If you miss this, then you miss that Christ came to restore us to the relationship with God as it had been with Adam and Eve before their first sin. THAT is the Good News. Satan existed then and he exists now, but we have been inoculated by the blood of Jesus against his power over us.
Alleluia!!
Satan as an independent an opposing force to G-d Almighty, Creator of the universe and all that is in it...that is an interesting concept, one that utterly contradicts the idea of an omnipotent Creator. IOW, blasphemy.
Listen, Satan is an angel. He/It was mentioned in Jewish literature (most specifically the Book of Job, as “el Satan”, “the tempter”) as the angel in charge of tempting humans.
At G-d’s direction, and to exactly the degree that He wants.
So Satan is G-d’s SERVANT, not His enemy or rival. There can be NO rival. How many times does G-d have to say that “There were none before Me, there will be none after Me, and there will be none beside Me” before people understand that G-d, and G-d alone, rules every plane of existence? There is NO Devil.
Even Better position.
THAT is the Good News.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable Gift!
Satan existed then and he exists now, but we have been inoculated by the blood of J
Amen.
So you think Adam and Eve were like you are, now??? All the people on the planet that I've seen are like Adam and Eve, AFTER their first sin...Including Christians...Interesting...