“Long before this earth sphere existed and after the so-called fall of the angels .. God’s plan was ultimately that every single one of those fallen beings should have the means to come back to Him, back to light and harmony. But this could only be done if God’s laws would never be broken, not even for the purpose of bringing back the fallen creatures. And this was indeed a very difficult task to follow through… After this fall, Christ, who, of course, existed in the spirit world long before He was born as man, organized, if I may use this expression, all the spirits in God’s world, to use all their strength and their perfection in their particular field for the help of this plan of salvation. In other words, the pure spirits, instead of continuing and extending their own growing perfection, postponed this ultimate goal for the purpose of using their power for arranging and working for this plan of salvation.” (PL #22)