The beginning refers to the beginning of our world..
God had been around a lot longer than our creation.. If im not wrong Satan fell..
For him to fall he must have been in heaven ? or am i wrong
If he was in heaven are you going to tell me next that they allow evil to dwell in heaven..
He was in Heaven named lucifer, but He never had the truth His heart was pride, to exalt Himself above God, to overthrow The Lord God who is One and cannot be overthrown, thats why He fell. we cont Have scripture to say this next part but in my own belief, He was also lying then in order to deceive the angels which followed His rebellion.
The "truth" is the spirit of truth, that which came by Jesus Christ. it has never resided in satan as far as any scripture or credible knowledge would implicate. Im not arguing with you or anything, my whole point is Jesus would Know and He says there is no truth in Him, that He is the father of Lies, that lying is His native tounge. I will always choose to believe the things Jesus said because He is really clear about the Fact that His words are not His own, But God the Fathers words. If God says he has no truth in Him, i believe that and find it more worthy to share than what i can estimate or reason.
so i hope you understand why i believe what i believe, and that i respect you and everyones right to believe what you choose, but i am obligated to my own conscience that is being renewed daily by the truth. as of today, i feel as if im innocent, but tomorrow or in the future God will reveal something in my life that i need to let go, to repent of. He is not come to destroy us, but to save through the Knowledge of the truth.
Man was deceived and fell through the lies of the enemy, Jesus came to heal that and bless us with the truth of Gods Word. Much of the old testament is Gods response to mans sin because they were deceived, because it is His response to our disobedience, we do not see His word in truth. Jesus came with the truth of Gods word, and Knowledge of the truth leads to salvation from the lie that leads to death. so Grace is the reason God hasnt allowed mans sinfulness to destroy mankind, But the Truth of Jesus Christ is what He sent to save us. Grace and truth came By Jesus Christ.
sorry if this doesnt make sense to you, it does to me but i understand that not everyone sees things the same, i would think any post on this site that says something, the person who writes it, believes it. and i feel with full assurance that i also have that right to share the things i know to be true, and actually consider it an obligation. if people dont want to hear it, or disagree God Loves them anyways, and may they walk forever in The Lord. i find no benifit when threads turn to a huge argument, but hoinestly anything a person writes on this site that says anything other than grace, becomes a huge argument because those who believe that doctrine make it a huge argument and cant seem to see the value in going to threads they do agree with rather than spending thier time arguing when someone quotes scriptre that doisagrees with jospeh prince.
this is not directed at you, nor should it offend anyone Just something that should be considered. I purposely dont go to threads i knopw i am going to disagree with, for the sake of Peace in a place that represents christianity. i think if people disagree with the thongs i write, thats ok and thier God given right to do so. Others may find good value in the things i write, and thats okay to because its a bible discussion forum.
sorry for the long winded response, its just a hundrance to all of us when threads are derailed from the start back into the same debate and again not directed at you, most of what i see you write is discussion whether disagreeing or agreeing. But this issue should be addressed by the operators of this site in my humble opinion.