Who is Satan?

At one time Satan was a beautiful angel.  Almighty God gave him the job to be caretaker of the earth.  He believed he could be worshipped like Almighty God and exalted himself to be like God.  This study has scriptures showing that Satan has access to God's throne and to the earth.  There are no scriptures describing a horned creature surrounded by fire, tormenting people for all eternity.  There will be a future time period when there will be a war in heaven.  Satan will be thrown out of heaven and confined to the earth, as a human form.  When Satan is cast to the earth, he will know he has a short time to live.  He will cause much chaos on the earth and many people will be deceived.  Satan will be "chained" for a thousand years, similar to a person in prison.  Satan, along with those who followed him, will be permanently destroyed by Almighty God.

Satan Working Today

Job 1:6-11 and 2:1-3  Satan desired that Job would curse the one true Almighty God.  Satan was working evil intentions then, as he does today.

1 Peter 5:8  Peter symbolically depicts the devil "as a roaring lion" warning us to be aware and not easily deceived.

Ephesians 6:11-13  Our fight is a spiritual fight, not a fleshly fight.  Spiritual armour provides ability to withstand against evil.

Satan - god of this World

Genesis 3:1-5  Through Satan's deception and lie, Adam and Eve died.

John 8:43-44  Christ said there was no truth in Satan and that he was a murderer from the beginning and the father of lies.

Luke 4:3-8  Satan has power of all the kingdoms of the world.  Satan offered to give this power to Christ if he would worship him.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4  The god of this world can be very deceptive, don't be blinded!

Ezekiel 28:13-17  Lucifer was in the Garden of Eden and is described as being a very beautiful creature.  God set Lucifer up as the anointed, covering cherub (a particular rank of angels).  Iniquity was found in him and he will be cast out of the mountain of God and destroyed.

Isaiah 14:12-17  Lucifer thought he could exalt his throne above the stars of God.  Men will see him, in the form of a human and be amazed that he deceived the nations.

Revelation 12:7-12  Satan, the accuser, will be cast out of heaven and put on the earth.  This will be a very troublesome time.

Revelation 20:1-3, 7 and 10-15  Satan will be bound for a thousand years.  After this thousand year time period, Satan will be released for a short time and will again desire to deceive the nations.  Satan will then be cast into the lake of fire along with all those that followed him.