2006-11-29 08:17:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
His suffering has not yet begun
REV 20:7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth--Gog and Magog--to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
2006-11-29 08:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by Tony S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He have not suffered yet. He made many heroes of the world took the suffering for his glory. The greatest man ever given the highest accolade died deceived by him and mankind suffers from this deceptions. But his time is getting shorter and soon he will be tied for the next 1000 years. The Punishment given to him to crawl on his belly gave him more chance to tempt the world.
As of the moment, Satan is enjoying the fruits of the authority given to him on earth. He has been giving those authority to those who worship him. Count the numbers of Millionaires earning from smuggling, drug dealing, religions, arms dealings., political maneuverings, gamblings, prostitutions and other creative thinkings that deceive the innocents and poors. He has not yet experience to suffer. And even then, he will only be tied to keep him from harming further.
2006-11-29 16:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 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 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’s 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
2006-11-29 16:20:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read Isaiah 14
2006-11-29 16:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
satan isnt who everyone thinks he is. he is merely a pawns put here by god to test our faith and loyalty to god.
the bible says satan can do nothing without gods permission.
ex: reference the story of job.
2006-11-29 16:19:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
st michael was the arc angel who fought satan, bound him and sent him to hell, according to the bible and dantes inferno.
2006-11-29 16:20:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being away from God and all that is pure and holy would be enough.
2006-11-29 16:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by IN Atlanta 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