By: Ronaldo Gomes, analisyng the scriptures
Many people believe that Satan is a being who rules hell and is an arch enemy of God. But, is that true?
Let’s see
The word satan in Hebrew (שָׂטָ֔ן) means enemy, adversary, opponent. Even in modern Hebrew has the same meaning . Anyone who opposes anyone in scripture is a satan. let's see some passages:
Balaam's Donkey
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה עַל־ מָ֗ה הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ אֶת־ אֲתֹ֣נְךָ֔ זֶ֖ה שָׁל֣וֹשׁ רְגָלִ֑ים הִנֵּ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ יָצָ֣אתִי לְשָׂטָ֔ן כִּֽי־ יָרַ֥ט הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃
“And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me”
Numbers 22:32
The angel of the Lord was sent as an adversary to Balaam, a satan
Jesus calls Peter Satan
Ὁ δὲ στραφεὶς εἶπεν τῷ Πέτρῳ Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου Σατανᾶ σκάνδαλον εἶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων
But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
Mathews 16:23
Who is Jesus talking to? Peter
Why is Jesus calling Peter Satan?
Jesus said He would suffer at the hands of sinners:
“From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead”
Mathews 16:21
Peter out of compassion opposes and says he will not allow this to happen:
“And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about”
Mathews 16:22
But Jesus understood that this was God's plan and Peter was opposing what should happen, so he became an opponent, a satan. That’s why jesus called him satan.
The sense of Israel. Who made it?
"Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah"
2 Samuel 24:1
According to chronicles
"Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel"
1 Chronicles 21:1
וַיֹּ֙סֶף֙ אַף־ יְהוָ֔ה לַחֲר֖וֹת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֨סֶת אֶת־ דָּוִ֤ד בָּהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֵ֛ךְ מְנֵ֥ה אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת־ יְהוּדָֽה׃
וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֥ד שָׂטָ֖ן עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֙סֶת֙ אֶת־ דָּוִ֔יד לִמְנ֖וֹת אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Why did God become satan? It did not become. David opposes God by making sense. And his idea was opposed. And this the author of the chronicles called Satan, and the author of Samuel called the wrath of God. The same thing.
God sent a Satan:
וַיָּ֨קֶם אֱלֹהִ֥ים לוֹ֙ שָׂטָ֔ן אֶת־ רְז֖וֹן בֶּן־ אֶלְיָדָ֑ע אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּרַ֗ח מֵאֵ֛ת הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־ צוֹבָ֖ה אֲדֹנָֽיו׃
"And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah"
1 Kings 11:23
Jesus chose a devil
"Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?"
João 6:70 Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς Οὐκ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς τοὺς δώδεκα ἐξελεξάμην καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν εἷς διάβολός ἐστιν
Jesus was calling Judas by evil because he was a enemie.
Can you see? Its not a being, it’s just a substantive.
_ But the devil sends demons to torment people.
Really?
No. God send
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֱלֹהִים֙ ר֣וּחַ רָעָ֔ה בֵּ֣ין אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ וּבֵ֖ין בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם וַיִּבְגְּד֥וּ בַעֲלֵי־ שְׁכֶ֖ם
"And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the townsmen of Shechem; and the townsmen of Shechem were false to Abimelech;"
Judges 9:23
וְר֧וּחַ יְהוָ֛ה סָ֖רָה מֵעִ֣ם שָׁא֑וּל וּבִֽעֲתַ֥תּוּ רֽוּחַ־ רָעָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃ 15 וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־ שָׁא֖וּל אֵלָ֑יו הִנֵּה־ נָ֧א רֽוּחַ־ אֱלֹהִ֛ים רָעָ֖ה מְבַעִתֶּֽךָ׃
"Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him. And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you"
1 Samuel 16:14,15
“I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things”
Isaías 45:7
“There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean”
Marck 7:15
“Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures, The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts: All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean"
Marck 7:21-23
Who hindered God's plans? The satan? No, God:
“And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt”
Êxodo 7:3
“And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen”
Êxodus 14:17
“For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:”
Romans 1:26
“And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:”
2 Tessalonians 2:11
But the devil is the father of lies
“Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.
And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so”
1 Kings 22:21,22
“And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of these prophets of yours; and the Lord has said evil against you”
2 Crônicles 18:22
“But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?”
Romans 3:7
By the way, Paul send peoples to satan:
“That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus”
1 Corínthians 5:5
“Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.”
1 Timothy 1:20
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