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Whatever you need to know that is mentioned in the Bible is spelled out in, of all places, the Bible. Anyone surprised? The Bible, which is God’s Words, is with us until the end, so from our perspective it is a matter of earthly convenience that everything is in one place, so you need not search libraries and bookstores to find that which the Bible explains itself.
Who is Satan? Satan is evil. Evil is anything that God is against. If God is against it, so should we, lest we be considered evil. Satan takes many forms. The Bible refers to him as the devil, Satan, the dragon and the serpent, among other names. Revelation 12:9 links them all together, leaving no doubt that they are all one being. Satan as the serpent deceives Eve in Genesis 3:4-5, Satan as Satan meets up with God in Job 1:7, and Satan as Satan enters Judas in John 13:27, and acts through Judas to betray Jesus. In each instance he performs his evil, hoping to undermine God. In Job, God challenges him to see if he could turn Job away from Him, and the evil he performs includes killing members of Job’s family and afflicting Job with disease. And we find, after Job’s existential ponderances, that Job is still a devoted stalwart of God. God wins, Satan loses. There is no two out of three, or four out of seven.
The episode of Satan with Judas is intriguing. It is well known that Judas betrayed Jesus, causing Jesus to be caught and condemned. As described in John 13:21-30, Jesus says to his disciples that one of them will betray him. When Simon asks him who it will be, Jesus says it is the disciple that he will give a morsel of bread to. Having said this, he gives the morsal to Judas. No one else at this point, not even Judas, knew that Judas was going to betray Jesus. It is when Satan enters Judas in Verse 27, that Jesus says to Judas “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
Some may assert that Jesus at that point is talking not to Judas, but to Satan who is inside him. Some may assert, with cause, that Judas is possessed by Satan at that point so even then Judas doesn’t know he will betray Jesus. It is a good presumption that Judas doesn’t find out about Jesus’ betrayal until the deed is done and Jesus is condemned. Upon realizing what he, or more to the point, what Satan had done through him, he says in Matthew 27:4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” and in the next Verse he hangs himself. Seems that his hanging himself at least confirms that it wasn’t his intent to hand Jesus over to those who would condemn him.
It would appear that Satan’s betrayal of Jesus was his greatest attempt to thwart God’s purposes, since his attempt involved not just one person like Eve or Job, it involved mankind. But the tables are turned when Jesus’ death revealed who Jesus was, enough that many in the world have come to realize who God is, what He wants, and that it is better to side with God than with the devil, Satan, the dragon, the serpent or whichever name he comes to be known by these days.
Who is Satan? Satan is evil. Evil is anything that God is against. If God is against it, so should we, lest we be considered evil. Satan takes many forms. The Bible refers to him as the devil, Satan, the dragon and the serpent, among other names. Revelation 12:9 links them all together, leaving no doubt that they are all one being. Satan as the serpent deceives Eve in Genesis 3:4-5, Satan as Satan meets up with God in Job 1:7, and Satan as Satan enters Judas in John 13:27, and acts through Judas to betray Jesus. In each instance he performs his evil, hoping to undermine God. In Job, God challenges him to see if he could turn Job away from Him, and the evil he performs includes killing members of Job’s family and afflicting Job with disease. And we find, after Job’s existential ponderances, that Job is still a devoted stalwart of God. God wins, Satan loses. There is no two out of three, or four out of seven.
The episode of Satan with Judas is intriguing. It is well known that Judas betrayed Jesus, causing Jesus to be caught and condemned. As described in John 13:21-30, Jesus says to his disciples that one of them will betray him. When Simon asks him who it will be, Jesus says it is the disciple that he will give a morsel of bread to. Having said this, he gives the morsal to Judas. No one else at this point, not even Judas, knew that Judas was going to betray Jesus. It is when Satan enters Judas in Verse 27, that Jesus says to Judas “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
Some may assert that Jesus at that point is talking not to Judas, but to Satan who is inside him. Some may assert, with cause, that Judas is possessed by Satan at that point so even then Judas doesn’t know he will betray Jesus. It is a good presumption that Judas doesn’t find out about Jesus’ betrayal until the deed is done and Jesus is condemned. Upon realizing what he, or more to the point, what Satan had done through him, he says in Matthew 27:4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” and in the next Verse he hangs himself. Seems that his hanging himself at least confirms that it wasn’t his intent to hand Jesus over to those who would condemn him.
It would appear that Satan’s betrayal of Jesus was his greatest attempt to thwart God’s purposes, since his attempt involved not just one person like Eve or Job, it involved mankind. But the tables are turned when Jesus’ death revealed who Jesus was, enough that many in the world have come to realize who God is, what He wants, and that it is better to side with God than with the devil, Satan, the dragon, the serpent or whichever name he comes to be known by these days.
