2006-09-08 01:00:31 · 6 answers · asked by cv 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the Bible book of Psalms, it is stated that the Lord does whatever pleases him in the heavens and on the earth, and under the seas. He sends clouds, and lightning with the rain, and wind. (Psalms 135:6-7) It is also stated that God spreads snow like wool, scatters frost like ashes, hurls down hail like pebbles. Then he melts them by his word and sends breezes and the rivers flow again. (Psalms 147:15-18)
In the first chapter of Job, at a heavenly spiritual council, which events Satan apparently does attend with the purpose of accusing believers, God asked Satan where he had been. Satan replied that he'd been roaming the earth and going back and forth in it. (Job 1:6) Satan is far too busy causing spiritual mayhem to mess with the weather.
St. Paul wrote to the Christians at Ephesus that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12)
He also said, "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of the world, and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient." (Ephesians 2:2)
This ruler of the kingdom of the air (referring to the evil spiritual plane) and the head of the spiritual forces of evil is Satan. This kingdom of the air does not refer to earth's physical atmosphere and its related weather.
2006-09-08 02:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 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
2006-09-09 14:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's stated somewhere the powers of the air I think it's in the end of John gospel but I cannot check because I have no bible here.
2006-09-08 08:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan has no such power that I have ever heard.
2006-09-08 08:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haven't read that one in the Bible
2006-09-08 08:18:51 · answer #5 · answered by Char 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't heard of this. Where have you?
2006-09-08 08:04:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jase S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