Okay the first world ended in a flood and at time of creation Adam and Eve was created and Satan dwell among them. Now life from then went on and the first world was destroyed by a flood. God promised that he would never destroy creation this way again. Neverthless Satan still dwells among us. Apparently Satan did not die during the flood and where was he. That would mean spirit vs flesh. All flesh except the few God chose lived. No spiritual beings died and that is awesome to know cause Satan indeed has a throne somewhere. Flesh decayes and dies and spirit lives on. I am open to accept all opinion on this statement. What do you think?
2007-03-26 19:18:53 · 18 answers · asked by JoJoBa 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is true that no spirit persons have yet died but Satan and those who followed him have been cast out of heaven and down to the earth (before they were allowed to go back and forth). Here they are reserved for destruction. This wicked world will soon be destroyed as the world of Noah's day once was. All humans who refuse to know God and obey him will have to die. Only those who have brought their lives into harmony with his will can be gathered into the spiritual ark which has been built for their survival.
2007-03-26 19:29:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would half do disagree with most of the people who answered. Satan is NOT the god of the world. The Bible says that he is the prince of the Earth. There is only one God and that is Jesus Christ. You are correct in saying that Satan still dwells among us and yes he does have a place where he rules and that is Hell. God will come one day to judge us and those who don't believe will be sent to live eternally in Hell with Satan. When we die our spirit goes the throne of God and are bodies are then left on Earth. We are judged by God on how we lived.
2007-03-26 19:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Their is no such thing as 3 Earth ages. The Bible clearly does not make such a statement...Lucifer was a created being, to do what he was created for,to temp mankind. He just set's the stage. He is no puppeteer,he doesn't pull the strings,we do(free-will). Noah's flood was solely because of the Nyphilium(fallen angels 1/3),who left their first estate, in order to posess mankind. Satan worked so hard,to disrupt GOD's plan.(hence the Messiah was to come & destroy,the works of the devil).Satan's thrown is in your mind(battlefield),if U let him.he roams the Earth to & fro.He literally doesn't sit somewhere.We are all spiritual beings. When we die,our mind(spirit continues) to live,rather in Heaven or hell.
2007-03-26 19:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan isn't flesh, he's a fallen angel. When God asked him where he came from in Job he responded, "Oh, here and there (Steve's paraphrase)." Paul tells us "[our] adversary, the Devil, is like a roaring lion, roaming to and fro, seeking whom he may devour." He is alive and well on the planet Earth. And God calls him the Prince of this world. And he'll be around for Armageddon, and it is indeed a war between the spirit and the flesh (again Paul points this out, as do the other Apostles and Jesus himself).
2007-03-26 19:34:10 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ok here it is.satan had a world before Adam and eve right here on earth and he was Lucifer and was still a good angel and was working for God,BUT then he rebelled and took 1 third of Gods angels with him, so God destroyed that earth age but he did not destroy satan and the angels he just took their authority from them and destroyed the world they were running and then we get our Bibles beginning, and it says Gods spirit hovered above the waters and HE Recreated the earth and made a garden and put Adam and eve their and gave them the deed to the earth now instead of satan, so satan crept in and deceived eve and got man kind in trouble with God, but God loved us and made a way through the blood of Jesus , that who ever believes will receive his Holy spirit and escape the judgment that satan and his angels that rebelled in the beginning get Judged. Hell was made for them and the souls of men were made for heaven not hell, it is only by rejecting Christ that you can get into hell; here read this and escape all that:
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2007-03-26 19:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by bungyow 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Satan has always resided in heaven. Even though he was not obeying Almighty God.
(JOB 1:6-7) “Now it came to be the day when the sons of the [true] God entered to take their station before Jehovah, and even Satan proceeded to enter right among them. 7 Then Jehovah said to Satan: “Where do you come from?” At that Satan answered Jehovah and said: “From roving about in the earth and from walking about in it.””
but since then, Jesus [ with his Father's approval] has ejected Satan from heaven to the earth.
(REVELATION 12:7-9) “And war broke out in heaven: Mi′cha·el and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled 8 but it did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any longer in heaven. 9 So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.” Michael is Jesus.
the result for us is:
(REVELATION 12:12) “On this account be glad, YOU heavens and YOU who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to YOU, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.””
Satan is ON the earth. but still spiritual.
His end is close.
(REVELATION 20:10) “And the Devil who was misleading them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulphur, where both the wild beast and the false prophet [already were]; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
They all tie in together.
2007-03-26 20:57:42 · answer #6 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is a fallen angel, therefore he is pretty much like a spirit.
He is also Prince of the Earth, not the god of the world.
2007-03-26 19:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course Satan still lives. He is a spirit being capable of becoming whatever he chooses to become. A snake today, the anti christ tomorrow etc. And, he has many followers that will follow him until the end. I sincerely hope you are not one of them.
2007-03-26 19:25:59 · answer #8 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Satan is called (in the Bible) the god of this world. He is loose right now...but one day will be bound for a 1000 years...then he will be let loose but ultimately will be cast into hell forever...and he won't be the king there...he will be like all others who go there.
2007-03-26 19:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by SF 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The satan of christianity is just an excuse to do bad and not be punished, the satan of the OT was not a free willed evil beast, but more like the District attorney for Heaven.
2007-03-26 20:14:52 · answer #10 · answered by XX 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