by Marita Len

Created on: May 26, 2010

It is peculiar the number of people, many who are Christians, believe in God, believe in Jesus, might even believe in Angels, yet refuse to believe that Satan (the Devil) exists as a physical presence. Some believe that Satan is a metaphor for all evil, the embodiment of all things dark, but is not a physical presence capable of orchestrating chaos, ruin and death. Others believe that Satan is merely the absence of God, that when good and light are lacking, evil and darkness persist; for example, when one turns out the light, it is simply dark. Some theories purport that the Devil is a made up character, created by Churches and religious leaders to scare their followers into staying on the “right path”. Many paintings depict the image of Satan as a red cartoon character with horns and a pitchfork or images of a conjured up monster from the artist’s imaginings; however, the Bible gives us a better understanding of his true nature.

 Scripture tells us that Satan was an angel, a physical creature, who rebelled against God. These physical angels are seen in the spiritual realm, God’s realm, like we see each other in the natural realm. Angels, unlike humans, do not need faith because they exist in God’s realm, the realm that we, as humans, cannot see with our eyes and, therefore, need faith for. Many scriptures warn that those who have access to God (either in His realm or by faith) will suffer a harsher penalty if they deliberately choose to turn from God than those who never knew Him in the first place. Satan was aware of this and during his insurrection against God managed to convert other angels into following him and turning away from God. God cast them all out of Heaven and flung them down to Earth. Similarly, he cast Adam and Eve down to Earth for the same reason. So here we are, all together, trying to get along.

 But there is no “getting along” with Satan. Scripture tells us many times of his lying nature. “Just bow to me once and I will give you all of this”, he said to Jesus to tempt Him in the wilderness. Of course, Jesus knew that it wouldn’t be just once, as Satan’s nature doesn’t allow him to be content with one thing, he wants it all.

 Satan is very real and doing quite well on planet Earth today. He’s had a lot of time to perfect his deception. The fact that articles are being written questioning his existence is a testament to his progress in modern

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