. Revelations 20:10; 21:8 says they will suffer 2nd death for which there is no resurrection. This 2nd death is illustrated by a lake of sulfur and fire.
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Whoooaa. I thought Lucifer was satans name.  Its hardly worshipping him by calling him that.  If you are correct..ok.  But again its not worshipping him.
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You've forgotten that God exists outside of Time.  He never sees the "past" or the "future". . . all times are the present for Him.  In a sense, He doesn't know what you're going to do until you actually do it, but He isn't looking into the future. . . He knows what you'll be doing next week because He's watching you do it right now.  Satan is the same way.  God created him with free will, but God didn't know what he would choose to do with that free will until he actually did it.  There was no intrinsic necessity that Satan become evil- he could have chosen to remain in heaven as an angel, if he'd wanted to.  Apparently God thought it was worth the risk, and He still seems to think so.  Perfect love can never be wrong about the end to be attained, and perfect wisdom can never be wrong about the methods best suited to reach that end.  God can do anything which is not intrinsically self-contradictory. . . . but it may well be that allowing some creatures to choose evil is a completely unavoidable price to pay if you're going to have creatures with the free will to choose good.
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They are different characters. \nIn the vulgata (NOT the bible) Lucifer is an archangel which fell from grace because of pride, becoming Satan. The name is derived from a Latin name (never existant in the original Hebrew versions) meaning "light bearer", the Romans used this name for Venus, the evening star. \nIn the original Hebrew version of the bible Lucifer is mentioned  in Isaiah 14:12, not as Lucifer but as Helal, son of Shahar which can be loosely translated as "Day star, son of the Dawn.". This is not a reference to the devil but to a Babylonian king who persecuted the Israelites. \nThe versions used to translate the King James version of the bible weren't the hebrew originals but an older latin translation from St. Jerome in the 4th century, who mis-translated the name to Lucifer. Over the centuries a lot of stories congealed to the idea of the fallen angel Lucifer - never mentioned in the bible. \nThere is a bit in the King James version that says: 'Lucifer is Satan: so says the Word of God'....". This however is to describe a evil worldly power:  Isaiah 14:4 says that when Israel is restored they will "take up this taunt against the king of Babylon . . ." . Lucifer/ Helal is the king that is Satan, to mean he is the one the Israelites will overcome. \nUntil St. Jerome's translation in the 4th century Lucifer and Satan were not considered the same, this only happened later.
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you are posing the same idea that Lucifer did to Eve. That God had some evil intent in His edict. Why or why not eat of the tree is not the issue. God could have just as well of said "Do not pee where the grass does not grow" The real issue is whether to obey God or not. The exercise of free will as according to Gods plan was initiated here so that after the full consequence of self interest is evident and the world is impacted as it has been God could then show that the exercise of the will by choosing to Love God through Christ would be possible, to the intent that the manifold wisdom of God might be known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places.
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Lucifer (light bringer) is almost a direct ripoff of the Titan Prometheus from Greco-Roman mythology. Prometheus created humans in an idle moment, and really pissed off the gods by giving them fire (knowledge) and got "cast down" (chained to a rock with an eagle nibbling his liver) for his naughtiness. Only major difference is they removed the creation myth tie in.\n\nRemind you of any stories involving a garden and an apple?\n\nWake up folks, even their book states that knowledge is the worst enemy christans ever had. Right in the beginning no less...
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Jesus definitely does not want us to break the Ten Commandments or any other law God gives, but what Jesus did, was eliminate the need for sacrifices because he was and is the ULTIMATE sacrifice.  Satan on the other hand wants us to break as many laws and knowingly turn away from God.  Lucifer (Satan) was so jealous of the fact that God loves humans so much, he decided to turn away from his spot as the highest angel in Heaven to devote eternity to destroy and bring down humans.  God gave us free will to decide whether to turn to Him or not; this does not therefore make him a tyrant. So to answer your question: no Jesus does not want us to break God's law and yes Satan does want us to break God's law and openly deny God and His son.
