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" You have an argument from silence."

No, we have the Lord's loud assertion that the creation was "very good" on the sixth day. How much more to you think you need? do you think that he didn't know what Lucifer was up to?

He knew what Lucifer was going to do in the near future, but obviously it had not been done yet!

Creation was very good. Sin was not yet in the created world. Adam had not sinned yet, nor had creation been cursed by the fall. You seem to be confusing the existance of Satan or angels with this fact.

The goodness of Creation had nothing to do with the existance or absence of Satan or the fall of the angels, but everything to do with sinless man in a perfect created world.

How about you explaining why the second day was not labeled good?

JM

let me put it another way. The creation account in Gen 1 describes the creation of the physical world and the universe apart from an already created spiritual universe (i.e. angels, demons, satan). That creation can be considered very good because it is a separate creation and not inclusive of the spiritual realm. So even if there was a fall in the spiritual realm pre-creation, it would have no bearing on the goodness of the physical realm of creation.

It would be as if I created a garden in my green house. There are no weeds, no insects, and no disease of any kind to spoil my garden. The garden is perfect and very good. Now this green house exists in a much larger world, and someone or something can come from this world and ruin my garden. That fact does not take away from the garden's perfection when it was established.

JM