Puritan Sailor
Puritan Board Doctor
I know this is entirely speculative, but sometimes hypotheticals help us explore our theology.
Assume for the moment Adam did not Fall. What would a war against Satan and the fallen angels have looked like? What role would mankind have played in it? Would there even be a war, or would Satan and his minions have just been cast into hell by God after Adam's successful probation? God created men in part to use their strength to defend the weak. But what would an unfallen man do with that strength when there are no weak humans to defend or physical enemies to fight? Would mankind simply subdue the world without opposition? Or would they have to resist Satan's temptations the whole time as sinless people until the world was finally filled and subdued and then judgment comes for Satan?
I know CS Lewis's Perelandra comes close to this hypothetical situation, but in that story the unfallen world is protected by an outsider, Ransom, who defeats the devil for them after the long resistance of the queen. So it's not the same scenario.
Anyway, any thoughts?
Assume for the moment Adam did not Fall. What would a war against Satan and the fallen angels have looked like? What role would mankind have played in it? Would there even be a war, or would Satan and his minions have just been cast into hell by God after Adam's successful probation? God created men in part to use their strength to defend the weak. But what would an unfallen man do with that strength when there are no weak humans to defend or physical enemies to fight? Would mankind simply subdue the world without opposition? Or would they have to resist Satan's temptations the whole time as sinless people until the world was finally filled and subdued and then judgment comes for Satan?
I know CS Lewis's Perelandra comes close to this hypothetical situation, but in that story the unfallen world is protected by an outsider, Ransom, who defeats the devil for them after the long resistance of the queen. So it's not the same scenario.
Anyway, any thoughts?