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Satan's Rebellion and his repeated defeats!!

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in
heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.    Revelation 12:7-10

Lucifer / Satan's origin
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations! Isaiah 14:12

Satan wants to be like God
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:13-14

God voices a curse on the devil
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the King of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus sayeth the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the Garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of they beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the ininiquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that knew thee among the peopl shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be anymore. Ezekiel 28:11-19

Satan's future
Yet thou shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Isaiah 14:15

. . . all men will look down on Satan at the Judgement
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?    Isaiah 14:16-17

God rebukes Satan again
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Zechariah 3:1

Even an angel rebukes Satan
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Jude 9

Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.    1 Chronicles 21:1

And there was a day when the angels came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them. Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." Job 1:6-7

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8

Jesus wins against Satan
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.   Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.   Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.     Matthew 4:1-11

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7

Satan is defeated at Armageddon
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Revelation 20:1-4

Satan's Final Battle
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:7-10

THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT GOES UP
DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER;
AND SATAN HIMSELF HAS TO BOW HIS KNEE IN THE FLAMES
AND ADMIT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD ALMIGHTY,
LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS!

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
Revelation 14:11
Philippians 2:9-11

Names of Satan in other religions and cultures
Jewish and Christian: Satan, Lucifer, Devil, Beelzebub, Prince of this world, Wicked One, Tempter, Dragon, Abaddon, Mephistopheles, Mephisto, Mephistophilus, Mephist, Mephistophilis, Adversary, Samael, Asmodeus, Mastema, Satanel
Islam: Iblis, Enais, Shaitan
Zoroastrianism: Ahriman, Angra Mainyu
Greece: Diabolos, Apollyon, Phosporus
Babylon: Mastema
Egypt: Set
Rome: Lucifer
Hindu and Aryan: Samana, Yama, Sradhadeva, Antaka, Kritanta, a demon who attacked humans and stole scriptures from Brahma, Ravana, Kamsa, Bali the demon king, Rakshasas, Ravan
Druid and Celt: Balor
Buddhism: Mara
Liberal Christianity, Modern Judaism, Modern Satanism: no literal Satan

Jeremy Brown 2001, 2005

Works Cited:
Wikipedia.org
BibleGateway.net
ReligiousTolerance.org
Flavius Josephus

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