outcome would be unfavorable to him?
2007-01-01 14:12:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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
2007-01-01 14:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Satan is actually Jesus's half-cousin, and they have quite a rivalry going on in Heaven.
Satan is self-delusional, and Jesus is egotisitical and impatient, and rather hates Satan. Jesus actually once prevailed upon God to change the rules just a little and allow him to exile certain angels to Hell even though they had not passed through the earthly life. It was kind of like a pogrom, to get rid of Satan's political base; and Satan, lame assz that he is, didn't even see it coming.
2007-01-01 22:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan wasn't "created" by God he used the free will he was given to challenge Gods authority , before that he was an angel. He knows what will happen to himself but he continues to mislead people just to take as many down with him as he can...hurting God in the process because each one he takes away is one that God looses.
2007-01-01 22:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hear Christians talking all the time about "the last battle" in which Satan will be destroyed. Since the outcome of the battle is already known, why would Satan put up a fight? None of this makes sense.
2007-01-01 22:15:01 · answer #4 · answered by Incoherent Fool 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Satan doesn't care about Himself. He knows that what will hurt God the most is if he kills His children.
If you can't get at the parents go for the children. That's Satans goal.
2007-01-01 22:18:08 · answer #5 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would seem, from the biblical description, that the only reason Satan could be that admirably courageous would be because he is acting on as little information as we are as is as pissed off about the status quo as we are.
2007-01-01 22:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Satan is stupid...why do you also refuse to obey Christ when YOU know the ultimate outcome?
2007-01-01 22:20:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Satan is man's enemy, not God's. When Satan tempted Jesus, he was trying to appeal to his humanity. It didn't work.
2007-01-01 22:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by Nels 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps he was never truly evil. Perhaps God tests us... and uses satan as his tool.
2007-01-02 02:58:45 · answer #9 · answered by emtyen69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because satan is jealous and wants to be as powerful as God
2007-01-01 22:15:02 · answer #10 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