The Spirit of Prayer

The Spirit of Prayer – The Fall of Adam and the Angels Posted on February 1, 2011 by In My Anguish [Pryr-1.1-21] First, because there was nowhere else for the Angels to fall into, but into this tormenting Sensibility of their own fiery, wrathful, darkened Nature . English: Detail of work Heaven and Hell including Devil/Dragon (Photo credit: Wikipedia) [Pryr-1.1-22] Secondly, because their Revolt was From God and it was an Attempt, and true Intent to be higher and greater than He, so they got their own just reward aa living Hell , viz., that fiery Strength of self-tormenting Nature, separate from the one Source of Light and Love, of Peace and Joy, that alone is Him. [Pryr-1.1-23] But Adam, though his Soul was as entirely dead to Heaven , as the Souls of the Devils were, had not yet fallen not into their Hell, for these two Reasons. [Pryr-1.1-24] First, because there still was the Angelical Man in his Body, that did not die at his Transgression. So while his Soul that ha...

This is out of order from the original, as thematically it is tangential and confusing.  Reverend Law here is  responding to the Midrash, which most Christians are unfamiliar with,  except perhaps as hearsay or at best having read  John Milton's great poem, Paradise Lost,  also heavily based on it.  The link for Paradise Lost takes you not to the poem but to the SparksNotes of it so you can read the highlights of it and see if you want to take up a full study of it. Like Dante's Inferno, it is a big poem and a real undertaking, but again, worth the time and effort. Reverend Law uses Milton, at the time it was widely read or least popularly known, because his audience compromises not only of lapsed or even unknowing Christians (like academics), but also Jews  who neither  understand how Christian theology is indebted to the Old Testament as part of their Holy Bible nor realize the importance of the tie. The Midrash is Jewish commentary...