The Mystery of Creation: Chapter 6: Limited Wills: The Will of Angels

The Will of Angels

                Well, this being the case, what makes sense is that angels would have to have mostly free wills.  Yes, God could have created just mindless computer-like intelligent beings with enslaved wills to help Him create all things, but then those beings would have no creativity; no diversity.  Either that, or God would have had a lot of chaos and no order.  After all, creativity comes from diversity and diversity without order is chaos.  Chaos does not make sense.  It is not rational.  One minute you are a human and the next you are a weird blob thing with sixty eyes and a tail.  That is what the universe would be like if there was diversity without order. 

                And so, it is clear that in order to help God create all things, and in order to help Him maintain all things, angels would have to have a higher level of intelligence and free will.  In this way, angels could choose things for themselves when presented with a myriad of options.  The more powerful the angel, the greater the angel’s free will would have to be so that they wouldn’t have to go to God for every little thing they had to decide upon.

                Let me illustrate it like this.  There is a manager who works for a construction site.  On the construction site, they are building a new house.  As the manager is trying to do his job, manage budget, figure out timelines for the project, etc., he suddenly has an employee out on the project approach him.  “Hey Boss!  What you want me to do?”

                “Go install the plumbing,” the manager says, recognizing the guy is a plumber.

                “Where first?” asks the plumber.

                “Start with the basement and work your way up.”  The plumber leaves, but he is replaced by another.

                “Hey Boss!  What you want me to do?”

                “Go lay some of the foundation.”  On and on this goes until he has given directions to ALL of his crew.

                Just as he has completed this and returned to his own work, suddenly the plumber returns.  “Hey Boss!  I’ve run into a problem.  Two of the pipes don’t fit together.  What do I do?” 

                The Boss examines the issue.  Just as he is about to explain some creative solution to the problem another guy comes up.  “Hey Boss!  I’ve run into a problem.  Two cables don’t match.”  Then another.  “Hey Boss!  I’ve run into a problem.  There are six posts but we need eight.”  Then another and another and another and another.

                How much better would it be if the manager of the construction site had workers who knew what they were doing and who could invent creative solutions to whatever problems they came across?  How much more quickly and efficiently would the project be completed?  How much more relaxed would the manager be if he had employees who had wills of their own who could make decisions on their own based on wisdom and knowledge and experience?

                So it only makes sense that God would create angels to be the highest free will beings, or at least some of the highest free will beings, in the universe.  Besides the practical side of it, what fun is an enslaved willed being?  A person has much more enjoyment in a building project if he is doing it with others who he can relate to.  No one likes to build something like a house all by themselves.  It makes the task much more enjoyable when you are doing it with friends and companions.  One man with a bunch of tools does not make a skyscraper very quickly and efficiently either.  A hundred men with a hundred tools gets the job done much faster.  So it makes sense that at least angels have free wills so they can interact with God and have the intelligence and freedom to choose enough to serve and protect God’s work without constantly having to run to God to tell them what to do.