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God's Nature

Genesis 1:27 -- God created humankind in His own image. In the image of God, He created humankind -- male and female created He them. [JHK’s reading of this verse: Man is not the image of God, nor is Woman alone; rather it is Man and Woman together in “one flesh” marriage that is the true image of God, because only together do they share in God’s divine creativity at the highest level -- the creation of other humans! Furthermore, the Fall of Humankind was not by a man alone or a woman alone, but by a couple; so the ultimate Restoration of Humankind cannot be by either a man or a woman alone, but only by a couple, according to God’s Original Purpose of Creation.] Genesis 6:5-8 -- The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great throughout the Earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made humankind on the Earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said, “I will destroy humankind whom I have ...

God, Jesus & the Saints v. Lucifer, Satan, the Devil, the Ancient Serpent, the Dragon

God is Love. God is good. Everything God creates is good, is created for a good purpose, and that purpose is to make love possible. So what, then, is sin and evil? Sin and evil go against God’s good purposes. God is also the Creator. Lucifer – the fallen archangel who became the Tempter, the Adversary, the Accuser, and the Devil, Satan – cannot create anything new, so he only tries to attack, destroy, and tear down what is good, right, just, honorable, godly. John 10:10 – The Thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; but I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly. John 8:44 – You are of your father, the Devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a Murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, because he is a Liar and the father of lies. Lucifer tempts Eve in Genesis 3:1-6 and tempts Jesus in Matthew 4:1-11....