The World and the Word

                              The Results of the Fall

The Devil did not succeed in crushing even the good life of Judas Iscariot out of existence. Although Judas Iscariot refused to repent to God, he nevertheless felt terrible remorse for having betrayed Jesus which proved that he still had some goodness left in his life. Matthew 27:3-5. The fact that Jesus called Judas Iscariot "friend" when he came to betray Him demonstrated that Jesus still recognized some goodness in Judas' soul and spirit that He had created and that He would someday raise from Hell for Him to recreate to live on His recreated earth. Revelation 20:5; Matthew 26:50.

The fact that the Father and the Son possess absolute harmony and agreement means that the Father could never refuse to give His Son anything for which He prayed. In Luke 23:34, Jesus prayed that His Father would forgive the entire human race whose sins and evil had caused Him to be nailed to the cross. Acts 4:26-28. Jesus' prayer meant that His Father would not only save by His grace all who would repent and believe while still alive in the flesh but that He would also appoint a time and place when all humans consigned to the regions of death would see the Lamb of God and return to repentance and faith in Him of their own free will so that He can forgive them and reconcile them all to Himself. Revelation 5:11-14 records this event. Colossians 1:15-20 clearly teaches that God will "reconcile all things unto Himself." God created "all things," which includes all humans. Colossians 1:16. God promises in Revelation 21:5, "...Behold, I make all things new." All humans happen to be a part of  "all things." Revelation 21:1-5.

From the fall of mankind to the story of the Tower of Babel, Satan had already done his worst to mankind which continues to this day. Satan had brought humanity to the brink of extinction, but God preserved His light of faith in the good lives of humans through Noah and his family. God also preserved a consciousness of Himself in the spirits of the pre-Adamic race whom He had to consign to the bottomless pit because of their sins. As Job's story symbolizes, Satan has brought humanity to the utter depths of despair. But God will never allow Satan to annul even one of the good lives of any human that He has created and will create. Job 1:12; Job 3:1-25.