The second aspect of Adam's fall was his weakness for sin caused by the rebellious aspect of his sin. Every human has inherited this weakness. Humans never have enough strength to overcome this weakness. Man's weakness invokes God's compassion but not his rebellion. The weak and rebellious natures of man would cause him to be lost in the lake of fire forever had not God come to earth to save humanity. God can and will forgive and redeem the weak aspect of man's sin by His recovery and recreation of all of His good elements that He put into man when He created him. Revelation 21:5. God cannot save the rebellious nature of man because it is totally evil. Like the demons, it possesses a negative consciousness which will be separated from God's recreation in the lake of fire forever.
Colossians 1:15-20. Verse 16 teaches that God created all things in heaven and earth, material and mental. Verse 20 assures us that God will "reconcile all things to Himself." The "all things" of verse 16 is the same as the "all things" of verse 20. God will recover and recreate "all things" He has ever created that have been tainted by sin. God creates only positive things. God did not create negative consciousnesses. In some mysterious way, they emerged from the chaotic abyss to infect God's creations. II Thessalonians 2:7; Ezekiel 28:15.
The weak part of Adam's sin was that he feared losing the pleasure of love making with his wife. This desire was partly selfish and lustful. But God had also commanded Adam and Eve "...to be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth..." Genesis 1:28. God created this good system. Adam feared that he would not be able to obey God's command if he occupied a higher state of grace while Eve remained in a fallen condition. Thus, Adam's fall became a good system sullied by a sinful system. Adam and Eve gained the knowledge of good and evil but not the wisdom to know how to separate these two systems. Only God has that wisdom. This explains why so often when humans sin because of weakness some good also attaches to it. It is a sin to get drunk, but drunkenness often relieves the pains of life, at least for a while. Proverbs 31:4-7. It is a sin for a man to have a mistress, but he may love his mistress with all his heart. Judges 16:4. God knows how to separate these two systems by the use of His consuming fire, and He knows how to recreate the world and mankind by using His good elements recovered from the destruction of the sinful systems. I Corinthians 3:12-15.
One cannot imagine how God the Father could ever fail to answer any prayer made by His Son. Jesus cried from the cross "...Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do..." Luke 23:34. By this cry, Jesus recognized that man's sin which had caused Him to be nailed to the cross, came from man's ignorance which is a form of weakness. Jesus asked His Father to forgive man's weakness, not his rebellion. In Numbers 15:23-31, God distinguishes the sins of ignorance from deliberate and willful sins. God always forgives the sins of weakness because of Christ's descent into hell symbolized by the burnt offering. Jesus' cry from the cross was for the sake of all mankind. When Jesus descended into hell, He left all of man's sins through weakness behind. This aspect of Christ's sacrifice became the basis for God's use of His consuming fire to separate and recover all of His good systems and elements from their defilement by sinful systems. For this reason, God will absolutely answer Jesus' plea from the cross, and will forgive and recreate all men not saved by grace to live on a recreated earth. Revelation 21:3-5.
The deliberate and willful sins of mankind have always been allied with Satan's rebellion. God cannot forgive Satan because he is totally evil, and God cannot forgive that aspect of man's nature which is totally evil. Those who are determined to be evil never desire to repent. Mark 3:28-29. But if any human who has chosen to be rebellious does repent, this repentance happened because he submitted to the conviction of his sins by the Holy Spirit. By this repentance, he demonstrates that his rebellion was only temporary and caused by weakness. God can and will forgive and reconcile any person who sins through weakness. But the rebellious nature of man which hates God forever, He will consign to the lake of fire forever. Numbers 15:29-31; Revelation 21:15; Revelation 22:11.
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