SATAN'S FATE? WILL HE BE DESTROYED???

 Satan's Fate?

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SATAN TO BE DESTROYED?  Q. Does it not say Satan the covering cherub will be destroyed in Ezekiel 28 "...and I will destroy you, O covering cherub" A. Phrases and even words, sometimes whole sentences, of the Bible must be taken in their CONTEXT. I have repeated many times on my Website .... context, context, and CONTEXT!  It is ONE of the keys to understanding correctly any passage of the Bible. The part sentence just quoted from Ezekiel 28 verse 16, is just that ... PART of a sentence. The rest of the sentence is "FROM the midst of the stones of fire." Ah-ah NOW with the little word "from" is a short word WITH A HUGE MEANING at times, certainly here it has a huge meaning. It is a CONNECTING word, and a word that connects to the explanation of what the subject of the sentence is going to be destroyed FROM! If the sentence stopped with the words "covering cherub" then yes we would have the plain, easy to understand truth that God one day would DESTROY the covering cherub, who became Satan the Devil. But obviously that was not God's intention to tell you Satan would be destroyed period! His intention is to tell you the Devil will be destroyed FROM the midst of the stones of fire!! The context is this covering cherub (who rebelled and became Satan the Devil) was created to be in the very prepense of God, the holy mountain, the throne of the God of the universe. In the book of Job we see that the Devil still had the freedom to APPEAR in the presence of the Lord, see chapter 1:6-12; 2:1 etc. At the end time Satan is going to try and invade heaven with his army of demons (fallen angels). It is at the very end time, for when Satan does not win the battle, he comes down to earth having great wrath and goes out to persecute the woman (true church) that brought forth the man child who was to reign over all nations (Jesus the Christ). We know it is the last time, the very end time, because it also says "Now is come salvation, and strength and the Kingdom of God and His Christ (verse 10). So the context tells you this event is at the very end of this age, it is the last 42 months, 1260 days that Revelation speaks about, then comes the 7th trumpet and the Kingdom of God. There will be ONE MORE attempt by Satan to take over the throne of God. AFTER the 1,000 year period Satan will be allowed out of chains, out of the bottomless pit (Rev.20:1-3) to deceive the nations of the four corners of the earth once more, and to bring them up to the beloved city (verses 7-9). The beloved city is JERUSALEM, where Jesus and many saints will be living during the 1,000 years as they rule the earth (all fully explained in many studies on my Website). Satan will be defeated for a THIRD time as he tries to take over the throne of God. We are now near the very end of the plan of salvation for mankind, which God has determined. Now, after the "great white throne" judgment period, all sin and death will be cast into the lake of fire - now is come what many call "hell-fire." Now will come the judgment of the fallen angels, including the great covering cherub - Satan the Devil, as told in Jude 6. For sure one thing he will not be allowed ever again is access to heaven where God dwells. He will be "destroyed" FROM the "midst of the stones of fire" (Ezekiel 28:16). Never, ever again will he be allowed to approach the heaven of God's throne. What else may be his judgment on that great judgment day of Jude 6? According as I read Revelation 20:10 within the context of how that Greek phrase "ages of the ages" is used in the book of Revelation, he is NOT to be destroyed, but will have torment for the ages of the ages. Will he and the demons be sent to the blackness of darkness forever, as COULD BE (notice "could be" I said) what Jude 13 is saying? Only their judgment day will reveal, or maybe Jesus will give us more insight when He returns, concerning this matter. DESTROY  and Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34 #622 in Strong's Concordance Turn to Mark 1. Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath; a man with an unclean spirit (a man demon possessed) cries out, "Let us alone; what have we to do with you, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to DESTROY us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God." Did you notice the "?" marks? It is a QUESTION that the man was asking, or the demon was asking. If you read on, you should notice Jesus IGNORED the questions; He did not answer them! If we take this incident as just a man (with no demon involved) then the man was asking if Jesus was going to use His power and might to destroy people there, maybe bring in the Kingdom of God right then, doing what He will do when He does set up the Kingdom of God on earth - fight and make war and destroy those who are destroying the earth, certainly massive sin would need to be destroyed, so many people will be destroyed by Jesus when that time comes for Him to reign on and rule the earth. We could say the