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They are technically sons of God (and are called so in the bible) because they were made by God -but are disobedient and in error -not acting and thinking as sons of God should -so, in that way, not sons of God.
Right -which is why the disobedient son of God known as Satan will be laid before the kings of the Earth.
No -you are falsely accusing me of doing so.
Since mankind were created as mortals, then they could die....anything that deprived them of oxygen, food or water could kill them. God made his free willed creatures (both in heaven and on earth) mortal....IOW, there was no natural cause of death, but continued life depended on continued obedience. Continuing life was always conditional, right from the beginning....obey God and live...disobey God and die. There was only one rule and they broke it....but they were not the first to disobey their Creator. The first rebel was responsible for tempting the humans into disobedience. This meant that rebellion needed to be dealt with in both realms, with one single object lesson.
After the fall, God allowed the humans to 'reap what they had sown'. Once the 'genie was out of the bottle' (humans had disobeyed that one command and invited the death penalty on themselves) there was no sending it back. Once a knowledge of good and evil was theirs, (instead of being left in God's jurisdiction, where it belonged) their lives changed forever from that day forward. A knowledge of evil soon turned into evil deeds....and within one generation, a murder was committed.
What it tells us is that the devil used a serpent, but we have no idea how. Was the devil able to materialize in the form of a snake, or did he use the snake like a ventriloquist uses a dummy? It simply doesn't say. So if the snake was metaphorical in that instance, then perhaps the sentence was metaphorical as well. Why would God punish a literal snake for something an rebel angel had done? All snakes crawl on their belly.
The mere fact that God had decided to keep that knowledge to himself proves that he did not want the humans to make that determination for themselves. It was not to be part of the terms of their tenancy here on this earth. God would decide what is good and what is evil, and protect his children accordingly....but they chose to know these things for themselves, and I'm sure it was a regretted decision considering what they lost that day.....their lives changed forever and not in a good way.
HUH? How so? We are created in God's image...he is not created in ours. In our fallen condition we are a poor representation of what God originally purposed. Yet we are in full control of our own actions so God holds us accountable for the decisions we make...just like he did with Adam and his wife. If you know what to do and you don't do it, it is a sin.
Since God had a purpose in putting us here, and a rebel spirit forced him to make a detour, whatever happens will take us back to God's original purpose...he is not thwarted or defeated by his own creation. He is 'All Powerful' and 'All Knowing' but he is not 'Omnipresent'. He has a location remember...? "Our Father who art in Heaven..."
Free will was never absolute for obvious reasons....God had to be able to curb the abuse of free will should it occur. To set limits for free will was his Sovereign right, but the first rebel was not human.
God can always foresee the future outcome of everything, but he will not interfere with the activities of humans unless something interferes with his purpose.....then he will step in, like he did in Noah's day.
