After the Fall, Satan bade his angels make a special effort to inculcate the belief in man’s natural immortality; and having induced the people to receive this error, they were to lead them on to conclude that the sinner would live in eternal misery. Now the prince of darkness, working through his agents, represents God as a revengeful tyrant, declaring that He plunges into hell all those who do not please Him, and causes them ever to feel His wrath.... {FLB 178.3}

Efter faldet, bad Satan sine engle om at gøre sig særlige anstrengelser for at indprente troen om menneskets naturlige udødelighed; og få tilskyndet mennesker til at modtage denne vildfarelse, de skulle konkludere at synderen vil leve i evig ulykke. Nu arbejder mørkets fyrste, gennem sine agenter, og fremstiller Gud som en hævngerrig tyran, der erklærer at Han kaster alle dem i helvede som ikke behager ham, og får dem altid til at mærke Hans vrede. . . .