kjw47
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"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
Satan is the voice of opposition/temptation. Deception is the only power he truly has. Why would God cast this tempter to a newly created earth, the home of Adam and Eve, unless Adam and Eve who are referenced as elohiym [angels/gods] in the book of "Psalms" were likewise cast from heaven with him? It makes little sense that God would send Satan and his angels to screw up his newly created paradise. It makes more sense that Adam and Eve were the fallen angels and that the serpent was Satan, all of whom were cast from heaven to the earth.
My guess is that God being merciful, gave them a chance to redeem their rebellion. God wiped the slate clean and gave them a world of their own as material creatures. They could maintain this paradise and live forever by obeying God [tree of life] or they could usher evil into the world by disobeying God [tree of the knowledge of good and evil] and create hell on earth. They were given a choice. They could choose life or they could choose death [destruction]. They chose unwisely.
I think the tree of life was preserved, guarded, and kept for them ... not necessarily from them. Even so, the wages of sin are death, so no matter what they did thereafter, they were going to die physically. Their spiritual selves would live on I think. Both God and the serpent were honest, just not completely. A & E came to know the difference between good and evil via life experience. They became like God in that they experienced the effects of evil. They likewise died, just not immediately.
The war in heaven occurred in 1914--Jesus rode the white horse to do battle with satan, and he recieved his crown-rev 6) the fallen angels are demons. satan came like a devouring lion,angry,knowing he had a short time-- he turned mens hearts to hatred all over the earth and ww1 started-a war like had never been. the other 3 riders rode as well--after ww1 millions died from starvation,diseases,pestillence.