是的，撒旦叛乱了。是的，亚当和夏娃自由地选择了罪，并且死亡和痛苦。是的，全能，幸福的上帝可以干预以防止这些选择。如果这种干预会给他带来更多的荣耀，而我们更加美好，那么他会做到的。但是上帝从他的智慧中确定，即使是叛乱和罪恶也不能阻止他的计划来促进他的幸福和子民的幸福。
(Yes, Satan rebelled. Yes, Adam and Eve freely chose sin, and with it death and suffering. And yes, the all-powerful, happy God could have intervened to prevent those choices. If that intervention would have brought him more glory and us more good, no doubt he would have done it. But God, in his wisdom, determined that not even rebellion and sin could thwart his plan to further his happiness and that of his people.)