Claim. Fallen nature has four primary characteristics, all originating in the archangel’s envy of Adam at the fall: (1) failing to take God’s standpoint, (2) leaving one’s proper position, (3) reversing dominion, (4) multiplying the criminal act. Envy itself is an “inevitable by-product” of original nature’s intellect+desire pairing, but perfected humans would not act on it.
Elaboration. Per 4.6. The Primary Characteristics of the Fallen Nature, Eve inherited the archangel’s proclivities through the spiritual fall, Adam inherited them from Eve, and these became the root inclinations of all humans.
How envy arose in an unfallen archangel: he was endowed with intellect and desire as part of original nature. Intellect let him compare and discern that God loved humans more than him; desire led him to yearn for more. “Envy is an inevitable by-product of the original nature, like the shadow cast by an object in the light.” After human perfection, envy still arises incidentally — but mature humans recognize “the temporary gratification they might feel by attaining the object of their desire is not worth the agony of self-destruction that would ensue.”
The four characteristics:
- Failing to take God’s standpoint — the archangel failed to love Adam from God’s perspective; instead he envied him. Like a courtier resenting rather than respecting the king’s favorite.
- Leaving one’s proper position — Lucifer sought human-world centrality that belonged only to humans, abandoning his angelic position.
- Reversing dominion — the archangel dominated Eve; then Eve dominated Adam. Both violated the proper subject-object order.
- Multiplying the criminal act — Eve did not contain her sin but spread it by inducing Adam to fall. “The proclivity of evil people to entangle others in an expanding web of crime stems from this.”
See also. dp-lucifer-was-archangel-and-channel-of-gods-love, dp-fall-established-satan-centered-four-position-foundation