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54:3.1 The [[moral]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]] are always bothered with the unthinking question as to why the all-[[wise]] [[Supreme Creators|Creators]] permit [[evil]] and [[sin]]. They fail to [[comprehend]] that both are [[inevitable]] if the [[creature]] is to be truly [[free]]. The [[free will]] of [[evolving]] [[man]] or exquisite [[angel]] is not a mere [[philosophic]] [[concept]], a [[symbolic]] [[ideal]]. Man's [[ability]] to [[choose]] [[good]] or [[evil]] is a [[universe]] [[reality]]. This [[liberty]] to [[choose]] for oneself is an [[endowment]] of the [[Supreme Rulers]], and they will not permit any [[being]] or [[group]] of [[beings]] to deprive a single [[personality]] in the wide [[universe]] of this [[divinely]] [[bestowed]] [[liberty]]—not even to [[satisfy]] such misguided and [[ignorant]] beings in the [[enjoyment]] of this misnamed [[personal]] [[liberty]].
54:3.2 Although [[conscious]] and wholehearted [[identification]] with [[evil]] ([[sin]]) is the equivalent of nonexistence ([[annihilation]]), there must always [[intervene]] between the [[time]] of such [[personal]] [[identification]] with [[sin]] and the [[execution]] of the penalty—the [[automatic]] result of such a willful [[embrace]] of [[evil]]—a period of time of sufficient length to allow for such an [[adjudication]] of such an [[individual]]'s [[universe]] [[status]] as will [[prove]] entirely [[satisfactory]] to all [[related]] [[universe]] [[personalities]], and which will be so [[fair]] and just as to win the approval of the sinner himself.
54:3.3 But if this [[universe]] [[rebel]] against the [[reality]] of [[truth]] and [[goodness]] refuses to approve the [[verdict]], and if the [[guilty]] one knows in his [[heart]] the [[justice]] of his condemnation but refuses to make such [[confession]], then must the [[execution]] of sentence be delayed in [[accordance]] with the [[discretion]] of the [[Ancients of Days]]. And the [[Ancients of Days]] refuse to [[annihilate]] any [[being]] until all [[moral]] [[values]] and all [[spiritual]] [[realities]] are extinct, both in the evildoer and in all [[related]] supporters and possible sympathizers.
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[[Category:Paper 54 - Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion]]
54:3.1 The [[moral]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]] are always bothered with the unthinking question as to why the all-[[wise]] [[Supreme Creators|Creators]] permit [[evil]] and [[sin]]. They fail to [[comprehend]] that both are [[inevitable]] if the [[creature]] is to be truly [[free]]. The [[free will]] of [[evolving]] [[man]] or exquisite [[angel]] is not a mere [[philosophic]] [[concept]], a [[symbolic]] [[ideal]]. Man's [[ability]] to [[choose]] [[good]] or [[evil]] is a [[universe]] [[reality]]. This [[liberty]] to [[choose]] for oneself is an [[endowment]] of the [[Supreme Rulers]], and they will not permit any [[being]] or [[group]] of [[beings]] to deprive a single [[personality]] in the wide [[universe]] of this [[divinely]] [[bestowed]] [[liberty]]—not even to [[satisfy]] such misguided and [[ignorant]] beings in the [[enjoyment]] of this misnamed [[personal]] [[liberty]].
54:3.2 Although [[conscious]] and wholehearted [[identification]] with [[evil]] ([[sin]]) is the equivalent of nonexistence ([[annihilation]]), there must always [[intervene]] between the [[time]] of such [[personal]] [[identification]] with [[sin]] and the [[execution]] of the penalty—the [[automatic]] result of such a willful [[embrace]] of [[evil]]—a period of time of sufficient length to allow for such an [[adjudication]] of such an [[individual]]'s [[universe]] [[status]] as will [[prove]] entirely [[satisfactory]] to all [[related]] [[universe]] [[personalities]], and which will be so [[fair]] and just as to win the approval of the sinner himself.
54:3.3 But if this [[universe]] [[rebel]] against the [[reality]] of [[truth]] and [[goodness]] refuses to approve the [[verdict]], and if the [[guilty]] one knows in his [[heart]] the [[justice]] of his condemnation but refuses to make such [[confession]], then must the [[execution]] of sentence be delayed in [[accordance]] with the [[discretion]] of the [[Ancients of Days]]. And the [[Ancients of Days]] refuse to [[annihilate]] any [[being]] until all [[moral]] [[values]] and all [[spiritual]] [[realities]] are extinct, both in the evildoer and in all [[related]] supporters and possible sympathizers.
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[[Category:Paper 54 - Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion]]
