Re: the stupidest Bible story -- "God's nature" -- THE CHAIR

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> Libertarius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > stephen bayzik wrote:

> > > "Bob Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > As far as I can tell the devil's name appears to be Satan.  But
common
> > > > parlance has "the evil one", "Beelzebub", "the Destroyer", "that
> > > > murderer" etc.  To get hung up on the name calling when we are
> > > > referring to a concept is beside the point.
> >
> > > > Bob Crowley
> > >
> > > "Satan" is a Latin noun; what is its English translation?
> > > ====================================
> >
> > ===>"ha Satan" is a HEBREW name for an "adversary" or "accuser" of the
> > people,
> > even applied to YHWH!
> > (SEE: EXODUS 23:22 "But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I
> > speak,
> > then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your
> > adversaries.")
> > In the book of Job "ha Satan" appears as a PERSECUTOR
> > working for YHWH, testing the faithfulness of poor Job!
>
> ...Now what about the truth of how job waited hopefully for God, and
> thus God covered him, thus satan didn't really accomplish anything.
>    I guess---Job snapped the bonds of poor satan, thus, making satan
> look ignorant.

Taking the Jewish perception Adversity (ie. the Christian Satan) is but a
messenger of Adversity, Michael, one help etc.; and not an adversity to God.

--
Stephen Bayzik