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Replying to Mithrae in post #1]
Greetings and good wishes to everyone on this forum.
With regard to the questions you've posed, it's necessary to provide some context to properly answer them, beginning with why we are here, and what "human life" is really all about.
There was a war that took place in heaven 6000+ years ago, where Lucifer/Satan/Iblis gathered a third of the angels (spiritual-Beings) in heaven into his army, to attempt a coup against Father (God) and His Christ (His Anointed One - Prince Michael -
Dan. 10:21;
Dan. 12:1).
Revelation 12:3-4, 7-9
12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold
a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
12:4 And his tale (of lies -
John 8:35) drew the third part of the "Stars" (
ch. 9:1) of heaven (into his army), and did (cause them to be) cast to the Earth (for their treason against God): and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born (Christ - Second Coming).
12:7 And there
WAS in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon (Lucifer); and the dragon fought and his angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out
TO THE EARTH, and his angels (all of us -
Luke 9:55) were cast out with him (
Matthew 25:41).
Isaiah 14:12-17
14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the Morning (Star)! [How] art thou cut down to the earth, which didst weaken the nations!
14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the North:
14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like (take the Place of) The Most High.
14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the person that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
14:17 [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?
This is why we were told from the outset that we need to be taught how to be good -- like God and the angels of heaven who fought
WITH God and Prince Michael -- in this prison planet reform school for the criminally insane (aka "sinners").
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in Our image,
and teach him to be like Us: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
This prison planet reform school was constructed so that we, as spiritual-Beings (Souls) who could feel no pain, would be placed inside of (i.e. incarnated inside of) these human bodies in such a way that we see, hear, feel and experience everything that they do during the lifespan of the human. And during that lifetime, we would be given the free-will to choose between good and evil (
Deut. 30:15-20)).
For those that doubt this is a prison, where we are the prisoners, please review the following passages:
Enoch 18:15, Psalms 69:33, Psalms 102:20, Psalms 142:7, Psalms 146:7, Eccl. 4:14, Isa. 14:17, Isa. 24:22, Isa. 42:7, Isa. 61:1, Lam. 3:31-34.
For those who doubt that we are spiritual-Beings temporarily incarnated inside of the human body we see in the mirror (human+Beings), or that reincarnation is a Biblical fact, please review the article entitled "
Reincarnation is an Irrefutable Fact" and the following verses in Scripture:
Old Covenant/Testament:
Genesis 2:7; Genesis 5:23-24, Hebrews 11:5; Genesis 6:3; 6:11-17, 7:21-22; Genesis 14:18-20, John 8:47-49 (KJV 8:56-58); Genesis 49:1, 49:10; Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 31:16; Deuteronomy 31:29; Deuteronomy 32:29; Enoch 6:11-12; Enoch 10:10, 23; Enoch 12:1-2; Enoch 15:3-7; Enoch 22:5-7; Enoch 39:11-12; Enoch 49:1; Enoch 60:14, Eph. 5:14; Enoch 70:13; Enoch 90:1; Enoch 91:1-3; Enoch 99:3; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 1:21, 2:10; 2 Kings 8:24, 10:35, 13:9, 13:13, 14:16, 14:22, 14:29; 2 Kings 15:7, 15:22, 15:38, 16:20, 20:21, 21:18, 24:6; 2 Chronicles 9:31, 12:16, 14:1, 16:13, 21:1, 26:2; 2 Chronicles 26:23, 27:9, 28:27, 32:33, 33:20; Job 1:21; Job 14:12-14; Job 34:14-15; Psalm 16:10; Psalm 22:29; Psalm 23; Psalm 30:3; Psalm 33:18-20; Psalm 49:14-15; Psalm 56:13; Psalm 58:3; Psalm 82:6-7; Psalm 90:1-10; Psalm 102:20-26; Psalm 103:20; Psalm 104:4; Psalm 107:24-26; Psalm 111:9-10; Psalm 116:7-9; Psalm 118:17; Psalm 119:175-176; Psalm 136:23; Psalm 142:7; Psalm 143:3-8; Jeremiah 1:5; Daniel 12:13
