Pillar 03 · 2 published answers
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Why this flesh life?
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What is the purpose of this life in flesh?
This life provides freedom, limitation, temptation, relationship, and consequence. It gives each soul an individual opportunity to reveal the heart through choices that are not controlled by memory of the former age or certainty about the outcome. Where Scripture supports it: Deuteronomy 30 commands a choice; Job shows testing under bounded permission; Hebrews 2 says Christ shared flesh and blood; Ecclesiastes closes flesh life with accountability before God. Why it matters: Flesh supplies limitation, uncertainty, relationship, temptation, and consequence—conditions in which a soul’s own response becomes visible.
Why didn’t God simply destroy the souls who rebelled?
The answer proposed here is mercy. Immediate destruction would have introduced death into what appeared to be eternity and condemned many who had followed deception, popularity, or those they loved. The flesh age provides individual accountability without programmed allegiance. Where Scripture supports it: 2 Peter 3:9 says God is not willing that any should perish. Ezekiel 18 says He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, and Deuteronomy 30 places life and death before the individual as a choice. Why it matters: Immediate destruction would end deceived children without the individual testing, teaching, and opportunity that make final judgment personally accountable.
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