I like how NT Wright explains this, in that we humans, having been given authority to rule over creation, create false gods by giving our attention to things that are less than God. Money, Sex, whatever. They have no power other than what we give them. That seems to fit with what you’re saying about evil beings are spirit without self, not created but still somehow here.
'Thirdly, they are not divine but neither are they creaturely. No wonder the prophet John illustrates them as locusts and scorpions and a quasi-human calvary.
How else do you depict an agency that is not creaturely? The devil and his minions— they are not creatures. They have neither horns nor pitchforks. They are not creatures. Because God did not make them. They originate in Nothingness. Thirdly, they are not divine but neither are they creaturely. No wonder the prophet John illustrates them as locusts and scorpions and a quasi-human calvary.
How else do you depict an agency that is not creaturely? The devil and his minions— they are not creatures. They have neither horns nor pitchforks. They are not creatures. Because God did not make them. They originate in Nothingness. '
Hard to reconcile with 'Creator of All things visible and invisible'. You might want to take another stab at that one. I mean, if you think that the Creeds or historic Christianity is worth holding on to. All that is, falls into the category of either Creator or creature. Wait, why am I bothering with the Creed? 'All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.' John 1:3
I like how NT Wright explains this, in that we humans, having been given authority to rule over creation, create false gods by giving our attention to things that are less than God. Money, Sex, whatever. They have no power other than what we give them. That seems to fit with what you’re saying about evil beings are spirit without self, not created but still somehow here.
'Thirdly, they are not divine but neither are they creaturely. No wonder the prophet John illustrates them as locusts and scorpions and a quasi-human calvary.
How else do you depict an agency that is not creaturely? The devil and his minions— they are not creatures. They have neither horns nor pitchforks. They are not creatures. Because God did not make them. They originate in Nothingness. Thirdly, they are not divine but neither are they creaturely. No wonder the prophet John illustrates them as locusts and scorpions and a quasi-human calvary.
How else do you depict an agency that is not creaturely? The devil and his minions— they are not creatures. They have neither horns nor pitchforks. They are not creatures. Because God did not make them. They originate in Nothingness. '
Hard to reconcile with 'Creator of All things visible and invisible'. You might want to take another stab at that one. I mean, if you think that the Creeds or historic Christianity is worth holding on to. All that is, falls into the category of either Creator or creature. Wait, why am I bothering with the Creed? 'All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.' John 1:3
This one left we weeping.