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Old Dec 19, 2007, 11:33 AM
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By "we faught a war in heaven," I mean all of us. The host of heaven consists of all of God's children. We knew God's plan, and Jesus agreed to pay the price of justice for us so that we could return, because we knew that we couldn't be in God's presence being soiled by the mistakes that we would make in our mortality. We knew that Jesus was the only one who could live perfectly and atone for the rest of us. This was the Father's plan.

We were all free to choose though, and knowing that some would not choose the way that Jesus provided, and would be lost, some found that cost to be too terrible and were not willing to take that chance. Lucifer proposed his alternate plan, and those who wanted a sure thing (at the expense of agency and eternal progression) followed Lucifer.

God's plan was that we would have agency and could choose. Sure, He could have used his power to stop the rebellion of the third part of his children, but then He would have been denying their agency, and acting against the very thing that He stands for. He would have ceased to be God to act in that way. So we fought for which plan to choose. The third part that followed Lucifer would have no part in God's plan, and were cast out. It strikes me that they chose to leave. They will not be born into this world and will not receive physical bodies, but in spirit form they do have power to tempt us and try to lure us away.

If we have been born into this world, we were among the other two parts of God's children who chose God's plan. So "we" means all of us who live and have ever lived and will ever live on this earth. We retained our agency, and have the right to choose our actions and to believe how we will. We can choose and accept the way provided for us to return, or we can reject it.

I believe that all will have the opportunity to know the way, and to make that choice with full knowledge. I condemn none who have not been taught or do not know all of God's plan. I also believe that all of the religions of the world have truth in them, although some also have errors or corruptions of the truth, and many are missing some important truths. The difference between some Christian faiths and some other faiths may be a difference of which parts of the truth each possesses. We can all learn from each other.

These are my beliefs, that I feel impressed to share. I would love to share more, but I only want to share with those who want to hear. I don't want to impose my beliefs on anyone who is not interested. I understand that many of you may disagree with me, and I recognize that we all have agency and the right to choose.
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