If the reader is a strong believer in a Satan and is searching for truth, he or she will never think of Satan with the same perspective as before upon finishing this book. It draws from History and Scripture to provide harmonious answers to questions in context of God's love and purpose. That knowledge, truth, justice, righteousness are links in the symbolic chain, which binds evil as the Gospel Age metamorphoses into the Kingdom of God as willing hearts overcome fear, sorrow, guilt, greed, hate, prejudice, jealousy, etc. Evil fades from the hearts of most people as Jesus the Christ's Kingdom grows in righteousness and justice, love and mercy with willing minds creating or supporting hundreds of financial, mental, medical, physical and religious activities that counter evils plaguing mankind and improves the wellness of all. Evil; Apostle John calls it Satan, Devil, Serpent, Dragon, conceived in the minds of men, has brought neighbor against neighbor, nation against nation and religion against religion, but now evil is being bound as the Kingdom of Jesus the Christ slowly envelopes the earth.
The Origin & Demise of Satan
Or The Beginning & End of Satan, Devil, Serpent, Dragon or Evil By Jacob PoelmanAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2009 Jacob Poelman
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4490-0295-4Contents
1. Inquiry Concerning Evil.......................................12. Emerging of the Kingdom.......................................153. How the Devil Came into Existence.............................334. How Belief in Satan Has Changed...............................435. The Destiny of the Church.....................................516. Spirit of Truth Binds Evil (Satan)............................637. Evil: A Choice................................................778. Evil in the Dark Ages.........................................819. Past Decisions of Councils....................................9310. "Angel" Generally Means "Messenger"...........................9911. Jesus Tempted by Lust?........................................10712. Evil: an Act of Disobedience..................................11313. Belief Affects Interpretation.................................12314. Tradition Versus the Mystery..................................13315. Day of Increasing Knowledge...................................14316. Love Eliminates Fear..........................................15517. Increasing Kingdom Conditions.................................17318. Why Evil is Called Satan......................................18919. Transition into the Kingdom...................................19720. Scriptures Related to the Lord's Presence.....................21521. Truth Transforms Christians...................................23322. Search for Truth..............................................24723. Differences in Interpretation.................................26524. Leviathan, the Serpent........................................29925. Holy Spirit Versus Evil Spirit................................31526. Our Emotions..................................................33127. Exorcism......................................................34328. Promise of God's Love and Justice.............................35729. The Battle of Armageddon......................................38730. God's Loving Plan.............................................407
Chapter One
Inquiry Concerning Evil
A preacher once said, "The Bible has undoubtedly endured greatest abuse and misunderstanding from rationalistic higher criticism and skepticism."
This may be so, but it also can happen that the Bible, investigated with rational criticism and skepticism, will bring forth revelation and inspiration. Over the centuries, critics and skeptics have experienced a changed life because the message of God's Word produced unexpected hope and trust within their hearts. Such inquiring minds have found the words of the prophets and apostles authentic and inspirational in that both writer and reader are motivated by God's spirit of justice, righteousness, love, and mercy. The apostle Peter understood this, saying:
"For no prophecy ever originated in human will, but men, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, spoke for God." -2 Peter 1:21 (Gspd1)
It is my hope that in reading this book, you will allow its contents to be judged in a fair and reasonable manner, for the objective is to present a delightful perspective as to what the future holds for the world of mankind, both the living and the dead. Even skeptical minds, searching for answers to present life and future existence, can find the Bible inspirational, comforting, and a guide in the present, while offering strong hope and faith in the future, for it presents a logical and reasonable foundation for human existence in an all-encompassing scenario that not only covers man's creation and his experience with evil and death, but also the resurrection with restitution opportunity for life upon earth. Over a century ago, a well known pastor in his day offered a reasonable explanation for why God allowed evil, which has brought so much suffering and death. He wrote:
"God first made his creatures acquainted with good, surrounding them with it in Eden; and afterward, as penalty for disobedience, he gave them a severe knowledge of evil. Expelled from Eden and deprived of fellowship with Him, God let them experience sickness, pain, and death, that they might thus forever know evil and the expediency and exceeding sinfulness of sin. By comparison of results they came to an appreciation and proper estimate of both 'And the Lord said: Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.' -Gen. 3:22 In this their posterity share, except that they first obtain their knowledge of evil, and cannot fully realize what good is until they experience it in the Millennium, as a result of their redemption by him who will then be their judge and King."
Some Christians have little desire to examine interpretations of Scripture if they are not in harmony with tradition. Hopefully, this book will help improve the reader's spiritual perception of Scriptural truths and increase overall knowledge of God's plan and purpose for this earth and humanity. A century ago, perception among Christians was unanimous that God allowed a powerful spirit being to become evil, who then enticed and converted other spirit beings into following the path of evil.
Thus, hordes of evil spirit beings were thought to exist to assist the powerful, evil spirit being called Satan to tempt people to sin. This long-held doctrine, based upon fear, will disappear under Kingdom conditions as the 'restitution of all things' continues to increase.
For now, the following question is to be addressed: Why would God create the human race with the ability to conceive good and evil, but also create an evil spirit being who conceives only evil to entice people into doing evil? In other words, is it necessary for an evil spirit being to tempt people into choosing evil if such emotions as lust, greed, anger, jealousy, envy, etc., triggered in the minds of people, give people the option to conceive evil or good? Why would it then be necessary to be plagued by enticements of an evil spirit being? Jeremiah reminds us that:
"The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it -Jeremiah 17:9
And the apostle James wrote:
"But every man (and woman) is tempted, when he (or she) is drawn away of his (or her) own lust, and enticed." -James 1:14
Isn't acting upon feelings of lust, hate, anger, envy, etc. a learned behavior? Otherwise, how is it that people are to learn righteousness? Also, why would God, in knowing the future, have a plan of salvation for humanity while supposedly sinful, "evil" angelic hosts are to be destroyed without a ransom or opportunity for salvation? Doesn't that concept indicate a double standard? God blesses us, if we have the interest, to perceive rational answers from the Bible to questions about God's wisdom, power, love, and justice.
There are many questions; for example, why do such names as Satan, Devil, Serpent, and Dragon produce frightening images in the minds of people? Has the Bible, in the context of man's fear, been misinterpreted to say that evil spirit beings exist to cause believers to do evil? Could it be that the human mind assumes or imagines that evil spirit beings exist in order to escape responsibility for sin? Why are books written to describe why and how evil spirit beings communicate with or cause harm to humans? Can an...
