The greatest trick this devil ever played was to persuade people that he did not exist.
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One of them sure. Another great trick was convincing people that there's only one of him and that he's demon supreme when in reality there's multiple evil entities all vying and fighting for power.
If evil was capable of uniting, which it's/they are not, we'd be living in perpetual tyranny. Jesus has no equal or antithesis. Evil can only "unite" for a short time before more plotting and scheming starts within their ranks because they can't agree who has absolute power.
So, they present this "Satan" archetype to convince us that Jesus has a spiritual evil twin so to speak to dumb down the paradigm so you don't contemplate or consider the truth that satan is NOT as powerful as he/they/it want you to believe.
Think of it like this: Hitler was NOT dictator supreme. He had an oligarchy making the real decisions. All dictatorships are in reality oligarchies that put their poster boy up front to take the blame all while plotting and scheming against their constituents and each other.
Point is, there's more than one satan and he's not as powerful as he wants you to believe.
EDIT: none of them are.
There's plenty of evil aholes that butt heads, sure. But the Bible is pretty clear on one head baddie. And the drops are too.
This is completely untrue. In some parts because of intentional acts and in some parts accidental acts.
The most commonly held understandings of "the devil" by Christian groups are not sourced at all from Biblical sources. But here's some correct information...
The number of the beast is 666, because the beast is a legion of demons that number six hundred and sixty six. Which... numbers are symbolic, so 6 times 6 times 6 doesn't actually mean 666, it just means "a whole lot of evil". A legion of demons are demons that have either taken on the same host, or have united in power to become one being despite their individuality. They can split up or stick together.
This comes from Old Testament times, where it is believed that all other gods besides Yahweh are lesser gods and evil, therefore demons. And therefore Yahweh is the one true God.
Lucifer, The Devil and Satan are all individual/different things/concepts/whatever. Lucifer is a fallen angel, sent to keep bad guys in hell, because he defied God. But angels don't have free will (which was why God created man, allegedly) so if Lucifer defied God, it was because God commanded him to. Which... doesn't quite make sense. Lucifer is supposed to be a good guy jailer who has to be in hell because someone has to guard hell... but over the years the various churches have invented the concept of "the devil" and merged it with Lucifer and the great satan, incorrectly.
Speaking of, Satan isn't a guy. Satan just basically means "evil" and "the great satan" just means "the great evil". It refers to the sum of demons, that exist, which will someday form a legion together and become "the beast" as we know it.
Some of this came up over time due to incorrect translations. Some from wrong teaching. Some from trying to simplify teaching to dumbdumbs, back when people lived in huts as farmers and couldn't really understand most concepts we do today. But the lack of official correction for some of these understandings and teaching about satan, the devil, evil, Lucifer is overdue.
Read the Book of Enoch and you'll learn Azazel was the chief Watcher (angel assigned to look over humans), and led the original rebellion against God.
The ancient Israelites observed the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) each year, and there were 2 goats in the ceremony. In Leviticus 16, the elements of the ceremony are laid out, and casting lots to determine which goat belongs to God, and is sacrificed as a sin offering, and which goat is the scapegoat (all the sins of the people fall on said goat) and it is left alive and wanders into the wilderness alone.
Leviticus 16:6-10
6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
Interestingly enough, the word translated as Scapegoat is Azazel.
From the Blue Letter Bible-
for a scapegoat
h5799 לַעֲזָאזֵל עֲזָאזֵל ʿăzā'zēl
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/lev/16/10/p0/t_conc_106010
Well stated!