A figure known as ha-satan ("the satan") first appears in the Hebrew Bible as a heavenly prosecutor, subordinate to Yahweh (God), who prosecutes the nation of Judah in the heavenly court and tests the loyalty of Yahweh's followers. "[198] The medieval Persian scholar Abu Al-Zamakhshari states that the words angels and jinn are synonyms. [265][267] The English poet and painter William Blake famously quipped that "The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devils party without knowing it. Satan is not a conscious entity to be worshiped, rather a reservoir of power inside each human to be tapped at will". A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly: This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 22:34. The In the Synoptic Gospels, Satan tempts Jesus in the desert and is identified as the cause of illness and temptation. [112] Some Christians associate Satan with the number 666, which Revelation 13:18 describes as the Number of the Beast. To adherents, he also serves as a conceptual framework and an external metaphorical projection of the Satanist's highest personal potential. [33] Yahweh rebukes the satan[33] and orders for Joshua to be given clean clothes, representing Yahweh's forgiveness of Judah's sins. Lucifer Morningstar / SamaelSamael "Lucifer Morningstar" The Devil, Ruler of HellFamilyGod of Creation (father) Goddess of Creation (mother) Amenadiel (older brother) Uriel (younger brother, deceased) Azrael (younger sister) Remiel (younger sister, deceased) Michael Demiurgos (twin brother) Gabriel (younger sister)11 more rows My parents are committed Christians and took my sisters and me to church when we were kids. Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. According to the visions in the Book of Revelation, when the risen Christ returns from heaven to reign on earth, Satan will be bound with a great chain for a thousand years, then be released, but almost immediately face final defeat and be cast into eternal punishment. [81], Medieval Christians were known to adapt previously existing pagan iconography to suit depictions of Christian figures. In this religion, "Satan" is not viewed or depicted as a hubristic, irrational, and fraudulent creature, but rather is revered with Prometheus-like attributes, symbolizing liberty and individual empowerment. [258] Then Satan lifts his tail to reveal that all of the friars live inside his anus. [] This simplistic, controntational view is modified by other theistic Satanists who do not regard their hero as evil: far from it. A depiction of rebel angles being ejected from heaven by God. [123] Ezekiel 28:1215 uses a description of a cherub in Eden as a polemic against Ithobaal II, the king of Tyre. Satan is cynical about disinterested human goodness and is permitted to test it under Gods authority and control and within the limits that God sets. [181] According to a 2013 poll conducted by YouGov, fifty-seven percent of people in the United States believe in a literal Devil,[178] compared to eighteen percent of people in Britain. [185] This, combined with the fact that he describes himself as having been made from fire, posed a major problem for Muslims exegetes of the Quran,[185] who disagree on whether Satan is a fallen angel or the leader of a group of evil jinn. Conversely, Jesus offered to be the redeemer of mankind so that his father's will would be done. Satans sister would certainly be involved in collecting the dead. [282] Satan and his demons could take any form in medieval art,[283] but, when appearing in their true form, they were often shown as short, hairy, black-skinned humanoids with clawed and bird feet and extra faces on their chests, bellies, genitals, buttocks, and tails. "[208] Al-Ghazali tells an anecdote about how Jesus went out one day and saw Satan carrying ashes and honey;[217] when he asked what they were for, Satan replied, "The honey I put on the lips of backbiters so that they achieve their aim. [277][273][147] Satan may have first become associated with goats through the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, recorded in Matthew 25:3146,[278] in which Jesus separates sheep (representing the saved) from goats (representing the damned); the damned are thrown into an "everlasting fire" along with Satan and his angels. [162] The panic over witchcraft intensified in the 1620s and continued until the end of the 1600s. [62] Another passage describes Satan taking the form of an ill-mannered, diseased beggar in order to tempt the sage Peleimu into breaking the mitzvah of hospitality. [126][127] In his apologetic treatise Contra Celsum, however, Origen interprets both Isaiah 14:12 and Ezekiel 28:1215 as referring to Satan. [116] Other early church fathers to mention this identification include Theophilus and Tertullian. No. Satan is a created angel. He choose to try and be equal to the Creator, God and was cast out of heaven. He does not have reproductive abilities [184] Instead, the "indwelling" view has become more accepted,[184] which stipulates that the Antichrist is a human figure inhabited by Satan,[184] since the latter's power is not to be seen as equivalent to God's. [184] In the dualist approach, Satan will become incarnate in the Antichrist, just