After the feud, God's creatures fell into four groups: angels upheld His authority, animals rebelled then repented, jinns agreed with Satan, and humans failed to take a firm stand.1, 2
Billions of years ago Satan, a high-ranking creature, thought his God-given powers made him fit to be a god besides God, but only God has the qualifications and ability to be a god.1, 2
The angels expected God to banish the undecided creatures, but God in His mercy gave us a chance to denounce our mistake because He knew some deserved redemption.1, 2
The original sin was not Adam eating from the forbidden tree but our failure to uphold God's absolute authority during the Great Feud.1
We are in this world because we committed a horrendous crime, and this life is our chance to redeem ourselves, denounce that crime, and rejoin God's kingdom.1
After our original sin, God gave us a chance to denounce our crime and accept His absolute authority, but we chose to see a demonstration of Satan's competence as a god.1
Predestination is a fact from God's point of view but not from ours, since we remain totally free to side with God's absolute authority or with Satan's polytheistic views.1
The Quran speaks of two deaths: the first came when we failed to make a stand with God's absolute authority and lasted until our birth, and the second ends our life in this world.1
The righteous die only once, the death we already experienced as a consequence of the great feud, and God spares them the retribution of Hell.1, 2
Satan believed his God-given powers qualified him to function as an independent god.1
The misery, disease, accidents, and war in Satan's dominion show that Satan is incompetent.1
After giving the rebels sufficient chances, God exiled the hard core rebels to Earth to give them yet another chance to redeem themselves.1
Animals, trees, the sun, moon, and stars, and deformed and retarded children are repentant rebels who perform a submissive role in this world and are redeemed back to God's kingdom.1, 2, 3
Billions of years ago Satan, a high ranking creature, imagined he could run a dominion as a god besides God, an idea born of ego, which is arrogance augmented by ignorance.1, 2
Humans are the half of the hard core rebels who were less convinced of Satan's view, and the ego is what stands between most of us and redemption, which is why killing the ego is commanded.1, 2
Most of the creatures who sided with Satan accepted God's offer to submit, while a tiny minority of about 150 billion creatures refused.1
The dispute in the Heavenly Community proves that God's creatures have freedom of choice, and that freedom is God's gift to His creatures.1, 2
The devil is an absolute idiot for thinking he could be a god besides God, though he knows God created him.1
Life on earth is a chance to redeem ourselves for failing to uphold God's absolute authority when Satan challenged it, and God mercifully gave us another chance.1, 2, 3
We chose to be Satan's constituents in his temporary kingdom on earth, yet perfect happiness and God's protection remain available if we repent and work to fulfill God's redemption plan.1, 2
Despite our ego driven offenses in the first life and Adam and Eve's disobedience, God in His mercy gives us one final chance for redemption, and the ego remains the obstacle.1, 2
Every human being is an egoholic; our ego got us in trouble in our first life when we failed to stand up for God against Satan and refused to submit.1, 2
Humans live in temporary exile on earth because of the great feud and our failure to take a firm stand with God alone.1
Our egos made us reject God's offer, believing we could return to God on our own, and we underestimated Satan's power though he made his threat clear.1, 2
Our failure to stand with God was a blasphemy that deserved exile, but God in His mercy gave us a second chance, sending the rebels to earth and offering a reprieve first.1, 2
The feud in the High Society, triggered by Satan's challenge to God's absolute authority, is the most important event in the history of the human race.1, 2
We failed to take a firm stand for God's absolute authority, and this life is our third and final chance to redeem ourselves.1
Whenever we place anything or anyone beside God, we repeat our offense in the Great Feud, so we must reverence God, worship Him alone, and keep Him foremost.1
Humans made a huge mistake during the great feud by not taking the choice the rest of creation took, so now they must work their way back.1
Indecision between God and Satan is not neutral; it is itself a decision that leads to loss, and knowing the truth without standing firm is failure.1, 2
We live in temporary exile in this world as a result of the great feud and our failure to take a firm stand with God alone.1
Satan was banished by God for his arrogance, blamed God for his straying, and vowed to send all humans astray.1, 2, 3
Though we were thrown out of paradise for not accepting God's absolute authority, God did not take vengeance but equipped us, sent guidance, and gave us a chance to redeem ourselves, which is His greatest blessing.1, 2
When Satan claimed he could be a god beside God, we failed to stand with God, rejected chances to denounce that crime, and chose this life and its test.1, 2, 3
In the Great Feud we failed to uphold God's absolute authority, creatures were classified into angels, jinns, and humans, and God knew some deserved a chance at redemption.1
Our souls are in a state of emergency because this life is our third and final chance to make it back to God.1
All humans and jinns physically fought against God and His angels on Satan's side, and God overpowered them and could justly have destroyed them.1, 2
Before death was created, one creature thought he could rule as an independent god, and the vast majority of creatures knew this thought was blasphemous and born of arrogance and ignorance.1, 2
God gave the rebels a second chance to repent because some were swept along by the crowd, and those who refused to repent are the worst criminals.1, 2, 3
Humans refused to come as animals or deformed children, so afflicted children are luckier than many healthy people; they test or punish their parents and then go to Heaven.1, 2
Most of the rebels accepted God's second chance and came to this world in a submissive function, and in return they are redeemed back to God's kingdom.1
The creatures who disagreed with Satan and upheld God's absolute authority became the angels, whose number only God knows.1
To people on earth the righteous seem to die, but they die only once, the death we already experienced because of the great feud, and they simply leave their bodies for Paradise.1, 2
Our original sin was failing to take a firm stand for God's absolute authority, and we are in this world to denounce it and rejoin God's kingdom.1, 2