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but most of the time behind the scenes. Both sides recognize the conflict as seen from

their respective viewpoints as the basis for the interpretation of history, but differ
completely on the cause, the parties to the warfare and the final outcome.

The Christian Philosophy and Ethic

The Christian-Biblical philosophy is more ancient and vastly more comprehensive.
It tells of an Eternal and Omnipotent God who created a perfect universe including a
myriad of God-conscious beings called angels, sinless subjects and servants of the

KING. Their obedience and worship were the more glorious for being voluntary and
uncompelled. There was full access to the Divine Paradise and Presence, and
universal harmony and happiness continued through unmeasured ages until a
mysterious seed germinated in the heart of the Arch-Angel Lucifer, most beautiful and
wisest of all the created beings and leader of the heavenly choir and orchestra.

The seed was mysterious because its exact origin is unknown. We call it SIN. His
God-given beauty begat pride, which in turn gendered ambition, self-will, rebellion.

Lucifer, the Arch-Angel, was not content to be the most glorious of creatures; he
determined to exalt himself to equality with the gracious Sovereign-Creator and
communicated this evil desire to a large company of the lesser angels.

In the twinkling of an eye they were hurled from the highest heaven to be

perpetually excluded from the PRESENCE of God, though not yet consigned to the
pit of punishment, prepared for the ultimate incarceration not only of the fallen angels
but of all men who participate in their rebellion against God. Jesus Christ, the Eternal

Son of God, declared while He was on earth, that He was Himself a witness of Satan’s
fall from heaven (Luke 10:18). When Lucifer the Light-Bearer fell from heaven, he
became Satan the Adversary, his love for God turned to hatefulness and murder, his
wisdom to evil genius, his power devoted to opposition to God, his truth changed to
lies and deception.

The Christian view then, is that the great conflict is it reality on the spiritual level
between the forces of a righteous and holy and omnipotent God on the one hand and

the forces of an evil and destructive power, Satan (otherwise called the Devil), on the
other hand. The great warfare was in progress long before there were any men to be
aligned with one side of the other.

There is reason to believe that the fallen angels, having been cast from heaven,
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