@Tammy
Christians are assuming Satan is involved but the scriptures themselves do not mention him by name. In fact he does not appear anywhere in Genesis. This problem occurs because Christians all think the ancient jews were monothiests, when they actually believed in many gods, just like all their neighbours.
Elohim = gods in plural, xians tell you nonsense its the equivalent of a royal we, its not.
Satan rarelly appears anywhere in the OT, Job is probably the only real example of him being actively involved. its very important to understand Satan just means opponent, thus many times a human is also said to be an opponent of gods will. THe same is also true in the NT, there is no Satan in Revelation, look below for more.
LUCIFER
http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/isa/chapter_014.htm
12 “O how you have fallen from heaven, you shining one, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the earth, you who were disabling the nations! 13 As for you, you have said in your heart, ‘To the heavens I shall go up. Above the stars of God I shall lift up my throne, and I shall sit down upon the mountain of meeting, in the remotest parts of the north. 14 I shall go up above the high places of the clouds; I shall make myself resemble the Most High.’
The prophet is actually talking about Venus which appears before the Sun each day. God is the Sun, the heavens are the abode of the gods.
JOB
The only real place Satan appears and actually does and says anything.
REVELATION
Firstly this book is not prophetic, its the story of an angry man who hates Nero and Rome. The number of the beast is just the name NERO
All numbers is in greek have values and thus the letters of a name are also a number. hence nero = 666
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast
- Nrwn Qsr
The Greek version of the name and title transliterates into Hebrew as ???? ???, and yields a numerical value of 666, [36] as shown:
666
The Number of the Beast is described in the passage of Revelation 13:15–18 and the actual number is only mentioned once, in verse 18. In the Greek manuscripts, the number is rendered in Greek numerical form as χξ?', [3] or sometimes literally as ?ξακ?σιοι ?ξ?κοντα ?ξ , hexakósioi hexekonta héx, "six hundred and sixty-six". [4] [5] There are several interpretations-translations for the meaning of the phrase "Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast" where the peculiar Greek word ψηφισ?τω (psefisato) is used. Possible translations include not only "to count", "to reckon" but also "to vote" or "to decide". [6]
Around 2005, a fragment from Papyrus 115 , taken from the Oxyrhynchus site, was discovered at the Oxford University ’s Ashmolean Museum . It gave the beast’s number as 616 . This fragment happens to be the oldest manuscript (about 1,700 years old) of Revelation 13 to date. [12] [13]
We can see some ancient scriptures give 616 and 666 as the number. It all depends if you add an N which has a value of fifty to the end of Neros name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet
| Letter | Corresponding
Phoenician
letter | Name | Transliteration 1 | Pronunciation | Numeric
value |
|---|
| English | Ancient
Greek | Medieval
Greek
(polytonic) | Modern
Greek (info) | Ancient
Greek | Modern
Greek | Classical
Ancient
Greek | Modern
Greek |
|---|
| Α α |  Aleph | Alpha | ?λφα | ?λφα | a | [a] [a?] | [a] | 1 |
| Β β | Beth | Beta | β?τα | β?τα | b | v | [b] | [v] | 2 |
| Γ γ | Gimel | Gamma | γ?μμα | γ?μ(μ)α | g | gh, g, y | [g] | [?], [?] | 3 |
| Δ δ | Daleth | Delta | δ?λτα | δ?λτα | d | d, dh | [d] | [ð] | 4 |
| Ε ε | He | Epsilon | ε? | ? ψιλ?ν | ?ψιλον | e | [e] | 5 |
| Ζ ζ | Zayin | Zeta | ζ?τα | ζ?τα | z | [zd, dz, z?] (?) | [z] | 7 |
| Η η | Heth | Eta | ?τα | ?τα | e, e | i | [??] | [i] | 8 |
| Θ θ | Teth | Theta | θ?τα | θ?τα | th | [t?] | [θ] | 9 |
| Ι ι | Yodh | Iota | ??τα | (γ)ι?τα | i | [i] [i?] | [i], [?] | 10 |
| Κ κ | Kaph | Kappa | κ?ππα | κ?π(π)α | k | [k] | [k], [c] | 20 |
| Λ λ | Lamedh | Lambda | λ?βδα | λ?μβδα | λ?μ(β)δα | l | [l] | 30 |
| Μ μ | Mem | Mu | μ? | μι/μυ | m | [m] | 40 |
| Ν ν | Nun | Nu | ν? | νι/νυ | n | [n] | 50 |
| Ξ ξ | Samekh | Xi | ξε? | ξ? | ξι | x | x, ks | [ks] | 60 |
| Ο ο | 'Ayin | Omicron | ο? | ? μικρ?ν | ?μικρον | o | [o] | 70 |
| Π π | Pe | Pi | πε? | π? | πι | p | [p] | 80 |
| Ρ ρ | Resh | Rho | ?? | ρω | r, rh | r | [r] , [r?] | [r] | 100 |
| Σ σ ς | Sin | Sigma | σ?γμα | σ?γμα | s | [s] | 200 |
| Τ τ | Taw | Tau | τα? | ταυ | t | [t] | 300 |
| Υ υ | Waw | Upsilon | ?/? | ? ψιλ?ν | ?ψιλον | u, y | y, v, f | [?(?)], [y(?)] | [i] | 400 |
| Φ φ | origin debated | Phi | φε? | φ? | φι | ph | f | [p?] | [f] | 500 |
| Χ χ | Chi | χε? | χ? | χι | ch | ch, kh | [k?] | [x], [ç] | 600 |
| Ψ ψ | Psi | ψε? | ψ? | ψι | ps | [ps] | 700 |
| Ω ω | 'Ayin | Omega | ? | ? μ?γα | ωμ?γα | o, o | o | [??] | [o] | 800 |
The symbology is nearly all Nero. Back in his day it was believed he was resurrected and came back, this is the story of the anti christ. The 7 and 10 are because Nero was the 7th caesar etc. I cant recall the exact symbology but there are many books and websites that can walk you through it.
