Gospel-Centered Musings

Destiny of Satan · Loosening of the leash ° It seems as if the Lord lets Satan have his complete way on the earth during the tribulation period. Satan begins to deceive the world into following his directly controlled servants: the Antichrist and the false prophet (a duplicate of the trinity??). ° Revelation 13 · [...]

Defeating Satan · In our constant, everyday battle with Satan, we need to follow God and His Word if we are to defeat Satan. We need to rely on God through faith and prayer. We need to study His word to determine what is truth and what’s not (for it was by Scripture that Jesus [...]

Interaction of Satan · With God ° God the Father · Although Satan is now the ruler of the earth with his mind set on opposing God, we see from Scripture that Satan is still under the sovereign authority of God. Satan is not God’s coequal. Satan has to approach the throne of God and [...]

Attributes of Satan · His person °As previously discussed, he was created to be a guardian Cherub (angel), but now he is the ruler of this world and everything in opposition to God. Although losing some glory from his moral fall, he still is an angelic spirit being with authority and incredible power even over [...]

Satan’s origin(Satan’s origin is not clear in Scripture. The following points are our speculation based on two ambiguous passages. Our points are a practical attempt to fill in holes and remain consistent with the more clear descriptions of Satan found elsewhere. Outside these two passages we believe there are no explicit Scripture describing his origin.) [...]

Introduction·Contrary to some people’s opinion, Satan exists, and he is very, very, very real, very immanent, and very powerful. Due to all the scripture references found on him, it would be beneficial to understand the character and workings of Satan, so that we don’t fall into his craftiness and perversion.