Erickson 1 provides a handy summary of them: “Several other terms are used of him less frequently: tempter (Matt. Scripture has a number of titles in addition to “Satan” and “devil” that sum him up. So, he was defeated by an archangel (Rev.12:7). Michael and his angels defeat him and his angels in battle. Was he a cherub gone wrong or was he an archangel gone wrong? We do not know for sure. Demons are not ministering spirits, but spoilers. What we do know is that Satan leads an army of rebellious angels (Rev. However, Scripture is addressed to us and not to angels. How much more we would like to know about all this. Later in Scripture, the devil is described as “that ancient serpent” (Rev. The serpent questioned God’s goodness by insinuating that God was withholding something good from his human images. The serpent came into the garden from the outside and with evil intent (Gen. Sometimes our theology textbooks state that sin first came into the world with the sin in the garden, but already there was a fall before the human fall. This article is part of the 10 Things You Should Know series.
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