Inkling: I just thought of a little theory that, if i may say so, may be an improvement on the plan that God actually went with...ahem.
I call in the "Two Planet Solution". Right from the start, make TWO worlds, identical to start with, and give one to Satan after he "issues his challenge", and a free shuttle between them
I like your idea better Inkling, and although not exactly part of my studies, there is one part of your idea that fits in. Two separate tests plantes with no outside interference....angels and demons could observe, and whoever wins The Issue has done so fairly.......We are supposed to be doing the same test, but just with one planet involved. The problem is that if there is outside interference with mankind, the test results would be skewed, and could easily be contested by Satan or any other loud mouth angel.
Satan starts the game by waking up Adam and Ever.......Satan-1.....God-0
Satan got to to his little sordid test thingy on Job, and God stayed out of it.......Satan-1......God-1
But talk about a big interference....virtually the whole earth is doing things Satan's way apparently in Noah's day....and God wants a do-over!!! What they hey? Satan can argue that if God has stayed out of it, he may have one the game in just another hundred years or so.
But to me, the absolute WORST interference that TOTALLY skewed The Issue test was at Babel. Here is the account:
Genesis 11:1-9) 11 Now all the earth continued to be of one language and of one set of words. 2 And it came about that in their journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valley plain in the land of Shinar, and they took up dwelling there. 3 And they began to say, each one to the other: "Come on! Let us make bricks and bake them with a burning process." So brick served as stone for them, but bitumen served as mortar for them. 4 They now said: "Come on! Let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves, for fear we may be scattered over all the surface of the earth." 5 And Jehovah proceeded to go down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built. 6 After that Jehovah said: "Look! They are one people and there is one language for them all, and this is what they start to do. Why, now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unattainable for them. 7 Come now! Let us go down and there confuse their language that they may not listen to one another’s language." 8 Accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth, and they gradually left off building the city. 9 That is why its name was called Babel, because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth, and Jehovah had scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth. No where in the account of Babel does it say that had false religious beliefs or horrible conduct....also, no command had been given to man to spread over the earth at a certain speed. As has happened throughout world history, expansion happens with population growth no matter what. The only instruction was to perfect Adam and Eve anyway, " (Genesis 1:28) . . ."Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it," There is absolutely NOTHING with what the people of Babel were doing that would indicate that would not gradually fill the earth. These were people united in thought, nationality, and language have may have NEVER developed evil tendencies since they were all one people...one language. They would have advanced extremely quickly, and it may have been for the good of the people. Satan would have a very strong argument based on Gods on words in vs. 6, "Why, now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unattainable for them." (this does not seem like a negative comment). Does that sound like they were going to need Gods direction or not? Taken literally, they would have attained what they needed.... without Gods direction!! So just when man is REALLY doing great, God confuses their languages, which is what let to the forming of Nations and WARS! If there is a Universal Sovereignty Issue....any honest angel or demon looking down on this test can see that the end result is basically worthless......................................................................oompa
...OUTLAW