Oh Satan understands the Bible. It's his ego that is the problem. I'd wager that Satan still thinks he can beat God.
Yet in the end, it's not even a contest.
Revelation 14
14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” 16So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Jesus swung his sickle and the earth was reaped. It's that simple.
I'd wager that Satan still thinks he can beat God.
God apparently agrees, or he wouldn't have been forced to capitulate to Satan and create a human Son to be sent to earth and tortured to death as a sacrificial lamb, to combat the evil influence of Satan inhabiting the hearts and minds of humans.
And even with that holy sacrifice, Satan's power rages on, creating a daily struggle for everyone who isn't a child-eating demon bent on the destruction of all that is good and right in the world.
But we humans are nowhere near as strong as Satan and his angels.
The point is to let people choose God because they want to, not because of worldly gain. Then let the system process until it collapses (see the 2nd half of my post) at which point God intervenes and it's Game Over for Satan & Co.
Oh Satan understands the Bible. It's his ego that is the problem. I'd wager that Satan still thinks he can beat God.
Yet in the end, it's not even a contest.
Revelation 14 14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” 16So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Jesus swung his sickle and the earth was reaped. It's that simple.
God apparently agrees, or he wouldn't have been forced to capitulate to Satan and create a human Son to be sent to earth and tortured to death as a sacrificial lamb, to combat the evil influence of Satan inhabiting the hearts and minds of humans.
And even with that holy sacrifice, Satan's power rages on, creating a daily struggle for everyone who isn't a child-eating demon bent on the destruction of all that is good and right in the world.
God gave us humans freedom of choice.
But we humans are nowhere near as strong as Satan and his angels.
The point is to let people choose God because they want to, not because of worldly gain. Then let the system process until it collapses (see the 2nd half of my post) at which point God intervenes and it's Game Over for Satan & Co.