He is not flesh and blood – he is a fallen angel and therefore is a spiritual being just like Gabriel and Michael. Other than appearing to Jesus in the wilderness I don’t think he appears to anybody else (except Eve as a serpent and of course Mohammed in the cave. James Giordanosaid...
Apollyon (Abaddon), which means "destroyer," is sometimes attributed to Satan. But in the context of Revelation 9:11, this creature is not Satan but rather a fallen angel of the "bottomless pit" who is bound until he is loosed in the end times to release havoc on the earth. ...
Although the Quran states that Satan was created as an angel, he is also described as being from the djinns. This, along with the fact that he describes himself as having been made from fire, leads to Islamic disagreement over whether Satan is a fallen angel or the leader of a band of...
So there may be good reasons why scripture leaves this description out. Of course, even though we have a lot of material in the Bible on angels (cf. my BB 2A: "Angelology"), for the most part it has to be gleaned indirectly. That is as far as I would wish to go with this ...
There is no Scripture to indicate that Satan contemplates his own condition. He seems to be totally convinced that he is God, in spite of the fact that his fallen state is a result of trying to be God when he was in his perfected condition. Satan must be defined by God. If you allo...
12–17 are the keyScripturepassages that support this understanding, and, in theNew Testament, inLuke10:18Jesusstates that he saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. In all three major Abrahamic religions, Satan is identified as the entity (a serpent in theGenesisaccount) that temptedEveto...
12–17 are the keyScripturepassages that support this understanding, and, in theNew Testament, inLuke10:18Jesusstates that he saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. In all three major Abrahamic religions, Satan is identified as the entity (a serpent in theGenesisaccount) that temptedEveto...
1. A MIGHTY ANGEL. He was such, and probably is yet. Jude 8, 9 -- They "speak evil of dignities. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." Da...
Jerald Finney's Scripture notes (these are still being added to as Jerald Finney does his continuing Bible studies) Updated here 1/14/17 We have 3 enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The Gibeonites made a compact, they subtly came, they used s
The expert hunterknows what is out to kill. The expert hunter knows his prey and how to take it down. So does Satan. I realize there are some who don’t believe in this fallen angel, but for those who do believe, Satan is real. He is the “Expert Hunter” of souls. ...