Subject: Did Satan know God's plan for salvation |
Bible Note: Well Curt, it seems you have a fan. Thank you too for your views. It is an interssting question Curt, however, I will not address your rhetoric except to say that of course Satan does NOW know the plan of Salvation and also of his own demise. Ephesians 3:9 says that the mystery was "hid in God". Let me present to you with a few questions. Can Satan see inside God? If Satan knew of all this, why provoke God if he knew he was doomed to the Lake of fire? If he didn't realize this before he got kicked out of Heaven, then when did he figure it out? Was it when God told him that the woman's seed would bruise his head? Why have Jesus crucified if Satan knew that Jesus would rise from the grave triumphantly and ascend into Heaven? You think Satan understood what Jesus meant by destroying the temple and rebuilding it in 3 days? Again, if he knew, then why crucify him? According to 1 Cor 2:8... none of the rulers of this age knew. I think this weighs much more in favor of Satan not knowing. Why not a different death to disrupt the plan of salvation and maybe just stone him to death? Satan thought he HAD Jesus when he died. Have a great day!! Barry 1 Corinthians 2:11 "For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man's thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God". (Amplified) Certainly the Spirit of God is not in Satan, therefore he could not know God's thougts for the redemtion of man. |