In Genesis 3:1-7, satan convinced Eve (and then Adam) to partake of the only thing God told them to avoid. He was a lawyer more than a salesman. A salesman would've focused on how good the fruit looked, tasted, etc. He didn't mention any of those but focused on convincing Eve that God had put restrictions on humanity and that the only way to break free of [all] restrictions (just like God has no restrictions) was to be like God, ie. to be a god (similar to the angels) yourself.
In Acts 17, Paul told the Athenians that God placed restrictions on all humanity, stating, "He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings so that they should seek the Lord." The "boundaries of their dwellings" that Paul mentioned don't only refer to where people live as people can move around the planet and now off the planet if they want. Those boundaries have to do with God's design: all Creation and its creatures have boundaries including angels.
God is the only one without any boundaries except the ones He has set for Himself. Everyone and everything else has had their boundaries set for them. (Boundaries include limitations of being human, of being male or female, biology, nature, psychology: God chose all these things for all creatures including angels. No creature or person chose for themselves. For example, no one chooses when to be born, where to be born, to what family, what sex or race they will be, their purpose and calling and reason for living or for being born, etc.)
This was part of the reason for the rebellion of 1/3 of the angels (and the intermixing of angels and humans as well)-- they wanted to break free of God's design/boundaries. This need to 'break free' of God's design/purpose/boundaries also drives much of LGBTQ+ among many other dynamics and people.
Psalm 2 says that there are/will be people and world rulers who will try hard to divorce themselves from God's design in an effort to be their own gods. It says that such people think (ie. the attitude in their hearts is) "Let us break Their (the Godhead's) bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us." These bonds and cords are the restrictions God placed on people (eg. He made them male and female) which some work hard to break free from. In Romans 1, Paul talks at length about what happens when people decide to rebel against God's design in an effort to 'break free' of those bonds, cords, restrictions, limitations. Paul says that because these people refuse to basically stay in their lane and want to be 'more' than God made them to be, they actually become less, stating that such people"professing themselves to be wise, they became fools."
This is a fascinating dynamic that the Bible mentions often but that you can see in everyday life as well if you know to look: the dynamic is that if someone insists on being 'more' than God made them to be (or more than they actually are), they will actually become less. We see this first happen to lucifer. He was in a very high position, but when he insisted on being 'greater/more' than he actually was and flew up higher to take the Throne, God didn't kick lucifer back down to his original position; He punted him way way way lower in position: he went from Heaven to earth. This dynamic is throughout Jesus's life as well. He had more understanding of God and Scripture at 12 years old than men who were not only way older but who were also teachers of Scripture; this was because Jesus didn't promote Himself and try to be God but accepted His position as it was. He later said to God, "I thank You Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hidden [the mysteries of the Kingdom] from the wise and prudent (ie. those looked at as or expected to be wise and prudent) and have revealed them to babes (ie. people who retain their actual position and don't pretend to be). more/greater than they are)" (Matt. 11:25).
That is God's MO. (Psalm 119:98-100.) He resists the proud (or those who want to be greater/more) but makes Himself available to the humble (or those who are content with their position and don't insist they're more than they really are). I've been to several countries and especially in western nations will you see the desire to "be as gods", primarily in America. The desire and pressure to be 'prestigious gods' rather than 'simple humans' makes people anxious, pretentious, superficial, narcissistic (insufferable to be honest), hateful of others (usually without even knowing it), and chronically unhappy. God made us to be interdependent. In America, we say we are 'better' than that, individualistic, and don't need others. Ie. we're dependent rather than independent. Because we rejected 'our original estate' (our actual state) of interdependence and instead chose to 'ascend' to independence so we could be exalted, the law (dynamic) mentioned in Romans 1:22 kicked into effect (like clockwork when a new clock or watch is first started): "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" or "Pretending to be greater, they became lesser." Every time someone presumes to be higher up than they are, they 'lose points' and become less. This of course is rarely immediately obvious but in the spirit, it does happen immediately. lucifer was dispatched from Heaven immediately after he rebelled and tried to 'break free'; so were Adam and Eve. I think this dynamic is fascinating because it is unexpected (it's backward to go down as soon as you go up) and because it happens without exception every time. Americans, exalted above all other people, are the most broken, impoverished, lost, and in need of God's intervention. This is according to the spiritual principle-- mentioned many times in the Bible but functioning well before the Bible began to be written-- that God is close to the humble/reasonable but neglects the prideful/deluded. The sin of lucifer (pride, rebellion, a desire to be God) is bountiful in Amerida. But of course, where sin abounds.
