Damnation
I was teaching a lesson on Christ's Atonement the other week in church and part of it was concerning the war in heaven. As I expounded on my thoughts while teaching I came across this idea in my brain: The war in heaven was fought over our rights to be damned. Each of us, having kept our first estates, stood on the side of Christ, and that side was a war against the concept that we should all be saved. It was not a matter of freedom of choice of action so much, methinks, as it was (as taught in
OK, I'm caught up, and I believe I comprehend the symbolism linking the avenger of blood / cities of refuge / high priest to Christ and his Atonement. This all makes sense to me. I don't know that my initial replies would change that much, except that this is a different angle on Christ's Atonement than we usually take, and yet, it makes perfect sense and is entirely compatible with the way we normally look at things (or the way I normally look at things).
FWIW, I think you, @brlenox and