How can you say there was a "chance" holy angels might have rebelled?

What accounts for this chance? Obviously it wasn't on account of a design flaw.

She never said the holy angels were insecure before the cross.

Did the unfallen angels believe Satan's lying accusations about God? What do you mean by some of them were "confused"?

To the angels and the unfallen worlds the cry, "It is finished," had a deep significance. It was for them as well as for us that the great work of redemption had been accomplished. They with us share the fruits of Christ's victory.

Not until the death of Christ was the character of Satan clearly revealed to the angels or to the unfallen worlds. The archapostate had so clothed himself with deception that even holy beings had not understood his principles. They had not clearly seen the nature of his rebellion.

It was a being of wonderful power and glory that had set himself against God. Of Lucifer the Lord says, "Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty." Ezek. 28:12. Lucifer had been the covering cherub. He had stood in the light of God's presence. He had been the highest of all created beings, and had been foremost in revealing God's purposes to the universe. After he had sinned, his power to deceive was the more deceptive, and the unveiling of his character was the more difficult, because of the exalted position he had held with the Father.(DA 758)

God foresaw the fall of angels.

Chance had nothing to do with it.

In what sense where the angels insecure before Satan's rebellion?

Did angelic insecurities lead Satan to rebel?

What was it about God and the law that the "confused" angels were unsure about? Quotes please. Thank you.

He foresaw the possibility of it. It wasn't a certainty that it would happen (else God would be responsible for bringing about a circumstance in which sin was certain to happen, which isn't possible, since there is no explanation for sin. Certainly if God created beings certain to sin, that would be an explanation!)

From the beginning, God and Christ knew of the apostasy of Satan, and of the fall of man through the deceptive power of the apostate. God did not ordain that sin should exist, but He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet the terrible emergency. {DA 22.2}

Satan in heaven had hated Christ for His position in the courts of God. He hated Him the more when he himself was dethroned. He hated Him who pledged Himself to redeem a race of sinners. Yet into the world where Satan claimed dominion God permitted His Son to come, a helpless babe, subject to the weakness of humanity. He permitted Him to meet life's peril in common with every human soul, to fight the battle as every child of humanity must fight it, at the risk of failure and eternal loss.(DA 49)

Remember that Christ risked all. For our redemption, heaven itself was imperiled.(COL 196)

Her statement does not say, "He saw the certainty of its existence." He foresaw the possibility of its existence, not the certainty of it.

From the beginning, God and Christ knew of the apostasy of Satan, and of the fall of man through the deceptive power of the apostate. God did not ordain that sin should exist, but He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet the terrible emergency.

He foresaw that in the hour of temptation every one of His beloved disciples would be severely tested. {DA 394.2}

Christ knew, when he permitted Judas to connect with him as one of the twelve, that Judas was possessed of the demon of selfishness. He knew that this professed disciple would betray him, and yet he did not separate him from the other disciples, and send him away. He was preparing the minds of these men for his death and ascension, and he foresaw that should he dismiss Judas, Satan would use him to spread reports that would be difficult to meet and explain. {RH, May 12, 1903 par. 13}

He foresaw that men would be engaged in every selfish work, living without fear of God, eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, when the day of final judgment was about to break. {RH, September 25, 1888 par. 4}

Even before He took humanity upon Him, He saw the whole length of the path He must travel in order to save that which was lost. Every pang that rent His heart, every insult that was heaped upon His head, every privation that He was called to endure, was open to His view before He laid aside His crown and royal robe, and stepped down from the throne, to clothe His divinity with humanity. The path from the manger to Calvary was all before His eyes. He knew the anguish that would come upon Him. He knew it all, and yet He said, "Lo, I come: in the volume of the Book it is written of Me, I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law is within My heart." Ps. 40:7, 8. {DA 410.1}

Ever before Him He saw the result of His mission. His earthly life, so full of toil and self-sacrifice, was cheered by the prospect that He would not have all this travail for nought. ... for the joy that was set before Him, He chose to endure the cross, and despised the shame. {DA 410.2}

When Jesus revealed to His disciples the fate of Jerusalem and the scenes of the second advent, He foretold also the experience of His people from the time when He should be taken from them, to His return in power and glory for their deliverance. From Olivet the Saviour beheld the storms about to fall upon the apostolic church; and penetrating deeper into the future, His eye discerned the fierce, wasting tempests that were to beat upon His followers in the coming ages of darkness and persecution. {GC 39.1}

Christ saw how the existence of false brethren in the church would cause the way of truth to be evil spoken of. {COL 122.2}

He foresaw the time when the Lord would renew His covenant relationship with them. "Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all." Jeremiah 31:12. {PK 408.2}

He was permitted to look down the stream of time and behold the first advent of our Saviour. ... He beheld Christ's ... rejection by a proud, unbelieving nation. Amazed he listened to their boastful exaltation of the law of God, while they despised and rejected Him by whom the law was given.... Moses beheld the final rejection of that people so highly blessed of Heaven ... He followed the Saviour to Gethsemane, and beheld the agony in the garden, the betrayal, the mockery and scourging--the crucifixion. ... He saw Him lying in Joseph's new tomb. ... And it was there revealed to him that he himself would be one who should attend the Saviour, and open to Him the everlasting gates. {PP 475-476}

The eye of Christ rested upon him, reading his character and his life history. His impulsive nature, his loving, sympathetic heart, his ambition and self-confidence, the history of his fall, his repentance, his labors, and his martyr death,--the Saviour read it all, and He said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone." {DA 139.5}

Paul foresaw that there was danger of his words being misinterpreted... {LP 83.4}

He created beings with free will, so it was possible for them to sin, and he was ready in case that happened. There are many places where she uses this kind of language. She didn't teach that sin was inevitable.

God gave His Son, at the risk of failure and eternal loss. Heaven itself was imperiled for our redemption. This means there was a possibility of failure, which means the outcome was not certain.

Ever before Him He saw the result of His mission. {DA 410.2}

If one wanted to speak of the possibility of sin, the way to say it would have been, "He foresaw its possibility." To require EGW to say "the certainty of its existence" is to make her talk like she worked for the Department of Redundancy Department, and worse, it changes the object of her sentence. Most people, when they see a cat, would not say, "I saw the certainty of a cat's presence."

And a look at the preceeding sentence tells us that God knew of the fall of Satan and man from the beginning. He didn't find out about it at the end, or right after it happened. He knew from the beginning.

But let's look at God's foreknowledge in the SOP. Did God only foresee possibilities, or certainties?

He foresaw that in the hour of temptation every one of His beloved disciples would be severely tested. {DA 394.2}

No, sin was not inevitable. But God saw that it was going to happen.

Foreknowledge does not negate free will.

Sure, there was a possibility of failure.

To require EGW to say "the certainty of its existence" is to make her talk like she worked for the Department of Redundancy Department, and worse, it changes the object of her sentence. Most people, when they see a cat, would not say, "I saw the certainty of a cat's presence."

LOL ... That one was great ... made my day.

To require EGW to say "the certainty of its existence" is to make her talk like she worked for the Department of Redundancy Department, and worse, it changes the object of her sentence.

Said my accompanying angel, "He is in close converse with His Father." The anxiety of the angels seemed to be intense while Jesus was communing with His Father. Three times He was shut in by the glorious light about the Father, and the third time He came from the Father we could see His person. His countenance was calm, free from all perplexity and trouble, and shone with a loveliness which words cannot describe.

Said the angel, "Think ye that the Father yielded up His dearly beloved Son without a struggle? No, no." It was even a struggle with the God of heaven, whether to let guilty man perish, or to give His darling Son to die for them.