![]() ![]() “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” Isaiah 45:7 King James Version (KJV)įor the ancestral Israelites, God didn’t have an evil opponent. Over hundreds of years from the death of Jesus, people figured out that Satan is responsible, but only as God allows, which punts it back into God’s lap. Since Christians believe God is a god of love, evil remains to be explained. “Much of the popular history of the Devil is not biblical instead, it is a post-medieval Christian reading of the scriptures influenced by medieval and pre-medieval Christian popular mythology.” From )) It doesn’t say he rules in Hell, 1 rather that he rules on Earth. The Bible doesn’t say who Satan is or where he came from. If you were to go by what the Bible says, you wouldn’t have much of an idea about Satan or his role. Souls which are damned will go to Hell to be punished forever for their sins by Satan. By Hans Memling (c.1485).In popular belief, Satan is an evil fallen angel who rules in Hell. Triptych of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation (Detail). The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (Marlowe).Conversations with Eckermann, 1823-1832.Timeline of Cards, Cartomancy, and Tarot. ![]()
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