Even the expulsion of Satan from heaven was not sufficient to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt the legitimate authority of God.

即使是将撒旦逐出天堂也不足以,无可置疑的证明上帝的至高权威。

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When God began this process of creating the heaven and the earth, And the earth was unformed and void, And his wind was on the surface of the deep and so on, He said, "Let there be light and there was light."

当上帝开始开创天地的过程，大地一片混沌，虚空无形，他的呼吸掠过这混沌的表面，他说，“要有光，于是便有了光“

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Satan's saying that before the war in heaven, God's power just seemed like any other king's power, as if God sat on the throne of heaven merely because of those humanly constructed reasons of tradition, or of old repute or consent or custom.

撒旦是说在这场天上的大战之前，上帝的力量就和其他国王的力量一样，他坐在天堂的宝座上似乎仅仅是因为,人们自己营造的原因和传统，或者说是他过期的声望，他制定的法规以及约定俗成的规矩。

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You sort of expect something like, "In the beginning, God created heaven and earth," Like this was the first thing to happen in time.

你会猜想这样的事情，比如，“开始的时候，上帝创造了天和地“,就好像这是最初发生的事情。

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