If Satan is so evil, why bother talking to him at all? I'm surprised they would be on speaking terms, since they have an eternal feud. By the way, if you need references to this, read the book of Job.
2007-05-30 04:49:01 · 18 answers · asked by razzthedestroyer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Boredom? Loneliness? Hey, it's lonely at the top.
2007-05-30 04:51:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
God had Satan torment Job to show that Job would still like God, even if God allowed terrible things to happen to him. God could use Satan as needed to accomplish certain goals.
Satan has many different roles in the Bible, and in the story Satan is the tempter. He wants Job to give up his faith, but Job resists the temptation. It is in this same role, as the tempter, that Satan tries to get Jesus to side with him in the desert.
As I said, Satan fulfills many different roles in the Bible, and he isn't always the enemy of the God of Abraham. He is also a questioner of authority (God), the principle of opposition, a trickster, and even a suffering hero (like Prometheus, who gave humans fire, Satan gave humans knowledge via the fruit.)
2007-05-30 04:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Job is where Satan, the literary device, makes his first appearance.
H'ShTN (or Ha-Shatan) in Hebrew simply means "The Adversary." And prior to Satan's creation by the unknown author of Job (which is simply a moral tale, not actual history), God was often described as being "a satan." In the OT, everywhere is says "God raised up an adversary " or "God was an adversary" its really saying "God raise up a satan" or "God was a satan"... Believe it or not.
Satan was invented hundreds of years after God was invented. In fact it wasn't until the Babylonian exile and the introduction of Zoroastrian concepts to Judaism, that an evil counterpart to God was dreamed up.
The Christian concept of "Satan" has been pieced together from a dozen verses in the Bible that really have no relation to one another.... the serpent in Genesis, Lucifer the morning star, the King of Tyre, the Satan of Job and Zachariah, Jesus' allegory of a War in Heaven, the "anti-christs" of St. John, the Great Beast, Whore, and False Prophet of Revelations.....
What most Christians don't understand, however, is that Satan's real genesis is found in the inter-testamental books of the Pseudopigrapha. This is where the "theology" of Satan really flourished. In books not even accepted as scripture.
2007-05-30 04:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
some declare that devil, the Dragon, and a third of the Angels have been thrown out of Heaven some time past. yet I even tend to think of the order issues are pronounced to ensue in Revelation, the place it says this. Will ensue in the order the e book says. so as that they have not yet been solid out, i do no longer think. extremely, issues will form of tension our Creators hand to intervene. whilst there is an Earth Cataclysm of a few sort. which will create all styles of Dynamic Forces again into play in the spirit worlds too.
2016-10-09 03:24:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in Judaism, Satan is not the adversary of G-D, he is the Loyal Opposition, doing the job G-D asked of him. He is the spiritual opponent who we work our spiritual muscles against to make them strong. Without him opposing our spiritual development, the spirit would be weak and untested.
The concept of Satan being Evil is totally foreign to Judaism.
2007-05-30 04:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The theory that I carry is that Satan gained power from Adam and Eve. He was stuck on a tree ( The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil ) , until Adam and Eve fell. He took the power and authority that Adam and Eve had. One of those things was access to God. And Satan takes advantage of that .
It makes sense to me anyway. lol
2007-05-30 04:58:21 · answer #6 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Satan made an accusation against God and rebeled against His divine will. Satan was allowed to go to and fro from heaven to bring these accusations against Him and tell Him that nobody could follow His requirements. Satan could do this until Jesus died on the cross, now he has lost his argument and is awaiting Judgment.
2007-05-30 04:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by Luke†Gospeltothepoor 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I guess that God can speak to his enemies..
the fact that Satan was a fallen angel doesn't mean God would never correspond with him...
2007-05-30 04:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by Redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The question you put forth has probably had people go read the Book of Job, and for that, I thank you. :)
2007-05-30 05:30:24 · answer #9 · answered by ForeverSet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lucifer had convinced 1/3 of the angels that God was unjust and unfair. He accused God that the only reason Job was faithful was because of the blessings that God had given him. For God to ignore Lucifer's accusations would lend credibility to the accusations. God allowed Lucifer to cause Job great suffering to prove that Lucifer was wrong in his accusations.
2007-05-30 04:56:14 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Satan was not always evil. He was Gods most perfect angel. His desire to be God is what got him kicked out of heaven. Jesus spoke to him because he wanted to make a point, just like when he talked to his enemys.
2007-05-30 04:55:54 · answer #11 · answered by Ellyn 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