Why is Evil in the World, Why Satan? The Asazel Goat

Podcast prep: Why Satan?

God did not create evil in Satan.  Satan allowed his power and beauty to go to his head and became Vain, arrogant and evil.  See Ezek 28:12-18 and Isa 14:12-15.  Be above all his peers other angels and equal to God. The five ‘I will statements ‘of Lucifer shows his vanity.

This is the ultimate in spiritual evil (Lack of Humility).  This is why meekness is required of us and vanity so poisonous spiritually. See Math 5:3-5.

The Day Atonement is a model for the ultimate fate of Satan.  See Lev 16:22-23. The live goat let goat in the desolate desert is the prototype of Satan being locked in the bottomless pit.  See Rev 20:1-3.

God can place much of the blame for mankind’s extreme evils on the influence of the Devil and his demons.  See Rev 13:4 and Daniel 10: 13, 20 prove that great empires of this world are ruled by Demons and the Devil.

God can have more mercy on us because we are like the teen who was misled by the older evil scheming teen into big trouble.  Then the father had the teen learn to resist the scheming of the evil older boy.

This ultimately made the teen a stronger and wiser child.  Eph 6:10-17 Overcoming Satan will make us better sons of God someday after much testing and suffering.

Character cannot be created by fiat God is using Satan to develop mankind spiritually.  We will eventually know and resent true evil.  We get stronger in these traits due to the Devil: Truth, Gospel Spreading, Faith, Righteousness, Salvation confidence and using of the Sword of the Word.

I Pet 5:5-10 and Luke 10:18

Jim

 

 

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