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Although the Book of Genesis never mentions Satan, [30] Christians have traditionally interpreted the serpent in the Garden of Eden as the devil due to Revelation 12:9, [31] which describes the devil as "that ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world; was thrown down to the earth with all his angels."
Kingdom theology distinguishes between the current world ruled by Satan, the one we live in, and the world ruled by God, his kingdom. [1] Kingdom theology holds the importance of the kingdom of God as a core value and teaches that the kingdom currently exists in the world, but not yet in its fullness.
Satan takes Jesus to the top of a tall mountain as well; there, he shows him the kingdoms of the earth and promises to give them all to him if he will bow down and worship him. [77] Each time Jesus rebukes Satan [77] and, after the third temptation, he is administered by the angels. [77]
The dragon attacks the woman, but the woman escapes on her wings for "a time, times and a time and a half". The dragon then attacks her again with a flood of water from his mouth, which is subsequently swallowed by earth. [1] Frustrated, the dragon initiates war on "the remnant of her seed", identified as the righteous followers of Christ.
The Book of Moses, included in the LDS standard works canon, references the war in heaven and Satan's origin as a fallen angel of light. [15] The concept of a war in heaven at the end of time became an addendum to the story of Satan's fall at the genesis of time—a narrative which included Satan and a third of all of heaven's angels.
In 1905, Russian writer and mystic Sergei Nilus again published the Protocols as an appendix to “The Great in the Small: The Coming of the Anti-Christ and the Rule of Satan on Earth.”
Satan is seen not only as an important deity but a powerful and sentient being responsible for the creation of humanity. [271] [269] Satan is also revered by JoS as "the true father and creator God of humanity", [272] the bringer of knowledge, and whose desire is for his creations, humans, to elevate themselves through knowledge and understanding.
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