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SOME ASK, "If God is good and loving, why did He create Satan to wreak havoc on our world?" The answer is that Satan started out as one of God’s magnificent, created angels that was actually put at the lofty level of an angelic cherub. But Scripture describes how he used the free will God gave him to became the first being responsible for the first sin. So, God did not create the one now known as Satan. Instead, our Lord fashioned a beautiful cherub angel that made the decision to sin. Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 inform us about the fall of Satan, originally a beautiful and blameless creature in all his splendor, until wickedness was found—in—him. Satan is the one responsible for evil. God created a wonderful angel, gave him free choice, and with it that angel selfishly chose to become the wicked Satan, who was motivated by his desire to more greatly exalt himself. The spread of his decision to sin is what we must deal with still today. | image tagged in satan,devil,god,jesus,evil,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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MichaelStJohn231
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Satan, as you describe, is a Christian invention that did not exist until the New Testament. Before the New Testament was written, the serpent in the garden, Satan in Job, and Lucifer were all separate characters. In fact, Lucifer originated as another name for Venus (the Morningstar) which was strongly associated with the Greek god Apollo.

If you look at the character of Satan in the Book of Job, you have an entity that is not the adversary of God, but is instead the adversary of humanity. Satan plays the role of prosecuting attorney, pointing out Jobs's imperfections and suggesting to God that he tries Job's faith and loyalty. It's important to note that while the trials dealt to Job was the suggestion of Satan, God agreed to carry out those trials and was the one to inflict those trials on Job.

The truth of the matter is that Satan, as a theological concept, is deeply problematic for the Christian religion. It has been used to justify horrors time and again. One only needs to consider the Spanish Inquisition or the Salam Witch Trials to see the havoc that belief in this mythological entity has caused. It's also a means of escaping responsibility... "Satan made me do it."
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SOME ASK, "If God is good and loving, why did He create Satan to wreak havoc on our world?" The answer is that Satan started out as one of God’s magnificent, created angels that was actually put at the lofty level of an angelic cherub. But Scripture describes how he used the free will God gave him to became the first being responsible for the first sin. So, God did not create the one now known as Satan. Instead, our Lord fashioned a beautiful cherub angel that made the decision to sin. Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 inform us about the fall of Satan, originally a beautiful and blameless creature in all his splendor, until wickedness was found—in—him. Satan is the one responsible for evil. God created a wonderful angel, gave him free choice, and with it that angel selfishly chose to become the wicked Satan, who was motivated by his desire to more greatly exalt himself. The spread of his decision to sin is what we must deal with still today.