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The Contrasts:
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The
Contrast Between The Kings |
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God |
Satan |
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The Kingdom of God |
The kingdom of Satan |
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God is King (Psa. 95:3) |
Satan is king (Rev. 9:11) |
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God |
Satan |
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Truth |
God is true
(2 Cor. 1:18) |
Deception |
The deceiver
(Rev. 12:9 |
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Goodness |
The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.
(Rom. 2:4) |
Wickedness |
The whole world lieth in wickedness
(Lit. In the arms of the wicked one)
(1 Jn. 5:19) |
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Activity |
To bring Christ into the world (Gen. 3:14-15,
20)
(Adam believed the promise of God, and knowing spiritual
death was not to be permanent, called His wife “The mother
of all living” knowing that through the woman the Deliverer
would come) |
Activity |
To prevent Christ from coming into the world (by slaying
Abel)
(Gen. 4:8-9)
By Pharaoh seeking to kill all males (Ex. 1:16)
By Athaliah. seeking to destroy “all the seed royal”
(2 Kgs. 11:1) |
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Purpose |
To have Christ be the sacrifice for sins
(Gen. 22:8)
To have Christ lifted up on the cross
(Jn. 3:14) |
Purpose |
To kill Christ before He ever went to Calvary
(Mk. 4:37-39 - This storm was the work of Satan for the Lord
would not have nullified the will of God) (Lk. 4:29)
To have Christ come down from the cross before the work was
accomplished.
(Matt. 27:42) |
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The Contrasts Between The Kingdoms |
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The kingdoms have similarities in administration although more
is mentioned of God’s than Satan’s. Only God’s Kingdom is said
to have dominions, thrones (Col.1:16); authorities (1 Pet.
3:22); cherubim(Gen. 3:24); seraphim (Isa. 6:2); angels (1 Pet.
3:22); and archangels (Jude 1:9). The kingdom of Satan has
principalities and powers (Eph. 6:12; Col. 2:15). Having said
that, it is understood that “demons” (translated “devils” in the
KJV) are fallen angels. |
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God’s Kingdom |
Reference |
Satan’s kingdom |
Reference |
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Light |
1 Jn. 1:5 |
Darkness |
Col. 1:13 |
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Peace |
Rom. 15:33 |
Confusion |
1 Cor. 14:33 |
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Holy |
Isa. 6:3 |
Unholy |
Jer. 51:6
Rev. 18:2 |
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Fulness of life |
Jn. 17:3 |
Second death |
Rev. 20:14 |
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Seeks the good for men |
Psa. 73:1 |
Seeks men's ruination |
Jn. 10:10
1 Pet. 5:8
Lk. 22:31 |
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Joy |
Rom. 14:17 |
Wailing because of the loss of earthly things
Wailing for eternity |
Rev. 18:19
Matt. 13:50 |
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There is a contrast between the spirits manifested in the
kingdoms |
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The Holy Spirit |
Reference |
The Spirit of Satan and Error |
Reference |
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To glorify Christ |
Jn. 16:14 |
To dishonor Christ |
Jn. 10:20
Mk. 3:22 |
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To unveil divine truth |
Jn. 16:13 |
To hinder the understanding of divine truth |
1 Tim. 4:1
1 Jn. 4:6 |
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The contrast between Christ and Satan |
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Christ |
Reference |
Satan |
References in Ezekiel 28 |
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Humbled Himself |
Phil. 2:7-8 |
Sought to exalt himself |
v.16 - I will
rise exalt etc. |
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God wills His exaltation |
Acts 5:31
Phil. 2:9 |
God wills his damnation |
v.16 - I will
cast down
v.16 - I will destroy
v.17 - I will cast thee
v.17 - I will lay thee
v.18 - I will bring forth fire
v.18 - I will bring to ashes |
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The contrast between Christ and the Beast |
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Christ |
Reference |
The Beast |
Reference |
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The perfect man |
Lk. 23:41
Jn. 8:29 |
A beast like man |
2 Thess. 2:3
Rev. 13:4 |
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Rejected by the world |
Jn. 1:11
Jn. 19:15 |
Accepted by the world |
Rev. 13:3-4 |
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He came down |
Jn. 6:38 |
He goes up |
Rev. 11:7 |
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God exalts Christ |
Matt. 22:44 |
Christ destroys the beast |
Rev. 19:20 |
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A spirit filled man |
Lk. 4:1 |
A satanically empowered man |
Rev. 13:2 |
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Obedient to the scriptures |
Heb. 10:7 |
Mocks and despises that which God has said and His purposes |
Gen. 3:4
Matt. 4:1
2 Thess. 2:4 |
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Was holy and was manifested being deity |
Jn. 1:18 |
Was depraved and claimed to be deity |
2 Thess. 2:4 |
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God exalted Him |
Heb. 5:4-5 |
Satan exalts him |
Rev. 13:2 |
Satan and The Descriptive Ways God Describes Him
In Genesis 1 God calls
certain things by specific names which
had a significance.