New Covenant/Testament:
Matthew 16:24-28; Matthew 17:10-13; Matthew 19:28; Matthew 22:29-32; Matthew 24:3, 32-34; Mark 12:24-27; Luke 8:52-55; Luke 9:23-27; Luke 20:34-38; Luke 20:41-44; John 1:14-15; John 3:3-13; John 8:42-43; John 9:1-2; 5:14; John 11:11-44; John 17:5; John 17:14-17; John 18:36-37
Thomas 3:5-6; Thomas 6:1; Thomas 6:8-10; Thomas 8:4; Thomas 8:8-10; Thomas 13:16; Thomas 16:1-2; James 2:26; Galatians 6:7; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10; 2 Corinthians 12:2-5; Hebrews 9:27-28; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 2:11, 20:6, 20:14, 21:8; Revelation 2:17, 3:12, 19:12; Revelation 28:10-12
Koran/Quran:
Sura 2:28; Sura 2:53-56; Sura 2:154-157; Sura 3:181-185; Sura 7:53; Sura 7:167-169; Sura 13:5; Sura 16:70; Sura 17:46-51; Sura 17:96-99
Sura 20:55; Sura 20:124-126; Sura 22:5-6; Sura 22:65-66; Sura 23:30-40; Sura 23:80-84; Sura 23:99-101; Sura 26:81; Sura 27:67; Sura 30:40;
Sura 32:10-12; Sura 34:7-8; Sura 36:68; Sura 37:11-20; Sura 39:42; Sura 40:11; Sura 41:20-25; Sura 44:35-36; Sura 46:17-18; Sura 50:2-11; Sura 56:24; Sura 56:47-52; Sura 56:60-62; Sura 57:17; Sura 71:17-18; Sura 79:10-12; Sura 80:18-23; Sura 100:9-11
In that proper context, and in direct answer to your questions, in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were being taught by God how to be good, by metaphorically eating from the "tree" of the knowledge of
GOOD". When they chose to metaphorically eat from the "tree" of the knowledge of good
AND evil, they became confused, not knowing the difference between the two, a condition which has plagued mankind ever since (see
Matt. 7:16-20 for context). This is why most people choose to believe in the satanic
LIE that "we are only human after all" instead of recognizing that we are spiritual-Beings that are supposed to be learning
"self" control, i.e. how to keep the human+Being under control, instead of giving in to whatever the human wants (the pursuit of pleasures and treasures, etc., i.e. materialism).
Similarly, the flood was sent to destroy the humans (flesh)
ONLY, which had become so violent and evil that the reform school ceased to function as it should (
Gen. 6:5-11). Only Noah and his family were spared, because they were not corrupted by the others. That way, God could then send the spiritual-Beings -- whose bodies had been destroyed by the flood -- back into the descendants of Noah's sons, giving each of them the opportunity again to learn how to be good. A fresh start from a
SPIRITUAL perspective.
The same goes for the Egyptians that were destroyed when the Red Sea folded in on top of them. And again when the Israelites were told to rid the land of Canaan of the people living there at that time, who likewise had corrupted themselves (given into human desire and moral depravity), and thus could only hope to be rehabilitated in new human bodies descended from the Israelite tribes. Sadly, they disobeyed and were eventually corrupted and have been suffering ever since then, in the countries where they migrated after being taken into captivity.
So what you are calling "genocide" was actually the most loving thing that could be done for the spiritual-Beings/Souls/Jinns. To have done otherwise would have condemned those particular spiritual-Beings to The Fire, which has been reserved for the Last Day for all unrepentant Souls (i.e. those who refuse to learn how to play nicely with others - aka "loving your neighbour" -
Mark 12:29-31;
Rom. 13:8-10).
We are all faced with the same decision to make: either learn to serve God and the common-good, for everyone's benefit and
LIVE, or continue to serve the "self" (the ego/flesh/human), the latter of which is serving Lucifer/Satan/Iblis, and
DIE.
We are the children of Whom/whom we choose to obey.