2006-08-26 14:10:20 · 7 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes. Satan knows he only has a few years to take you with him when he is thrown into the lake of fire.
2006-08-26 14:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by Bimpster 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-08-28 13:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely!
We are only here for a moment - to find Christ, and to make Him known to others.
Satan seeks to keep all he can from doing so.
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
2006-08-26 21:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, because Satan is trying everything to get you to believe there is no God, so don't you quit or give up!!!
2006-08-26 21:14:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tbr2255 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-26 21:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by Shauna-lee Brown 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-30 17:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No we are just at the point of chosing sides!
2006-08-26 21:16:20 · answer #7 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