What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Passage about other worlds, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and free choice for or against Satan"
Answer
The provided texts show that the tree of knowledge served as a decisive test of the first humans’ freedom of choice—a principle that also applies to the inhabitants of other worlds. God created humans as free moral beings whose obedience is valuable only when given willingly; coercion would be contrary to His character and His plan for the entire universe. Satan’s rebellion sought to draw not only the angels but also the inhabitants of other worlds into his revolt. The decisive choice was made at the tree of knowledge: Eve chose Satan’s lie over God’s word, distrusted the Creator, and thus effectively chose Satan’s path.
The Tree of Knowledge as a Test of Free Choice and God’s Plan for Other Worlds
»God made them free moral beings, capable of appreciating the wisdom and goodness of His character and the justice of His requirements, and with full liberty to yield or to withhold obedience. The tree of knowledge, which stood near the tree of life in the midst of the garden, was to be a test of the obedience, faith, and love of our first parents. While permitted to eat freely of every other tree, they were forbidden to taste of this, on pain of death. God might have created man without the power to transgress His law; He might have withheld the hand of Adam from touching the forbidden fruit; but in that case man would have been, not a free moral agent, but a mere automaton. Without freedom of choice, his obedience would not have been voluntary, but forced. There could have been no development of character. Such a course would have been contrary to God’s plan in dealing with the inhabitants of other worlds.«
Satan’s Goal: Drawing the Other Worlds into Rebellion
»The government of God included not only the inhabitants of heaven, but of all the worlds that He had created; and Satan thought that if he could carry the angels of heaven with him in rebellion, he could carry also the other worlds.«
The Free Choice at the Tree: Eve Chooses Satan’s Lie over God’s Word
»Had Eve refrained from arguing with the tempter, she would have been safe; but she ventured to parley with him and fell a victim to his wiles. They accepted the words of the serpent, that God did not mean what He said; they distrusted their Creator and imagined that He was restricting their liberty and that they might obtain great wisdom and exaltation by transgressing His law.«
Original Sources (English)
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