Does Satan rule the world? Not just the material world but the whole world?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

I am not a Bible thumper, nor am I devoted to any particular church or religion. Nor am I a Jesus freak, but I can say this as a very experienced and educated researcher of the sciences. Contrary to what your media spoon-fed minds may perceive to be truth, in actuality, is so far from it that John Q Public will never get it right until it’s far too late.

This is our beautiful planet earth but, the raw truth is that it belongs to Satan. A small time spent on personal research will indeed show that Satan was thrust down here to earth to reside until the prophesied coming of someone greater then He. You don’t have to believe me nor do you have to believe in religion. Look it up in the bible and other non-related to religion historical documents. It stares you in the face. How one wants to interpret these ancient writings is a matter of personal choice.

Satan (or the senerio figure in history), has, and already does rule this fine planet through his secret chain of command, the illuminati’s, the Rothschild’s, and a dozen other major families who control the financial world as we know it and keep Satan’s plans in a high state of readiness. However, according to some unseen schedule Satan now wants to openly rule the world’s hearts and to be publicly hailed as ruler and savior. One needn’t look very far to see the workings of the plan nor devote that much time researching to have a glimpse of how he has fooled the world with his tyrannical treachery.

Now allow me to ask you a question. Can you tell me why you and possibly up to a thousand plus other individuals on a daily basis are all asking the same question across the span of the internet, in churches, and in public places? Does this give you any clues or motivation to want to REALLY know a truth? I am most certain indeed, the majority of individuals here are not going to answer that for you because so many are bought in to their erronious conditionings. In either case howbeit, you have a choice.

Good luck and have a great day!

Answer 3

That depends - he may rule YOUR world, but he can't even get into mine... SATAN is actually a concept, not a person. As for those who don't believe in evil or the concept which is known as SATAN - go check out the President of Iran's website...

Answer 4

Satan, from it's root words means simply obsessor, usually as "the obsessor". It signifies attachment to the temporary to the point of venemous denial of what's true.

Most live in some form of denial to avoid personal responsibility to more than their already aquired knowledge, but not all.

What is temporary can't be considered continuously true, and so being attached to the temporary is the same as death/non-existence in the long run. The attachment ends, not whatever may be the eternal truth of reality.

The answer therefore is no, but it appears so temporarily.

Answer 5

No. Because if he did then it would follow his rules. Which the world does follow but only because satan does not rule it.

Answer 6

I define Satan as evil in general. So Satan does rule in many places, esp. in Puerto Rico where I live.

Answer 7

Do you mean Charlie Satan down the block? He couldn't rule a fishtank!

Answer 8

Satan is a just a made up character that keeps the christian church making money. If people knew that, they wouldn't go to church and the church would have no money.

Answer 9

Satan appears to be the dominate factor society to me.

Answer 10

The prince of this world now stands condemned