God doesn't "need" anything, but humanity most certainly does. And one of those things we need is the assistance of others in helping us to see and know God clearly...
Coincidentally enough I was wondering earlier today about a discrepancy between the Septuagint and the Hebrew renderings of Psalm 51 where the LXX says explicitly that we judge God. Any translation of v4 from the Hebrew says something like, "...So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge" (NASB). But the equivalent verse in the LXX (50:6) reads "...that You may be justified in Your words and overcome when You are judged" (Orthodox Study Bible). The 1851 Brenton translation says the same. I was wondering how that could be right. Who can judge God? But Ps 51 is of course a prayer of humility and contrition. It's David begging for forgiveness from God with a broken heart. Then you can tie that to Christ, who explicitly says that to be forgiven by God we have to forgive others (Mt 6:14-15). It all comes around to forgiveness again. Forgiveness being an act of love. And we really do pass judgement on God (favorably or not) by how much we choose to love others. I think all our hatred is ultimately directed at our Creator regardless of the immediate corporeal object we think we're hating. All love is likewise an act of praise.
You have no right to talk about the value of life after what you did to Smokestack.
Who are you working for?
What do you mean?
In the heavenly court
I like to imagine I am one of God's defense attorneys but that's probably much too lofty of a title to give myself.
Begs the question, does God need an advocate, or only Satan?
God doesn't "need" anything, but humanity most certainly does. And one of those things we need is the assistance of others in helping us to see and know God clearly...
Coincidentally enough I was wondering earlier today about a discrepancy between the Septuagint and the Hebrew renderings of Psalm 51 where the LXX says explicitly that we judge God. Any translation of v4 from the Hebrew says something like, "...So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge" (NASB). But the equivalent verse in the LXX (50:6) reads "...that You may be justified in Your words and overcome when You are judged" (Orthodox Study Bible). The 1851 Brenton translation says the same. I was wondering how that could be right. Who can judge God? But Ps 51 is of course a prayer of humility and contrition. It's David begging for forgiveness from God with a broken heart. Then you can tie that to Christ, who explicitly says that to be forgiven by God we have to forgive others (Mt 6:14-15). It all comes around to forgiveness again. Forgiveness being an act of love. And we really do pass judgement on God (favorably or not) by how much we choose to love others. I think all our hatred is ultimately directed at our Creator regardless of the immediate corporeal object we think we're hating. All love is likewise an act of praise.
Satan is an angel in job. Only an angel. There is no rebellion. Satan is just doing his job. He was named Satan. He's going to Satan.