Today we will study Satan. From Genesis through Revelations, we have everything we need. But before we begin, I want you to know Satan has many names used throughout God’s word as you will see. We begin in the Garden, and Gen.3:1 reads.
Gen.3:1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Touch is Naga in Hebrew and means to “lie with a woman”. This tree that they are not to touch is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Gen.2:9.
Gen.3:4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
The serpent just lied and he is the father of it.
Gen.3:6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Eve is beguiled, she found him very attractive and was wholly seduced by Satan and she gave the same to Adam.
Gen.3:7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
They did not eat an apple, they were in a fig grove. This is the beginning of the parable of the fig tree. They did not take an apple leaf and cover their mouths, they took fig leaves and covered their privates. Fig is symbolic of “hidden”. Jer.24 lets us know that there are two kinds of figs, one good and one so evil it cannot be eaten.
Gen.3:8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
[9] And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
[11] And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
[12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Men have always blamed women instead of taking responsibility.
Gen.3:13] And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
[14] And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Let’s pay close attention to what is said next.
Gen.3:15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
They bruised Christ heals when they nailed them to the cross. Christ will bruise his head at the second advent. But we see now there are two seeds that will come through Eve.
Gen.3:16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
We skip down to chapter 4 and verse 1 reads.
Gen.4:1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Remember God told Eve that her conception would be multiplied. She would have twins. Now Cain’s offspring would be called Kenites.
Gen.4:2] And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
“Again” in the Hebrew is continued. This shows we have twins. One of Adam, the other of the Serpent. Important to show this, for that third that the Dragon drew in the first earth age will come through this seed line. Cain would kill Abel, thus being called the first murderer. Let’s go to Revelations and read this closely.
Rev.12:3] And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
These heads and horns and crowns give him power, but by God only does he have any powers.
Rev.12:4] And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
The Serpent seduced Eve and tried to pollute the seed line that Christ would come through. These stars of heaven are God’s children also, and it would make sense that God would put them in the seed line of the Serpent.
Rev.12:5] And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
And after his crucifixion he sits on the right hand of God. God’s plan that salvation (Christ) would come through Eve’s seed line prevailed. Let’s go to John 8 and read when Jesus spoke directly with the offspring of Cain, the Kenites. Verse 38 reads.
John 8:38] I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
[39] They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
[40] But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
Showing us the two different fathers, one upper case and the other lower case. They were not of Abraham, they were of Cain.
John 8:41] Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Again, here it is written two fathers, one lower case, the other upper case. The upper case is of course God our Father, the lower case being the Serpent, Satan. In Rev.2:9 it reads.
Rev.2:9] I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Back to John 8 and verse 42 reads.
John 8:42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
[43] Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Kenites, H7014 in the Strongs’. Offspring of Cain. The first murderer.
John 8:45] And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
[46] Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
[47] He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
So, these are the third that Satan drew with his tail, they will be born Kenites. Let’s go to Ezekiel where Satan is called king of Tyrus, and we find out he was not always evil but became evil with pride. Eze.28:14-18. And it reads
Eze.28:14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Satan had earned the love of God, and God rewarded him with an anointing and promoted him to be the cherub that protected the mercy seat. He walked throughout the temple of God.
Eze.28:15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
He became prideful.
Eze.28:16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
[17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
[18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
In the sight of all he will be consumed with fire, and turned to ashes from within. Heb.12:29, “for our God is a consuming fire”. We go to 2Thesalonians chapter 2 and it reads.
2Thes.2:1] Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
[2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
[3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Satan, the antichrist, must come before the true Christ comes. Here he is called the son of perdition. Jesus would tell us in Mark 13 when asked about the coming of the Lord, and he would answer don’t be deceived. Satan comes first.
2Thes.2:4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
The antichrist sits in Jerusalem claiming to be Jesus.
2Thes.2:5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Remember when we sat around the fire and I told you that the antichrist would come first.
2Thes.2:6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
[7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Who is this that will let, it’s Michael and his angels that cast Satan and his angels to earth. Rev.12:7 and it reads.
Rev.12:7] And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
[8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
[9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
This is the sixth trump. Don’t overlook that his angels are cast out also, Gen.6 the fallen angels. Back to 2Thes. 2 and verse 8 reads.
2Thes.2:8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
[9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
[10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
[11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
[12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Only fair that the Lord puts those that followed Satan in the first earth age in the seed line of Cain. Let’s finish this where Satan is finished. Rev.20 and verse 10 reads.
Rev.20:10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Up in smoke is forever and ever, gone and never to be seen again, turned to ashes from within.
Rev.20:11] And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
[12] And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Our works are the only thing we can take with us to heaven. Good or bad, they follow.
Rev.20:13] And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
The waters (sea) are the peoples, Rev.17:15.
Rev.20:14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
[15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Satan fell because of pride. In God’s word he has many names, today we only touch on a few. As we keep studying God’s word, chapter by chapter, we will come to many more of his names. But the fact that those who followed him in the first earth age must also be born of the flesh, though they will be of that Wicked one, will be called Kenites, or The Serpent’s Seed. Of course, if any of them repent and come back to the Lord, then they become children of the Living God. Let’s go to his throne.
Father, we thank you for your word and ask that you bless all that love you in Jesus’s precious name, Amen.