We know so little about the War in Heaven , speculation not withstanding. But what occurs to me is that there is a fundamental choice to be made in life – pre-mortal, mortal, and post-mortal: Do we want the certainty that comes from protection and stasis? Or do we want eternal progress and creation that comes with real risk and vulnerability?

I think that this, at core, is what the debate was about, what it is still about, and what it will always be about. It is the struggle for salvation. Sometimes the risks seem too high and we shy away from creation towards the comfort of stasis. Sometimes the hell of that stasis is so horrifying that we accept the risk and vulnerability of creation and eternal progress. And while God has made the choice for creation and progress in heaven, God cannot make the choice for us. We each have to make, and re-make this choice in how we approach life.