In Judaism, an angel acting at God's direction to test or prove somebody; in Christianity, a fallen angel who rebelled against God and reigns over hell.
Questions tagged [satan]
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Why is Satan, clearly a living being (fallen angel) who spoke to God and Jesus, called "the satan"?
I first saw 'the satan' on Wikipedia. Satan is listed 49 times in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. I did not look at every verse, but of the many I did review, not one is translated 'the satan'. Satan is designated as a person / being because he…
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In Revelation 2:13 why does Jesus say that Satan's throne is in Pergamum?
Does Satan live and have his office in Pergamum?
Revelation 2:13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne.
Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,
not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who…
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Why the name Satan was mention only in 3 books of the Old Testament?
The word Satan was first mentioned in 1 Chronicles 21.1. The second time was in the books of Job and the last in the book of Ezekiel. Does it mean the early people did not know Satan?
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Pyrrinos G4447 correlation to Ezekiel 28 covering cherub and Revelation 9 at 6th trumpet
Can anyone provide any input as to the horsemen in Revelation 9 in the 6th trumpet/4 angels that have breastplates of fire/pyrrinos G4447 wherein Thayers Greek Lexicon states this word correlates to being used in the Septuagint for Ezekiel 28:14 and…
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The Devil vs Satan
KJV Rev. 20:1-3
Revelation 20:2 King James Version (KJV)
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
I have searched several Bible versions. The KJV inserts a comma after the…
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Why is Lucifer actually called Lucifer (The one who brings light) in sacred scripts
As per subject why is this? According to the meaning of the word Lucifer from other languages which are not english, Lucifer would derive from Lux in Latin, Luce for in Italian or Luz in Spanish which actually means light or the one that brings…
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Romans 13: Is the ruler of the world God, Caesar or Satan?
At Romans 13, Paul states:
All of you must obey the government rulers. Everyone who rules was given the power to rule by God. And all those who rule now were given
that power by God. So anyone who is against the government is really
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What is the Pre- Adamic World?
Pre- Adamic World and Roman 5:12-14. When God placed Adam and Eve on the restored earth he told them to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth (Gen 1:28) meaning to repopulate or refill. This is the very same word "replenish" that God told…
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Is the Serpent an illustration of an electromagnetic wave, even microwaves used to induce synthetic telepathy as experimented in the last few decades?
...Then it would be easy to understand how an "adversary" of God could find his way in the garden of God and also how a Serpent could speak. See "v2k".
