Who is Satan ?

 9. Satan

(1) Who is Satan ?

An event in God’s kingdom

Judah say in the Bible『And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.』(Jude 1:6) and Peter say in the Bible『For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment.』(2 Peter 2:4)

Prophet Isaiah of the Old Testament said that『How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning, how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.』(Isaiah 14:12-14)  

Lucifer (Greek, Hebrew :Hellel: the name of the depraved arch-angel) would like to be God. And deceived other angels. So God put them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment. In the Garden of Eden, which symbolizes the kingdom of God, there was the same event that occurred in the kingdom of God. 『"You will not surely die", the serpent said to the woman. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.』(Genesis3:4-6)『And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.』(Genesis3:13) 

『The events in the Garden of Eden illustrate the events in the kingdom of God. I do not know whether the events of the Garden of Eden and the events of the kingdom are the same or a different event. So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden.』(Genesis3:23) 

Satan appears in Luke(4:15).『And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.』『How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.』(Isaiah14:12-14)

Lucifer(Greek, Hebrew: Helle, means the name of the archangel) Lucifer became Satan after he sinned against God. Satan wanted to be like God, and tempted other angels to fall into sin. The same thing happened in the Garden of Eden, which symbolizes the kingdom of God.

In Genesis, Satan was expressed as a snake.『And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.』(Genesis 3:4-5), Satan appears as an old snake.『And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years』(Revelation 20:2)


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