More and more, I'm starting to think that Satan is a liberal.
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More and more, I'm starting to think that Satan is a liberal.
The Jewish interpretation of what we refer to as hell is very different from that of Christianity. As it was explained to me it sounds more like the Christian view of purgatory but with a cleansing of the soul. Once the soul is cleansed it can move on. I don't even think Jews refer to it as hell. It's not a punishment.
It's just Earth nothing special
Satan is a real being, but Satan is also a personification of the nature of man. Man and beast were both created on the sixth day. When Jesus rebuked Peter, because Peter was puffed up in his flesh and savored not the things of God but the things of man, He addressed him as "Satan" (Matthew 16:21-23).
The natural man is like his father the devil because the truth is not in him (John 8:44). He is a liar and the father of lies. The wicked are estranged from the womb and go astray as soon as they are born speaking lies (Psalm 58:3). But Jesus Christ is the Truth - and the Bible teaches that He dwells in the regenerate person and we dwell in Him. Therefore, if Christ dwells in us, the Truth dwells in us. Apart from the Truth, there is only lies.
And the truth is that all our "good works" are nothing but filthy rags before God. The "unclean thing" (Isaiah 64:6, 2 Cor 6:17) is man's "good works." It was the serpent who beguiled Eve with the fruit that looked good to her for food, looked pleasant to the eyes (Genesis 3:6) - it was the serpent who told her, ye shall be as gods. And Satan does to this day work in the children of disobedience, appearing as an angel of light, a preacher of moral duties. But the strength of sin is the law. So there is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death (Prov 14:12).
Now, you have a very disturbing quote in your signature. "Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live." The words are from Hitler, but any social darwinist would have to assent to these words. Anyone who denies God would have to assent to these words. They are purely satanic. They are pure, "ye shall be as gods," as this is the fruit of it. "Eternal struggle." Well, the wicked will have no rest in hell, so they'll have eternal struggle, alright!
This is the essence of Satan's kingdom of darkness. Many who call themselves Christians are still in Satan's kingdom, because they work for their own salvation by their own "good works," not resting in Christ. They would abhor Hitler, but they are liars just as he is, and therefore hypocrites. But the way that leads to life is narrow, and few find it. And for those of us who've found it, we've escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust, and indeed overcome the world through Jesus Christ. Everything about the world is merit-based. It's indeed a struggle to survive, because our first parents chose a lie. Instead of depending totally on God and having everything provided to us freely by Him, our first parents chose, ye shall be as gods. And this is the fruit of it. This body of death can do nothing good, because a corrupt tree cannot bear good fruit. But Jesus Christ is the good tree, the tree of life. And Jesus was clear that we must enter His kingdom as little children.
Indeed it is.. and it actually freezes over:
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