Please don't say because 'he is the father of lies'. God is mentioned under a variety of names also.
2007-11-04 16:29:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Snakes are slippery critters.
2007-11-04 16:32:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the Bible is a canonical collections of religious writings, 'collection' and 'writings' in its plural form being the operative words here.
What this means is that the texts in the Bible were not written by one unique author, actually they weren't even all written in the same time period.
In fact the Devil is far from being the only protagonist to have a variety of names in the Bible, and you may also be surprised to learn that even the accounts of the some central events vary greatly from one author to the next.
ETA: Forgot to add that, furthemore, in the case of the Devil and God, the variety of names in the Bible is explained by the fact that they typically are figures who remain 'nameless'. Meaning that the appelation used to refers to them vary depending on the context. For example 'Lord' is obviously not a name in the traditional sense of the word, and 'Satan' derivate from the word meaning 'the adversary' in Hebrew.
2007-11-04 16:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by cixi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragon, serpent, Satan and Devil. Lucifer means day star.
Job 38:4-7 [ angels are called morning stars ];
Jesus at Rev.22:16; is called the bright and morning star.
Jesus and the angels, Heb.1:1-13 [ Satan and 1/3 angels to be
under feet Rom.16:20; in the time of the end, John 6:39,40,44;
of the raised up in the at the lat day, Acts 2:27-35; Matt.22:42-44;
The cherub angel anointed over Eden Eze.28:13-15; Isa.14:12-14;
2Cor.4:3,4; the god of this world. 11:14; 1Pet.5:8;
SATAN'S SHORT TIME
Rev.12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
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. 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Jude 9; Michael in Dan.12:1-13; puts Satan in the time of the end.
Rev.9:1-5 [5 x 30 = ] 150 the pit is opened for Satan, God's sealed are there.
At year 3460, Daniel's 2520 years, Satan down in time of the end until now it is 2613 years of [ of 2670 ], of Daniels time of the end, at 2007 after Christ, bible in circulation 396 years.
2007-11-04 16:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different cultures lend different names. The original name for satan was Beelzebub and God's original name was Yahweh. From the original Hebrew bibles. Of course when the latin lanugages took over, the name of satan was turned to Lucifer and god was turned to Jehovah. While in muslim faith they are called Allah and Azazel. When christianity hit the european nations, the name eventually morphed to God and Satan.
2007-11-04 18:15:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because certain books of the Bible were written by different Apostles. And they referred to satan by using there own term. It also depends on which Bible your reading. Many translations changed the word devil.
2007-11-04 16:59:47 · answer #5 · answered by Nothin' Fancy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
satan always keeps the same name.. but he was put as a divinity when the christianity arrives.. before that satan was not so important.. even the hebrew bible just mentioned him once.. as a satan.. God created satan.. and satan is not powerful than God.. he is a son of God.. but he has a bad fame.. he serves God in another ways
2007-11-04 16:34:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes name of Satan refers to his attitude or appearance
Attitude:
Serpent - the liar
Appearance
Lucifer - the beautiful
2007-11-04 16:37:14 · answer #7 · answered by ♠ jhun ♠ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for those of you that keep mentioning lucifer:
" Samael is usually considered to be the true angelic name of Satan."
2007-11-05 00:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by Recreant- father of fairies 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know but many of the names were sponged off the Persians. God, it seems, does not have any original material.
2007-11-04 16:33:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Christ is called by several different names too. I don't know why though.
2007-11-04 16:35:57 · answer #10 · answered by moonman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