"Satan was given dominion over the earth"???? After rebelling?!?! WTF?

Question

Is this true? WTF?

Answer 1

Scripture really doesn't say for sure. It APPEARS that from the description and discussion we read in regard to satan that he and his are fallen angels. If so, that means that even angels have freedom of choice. They just don't have to do battle with the lust of the eye, and lust of the flesh as we do. But apparently satan wasn't able to overcome the third type of sin -- the pride of life.

Answer 2

This means that Satan was allowed to work among the mortals and tempt them to either stray from God's commands and or disregard them all together.

Consider it a giant Chess Game. However Satan has been making all the moves as of late and the game has barely begun.

Answer 3

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 Gods 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 4

GOD is always in control no matter that Satan is among us,and GOD has the final say, Good will TRIUMPH over Evil when all is said and done!

p/s please don't use foul language even if abbriviated because it's still cursing and you're not only damaging other peoples souls by influence but also your own.
God Bless!

Answer 5

Revelation 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.

Answer 6

Yeah it's true, but Satan has no power. He is allowed to tempt people all he wants but the people have the final say weather or not they want to follow him.

Answer 7

Yes, of course this is true.

When Satan approached Eve (through the speech of the serpent) he actually challenged the rightfulness and righteousness of God's sovereignty. He intimated that God was unrightfully withholding something from the woman, also declaring that God was a liar in saying that she would die if eating of the forbidden fruit. Additionally, Satan made her believe she would be free and independent of God, becoming LIKE God. Satan's logic evidently was that, if Eve would achieve such independence, he would appear to be a benefactor to man, deserving mankind's gratefulness. By this means this wicked spirit creatures raised himself higher than God in Eve's eyes, and Satan became her god, even though Eve, at the time, apparently did not know the identity of the one misleading her. By his action he brought man and woman under his leadership and control, standing up in opposition to Jehovah God, as a rival god. (Gen. 3:1-7)

The Bible, in lifting the veil to give a glimpse into heavenly affairs, reveals Satan later as appearing before God in heaven, as a rival god, challenging God to His face, saying that he could turn God's servant Job (and, by implication, any servant of God) away from Him. He charged God, in effect, with unrighteously giving Job everything, along with full protection, so that he, Satan, could not test Job and show what was really in his heart, which Satan intimated, was bad. He inferred that Job served God primarily for selfish considerations. Satan made the point of his argument clear when he said: "Skin in behalf of skin, and everything that a man has he will give in behalf of his soul. For a change, thrust out your hand, please, and touch as far as his bone and his flesh and see whether he will not curse you to your very face." (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7)

It is important to note, however, that Satan recognized his impotence in the face of God's express command, for he did not challenge God's power and authority when God restricted him from taking Job's life. (Job2:6)

Ruler of the Earth

The apostle Paul associates Satan with "the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places," and speaks of them as "the world rulers of this darkness." (Eph. 6:11,12) As a governing force in the invisible realm immediately about the earth, he is "the ruler of the authority of the air." (Eph. 2:2) In Revelation he is shown to be the one "misleading the entire inhabited earth." (Rev. 12:9) The apostle John said that "the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." (1 John 5:19) He is therefore "the ruler of this world." (John 12:31) That is why James wrote that "the friendship with the world is enmity with God." (James 4:4)

Answer 8

Absolutely. He is allowed to "rule" during the age of grace--a time when we choose to follow or not to follow God. Why? We can only guess, but it appears that God wants us to face alternatives to following Him (Satan and his world) and yet still choose God. You can ask God about that part of the plan when you stand before Him one day.

Answer 9

He rebeled in the 1st world age.
He's given power in this world age
He will be destroyed in the 3rd world age

Answer 10

Wrong. Satan is the questioner. Read Job, somehow his gig got changed later on.