Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

THEODICY : M. M. NINAN
Rom 16:20 then the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
I Pe 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour.
Eph 6:10-18 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not
contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against
the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with
truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the
equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you
can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer
and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the
saints,
(Jam 4:7 RSV) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.
Hence the devil is still with us so that we could exercise ourselves against their promptings,
pressures and devices.
HISTORY OF THE FALLEN ANGELS IN HUMAN HISTORY
The fallen angels are very much like the fallen human race and are subject to their
temptations and consequent acts. One such act is described in Gen. 6
Gen 6:1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to
them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any
of them they chose. . . . 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days -- and also afterward
-- when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were
the heroes of old, men of renown.
In this particular case, these beings are material physical beings not spirits alone as is often
forced upon us. Otherwise how can the physical beauty could cause attraction for them and
how could they have sex with the daughters of men and have children. This is one clear
indication that Sons of God is a general term indicative of beings with free will whether they
have material or nonmaterial forms and bodies. In this case they were certainly beings with a
body and sex organs.
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