I believe "satan" - resister, adversary - refers to a particular individual, the archenemy of God and man.
Revelation, which sheds light on the entire Tanakh, makes that perfectly clear.
That is my opinion, of course.
Syl
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I believe "satan" - resister, adversary - refers to a particular individual, the archenemy of God and man.
Revelation, which sheds light on the entire Tanakh, makes that perfectly clear.
That is my opinion, of course.
Syl
I have a question maybe someone here can help me with an anwer since the topic is about Satan.
did Jesus ever speak negatively about Satan is is anywhere in the bible?
Thanks
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Genesis 3:14 -15 God told the serpent:
"Because you've done this, you're cursed,
cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals,
Cursed to slink on your belly
and eat dirt all your life.
I'm declaring war between you and the Woman,
between your offspring and hers.
He'll wound your head,
you'll wound his heel." The Message Bible
A curse is certainly negative speak, isn't it?
Syl
Thanks snowbird.
Welcome.
Also, Matthew 4 and Luke 4.
There's nothing positive about the exchange there.
Syl
greetings!
I have noticed that in the bible where satan is mentioned as being seen as himself it is when people are "in the spirit" otherwise he possesses or materializes within something or someone.
job (spirit realm)
spoken to by God and described as he really is (spirit)
wildeness with Jesus who was led there (in the spirit)
zechariah in a vision (in the spirit)
Jesus "sees" him falling from heaven (in the spirit)
A&E (physical)
peter (physical)
judus (physical)
A&S (physical)
with the body of moses (undetermined O.o)
so it seems if you are aware of the reality of satan you are able to discern whether he is there or not. if I remember correctly, throughout the bible he was only physically identified as the persona, satan, by Jesus in the NT and God in the OT.
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