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Question ‘Why’.... (Anthroposophist Cologne).... Fall of the angels.... Sin....

It remains perpetually unfathomable for human beings what moves God to rule and work as He does, because human intellect cannot comprehend what motives form the basis for God’s expression of strength; neither can it comprehend the interactions because it can only see and feel the result of what primordially had happened in the spiritual realm, in a world, of which all visible creations are mere weak reflections that cannot even comparatively be referred to and which were only created as a result of what had taken place a long time ago in the realm of God’s created spirits. These were the purest expression of His strength, consequently they too were powerful and strong, they were of the highest perfection. God’s creative will had transferred itself to His created beings too, with the result that all His thoughts urged to express themselves in them as well and therefore a creative will of unimaginable extent inspired these beings which now became active without restriction. In other words, new creations were produced which surpassed themselves; however, these new creations were always inspired beings and of greatest perfection too, therefore also cognitive and in possession of free will.

The first entity which came forth out of God outshone everything with its light and strength because it had developed from God Himself and found its bliss in the constant use of its unlimited strength. Its creations increased and its bliss grew immeasurably, God had imposed on it no limitations. However, He put it to the test because He wanted the entity to become aware of itself as the carrier of God’s outgoing strength.... This test required that the entity.... Lucifer.... should depict God to his creations as their origin, in order that he too would continue to always consciously accept the strength, which enabled him to be creatively active, from God. Thus he was meant to acknowledge God as his Creator and source of strength and his bliss would be unlimited for all eternity. He was not put to the test merely for the sake of this acknowledgment but he was expected to make a decision of his own free will that was intended to elevate him from the perfectly created being to a perfect being of his own volition, so that he too could use his power and strength as a truly divine being within the will of God....

And he failed.... He did not want to be the recipient but the source of strength himself, and the amount of strength at his disposal seemed proof enough to him.... Therefore he volitionally separated himself from God, although a separation from Him was not possible since he couldn’t exist without God. And since his will, with the use of God’s strength, had created innumerable beings, he considered himself as their creator and of enormous strength and power; consequently he volitionally separated from God in arrogance and lust for power, thereby becoming sinful and pulling all of his creations into sin too. Although they themselves were still innocent they were completely under the influence of him who had given them life.

And these were now given the right of self-determination by God, they were permitted to see the light and in their perfection also recognised their origin, they could therefore also stay with God and participate in His glory. However, only few followed Him, that is, only few chose to stay with God of their own free will and, as His angels, were constantly with Him and worked for Him in the spiritual realm. The greater part, however, fell.... they followed their creator, freely chose to accept his will as their own and by doing so fell into a state of spiritual darkness.... His awareness was taken from him because the effect of the strength reduces as soon as the entity distances itself from God....

But everything was and is strength out of God which eternally cannot be lost and therefore must return to Him in a way that God’s wisdom has judged to be effective. And this way is the progression through the earthly physical creation, which God had brought into being for the purpose of leading the fallen spirit back to Him. The spirit moves through this creation with a bound will, that is, in a state of compulsion on the slow path of upward development until it reaches the stage when its free will is returned to it and it is once again confronted with the decision to choose the power it wants to adhere to.

The being is burdened with the sin of its past opposition to God but can release itself by using God’s strength which it once had rejected; however, it has to acquire this through works of love and by consciously requesting it from God in prayer. It has to use its free will during its earthly life in the right manner.... it has to turn towards God again and acknowledge Him as eternal Father and Creator.... Then it returns once more to the state of light, it becomes a recipient of strength and can work again in accordance to its will which now is also God’s will.... and it shall be able to create and shape for its own happiness and thus be eternally blessed....

Amen

PITANJE ‘ZAŠTO’.... (ANTROPOZOFIST KELN#).... PAD ANÐELA.... GRIJEH....

Ostaje trajno nedokucivo za ljudska bica što pokrece Boga da vlada i djeluje onako kako to On cini, buduci ljudski razum ne može shvatiti koji motivi cine temelj za Božji izražaj snage; niti on može shvatiti uzajamna djelovanja buduci može vidjeti i osjetiti jedino rezultat onog što se praiskonski bilo dogodilo u duhovnom carstvu, u svijetu, kojeg su sve vidljive tvorevine samo slabi odrazi na kojeg se ne može cak ni poredbeno uputiti a koje su jedino stvorene kao rezultat onog što se bilo dogodilo davno prije u carstvu Božjih stvorenih duhova. Ovi su bili najcišci izražaj Njegove snage, posljedicno oni su takoder bili mocni i snažni, oni su bili najvišeg savršenstva. Božja stvaralacka volja je sebe takoder prenijela na Njegova stvorena bica, sa rezultatom da su sve Njegove misli imale isto tako impuls sebe izraziti u njima prema tome je stvaralacka volja nezamislivog opsega nadahnula ova bica koja su sada postala aktivna bez ogranicenja. Drugim rijecima, nove tvorevine su bile stvorene koje su nadmašavale sebe same; medutim, ove nove tvorevine su takoder uvijek bila nadahnuta bica i najveceg savršenstva, prema tome takoder sa sposobnošcu spoznavanja (kognitivna) i u posjedu slobodne volje.

