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Originally Posted by Brad Murphy
If the angels had free will (including the ability to rebel) then what was the point in creating humanity...
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According to Talmudic commentary,
Psalm 144:3 is a complaint by the angels. They are said to be astonished by what God has done in creating man.
In verse 2, following the Masoretic text (that the KJV does not at this point) and others, we find that "the people
s" are placed under the feet of this "king" being described. Then skipping over to
Hebrews 2, it seems that the writer of Hebrews didn't have a King James Bible either and he (or "she",
okay?) has a "king" in mind as well, ruling over peoples.
Further, the writer of Hebrews goes on to associate this "man" with "the Son." It almost seems that God created man for the very purpose of becoming a man Himself. No wonder the angels were astonished. Maybe this was too much for some of them and they rebelled?
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