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time in the far past He introduced a spiritual level of life , above the natural level , into perhaps a small community of near human animals that he had prepared – a level that had not existed before on this earth . I ’ m sure that these humans , that we call pre-adamites , have been discussed before in our church , but I am ignorant of what those discussions said . Nevertheless , I ’ m sure they would have known that there were predators that could be dangerous to them , and fear of those predators would have been present .
Also , in groups of humans such emotions as jealousy , envy , love of dominion and anger would sooner or later come into being and so hellish states . Also , then there would come hereditary evil , and as well natural instincts , and babies would be born with hereditary evil imbedded in them . Now there would be a hell that could twist good uses into evil ones .
I ’ m sure that some of those humans , living in hell after their “ death ,” found that they could induce fear of predators into their still earth-bound companions even when the predators were not around .
My Conclusion As the enjoyment of causing fear grew in the hearts of the evil spirits that were slowly causing hell to grow , would this cause the correspondence of the actual predatory animals to change as the apparent characteristics now have an evil use of fear and domination ? I don ’ t know .
How does hell twist things to make the animals actually evil ? I think this only happens in the minds of those they terrorize by their imitations , and probably also in their own minds when scared by another hellish spirit . When the evil spirits appear to other spirits in the world of spirits , or in hell itself , I think they can appear as a predator so frightening that their victims believe them to be the real thing .
They appear to have the teeth , claws , fangs , or sting of the prototype , even though the prototype never has the malice that the evil spirits have . So , the brutal power that is there , and is in order when men are absent , becomes a deadly malice that is the hellish disorder when portrayed in the imitations the evil spirits put on . The devils and satans become the leopards , crocodiles , scorpions or vipers , and as far as their wills are concerned , they are those animals created in their own minds , twisted by the cruel lusts they have .
Remember , only human beings have the spiritual levels that survive natural death . Animals don ’ t , nor do plants . So , there are none of these natural forms living in the spiritual world . All the lands , waters , plants and animals are appearances , corresponding to the loves and reasonings of the inhabitants , whether good or evil .
There are no natural crocodiles or wolves living in hell , nor natural lambs or doves living in heaven . What we might see there are the creations of our own
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