Prvo bice koje je proizašlo iz Boga je nadmašilo sve sa njegovim svjetlom i snagom buduci se ono bilo razvilo iz Boga Osobno i pronašlo njegovo blaženstvo u neprestanom korištenju njegove neogranicene snage. Njegove tvorevine su se umnažale i njegovo je blaženstvo raslo neizmjerno, Bog mu nije nametnuo nikakva ogranicenja. Medutim, On je ga je stavio na ispit buduci je želio da bice postane svjesno sebe kao nositelja od Boga izlazece snage.... Ovaj je ispit zahtjevao da bi bice.... Lucifer.... trebao prikazati Boga njegovim tvorevinama kao njihov izvor, kako bi on takoder nastavio zauvijek svjesno prihvacati snagu, što mu je omogucilo da bude stvaralacki aktivan, od Boga (ili ‘po Bogu’). Time je on trebao priznati Boga kao njegovog Stvoritelja i izvor snage i njegovo bi blaženstvo bilo neograniceno za svu vjecnost. On nije bio stavljen na ispit samo poradi ovog priznavanja nego se od njega ocekivalo da donese odluku njegovom vlastitom slobodnom voljom što je bilo naumljeno uzdignuti ga od savršeno stvorenog bica do savršenog bica njegovom vlastitom voljom, tako da bi on takoder mogao koristiti njegovu moc i snagu kao doista Božansko bice unutar volje Božje....

I on je podbacio.... On nije želio biti primatelj vec sam izvor snage, i kolicina snage na njegovom raspolaganju je za njega izgledala kao dovoljan dokaz.... Prema tome on je dobrovoljno razdvojio sebe od Boga, premda razdvajanje od Njega nije bilo moguce pošto on nije mogao postojati bez Boga. I pošto je njegova volja, sa korištenjem Božje snage, bila stvorila nebrojena bica, on je sebe smatrao za njihova stvoritelja i ogromne snage i moci; posljedicno tome on se voljno razdvojio od Boga u oholosti i žudnji za moci, postajuci na taj nacin grešan i povlaceci takoder sve njegove tvorevine u grijeh. Premda su oni sami bili i dalje nevini oni su bili potpuno pod utjecajem njega koji im je bio dao život.

I ovima je sada od strane Boga bilo dano pravo vlastitog odlucivanja, njima je bilo dozvoljeno vidjeti svjetlo i u njihovu savršenstvu takoder prepoznati njihovo porijeklo, oni su prema tome takoder mogli ostati sa Bogom i sudjelovati u Njegovoj slavi. Medutim, jedino nekolicina su Ga slijedili, to jest, jedino nekolicina su odlucili ostati sa Bogom njihovom vlastitom slobodnom voljom i, kao Njegovi andeli, su bili neprestano sa Njime i djelovali za Njega u duhovnom carstvu. Veci je dio, medutim, pao.... oni su slijedili njihova stvoritelja, slobodno su odabrali prihvatiti njegovu volju kao njihovu vlastitu i cineci tako su pali u stanje duhovne tame.... Njegova svjesnost mu je bila oduzeta buduci se ucinak snage umanjuje cim bice sebe udaljava od Boga....

Ali sve je bilo i jeste snaga iz Boga koja vjecno ne može biti izgubljena i prema tome Mu se mora povratiti na nacin kojeg je Božja mudrost prosudila kako je ucinkovit. I ovaj nacin je napredak kroz zemaljsko fizicko stvaranje, koje je Bog doveo u postojanje u svrhu vodenja palog duha nazad k Njemu. Duh se krece kroz ovo stvaranje sa zavezanom voljom, to jest, u stanju prisile na sporoj stazi razvoja nagore sve dok ne dosegne stadij kada mu je njegova slobodna volja povracena i on je još jednom suocen sa odlukom da odabere silu kojoj želi pripadati.

Bice je optereceno sa grijehom njegova prošlog protivljenja Bogu ali može sebe osloboditi koristeci se Božjom snagom koju je jednom bilo odbilo; medutim, ono treba ovu zadobiti kroz djela Ljubavi i tako što ce ju svjesno zatražiti od Boga u molitvi. Ono mora koristiti njegovu slobodnu volju tijekom njegova zemaljska života na ispravan nacin.... ono se mora iznova okrenuti ka Bogu i priznati Ga kao vjecnog Oca i Stvoritelja.... Onda se on još jednom vraca u stanje svjetlosti, ono postaje primatelj snage i može iznova raditi u skladu sa njegovom voljom koja je sada takoder Božja volja.... i on ce biti sposoban stvarati i oblikovati za njegovu vlastitu srecu i time biti vjecno blagoslovljen (sretan i blažen).

AMEN