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God doesn't follow his own teachings.  It is lust, and greed.  His first commandment shows that he would be envious if you worshiped anyone else.  He also killed babies in Egypt breaking his thou shall not kill commandment.  He also broke his commandment of not coveting your neighbors wife when he knocked up Mary.  If God went by his own rules, he'd be in hell!
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I am sure that God created the universe in only 6 "days". The question is, how long were these days? One day at that point in time could actually have spanned millions of our years. This would explain dinosaurs and evolution and a few other questions. I don't think Lucifer was banned to Hell until after Humans were made and I think he was a human who died and went to Heaven and then was bannished to Hell. He could of even walked with some of your ancestors. (Creepy, huh!)
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God can't just interfere like that, humans do this to themselves, understood???\n\nStory of Creation\n"When the earth was shapeless and empty"\n\ntranslated in hebrew more accurately, then english=\n"When the earth BECAME destructive and chaotic"\n\nThis was when Lucifer fell, and he interfered because He was the One who trusted Lucifer to be perfect. \n\nGod recreated the world in 7 days. This means he made the earth twice by flood. \n\nChrist's salvation mission was like the third flood that salvation last forever, the second was the noah's ark story.\nWe kill, its ok. BUt when we die, we get punishment. Hell.\n:)
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Yes, I believe the Devil is real. But I don't worship him. I worship God. It says in the Bible that Lucifer (the devil) was an angel in heaven. Then he tried to defeat God but it didn't work. So, God sent him to hell. We have temptations because of the devil. He's the one that makes us sin.
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I don't believe in this stuff, but here's some thoughts:\n\nGenerally, God should forgive Satan if he is a loving God.  \n\nSince God is omniscent, when he created Lucifer, he knew that Lucifer would rebel and fall (basically, he was created to do so).  Did God create Lucifer for this purpose?  Is it possible for Lucifer to repent, or did God "design" Lucifer to not be able to ask for forgiveness?  Do the same rules apply to angels as humans (who can ask for forgiveness)?  Has Lucifer repented?
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By God's own account of it all Lucifer was guilty of was looking for a little democracy. Then God unleashed is "Shock and Awe" all over Lucifer's *ss and found out that the D man had no weapons of mass destruction at all.\n\nOff to Guantanamo with no trial and a sentence of all eternity for Lucifer.\n\nSeems a little harsh for the God that loves everything doesn't it?
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Let's rewrite your question like this:\nIf we are free to light a torch under our fingertips, why do we suffer pain?\n\nIn most circumstances, God does not have to explicitly punish us for disobedience, he just lets the consequences happen.  It's only when the consequences are too distant and the person causing the trouble is someone who really wants to learn the right way to life that God steps in and punishes (I Corinthians 11:32, Hebrews 12:4-11).\n\nBTW, your knowledge of angels is sorely lacking.  Angels too have free will; that is how Lucifer came to rebel against God.  And if they didn't have such free will, it would be unjust to judge them -- as it will be the responsibility of the saints to do (I Corinthians 6:3).
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He practically has! But God is still in overall control. If you read the book of Job (in the Bible), you will understand that the devil can only go so far. God is more powerful than the devil.
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i think god already did when he sent his only begotten son jesus christ on earth to suffer and die for all the sins of human race, to "repair the damage", that whoever believes in him will be saved. god never meant for lucifer to be the bad guy that he turned out to be. blaming god or anybody for that matter is pointless coz what's done is done.
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Starting to have?  Please!  When have they ever?  I've been in the tv industry and believe me, there is a plan to steal your hearts and minds.  The plan is this.  To make you think good things are bad and bad things are good.  See, Lucifer wants to make us self-destruct.  It is the only way He can strike back at God.  And we fall for it.  We accept things now that would have appalled our parents and grandparents.  We are dead emotionally and spiritually.  There is only one hope.