as God became incarnate in Jesus. Satan is the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. "[26] The satan replies by urging Yahweh to let him torture Job, promising that Job will abandon his faith at the first tribulation. [81] When the Pharisees accused Jesus of exorcising demons through the power of Beelzebub, Jesus responds by telling the Parable of the Strong Man, saying: "how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? [223] Some Sufis assert, since Iblis was destined by God to become a devil, God will also restore him to his former angelic nature. God allows Satan to inflict a life of suffering on Job to test if Job is truly righteous. [155] By the 1430s, the Catholic Church began to regard witchcraft as part of a vast conspiracy led by Satan himself. [220][199] For this reason, Sufi masters regard Satan and Muhammad as the two most perfect monotheists. [200] Other Islamic scholars argue that Satan was a jinn who was admitted into Paradise as a reward for his righteousness and, unlike the angels, was given the choice to obey or disobey God. In the New Testament the Greek transliteration Satanas is used, and this usually appears as Satan in English translations. In the I Have a Question section of the LDS magazine Ensign, Jess L. Christensen wrote: [285] Many other pictures show and describe Iblis at the moment, when the angels prostrate themselves before Adam. [218] If a Muslim feels that Satan is inciting him to sin, he is advised to seek refuge with God by reciting: "In the name of Allah, I seek refuge in you, from Satan the outcast." [208] In this account, Azazil's group of angels were called jinn because they guarded Jannah (Paradise). Lucifer Morningstar / SamaelSamael "Lucifer Morningstar" The Devil, Ruler of HellFamilyGod of Creation (father) Goddess of Creation (mother) Amenadiel (older Rumi's viewpoint on Iblis is much more in tune with Islamic orthodoxy. Mick Jagger assumes the role of Lucifer in the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968),[296] while Black Sabbath portrayed the Devil in numerous songs, including "War Pigs" (1970) and "N.I.B." [108] The first recorded individual to identify Satan with the serpent from the Garden of Eden was the second-century AD Christian apologist Justin Martyr,[115][116] in chapters 45 and 79 of his Dialogue with Trypho. Leiden, Germany: Brill Publishers. No he doesn't have siblings. He was disqualified from having siblings. But He has descendents or children. John 8:44 [44]For you are the children o Satan, also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. [11][12] It is translated in English bibles mostly as 'Satan'. [258] The legend of Faust, recorded in the 1589 chapbook The History of the Damnable Life and the Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus,[259] concerns a pact allegedly made by the German scholar Johann Georg Faust with a demon named Mephistopheles agreeing to sell his soul to Satan in exchange for twenty-four years of earthly pleasure. : "Angel of Death" Worshipped in LA", "The Devil We Used to Know: Portrayals of the Devil in Media", "The Devil's Chord: A History of Satanism in Popular Music", "Robert Johnson sells his souls to the devil", "Black Sabbath and the Secret of Scary Music", "Terminology Centered Around Satan and the Devil", "Antichrist: An Interview with Bernard McGinn", "A modern pope gets old school on the Devil: A renewed interest in exorcism", "18% of Brits believe in possession by the devil", "From 'Touched by an Angel' to 'Lucifer': TV's Heavenly Creatures Are Evolving", Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad), ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Satan&oldid=1139994538, Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from August 2020, Pages with numeric Bible version references, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2022, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2022, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [193] 15:45 states that Satan has no influence over the righteous,[194] but that those who fall in error are under his power. Satan's Tragedy and Redemption: Ibls in Sufi Psychology. [170] This skepticism was bolstered by the belief that miracles only occurred during the Apostolic Age, which had long since ended. [209] In another tradition recorded by Al-Tabari, Satan was one of the earthly jinn, who was taken captive by the angels[194][185] and brought to Heaven as a prisoner. via GIPHY One Sunday morning, Satan In the Book of Revelation, Satan appears as a Great Red Dragon, who is defeated by Michael the Archangel and cast down from Heaven. Caldwell, William. Many interpret Isaiah 14:12, which describes the fallen angel Lucifer, being cast from heaven, as Nonetheless, belief in Satan has persisted, particularly in the Americas. [274] The Devil was never shown in early Christian artwork[272][273] and may have first appeared in the sixth century in one of the mosaics of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo. [185], During the first two centuries of Islam, Muslims almost unanimously accepted the traditional story known as the Satanic Verses as true. The maniacal mastermind who is female and more diabolical version of Satan. [29] Yahweh