Who is Satan?

[Rev.Anthony Ray Smith]

“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.” (The sons of God, angels that followed Gods command without question, these were the ministering spirits that scripture refers too. This in no way implies that God had another son, for Jesus, (Emanuel) was Gods only begotten Son.) Angels are also judged upon their works. The angels of Heaven report to God constantly on matters concerning man. This is in reference to the books that are opened to judge men at the end.)

“I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.”

Satan’s seat; Peloponnese, southern Greece. Satan’s seat — rather as the Greek is translated all through Revelation, “throne.” Satan, in impious mimicry of God’s heavenly throne, sets up his earthly throne. Aesculapius was worshipped there under the serpent form; and Satan, the old serpent, as the instigator of fanatical devotees of Aesculapius, and, through them, of the supreme magistracy at Pergamos, persecuted one of the Lord’s people (Antipas) even to death.

“Satan” (and Devil) the growth of a word from a general term to an appellation and later to a proper name. All the other names of Satan save only these two are descriptive titles. In addition to these two principal names a number of others deserve specific enumeration. Tempter; Beelzebub; Enemy; Evil One; Belial; Adversary, Diabolos, Deceiver (literally “the one who deceives”); Dragon (Great); Father of Lies; Murderer; Sinner – these are isolated references occurring from 1 to 3 times each. In the vast majority of passages (70 out of 83) either Satan or Devil is used.

Satan is an impious mimicry of God. He is the advisory of God and man. He is the father of lies and has been sense his creation. Satan is not a son of God, he is not Omni present. He was not with God in the beginning of the beginning, for only God, His word and His Spirit were and still is from everlasting(with no beginning.) to everlasting.(With no end.) This is one concept that no man has ever fully come to grips with. For we cannot grasp the concept of God never having a beginning, but it is still true.

So then does Satan have an actual age that God, and not man, can state? The answer is yes. Satan was created to be a teacher of angels, for the Bible states that Satan was also called the light giver, referring to the giving of wisdom and knowledge.

Satan, who once controlled 1/3^rd of the angels of Heaven, is no longer able to control them, for they are bound in chains awaiting their final judgment, all to be sent to the lake of fire. Satan however controls a legion of demons, (Demon; messenger of Satan. super natural spirit (of a bad nature)

Which do his bidding, carry out his orders and afflict mankind.

Sometimes we refer to these demons as devils; the worst of these evil spirits is the spirit of anti-Christ, which controls multitudes in this world today.

As God, The Holy Spirit(Ghost) and Christ Jesus are referred to, by many, as the Holy Trinity, Satan also has an opposite set of unholy spirits that will affect mankind in these end days, I call them the unholy trinity, Satan, The Beast, and The False Prophet. The beast will be a man with supernatural powers that will cause the death of anyone who will not bow down to his image, take his mark, (666) and worship him. No one knows the name that the numbers 666 refer to, but in the end this also will be revealed.

The beast will be a man who is regarded as a holy man, a, religious supermen who will claim that he and he alone can bring peace and stability to the world, threw a one world religious and governmental system, which will be a system of oppression and laws. The False prophet is what his title states, a religious man whose prophecies are filled with lies and deceit.

We must remember that Satan knows God’s word better than any man alive. He has tried to manipulate it sense his beginning, He tried with Christ at the temptation and does so until his demise.

The reason that Satan has little problem deceiving man is that man is open to every suggestion that will make his life easier. Man has always sought out pleasure for his flesh and there by this allows Satan a foot hold on the minds of men. If Satan can control the mind, he can control what spirit inhabits men. Every demon, devil, and enemy of God, and man, is a spirit, for spirits are immortal.

Satan knows that his time for deceiving man is short and his time of freedom is coming to an end. His desire and mission is to take as many men to the lake of fire with him as he can. He doesn’t care what lie you believe just so you believe that God does not exist, or that there is another god, or another way of salvation. A man’s choices of lies are endless.

ars

Rev 2:13 Job 1:6

ISBE, Webster, TSK, KJV, TVM.