Hi Guys and Gals,
Let me dive into this discussion. I am not going to offer a lot of scripture proofs for anything as it would take too much time in the beginning and many don't believe the Bible anyway.
I am going to make a statement of how I understand the things that is being discussed here. Specific questions can be asked later and those interested in scriptures can ask for them.
Jesus was God in the flesh. He was not the descendent of the first man on earth and was not therefore under the penalty of sin that was passed up that man and all his descendants. Thus He was not born a sinner.
Satan, Devil, or whatever name you call him is not a personification.
He is a real spiritual being and can appear in any form he choses. He could appear as the most beautiful woman that you have ever seen. He could appear as the most handsome man you have ever seen or anything else he desired to deceive mankind.
There was three arch angels Satan was known as the Son of the Morning. His domain was the earth that is what he was to care for.
He decided one day he was as good as God and would exalt himself and his angels to be equal with God. God cast Satan out of Heaven. Every since that time there has been a war being waged over the earth. That is the reason Jesus had to come and die on the cross and redeem the world and its inhabitants.
Satan's dominion did not change he was still over the earth. That dominion will end when he is finally cast into the lake of fire after the final time he tries to destroy Jerusalem.
When Satan took Jesus up on the mountain which Ringo says there is not one high enough. Sorry to disappoint Ringo but they could have been in a valley and it would not have made any difference all satan had to do was point around where he stood.
The entire earth is the dominion, kingdom of satan at the present, he is the prince and power of the air, satan does as he pleases on earth unless God intervenes and stops him. Sorry if I disappoint all you God bashers out there. You like to blame God for all the problems on earth. When you should blame the power that is in charge and that is satan. Don't get me wrong God could intervene and put a stop to it. That will happen the time has already been appointed but until that time, time goes on.
Satan knows the scriptures and he was offering Jesus a shortcut to the kingdom on earth promised to David of which there would be no end.
Did satan have the power, or authority to make this offer? Sure he did it was his kingdom then as it is today.
Now if Jesus had accepted the offer of satan He would not have had to go to the cross and suffer separation from God the Father for the space of 3 hours.
The kingdom would have been Jesus' to do with as He pleased the only problem is He would have to have exalted satan above God the Father and worshiped satan.
Be not deceived satan is real. He can kill you, he can give you your hearts desire here on earth. All you have to do is follow him. He knows his destination and he would like to have your company because if you are with him that is one that God does not have. He can say I won that battle.
Have fun,
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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