man was getting things out of order, thinking Jesus was coming THEN, in the very PRESENT, to destroy. He, like others, even the disciples, could not understand the FIRST coming of Christ, was not to DESTROY but to give LIFE, as Jesus tried to tell them many times. On the human level this man just did not "get it" - he could not see Jesus in that present time was come to give life not destruction. It was a question the man asked - Jesus gave no answer. Well, this was not just a "man" per se - it was a man possessed by a demon. So the demon is asking the question, but it is STILL just a QUESTION. Notice the question is not "Are you come to destroy us right now, and not in the future?" If that had been the question then we would know the demons knew that eventually, sometime down the road, they would be destroyed by God. But that was not the question, it was: "Are you come to destroy us" - a question for the present, as Jesus stood there. Satan and the demons ain't stupid, they know very well that IF God so decided, He could destroy - fully un-create shall we say, the Devil and the demons. But the Devil and the demons don't know everything either, they do not know the day Jesus will come again, just as no one knows but ONLY the Father, as Jesus Himself taught us, that only the Father knows that day. So the demons don't know everything, just as we humans don't know everything there is to know about God. The demons knew Jesus had the power to "destroy" them, they sure knew that fact. So in somewhat of a trepidatious mind, this demon asks Jesus if He's going to destroy them, an "us." (verse 24). JESUS GIVES NO ANSWER!  It is a QUESTION put to Him, it is not a FACT!! JESUS NEVER ADDRESSES THE QUESTION! HE COMPLETELY IGNORES THE QUESTION! This is NOT a verse that tells you Satan and the demons WILL BE DESTROYED one day! Trying to prove a point, an idea, from a question that has no answer to it, is very faulty way to get at the truth of any subject contained in the Bible. Such reading of verses is putting your ideas into verses that are not teaching what you want them to teach. God has the power to destroy Satan and the demons, the demons know that; this was a "question" only - Jesus gave NO answer! Luke 4:34 It is the same account as recorded by Luke.  Let me give emphasis again. Questions with no answer given, is NOT an answer to teach a doctrine with. You cannot find truth from someone like Mark or Luke recording a "question" from a demon, with no answer given from Jesus. If you think you can, you are reading into the Bible things that are just not there, and to be blunt, that is the problem with most people, and this is why we have so much deceptions out there, so much so that Jesus taught that before He came again, the deceptions would be so great that IF it was possible even the very elect would be deceived. TORMENT Mat.8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28 #928 in Strong's Concordance I'll only look at Matthew, for the others are the same. Matthew (8:28-34) tells us about two persons (one probably the leader of the two and did the speaking - demons have rank positions you know, so Mark gives it as one man, so also Luke) possessed with many demons, as Luke records. Notice what the demons say: "What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art you come hither to TORMENT us before the time?" (verse 29). Here the Greek word is #928 in strong's Concordance - look it up. It does not mean "destroy" - it means: to torture, pain, torment, toil, vex. Ah ah - the demons KNOW there is COMING a time when they will be TORMENTED!! They did not say: "Art thou come to destroy us before the time?" If they HAD said that, then we would know that it is the plan of God to one day DESTROY Satan and the demons. But that was NOT what those demons understood, they do understand that there is coming a time when they will be TORMENTED! Which is NOT the same as DESTROY - it is not the same Greek word! The demons know God is going to fully torment them one day, and they asked Jesus if THIS WAS THE DAY, when He stood before them as they possessed those two men. It was TORMENT on their minds as we see from the following verses of this episode. Those demons "besought" "begged" "pleaded" with Jesus that if they were to come out that they could possess the swine that were nearby. Jesus granted them their request. Satan and the demons KNOW their is coming a time when God will TORMENT them. Part of their judgment - Jude 6 - will be "torment." And that fits exactly into Revelation 20:10 when Satan will be TORMENTED day and night for the ages of the ages. What greater torment could Satan and the demons have than to be able to possess nothing - not even animals. No greater punishment could be given to the Devil and the demons than to know that for all eternity, ages of the ages, they will never again influence or possess any creature or any children of God, ever again. All the evidence in the Bible points to Satan and the demons NOT being destroyed!                             .................. Keith Hunt (February 2010)