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Thu 18 Aug, 2016 05:29 am
The short answer is, no, he did not.
In effect, the Bible shows that God did not create the Devil. Instead, He created the person who became the Devil. Regarding God, the Bible says: “Perfect is his activity, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice; righteous and upright is he.” (Deuteronomy 32:3-5) From that statement, we can conclude that Satan the Devil was at one time perfect and righteous, namely, one of God’s angelic sons.
At John 8:44, Jesus said that the Devil “did not stand fast in the truth,” implying that Satan had at one time been truthful and guiltless.
However, like the rest of Jehovah’s intelligent creatures, the angel who became Satan had the freedom to choose between right and wrong. By choosing a course in opposition to God and inciting the first human couple to join him, he made himself Satan, which means “Resister.”—Genesis 3:1-5; Revelation 12:9.
What are your thoughts?
@anthony1312002,
No...it was Hillary's mom and dad.
@anthony1312002,
If us apodictical existential pantheists are right, then yes, we did
Satan was ejected early on in both biblical and earth history.
Turns out old Lucky Lucifer was planning a coup. Well, sort of a coup. It turns out that Lucky was in line to take the throne and the reins of the chariots and thus reign over the 3rd Heaven (as you likely recall, God created the Heavens indicating a few). Of course this happened supposedly prior to Adam and Elysia (Eve's real name and for whom the Elysian Fields were named) which makes that part about Satan walking and residing on earth kind of questionable...unless perhaps Lucky Lucifer was dinosaur. But which type or were all dinosaurs scheduled for escalator trips to Heaven?
Anyway, Lucky figured he'd gather up a few of the less liked wanderers and take over the top heaven and throw God out. There was a snitch in his crew who reported back to God and God saw that this was not good and said: "Hell, no! Beelzebub you gotta go! and that was that. Lucky was sent off, didn't even have time to pack or grab his stuffed pterodactyl. Quite a rough exit.
So in conclusion the God of Earth probably is credited with creating Satan but only after first making him an angel with apparently too much power.
Then again,the Bible has been rewritten so many times that there's no real way of knowing...
....unless the dinosaurs return and announce their unifed dominion.
@Sturgis,
Hello Stugis. You comments give an incite into what the Bible teaches regarding this angel who became Satan. Not content with the position he had, he wanted to be worshipped instead of the Creator.