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If Satan repented, would God save him...?
...or does God only save humans and other intelligent aliens that haven't been mentioned in the bible?
@Ivanhoe1...: "It is a debatable queston but no matter which side you fall on - He wouldn't He won't."
So he doesn't have free will then? Are you saying god created him in a way that it would be impossible for Satan to repent?
@Sanctus Raphael: "No, Satan made his choice and he has to stick with it. No aliens either."
So atheists that suddenly believe in god one day and repent aren't saved, because they made their choice earlier? Or are you making this up as you go along?
@prophet: "No, it's to late for him, he's a dead man walking."
So what was his time limit for repenting? At what point was him becoming a born against Christian pointless?
@mimi: "Satan, like all angels, are immortal, not human."
So it's impossible for Satan to die?
"Only humans are subject to redemption and salvation. Fallen angels are imprisoned when they sin...not in Hell, but in the abyss. Still, they are given a will to act on their own."
A 'will' to 'do what they want', yes? And who created Satan in a way that he wanted to do bad things?
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
as a christian I am ignoring that fact that i saw this question. it makes no sense. I mean..I mean uhhhh.... ummmm, I mean. your not suppose to think that hard about stuff just have faith.
Source(s): troll - JORGE NLv 78 years ago
A bee flies out from the hive in a real bad way. Is gone and causing all kinds of ruckus for the other bees. Then the Queen Bee decides it is time to fly on. By the time the poor rebellious bee realizes it it is too late. No matter how much it now repents of all that it has done instead of doing what it should do the hive has moved on and probably can be found nowhere. Lucifer and his whole crowd are in somewhat of that kind of boat. God has moved on and they missed the departure and now are really concerned because they know it is the end for them and they are going to die way out there in the nature of the universe somewhere alone and lost. I don't know if that sounds like fun but I guess they thought so.
- 8 years ago
Just because one repents for their deeds, doesn't mean that they aren't subject to repeating those deeds. If Satan, Lucifer, whatever the proper name be, repented, and were allowed back into heaven, he would have escaped hell, and would be able to challenge god directly from there, not have to traverse Two Kingdoms to reach him. So is god really naive enough to allow such a thing to happen? If so, God is not all knowing, for surely he would have considered this, and denied him freedom from hell, if so, God isn't quite as forgiving and loving as most religions consider him.
God may save Satan/Lucifer, but it is unlikely he would free him from hell, and allow him into the Kingdom of Heaven, and even still, who are we to say what god would do? We are not God, nor gods, we are mortal, and we are limited to what we know based on proof, and faith, faith can be mislead, proof can be misunderstood. Perhaps we'll never know these answers, they may not be meant for us, and as such, we shouldn't seek them.
- Anonymous8 years ago
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.
Epistle to Jude 1:4 (to this condemnation)
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When we read of the "world" in the New Testament, we are reading the Greek word cosmos. Cosmos most often refers to the inhabited earth and the people who live on the earth, which functions apart from God. Satan is the ruler of this "cosmos" (John 12:31; 16:11; 1 John 5:19).
The 4 Veda's written in Sanskrit around 3500 years ago gave rise to Hinduism which teaches about Maya ~ The Malevolent illusion, and Samsara ~ Mechanical Karma REALITY! - The outer Kingdom, empirical knowledge, and according to Christianity - "Seraphims" Keter - Crown Divine Plan ~ The Angel of Death.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein.
There is no greater mystery than this; that being the reality we seek to gain reality.
Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950)
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In which this universe like a snake on a rope imagined appears.
Bliss-Supreme Bliss: That: Consciousness you are happily live.
You are that Consciousness, Bliss-Supreme Bliss, in and upon which this universe appears superimposed, like a snake on a rope. Live happily.
Like etc.-This is an oft-repeated analogy of Advaita. In the dark of night a rope is mistaken for a snake. The rope does not really become a snake; it has no other reality than the rope itself. In the same way this universe has no real existence. It is the Self-Pure Consciousness and Supreme Bliss-in which this universe, through ignorance, is seen to exist. Consciousness, which is the substratum of the universe, remains eternally pure and unaffected. We are that Consciousness. Therefore we must cease identifying ourselves with the superimposed universe, and thus we shall be happy. P.9 Chapter 9 – 10 Astavakra Samhita SWAMI NITYASWARUPANANDA
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Plato’s cave analogy.
Inprisoned inside the cave (Us), prisoners see the shadows on the wall and mistakenly view the shadows as reality. Every now and agian someone awakens to the truth and tries to tell others (Us), but the others respond with anger.
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- Anonymous8 years ago
according to Revelation, he does... and He does
- Anonymous8 years ago
No, Satan made his choice and he has to stick with it. No aliens either. Angels aren't capable of repentance whereas humans are. So, if an atheist repented, he/she would be saved. No, I'm not making this up as I go along. It can be found with research.
- MimiLv 78 years ago
If angels were subject to redemption, and if Satan repented, God would have forgiven. It would have saved oodles of troubles.
EDIT: That has nothing to do with free will. Satan, like all angels, are immortal, not human. Only humans are subject to redemption and salvation. Fallen angels are imprisoned when they sin...not in Hell, but in the abyss. Still, they are given a will to act on their own.
All people are saved regardless of what they've done in the past..if they are saved. It takes faith and belief in Jesus Christ.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
It is a debatable queston but no matter which side you fall on - He wouldn't He won't.
- Anonymous8 years ago
The fact is that there is no evidence that either God or Satan exist.
You might as well be asking if Peter Pan repented, would the Wizard of Oz save him?