In Acts 17, Paul told the Athenians that God placed restrictions on all humanity, stating, "He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings so that they should seek the Lord." The "boundaries of their dwellings" that Paul mentioned don't only refer to where people live as people can move around the planet and now off the planet if they want. Those boundaries have to do with God's design: all Creation and its creatures have boundaries including angels.
God is the only one without any boundaries except the ones He has set for Himself. Everyone and everything else has had their boundaries set for them. (Boundaries include limitations of being human, of being male or female, biology, nature, psychology: God chose all these things for all creatures including angels. No creature or person chose for themselves. For example, no one chooses when to be born, where to be born, to what family, what sex or race they will be, their purpose and calling and reason for living or for being born, etc.)
This was part of the reason for the rebellion of 1/3 of the angels (and the intermixing of angels and humans as well)-- they wanted to break free of God's design/boundaries. This need to 'break free' of God's design/purpose/boundaries also drives much of LGBTQ+ among many other dynamics and people.
Psalm 2 says that there are/will be people and world rulers who will try hard to divorce themselves from God's design in an effort to be their own gods. It says that such people think (ie. the attitude in their hearts is) "Let us break Their (the Godhead's) bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us." These bonds and cords are the restrictions God placed on people (eg. He made them male and female) which some work hard to break free from. In Romans 1, Paul talks at length about what happens when people decide to rebel against God's design in an effort to 'break free' of those bonds, cords, restrictions, limitations. Paul says that because these people refuse to basically stay in their lane and want to be 'more' than God made them to be, they actually become less, stating that such people"professing themselves to be wise, they became fools."
This is a fascinating dynamic that the Bible mentions often but that you can see in everyday life as well if you know to look: the dynamic is that if someone insists on being 'more' than God made them to be (or more than they actually are), they will actually become less. We see this first happen to lucifer. He was in a very high position, but when he insisted on being 'greater/more' than he actually was and flew up higher to take the Throne, God didn't kick lucifer back down to his original position; He punted him way way way lower in position: he went from Heaven to earth. This dynamic is throughout Jesus's life as well. He had more understanding of God and Scripture at 12 years old than men who were not only way older but who were also teachers of Scripture; this was because Jesus didn't promote Himself and try to be God but accepted His position as it was. He later said to God, "I thank You Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hidden [the mysteries of the Kingdom] from the wise and prudent (ie. those looked at as or expected to be wise and prudent) and have revealed them to babes (ie. people who retain their actual position and don't pretend to be). more/greater than they are)" (Matt. 11:25).
That is God's MO. (Psalm 119:98-100.) He resists the proud (or those who want to be greater/more) but makes Himself available to the humble (or those who are content with their position and don't insist they're more than they really are). I've been to several countries and especially in western nations will you see the desire to "be as gods", primarily in America. The desire and pressure to be 'prestigious gods' rather than 'simple humans' makes people anxious, pretentious, superficial, narcissistic (insufferable to be honest), hateful of others (usually without even knowing it), and chronically unhappy. God made us to be interdependent. In America, we say we are 'better' than that, individualistic, and don't need others. Ie. we're dependent rather than independent. Because we rejected 'our original estate' (our actual state) of interdependence and instead chose to 'ascend' to independence so we could be exalted, the law (dynamic) mentioned in Romans 1:22 kicked into effect (like clockwork when a new clock or watch is first started): "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" or "Pretending to be greater, they became lesser." Every time someone presumes to be higher up than they are, they 'lose points' and become less. This of course is rarely immediately obvious but in the spirit, it does happen immediately. lucifer was dispatched from Heaven immediately after he rebelled and tried to 'break free'; so were Adam and Eve. I think this dynamic is fascinating because it is unexpected (it's backward to go down as soon as you go up) and because it happens without exception every time. Americans, exalted above all other people, are the most broken, impoverished, lost, and in need of God's intervention. This is according to the spiritual principle-- mentioned many times in the Bible but functioning well before the Bible began to be written-- that God is close to the humble/reasonable but neglects the prideful/deluded. The sin of lucifer (pride, rebellion, a desire to be God) is bountiful in Amerida. But of course, where sin abounds.
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