God made all things, including all animals. Gen 1:21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Gen 1:25 And God made the beasts of the [...]
Answers about Satan
The serpent in Eden was not a supernatural being (often called the devil, or Satan), it was an animal. Genesis 3:1 says the following about the serpent: …the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made…. Here the serpent is identified as simply one of the [...]
Despite popular belief, there is a scholarly consensus that ‘satan’ in the book of Job is not a personal name, and does not refer to the supernatural evil being known as ‘Satan’ or ‘the devil’. ‘The appearance of “Satan” in virtually all English translations of the book of Job befuddles me since it is very [...]
The phrase “Great Deceiver” does not occur in the Bible. There are two references to “the deceiver”: For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. (2 John 1:7) And the great dragon was [...]
Most dreams appear to arise from within our own subconscious minds (e.g., Eccles 5:3), although the Bible describes some dreams as coming from God himself (Numbers 12:6). The following passages list all the places where God sends dreams: Genesis 20:3-7; 28:12-15; 31:10-13, 24; 37:5-9; 40:5-23; 41:1-8; Judges 7:13; 1 Kings 3:5-15; Daniel 2:1-45; 4:4-18; 7:1-28; Matthew [...]
‘Satan’ is a Hebrew word that means ‘adversary’ and in the Old Testament it is translated as adversary on 10 occasions, although on 16 other occasions it is left untranslated as Satan. There is not just one satan. Any adversary is a satan. In the account of Balaam and his ass in Numbers 22, we [...]
The most relevant Bible passage here is 2 Thessalonians 2 which describes a “man of lawlessness” who will be revealed before the second coming of Jesus Christ. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness [...]
This question appears to assume the popular mythology that Satan is a fallen angel. In fact, the Bible contains no such teaching. (See “Is Satan a fallen angel?”) There are two passages that talk about Satan “falling”. Luke 10:18 He [Jesus] replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” Here, Jesus is responding to [...]
See also What is the difference between “unclean spirit” and “demon”? Why does OT and NT teaching on demons appear to differ? It is undeniable that there is a difference between the way the OT and NT describe illness and disability: Exodus 4:11 Then the Lord said to [Moses], “Who has made man’s mouth? Who [...]
The first question, before answering why Satan and the angel were fighting over the high priest, is to ask, what is a vision? Is a vision a view into real events happening in heaven? Or is a vision a kind of symbolic parable told by a prophet to illustrate a point. Of course the answer [...]
