An Enemy of Everlasting Life(Episode 3)

Episode 3=> Source of World Trouble
       The lie the devil told Eve just worked as he planned. She believed it and disobeyed God. And she was able to get her husband to break God’s law also. (Genesis 3:6) The Devil’s claim was that humans can get along without God. He argued that people can rule themselves successfully, without God’s help. The Devil also claimed that he could turn away from God’s help. The Devil also claimed that he could turn away from God all those who would be the offspring of Adam and Eve.
       Of course, God could have destroyed Satan right away. But that would not have answered the question that Satan had raised, question that could stay in the minds of the angels who were watching. So God allowed time for Satan to try to prove his claims. With what results?
       The passage of time has proved that humans cannot rule themselves successfully without God’s help. Their attempts have failed completely. The people have suffered terribly under the governments of men, which, as the scriptures shows, have been controlled from behind the scenes by Devil. Also, God’s allowing time has clearly shown that Satan has not been able to turn all persons away from worshiping God. There have always been some who have remained faithful to God’s rulership. You can read in the bible, for example, that Satan tried, without success, to stop Job from serving God.—Job 1:6-12.
        Thus the claims of Devil have been proved false. He most certainly deserves destruction for having started a wicked rebellion against God. Happily, we have reached time for God to bring Satan’s rule to an End. Describing the first step in doing this, the bible tells of an important battle in heaven, which, of course, was not seen or heard by people on earth. Read carefully the following bible account:
        “War broke out in heaven: Michael [who is resurrected Jesus Christ] and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled but it did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any longer in Heaven. So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called the Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth and his angel were hurled down with him. ‘On this account be glad, you heaven and you who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.’”—Revelation 12:7-9, 12.
          Since Satan knows his “short period of time” is about up, he is trying harder than ever before to keep persons from serving God. He wants to take as many persons as he can down into destruction with him. With Good reason the Bible describes him as a roaring lion that is looking for someone to eat. (1 Peter 5:8, 9) if we do not want to be caught by Him we need to learn how he attacks and also the ways in which he mislead people.—2 Corinthians 2:11.

Pls, watch out for the “Final Episode” titled “How Satan Mislead People” 


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