What Do We Know About Satan?

What Do We Know About Satan?

Biblical Names
A. Devil - 61 times KJV (only in NT) from Gk
diabolos
B. Satan - 19 times in OT, 36 times in NT -
Hebrew word describing arch-enemy of
good, from Heb. Verb = “to lie in wait”
In NT, from Gk. Satanas = accuser,
adversary
C. Beelzebub - 7 times in NT from Gk
Beelzeboul(beh-el-zeb-oo) = dung god,
lord of filth, prince of evil spirits
D. He is also referred to as Prince of this
world (John 12:31, 14:30,16:11), he took
on the form of a serpent (Gen 3) and
symbolically is the great dragon (Rev.
12:9).
E. What about Lucifer? This is not a
Biblical name for the devil (cover
in detail under Origin of the Devil).

Origin of the Devil
A. The Devil isn’t Lucifer!
1. Isaiah 14:12 (sure looks like it!)
2. Lucifer - from Heb heylel (hay-
lale) = morning star.
3. Context here is fall of king of
Babylon (likey Belshazzar of Dan.
5:30) Note vs. 4 & 13 - not
talking about the devil!
B. What about Rev. 12:7-9?
1. First of all, this is a vision,
it’s not literal, it’s symbolic.
If it were a real story of
Satan’s origin, then there would
have to be a real dragon with a
tail long enough to reach the
stars (cf. vs. 4).
2. The war in heaven, the dragon,
the angels, etc. are all symbols
in this vision that embodies a
truth - Satan is a loser. He
couldn’t defeat Christ on earth,
now, in this vision he races to
heaven & fights Christ there and
looses!
C. Satan wasn’t an eternal being - he was
created!
1. An eternal being is deity (to
look upon as a god) - note the
characteristic’s of God (Deut
33:27; Ps 102:27; John 1:1; Rev
1:8).
2. Deity is omnipotent (having
unlimited power & authority) -
(Gen 17:1; Job 42:2) - only God
has the creative power and power
over life & death (Gen 1:1;
2 Pet 3:10; Eph 1:20).
3. Deity is omnipresent (present in
all places at the same time)
Heb 4:13; Jer. 23:23-24.
4. Deity is omniscient (om-nish-ent)
knowing all things) - Ps.139:1-6;
Is. 45:21
5. Satan isn’t omnipotent -
1 John :4; Luke 22:31; he isn’t
omnipresent - Rev 20:10 (being
placed here means he can be
confined to a place); he isn’t
omniscient - Job 2:3-5.
6. Simple deduction, if Satan is not
deity, he can’t be eternal, thus
he must be a created being - Neh.
9:6; Col. 1:16; Eph. 3:9; Ps.
148:1-5.

Was Satan Created “Evil”? - We’ve determined that Satan isn’t eternal nor deity and thus