Free Will In Eternity?

Q. Sometimes I think my brain works too much, but here’s my question. Satan rebelled against God. A group of angels decided to go along with him. Apparently angels have free will. Adam and Eve were created and told not to eat “the apple.” Apparently Adam and Eve had free will and they decided to go against what God said and chose to eat of the forbidden fruit. Sin entered the world. Now when everything is said and done at the end of days…Satan has been destroyed and God is living with his people for eternity…what about free will? If we continue to have free will, can’t the whole thing start all over again? Apparently it would just take one “bad apple” to spoil the whole bunch.

A. One of the things we learn from the Millennium is that as long as man has a sin nature, he will eventually rebel against God.  At the end of the Millennium, when Satan is released man immediately rebels.  The Bible doesn’t say anything about what happens after that, but it’s interesting that the Church doesn’t join in the rebellion.  Perhaps upon receiving our resurrection bodies, which have no sin nature, we lose the desire to rebel.  But I can’t imagine that God would take away our free will because doing so would render our love for Him meaningless.