In the Old and New Testament, the people who try to follow God and His ways have enemies. There are human enemies, and then there are spiritual ones. The great spiritual enemy of humanity is Satan, a being who makes appearances in the Bible on occasion, always antagonistic to God and to those who try to do His will. Whenever Satan’s actions are recorded, his goal is to disrupt God’s plan, to destroy His work, and ultimately, to supplant God.
In the Old Testament, there are many allusions to Satan, and even descriptions of his origins, but the New Testament clarifies a great deal about this being. Created with the other angels, Lucifer was one of the highest ranking – if not the highest ranking – beings in Heaven. At some point, he became prideful, and set himself against God. He convinced one-third of the angels to join him, and he tried to supplant the Creator:
“You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High’” (Isaiah 14:13-14).
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“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread’” (Matthew 4:1-3).
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Satan tempts people in a similar way. He finds their physical weaknesses, and things that appear good or desirable, but lead to evil.
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first chapter of Job
“And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world — he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him” (Revelation 12:10).
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“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience — among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind” (Ephesians 2:1-3).
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kosmos
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“What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?” (2 Corinthians 6:15).
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Paradise Lost
Sources
Kelly, Joseph. Who is Satan? According to Scriptures. Collegeville: Liturgical Press,1989.
Satan and His Kingdom What the Bible Says and How It Matters to You
The Bible Knowledge Commentary An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Old Testament and New Testament
Wilmington’s Guide to the Bible
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