With all due respect....that's what Gen six and the bible says.
No, it's not. It does not say fallen angels had sex with human women.
Does Satan run any countries as a president, king, emperor etc.? That answer is no. So, I have no reason to accept your belief.
If you believe Satan is NOT running any countries as president, etc. then you share my belief.
Isaiah 14:12-15 ....12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." 15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
The verse from Isaiah describes Satans desire to ascend and elevate himself above God....which speaks of a desire for rulership.
The passgae is worded in the past-tense, not the present or future-tense. It states he has been cast down and that he once laid low the nations, not that he currently lays low the nations or will in the future lay nations low. He said
in the past he would ascend to the heavens, not he says in the present or says he will in the future will ascend.
After he said those things, he was brought down.
The verse describes Satan's
past hubris, his
past claims of an intent to ascend. It says nothing of anything future after Isaiah. Re-read the verse, one word at a time, paying attention to the details of what
specifically is stated, not what some screwed up teacher who mucks up the passage says it says. Satan has been brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depth of the pit.
Jude 1:6-7
And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
The angels who did not keep their proper abode have been held in eternal bonds under darkness. They are not free to roam the earth or the heavens. There's no ascending for any of them. They are imprisoned for the day of judgment. When scripture described Satan roaming the earth looking for whom he might devour that is an idiomatic way of saying he is unclean. Can Satan devour the saved? No! Who then is Peter implicitly saying he devours? The only ones he can devour are the unsaved. In other words, he eats dead people. He eats those already dead in sin.
Leviticus 11:13-19
13‘These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, 14and the kite and the falcon in its kind, 15every raven in its kind, 16and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind, 17and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, 18and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture, 19and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Leviticus 17:15
And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.
Deuteronomy 14:11-19
11“You may eat any clean bird. 12“But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, 13and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds, 14and every raven in its kind, 15and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds, 16the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, 18the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat. 19“And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
Many of these birds are predatory but they all eat carrion.
1 Peter 5:8
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
That is Satan's assignment. His Creator has assigned him that task. Satan is not happy about that. Instead of ascending to God's throne in usurpation, he's stuck here on earth eating sinners.
You act as if Satan is a non-player and can do nothing.
Satan can do nothing but what his Creator tells him he can do.
- Is Satan a sinner?
- Are the wages of sin death?
- Does sin cause one's thinking to be futile?
- Does sin darken one's heart?
- Does sin enslave?
- Has Satan been thrown down?
- Is Satan a liar?
- Has he been held in eternal bonds of darkness awaiting judgment?
- Does Satan flee when the saints resist him?
- Do those wearing God's armor extinguish all his flaming arrows?
Exactly what kind of enemy is it who flees when resisted and whose every machination is extinguished?
Does God, in fact, work all things for good in the lives of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose? YES! Therefore, If God does permit Satan to become involved in your life or mind we can rely upon God's promise. If God has permitted Satan's involvement in out lives we
know it is for good according to God's purpose. What it is NOT is something that will serve Satan's purpose or something God will permit to work for evil.
I am not acting. I am standing firm on the facts of scripture and the promises of the ALMIGHTY GOD!!! You do understand what the word "almighty" means, yes? It absolutely, undeniably, inescapably means Satan is NOT mightier than God. You act like Satan has power he does not have.
When one looks at the world it becomes rather obvious that Satan and his followers have planed to take control of the world and exercise their power and authority over humanity. Rev 13 clearly points to that...and when one looks at current events and technology that goal is well on the way of being reached.
It's not obvious to me. I do not look at the world through eyes of flesh alone. I look at the world through scripture and measure everything that occurs here accordingly. You, because of your association with Dispensational Premillennialism look forward to the world going to hell in a handbasket any day now. You look forward to the Church becoming increasingly impotent and in need of rescue. You think the dominion mandate will be fulfilled only
after the gates of hell prevail over the Church and Jesus' earthly reign fails in rebellion.
1st John 1:19 tells us.....19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.......That sounds like ruling or a desire to rule.
I think you mean 1 John
5:19, not 1:19. Yes, John did write something like that, but he did not write
that.
Even if he had written those words they could only be read in the context of what Jesus said. Jesus stated, “
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Do you mean to pit John's words against Jesus'? If Jesus literally has ALL authority in heaven and earth, then Satan has none. You think that means Satan rules the world but that is not what the 1 John 1:19 verse actually states. Take a look at
the Greek of 1 John 5:19. Now look at
the English translations. Do you notice how the translations insert the words "
control" or "
power" when the Greek does NOT contain either word? Why did you not investigate and verify the claim before posting it? Could it be confirmation bias?
John also reported Jesus stating, "
The prince of this world NOW stands condemned." Do you mean to pit John's words against John's words and make him contradict himself? If not, then I exhort you to study ALL of God's word, and study it more thoroughly because you've got a sin-enslaved creature possessing power he does not have.
The New Testament repeatedly states and affirms Jesus as the ruler of ALL things.
The government is upon his shoulders, not Satan's. Jesus is
the creator of all things,
all the thrones or powers or rulers or authorities were created through and for him. Satan is a created creature, not the Creator. Satan serves the Creator. The Creator does not serve the creature, especially not one is dead in sin and who
lies all the time. Jesus possesses
the name far above all names and he has been
exalted far above all other rule, power, authority, and dominion.
Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father (see also Luke 22:69; Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 12:2; and 1 Peter 3:2). Satan is held in eternal bonds of darkness. He has to
ask permission before he can tempt a saint.
Jesus is God! Logic ought to tell you Satan is not literally the ruler of the world. If
anyone ruled anything in creation apart from the sovereignty of almighty God that God would not be God. Scripture and logic are your friend
.
Therefore, if you think Satan has power as a sin-enslaved dead minion of his Creator and that power can and does actually cause Jesus any problem whatsoever, then
you've also got a bad Christology.
John 16:5-11
5But now I am going to Him who sent me; and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart. 7But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: 9regarding sin, because they do not believe in me; 10and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see me; 11and regarding judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Do you understand the paradox of a "
ruler" being
judged? Who could ever possibly judge a ruler but a more powerful ruler?
1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Is John lying? Was Jesus' appearance a failure, or were the works of the devil destroyed?
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