I've heard time and time again, *there is no devil*. Well guess what!? There IS a devil, his name is satan, and he has (literally) thousands of angels at his command. Those angels, after their fall (sin against God) and forceful removal from heaven, are now called demons or evil spirits. If you think the world today isn't influenced by such as these, think again! The more our societies and countries move away from God the more we open the door to the *other side*. Watch, go back into history and see how our societies have degraded over the years. The more we allow satan to have us cast out God from among us the worse things get! And there is worse yet to come, but that is another article!
First let's establish *who* satan is, and what he is about. Quite frankly, I've tried to avoid this subject, he doesn't deserve any more webspace than he already has control over (like porn sites, etc). But he needs to be exposed so that you can *know thine enemy*. I'm not going to spend a great deal of time on this, you can look up the scriptures by doing a keyword search on BLB for devil*, Lucifer, evil spirit*, satan (where the asterik at the end of some words indicates the words may have suffixes like 's'), etc. I've done some for you, please click each link below and they'll open in a new window at BlueLetterBible.org (KJV).
| Isa 14:12 |
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! |
| Isa 14:13 |
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: |
| Isa 14:14 |
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the most High. |
Lucifer, is a Latin word meaning "light-bearer". That was his name before he got all puffed up and pompus in himself, so much so that he thought to ascend to the very throne of God and to be god. He failed. He was cast out of heaven, a third of the angels followed him. What does that say about him? He's crafty, he's wiley, he's deceptive. And my friend, he is deceiving you today if you are not following Jesus (our Christ, Savior & Lord). If you are not WITH Jesus, then by default you are WITH satan. Think about that ...
Satan, from the Hebrew word for "adversary", is what we know him by today. Other terms of not-so-endearment are devil, serpent, dragon, and others. What else do I know about satan? LOTS! I read my Bible, because it is the only TRUE source of any understanding. Unfortunately, if you've not given your life to Jesus, in faith, then these articles I do likely will make no sense to you. Please, consider asking Jesus into your heart & life today! If you don't believe in Him, ask Him to show Himself to you ... He is Faithful and Just and He will do it ... but not without your invitation first. Jesus will not intrude on your life, you must ask Him in, only then will He come in and reveal Truth to you like you've never known before. You cannot get to heaven if you don't accept Him into your life, it's that simple. Likewise, if you don't allow Him into your life, you are giving satan and his demons full rule over you. Perhaps you think Christians need a crutch ... Christ is our crutch ... YOU BETCHA! I'd rather my Lord be my crutch than he who presently rules over this world ... that would be satan! I can't stress it enough, if you don't choose Jesus, then by default you choose the devil!
OK back to the topic, what else do I know about satan ...
- Satan has fallen from heaven (Isa 14:12)
- He was a *covering cherub*; he is full of beautiful and precious stones; and musical instruments ... which explains much of our distorted and demonic modern music (Eze 28:12-14)
- He can mask himself to mankind as an *angel of light* (2Cr 11:14)
- He fights with other angels & archangels of God (Jud 1:9)
- He has several aliases, each one showing one or more aspects of his ungodliness. Some you might want to look up are: king of Babylon, a serpent, and a dragon (Isa 14 & Rev 12)
- The BLB links above will expose him further ... do check them out! *Know thine enemy!*
Where is he today? I will quote scripture from the Old Testament regarding what he was doing at that time, and scripture from the New Testament as to what he was doing at the time of that writing, I have no indication that he is no longer doing what he does best! Read on ...
| Job 1:7 |
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in
the earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
| Job 2:2 |
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest
thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro
in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
| OK, so we know where he was and what he was doing in the
OT (assuming you clicked the links and read the goings on and how satan tormented Job ... yes God allowed it but think about this, satan is the one who DID the death & destruction of Job's property, livestock & family NOT God!!!), lets look in the NT ... |
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| 1Pe 5:8 |
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: |
| Rev 12:10 |
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now
is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power
of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused
them before our God day and night. |
Where is the devil, satan, today? Same place he's been since he was cast out of heaven! He is HERE ON EARTH roaming to and fro seeking whom he may devour, destroy & deceive. All NON-believers of Jesus Christ are being devoured, Jesus IS our only hope against the wiley devil and his hordes of demons ... Jesus IS the *way, truth and life*. Please ask Him into your heart & life NOW!
I'd like to end on good notes (verses) of what will become of the devil and his followers (both angelic AND human) ...
| Isa 14:15 |
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the
sides of the pit. {This passage speaks of the king
of Babylon, but in this case if you read the whole chapter you see it is
referring to satan.} |
| Mat 25:41 | Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels: {This is the fate of those
who do not choose Jesus and ask Him into their heart & life as their
Lord & Savior! Please don't let this be you!} |
| Jud 1:6 |
And the angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day. {This
passage is referring to angels that came to earth and took human wives and
their resulting offspring were giants, you can see a hint of this in Gen
6 ... it is those angels that are in chains. Satan and his demons are
still wreaking havoc on the earth as they have been from the beginning of
time, but ever increasingly so. Things in this world are getting worse ...
think about it!} |
| Rev 12:9 |
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast
out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. {Note here that satan is also referred to as the devil;
an old serpent referring to his successful temptation, when he took the form
of a serpent, of Eve in the garden of Eden; and a dragon which is a fiery
flying serpent as seen in Isa 14:29 & Isa 30:6. He is a
deceiver, he and his angels were cast out of heaven into the earth and are
still here today and will be here until *the end*. "Cast out INTO the earth"
here means that 1) he is no longer permitted to enter heaven to accuse the
brethren and 2) he is cast INTO hell which is IN the earth. Until this time,
yet future, satan is roaming about the earth and hurling accusations at the
believers of Christ, doing his very best to tempt and disarm us and to turn
us away from the Lord. He's less worried about those of you he already *owns*.
Consider where you are going to spend eternity my friends ... I choose eternity
with Jesus!} |
Reader beware!