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== Salvation ==
In season 4 episode 7 "[[the100:Gimme Shelter|Gimme Shelter]]", Bellamy is distraught by not being able to go out and save his sister Octavia, who wandered away from Arkadia before the fall of the Black Rain. He eventually reconciles himself with the situation, stating: "You cannot save someone who doesn't want saving". Beyond the reference to being saved from the Black Rain, there is a reference to the choices that Octavia makes for her own destiny: where she shows her loyalty, where her heart belongs, and whether she still wants to see in Bellamy a loving brother who is looking out for her. A similar situation arises in season 4 episode 9 "[[the100:DNR|DNR]]", in which Jasper and a group of young friends decide to lock themselves into the bar area, with the intent to die there partying away when the radiation from the Nuclear Apocalypse arrives; Jaha wanted to force them to leave, but Bellamy tells him that it would be useless because they have made their choice. To which Jaha replies, "you can't save those that don't want saving". Similarly, there can be no salvation on God's part from the slavery of sin where there is no consent and willingness on man's part to welcome God's grace into one's own life. See Saint Augustine "On Grace and Free Will":
{{Quote|text=There are some persons who suppose that the freedom of the will is denied whenever God's grace is maintained, and who on their side defend their liberty of will so peremptorily as to deny the grace of God. This grace, as they assert, is bestowed according to our own merits. It is in consequence of their opinions that I wrote the book entitled ''On Grace and Free Will''. This work I addressed to the monks of Adrumetum, in whose monastry first arose the controversy on that subject, and that in such a manner that some of them were obliged to consult me thereon. The work begins with these words: "With reference to those persons who so preach the liberty of the human will."|author=Saint Augustine|title=On Grace and Free Will|source=Book II, Chapter 66}}
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