The Lord, the Creator of all things, is ever existent. He has always existed and He always will exist. The description of Melchizedek in Hebrews could also describe our God.
“Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life.” – Hebrews 7:3The Lord, who has always existed, lives in the Spiritual realm. He created spiritual beings to help Him in His kingdom. We know these beings as angels. There is organization within the untold number of angels. There is a hierarchy, some angels have higher rank than others. They are all servants of the Most High God.
Ezekiel chapter twenty-eight gives us a rare glimpse of the Spiritual realm. It describes a created being that was the epitome of wisdom and beauty (verse 12). He was also a member of an exclusive group of angels, the guardian cherubs (verse 14), and walked in the Heavenly Garden of Eden (verse 13). Sadly, this most beautiful of the Lord’s angels became proud because of his beauty (verse 17), and rebelled against God. We know this created being as Satan, the accuser.
I am not aware of any Scripture that indicates that there was a physical realm at this time. All of this occurred in the Spiritual realm. In the process of rebellion, one-third of the angels followed Satan (Revelation 12:4). The Lord lost a large portion of His Heavenly servants. The rebellion of one-third of the angels tells us that there is freedom of choice in the Spiritual realm, just as there is here in the physical realm.
The Lord then did something unexpected. He created the physical realm, and populated it with physical servants, mankind. I believe that the purpose of this was to replace the “fallen” angels who followed Satan.
Some have estimated that there have been over one-hundred billion persons born on earth. Some are/were obedient Hebrews. Many are/were Christians saved by faith in the Lord Jesus. If the estimates of thirty to forty percent child mortality are even close, that would indicate billions of just innocent children in Heaven.
How many other souls that our gracious Heavenly Father has listed in His Book of Life is unknown. What we can surmise is that there will be billions of souls in Heaven, ready to worship God and willing to serve Him. It is possible that the Lord has created more than enough human servants to replace the spiritual servants lost to Satan.
There is conflict in Heaven (Daniel 10:13). The Lord maintains a two to one advantage in the Spiritual realm over Satan. Perhaps this is why the Lord Jesus told us that the Holy Spirit could not come to earth until He, the Lord Jesus, returned to Heaven (John 16:7).
The Lord God is the Victor! With the addition of myriads more servants who love Him, the servants lost to rebellion will be replaced. The Lord planned this from before the world was formed (II Timothy 1:9). His ways are so much higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9). He is the Most High God. May we serve Him always, and may His name be praised forever!