Hate doesn’t care if it wins.
I would say either he is appointed to tempt and skim off the dross or he very much believes so, as he works so hard.
Satan (and his son Obama) are delusional. They will lose, but they don't see it...
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
— Matthew 8:29
Seems like voter fraud could do it io this USSA right now!!!
He must. Especially since it is much easier to follow Satan than it is to follow the Lord. One may not even want to follow Satan, but do anyway.
Prompts a thought.
If Satan exists, who created him?
Of course not. he just wants to take as many souls down with him that he possibly can. God loves us & it hurts Him when we turn from Him. The devil knows that.
He DID a couple weeks ago..
satan is doing a pretty good job of it.
I think that Satan knows for certain that he will lose. I believe he has read God’s Word, and has probably been told by God himself. His hate for God is so great that he doesn’t care that he will lose, just as long as he gets to take as many of God’s creation with him.
“Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.”
No, he does not believe he can win.
However, he does NOT want to perish (and lose) alone.
Hell was prepared for the devil and his angels (not man).
Man will only go there by rejecting grace (therefore God does not determine someone’s eventual abode, but the free will of man determines his fate).
“YOU CANNOT FIGHT ME
FOR I HAVE
A SWORD OF HATE!!!”
“BUT ONE THING YOU CAN’T SEE
MY ANSWER IS SIMPLY
IN IMPENETRABLE
FORTRESS OF LOVE”
(Hensley/Box/Kerslake)
Sci Fi author James Blish wrote a series of novels with this plot. Been 40+ years since i read them but they were interesting and even posited a way humanity could destroy demons. The best line I remember is a priest seeks to exorcise Satan and is defeated and says that it’s impossible since it is written that heaven shall overcome darkness and Satan responds that in war both sides write propoganda to serve their interest. Some here will find the stories blasphemous but I found Blish an interesting read.
Right now he is just wondering how he is going to get his twinkie fix.
Pride consumes reason.
In the Biblical account its simply astounding that 1/3 of the angels in heaven went along with the demented Lucifer and got kicked out of the glorious heaven.
Ever see The Fallen Ones? As SciFi Movie channel originals go, one of the best, if you ignore the giant walking wicker-man. After all, just how far wrong can you go with Tom Bosley cast as a Rabi?
Anyway, Rabbi Eli Schmitt, has occasion to ask Satan about his plans in person.
Satan lays them out.
Although he claims he is “by no means an expert on the Book of Revelations, but I have often thought that the Christians had something right when they depicted the end of the world,” Rabi Schmitt says, “there is nothing you describe in there, YOU ARE GOING TO FAIL!”
Satan gently responds, “But I have to try, Rabi, it is what I do.” then kills him.
Does Satan believe he can defeat God.?
Not sure ,but right now in the USA he is doing a pretty fair job of it.
Now maybe it isn’t a real fight in that God may have just given up on us, but with all of the wins by the ACLU and school prayer and crosses and nativity sets, with the Homo in chief filling our military,and same sex marriage, I would say the battles are going in favor of satan right now.
It would be nice if God took a hand in this game, and soon.
But then we don’t know his real plan, maybe he is waiting for us to take a hand in CW2.