I wouldn't limit idols to the physical realm, or the spiritual realm. Idols can be a political ideology, or they can be lusting after somebody to commit sexual immoral acts with them, or they can be many other unclean desires.
Yes, in fact, church organizations, church buildings, certain church leaders, certain Christian influencers, certain christian icons, doctrines, even the bible itself could become idols. Maybe it was CS Lewis who once said that "human mind is an idol factory."
But there was a spiritual death for all of mankind, because there was a spiritual birth for all of mankind in Adam.
Nope, all mankind have a natural birth and a mortal death, including Lord Jesus himself, but only belivers of Christ who are baptized in the Holy Spirit have a spiritual birth, only those IN CHRIST be made alive, the rest just perish.
There's no denying the fact that the enemy is in the Church. The Lord Jesus said in;
The wider context of Romans 2:12 reveals that nobody is saved by keeping the law. Paul (a Jew) confirms that the law makes Jews, even more culpable then the Gentiles. Because the law was not given to the Gentiles, even so they are are both without excuse.
Read Job 1:6 again.
NT definition of "sons of God" is not applicable in OT. Israelites were told to present themselves before God, but nobody was spirit-filled, and the medium between man and God was a priest, not Jesus, because this is OT we're talking about. So if Satan was not a Levite priest, neither were "sons of God" Israelites or any other human believers.
"God would never allow that", I agree, but man, to whom God gave dominion (to rule over) the earth, allowed it. That's why God, and Satan HAVE to work through man. God never rescinded giving man dominion, but man (Adam) ceded that dominion when he obeyed Satan instead, " Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness." Romans 6:16. Jesus came to earth, strictly as a man, to take back dominion for man, to all who are obedient to Him. " Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10:19. Jesus came, among other things, to give back dominion to man.
The only two men in heaven who never died on earth were, according to scripture, Enoch and Elijah. So if, as you claim, the '"sons of God " were of the " line of Seth ", did they appear before God as men? Spirits? In what form did they appear before God. Keep in mind Exodus 33:20 when God told Moses" And He (God ) said, Thou canst NOT SEE MY FACE: for there SHALL NO MAN SEE Me, and live."
" God is logical and never deviates from His chosen course of action." Wouldn't YOU have to know " God's chosen course of action " to make that statement? What was God's " chosen course of action" concerning Adam & Eve ? to not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ; That all should come to repentance ? Receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; Jonah in Tarshish? Go to Nineveh; etc., etc. Man has to cooperate with God for God's " chosen course of action " to manifest on the earth.
There is NO mention of Elijah dying in scripture, that I have seen. If you know where the scripture is please share it with me. The scripture you quoted from Hebrews 11, the "Hall Of Faith ", as some call it, does NOT mention Elijah as one of " these all died in faith "! When did Enoch die, where is it in scripture? " And Enoch liver 65 years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah 300 years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were 365 years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him" Genesis 5:21-24. Also Hebrews 11:5 " By faith Enoch was translated THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." Hebrews 11:5. It seems you don't believe the bible. P.S. " And this is the record, that God HATH ( past tense) given to us eternal life, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON." 1 John 5:11. Eternal life (Jesus) abides in me, not in the sweet bye and bye, how about you?
Then why does God allow half human half tech cyborgs? That's the transhuman agenda, modifying human body with technology to enhance human physique and intellect, unless you've been living under a rock, the world is certainly moving in that direction, and that is not new. Scripture is not a refuge to hide from reality, but a tool to discern reality. Jesus prophesied about the end times and likened it to the days of Noah, therefore to discern reality, it is necessary to understand what was happening in the days of Noah. As God allowed those giants, so will he allow the cyborgs, the "image of the beast" in the great tribulation.
