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Jiang says this is the only explanation that currently makes sense to him: Lucifer's function may itself be to turn away from God, even if Jiang cannot explain why that would be so.
"...it's his nature to be disobedient. It is his will to turn away from God. That is his function, to turn away from God...."
"...love, the more God glows in us. And so if we turn away from material obsessions, then we will recognize this and we will..."
"...send behind him okay all right so i want you to turn away from him okay all right so we're gonna see okay we'll..."
"...you that the ego is a source of sin. If you turn away from the ego, you move towards God. But Dali doesn't believe..."
"...right. Exactly, right? Remember, like, angels, they all, they can never turn away from God, right? The more they turn away from God, they..."
"...say Satan or Lucifer was an angel, but angels can never turn away from God. So how did he turn away from God? That's..."
"...power to, is the one most likely to betray him and turn away and have that capacity."
"So was he always supposed to turn away from him?"
"...and he doesn't have free will, and so how does he turn away from God then? He doesn't have free will. How does he..."
"...then he must have willed this, that he would one day turn away. Yeah. So, okay."
"...But it's your choice whether to turn to God or to turn away from God. Right. And here the angels. Are. Are always turning..."
"...god but you have the free will to deny god and turn away from god that is the free will uh yes"
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