Therefore, when it comes to Satan, God describes him by several names.
These descriptive names are:
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The descriptive terms given him: |
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Descriptive term |
Ref. |
No. of Ref. |
Descriptive Term |
Ref. |
No. of Ref. |
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Abaddon |
Rev. 9:11 |
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Liar |
Jn. 8:44 |
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Accuser |
Rev. 12:10 |
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Lion |
1 Pet. 5:8 |
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Adversary |
1 Pet. 5:8-9 |
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Lucifer |
Isa. 14:12 |
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Angel of Light |
2 Cor. 11:14 |
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Murderer |
Jn. 8:44 |
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Anointed Cherub |
Ezek. 28:14 |
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Prince of the power of the air |
Eph. 2:2 |
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Apollyon |
Rev. 9:11 |
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Prince of this world |
Jn. 12:31 |
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Beelzebub |
Matt. 10:25 |
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Satan |
1 Chron. 21:1 |
49 |
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Belial |
1 Sam. 2:12 |
25 |
Son of Perdition |
Jn. 17:12
2 Thess. 2:3 |
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Covering Cherub |
Ezek. 28:16 |
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Tempter |
Matt. 4:5-6
1 Thess. 3:5 |
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Devil |
Jn. 8:44 |
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The God of This
World |
2 Cor. 4:4 |
1 |
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Enemy |
Matt. 13:39 |
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The Old Serpent |
Rev.12:9 |
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Great Dragon |
Rev. 12:9 |
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Evil One / Wickedness |
1 Jn. 5:19 |
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Humans Displaying Characteristics Of Him
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Throughout the
scriptures there are those who were prototypes of Satan. Some
of them are: |
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Pharaoh
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He
was not only a type of Satan, he is a prototype of any man,
organization, government, which seeks to eradicate all
consciousness of God and a life beyond the present. Pharaoh's
government was a
picture of the
Satanic government with: |
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Pharaoh, the great
prince. |
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His
taskmasters as individual fallen angels, demons. |
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Under Satan, Egypt
was a miniature of the entire world: |
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A world of
spiritual darkness. (Jn. 12:46) |
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A world of
spiritual ignorance. (Jn. 17:14; 1 Cor 1: 21) |
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A world of
spiritual corruption. (2 Pet. 1:4; 2:20) |
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Pharaoh
is called “the great dragon”. (Ezek. 29:3 and so is Satan when
he is called “a great red dragon”; “the great dragon” Rev. 12:3,
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His associates are
viewed as: |
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The fowler ( Psa.
91:3) |
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The wolf (Jn. 10:12 |
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Belshazzar |
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This ancient King
of Babylon was evil to the extreme, doing far worse than his
grandfather Nebuchadnezzar had ever done. When Nebuchadnezzar
brought the gold and silver vessels of the House of the Lord to
Babylon, he put them in the house of his god (Dan. 1:2).
Belshazzar used them to mock God in his night of drunken
partying (Dan. 5:1-4). It was on that very night he died and
his end was sudden. The Lord will not slay Satan but will cast
him into the bottomless pit to endure the fierce wrath of God
for all eternity. |
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Judas
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Judas is called the
son of perdition (Jn. 17:12) because of the spiritual value he
placed on that which God had given him, he clamored for more.
Likewise
with Satan, he was
dissatisfied with the high place God had given to him, and being
jealous of that which God was and had, he sought to elevate
himself to being as God. (Ezek. 28:16) |
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Haman
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He is called the
adversary and enemy (Est. 7:6) for he
hated the people of
God and sought to destroy them (Est. 3:6-15). Satan, using his
men, the beast and the false prophet, will seek the same thing
(Rev. 12:13-14).
Hitler was mild
compared to these men. |
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This will be continued in the next document of “Satan - Part 3”
May God grant us good understanding as He, by His
Holy Spirit, deigns to guide us into all truth.
John 16:13
Copyright © 2012 by Rowan Jennings, Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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