Although holy, angels could sometimes behave foolishly ( Job 4:18 ), and even prove to be untrustworthy ( Job 15:15 ). Probably these qualities led to the "fall" of some angels, including Satan, but the Bible contains no description of that event. When angels appeared in human society ...
Old Testament references appear to the world as a planet, although Isaiah 40:22, "the circle of the earth, " is suggestive to some. Many Old Testament uses of world or earth (eres,in poetry sometimestebel[lebeT]) could refer equally to the planet or the ground. When Old Testament ...
But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me [i.e. believe in me] unless it is granted him by ...
self-image and -worth that you understand what you believe, n¤t just have 'faith' in what you believe, we suggest you take some timings to be readings, initially, these three references, all by Elaine Pagels:The Gnostic Paul, The Origin of Satan, and The Gnostic Gospels.In...
Did Monsignor Pruitt bring Satan to his home? Did he not see the Antichrist before him? Not because he did not see him, but that he blinded himself to a truth he did not want to see? And is that why he fall prey to the same temptations Jesus refused in that desert long ago?
"It is necessary man should be converted and changed, as well as God satisfied and Satan overcome. Now who can convert himself or change his own heart? That work would cease for ever unless God did undertake it by his all-conquering Spirit."- Thomas Manton ...
Exodus 7:12 ; 32:33 ; Psalms 91:13 ) In the New Testament it is found only in the Apocalypse, ( Revelation 12:3 Revelation 12:4 Revelation 12:7 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 12:16 Revelation 12:17 ) etc., as applied metaphorically to "the old serpent, called the devil, and Satan."...
is responsible to Him, like the other "sons of God" who surround the heavenly throne. He is thus "included in the Divine will and in the circle of Divine providence" (Schultz). After the prologue, the Satan is left out of account, and Job's misfortunes are attributed directly to the...