The Results of the Fall
The pre-Adamic race possessed spirits which were a consciousness of God, but they did not have souls which meant they did not have intelligence by which they could discern a clear difference between good and evil as the Adamic race had acquired. The Adamic race that merged with the pre-Adamic race also lost much of its superior intelligence which caused it to become greatly confused about the difference between good and evil. Although Noah and his family may have become slightly mixed with the pre-Adamic race, they still retained their superior intelligence and souls by which they still possessed a clear understanding of the difference between good and evil. This meant that from Noah's time through the rest of human history, God would hold every human fully responsible for their choices as to whether to do good or to sin, or for evil actions themselves for which they would never repent. Any sin for which a human refuses to repent becomes totally evil and adheres to the spiritually dead nature of man. Any evil act that a human may commit becomes a sin when they repent because of their renewed faith in the grace and mercy of God who will always cleanse and forgive them. In Christ's Judgment in the end of the world, God will recover and recreate the living souls and spirits of all humans confined within the regions of the dead because they will have repented and believed, but He will consign their separated dead and totally evil natures to the lake of fire forever. Genesis 8:21; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-8; Revelation 22:11-12; Genesis 3:20; Luke 20:38; II Timothy 4:1; Revelation 5:11-14.
God further promised in Genesis 8:21 that He would never again "smite;" that is, kill, every "living thing" which meant all humans and mammals and birds. Genesis 7:21-22. God had become grieved because He had to kill all humans overwhelmed by evil through no fault of their own. God became further grieved because He had to consign their living spirits still stained by sin to the bottomless pit. This condition became the closest that the living spirits of any humans ever came to being annihilated by the force of evil. This annihilation is the goal of Satan. But God sent the Spirit of Christ to preach the gospel to them in the prison to renew their faith and consciousness of God when they all repented. I Peter 3:18-22. God promised that He would never again allow the living souls and spirits of any future humans to ever again come close to being annihilated by the Devil even though He would still have to consign all of those not saved by His grace to one of the regions of the dead. Genesis 8:21; Revelation 20:13. This promise was the meaning of Noah's burnt offering sacrifice. Genesis 8:20.
When the pre-Adamic race merged with most of the Adamic race, the intelligence of the pre-Adamic race improved, but the intelligence of the Adamic race became severely lessened to the extent that they lost some of their free will. The Devil succeeded in so overwhelming these fallen humans with the force of evil that God had to exterminate them from the earth. The Devil knew that God would have to consign their sinful spirits and souls to one of the regions of the dead, and he believed they would have to stay there forever which meant that their fallen spirits and souls would become annulled and lost from God forever. But the Devil did not count on God suffering their eternal deaths for them. God can never lose anything He has ever created and loves. Ecclesiastes 3:14; Romans 11:29; Romans 11:36; Psalm 36:6; I Corinthians 13:8.
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