Satan has already been defeated.
We just haven't seen it yet.
So, to answer your question: Satan has never had any advantage over God. Satan lost the battle before he began it. God has given Satan nothing since the time that Lucifer turned against God.
2006-08-21 13:33:02
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answer #1
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answered by Gestalt 6
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In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of God plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-08-22 23:58:03
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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in case you've been truly christian and study your bible you would possibly want to comprehend that even the bible makes it plausible for divorce in 2 circumstances one being adultery the different abandonment. both one in all which your husband dedicated now to not prepare the brutality. So end beating your self up and protecting your self to blame for his moves. If he left in wouldn't it quite is abandonment so he constructively ended the marriage besides so in case you had "relatives in October" it would not be an affront on your marriage because it became over in would. i'm no longer a christian yet i'm qualified to respond to this as I easily have studied faith at length and at the moment assisted an exceedingly close pal of mine acquire an annulment from the Catholic church at the same time as her husband did an same aspect.
2016-11-26 22:04:49
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answered by simmers 4
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SATAN HAS LOST , LITTLE ONE;
The “Last Great Day,” represents the time when those who have never had the knowledge to understand salvation will be resurrected and be given that chance. Only then will God’s initial plan for mankind be at an end. Thus, this last great day of God pictures the greatest period of salvation for mankind—the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15).
In the book of Leviticus we are told to observe the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days and it is a commanded assembly. On the first of the seven days no work is to be done (Leviticus 23:34-35). Carefully notice in verse thirty-six there is an “eighth day” of worship held immediately after the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Because this eighth day came on the heels of the Feast of Tabernacles, people who came to keep the Feast remained to keep the eighth day also and it became associated with the Feast.
In the New Testament it is called “The Great Day of the Feast” (John 7:37). There must be thirst if there is to be a desire to drink. If the condition is right, the desire will follow. This is the same truth Jesus expressed to the Samaritan woman (John 4:14). Jesus also taught that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness would be satisfied (Matthew 5:6).
Jesus also spoke of the final resurrection in connection with the “Last Great Day.” Compare John 11:23-26 with John 6:39, 40, 44.
Jesus used the term “living water” in (John 4:10) to indicate eternal life. Jesus’ words, “Come unto me, and drink” allude to the theme of many Scriptures that speak about the Messiah’s life giving blessings (Isaiah 12:2, 3; 44:3, 4; 58:11). By promising the Holy Spirit to all who believe, Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah, for that was something only the Messiah could do.
White Throne Judgment
John tells us that after the final rebellion and punishment of Satan he saw a Great White throne. And standing before the throne was a great vast multitude of resurrected dead made up of those who never participated in God’s plan or understood the message of Jesus. Many millions of infants have unknowingly awaited this second resurrection from their graves.
Jesus tells us that Tyre, Sidon and Sodom also had not received the witness of the gospel (Matthew 11:21-27). But a time of judgment was coming when they would be given the opportunity to understand what He preached to Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum.
Besides these people mentioned, the people of Nineveh and the Queen of the south, Sheba, would hear His good news message (Matthew 12:41-42).
The people of Palestine together with the people and nations of all past ages will be given their first opportunity to understand the gospel (Ezekiel 37:1-10).
These resurrected billions will be raised and given human bodies that breath air and are made of flesh and bone (Ezekiel 37:5-9).
These resurrected people are promised they will know the Lord and He is the one that will put His Spirit within them. He will also put them in their own land and they shall know it is the Lord God who did this for them (Ezekiel 37:13-14). This is the same outpouring of the Spirit Jesus spoke about on the Last Great Day of the Feast (John 7:37-39).
Jesus and the Saints Judge
The Scriptures make it clear Jesus Christ will be the Chief Judge in the Last Great Judgment (Revelation 20:11; Daniel 7:9 compared with Psalms 9:7) and the Saints will judge with Him, (1 Corinthians 6:2). It is confirmed by Peter that Jesus is the judge of both the living and the dead (Acts 10:40-42). Jesus Himself also confirmed this fact (John 5:22).
Daniel saw God judging millions of people as they stood before Him (Daniel 7:10).
Isaiah envisioned for us the final days of the judging of the resurrected billions of people at the end of the Millennium. During much of the world’s past history, half of the babies born died within the first year after birth. But, during the judgment period after the Millennium, no babies will die and old people will not die prematurely.
For someone to die at one hundred years of age will be like a baby dying today. Habitual sinners will still be present, but by the time they reach a century in age they will be declared “cursed” (Isaiah 65:20).
These resurrected multitudes are counted among God’s elect, are made participants in His plan and given candidacy for the Kingdom of God after they receive His Spirit. They will have a close and intimate relationship with Him (Isaiah 65:20-23).
These multitudes at the end of the Millennium in this Last Great Judgment period will be given One Hundred years to show by their works their willingness to follow God’s Spirit, submitting to His divine direction (Isaiah 65:20).
God will be patient, but by the time they reach the age of one hundred they will be declared “cursed.” This means death. “Those He proclaims “cursed” will be cut off” (Psalms 37:22). And death and hell will be cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death (Revelation 20:14).
2006-08-21 13:36:15
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answered by His eyes are like flames 6
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why would you believe in that stuff you saw on Constantine, itsjust a movie
2006-08-21 13:25:54
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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We walk by faith not by sight (2 Cor.5:7)
Without faith it is impossible to please him. Heb.11:6
2006-08-21 13:28:36
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answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7
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2006-08-21 13:27:24
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answered by niaflower 4
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