points out Job's continued faithfulness, to which the satan insists that more testing is necessary;[29] Yahweh once again gives him permission to test Job. [77] Each time Jesus rebukes Satan[77] and, after the third temptation, he is administered by the angels. WebNo, satan can not duplicate himself. [citation needed] Orthodox Judaism, on the other hand, outwardly embraces Talmudic teachings on Satan, and involves Satan in religious life far more inclusively than other sects. [8] (Q17:62)[189] God allows Iblis to do this,[8][190] because he knows that the righteous will be able to resist Iblis's attempts to misguide them. Through his subordinate demons, Satan can take possession of human bodies, afflicting them or making them diseased. He is also identified with the devil (diabolos), and this term occurs more frequently in the New Testament than Satan. The mosaic "Christ the Good Sheppard" features a blue-violet angel at the left hand side of Christ behind three goats; opposite to a red angel on the right hand side and in front of sheep. 367 following. [152] Witches were believed to fly through the air on broomsticks,[152] consort with demons,[152] perform in "lurid sexual rituals" in the forests,[152] murder human infants and eat them as part of Satanic rites,[153] and engage in conjugal relations with demons. In the Old Testament". [283] The modern popular culture image of Satan as a well-dressed gentleman with small horns and a tail originates from portrayals of Mephistopheles in the operas La damnation de Faust (1846) by Hector Berlioz, Mefistofele (1868) by Arrigo Boito, and Faust by Charles Gounod. WebSatan is a person with a spirit body, in form like that of all other men. Well, Let's find out! [216] Ahmad ibn Hanbal records an Islamic retelling of Jesus's temptation by Satan in the desert from the Synoptic Gospels. Later, Robert Johnson claimed that he had sold his soul in return for becoming a great blues guitarist. [8][187][185] All the angels bowed, but Iblis refused,[8][187][185] claiming to be superior to Adam because he was made from fire; whereas Adam was made from clay (7:12). WebActually, the name "satan" means "adversary" or "one who opposes." [284] The turban probably refers to a narration of Iblis' fall: there he wore a turban, then he was sent down from heaven. [111][8] This verse, however, is probably intended to identify Satan with the Leviathan,[111] a monstrous sea-serpent whose destruction by Yahweh is prophesied in Isaiah 27:1. The poet Petrus Riga (11401209) included Calmana in his famous poem Aurora, and this could have been a source for her appearance in Peter Comestor's Historia Scholastica. Satan is traditionally understood as an angel who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven with other fallen angels before the creation of humankind. [80] The latter two parables say that Satan's followers will be punished on Judgement Day, with the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats stating that the Devil, his angels, and the people who follow him will be consigned to "eternal fire". In the Book of Job Satan is an adversary who argues to God that Job is righteous only because of his prosperous life. [75], The three Synoptic Gospels all describe the temptation of Christ by Satan in the desert (Matthew 4:111, Mark 1:1213, and Luke 4:113). I bet you did not know that Satan had a sister? [citation needed] During the intertestamental period, possibly due to influence from the Zoroastrian figure of Angra Mainyu, the satan developed into a malevolent entity with abhorrent qualities in dualistic opposition to God. [26] Yahweh asks one of them, "the satan", where he has been, to which he replies that he has been roaming around the earth. He is regarded as a cosmic force for separation, despair and spiritual envelopment. [147] Jeffrey Burton Russell describes the medieval conception of Satan as "more pathetic and repulsive than terrifying"[147][148] and he was seen as little more than a nuisance to God's overarching plan. No, satan can not duplicate himself. Satan is a Spirit, an angel. What he can do is posses an fleshly body and dominate it. Hints demon possession. The final battle between the Lord and the reign of Satan will be about marriage and the family. Sister Lucia of Fatima, in the 1980s, in a correspondence with the then-monsignor Carlo Caffara. [108] The Great Red Dragon knocks "a third of the sun a third of the moon, and a third of the stars" out the sky[109] and pursues the Woman of the Apocalypse. "[7] In 2 Samuel 24,[17] Yahweh sends the "Angel of Yahweh" to inflict a plague against Israel for three days, killing 70,000 people as punishment for David having taken a census without his approval. [30], Zechariah 3:17[31] contains a description of a vision dated to the middle of February of 519 BC,[32] in which an angel shows Zechariah a scene of Joshua the High Priest dressed in filthy rags, representing the nation of Judah and its sins,[33] on trial with Yahweh as the judge and the satan standing as the prosecutor. [195] 35:6 refers to Satan as the enemy of humanity[195] and 36:60 forbids humans from worshipping him. [255] In his three mouths, Satan gnaws on Brutus, Judas Iscariot, and Cassius,[255] whom Dante regarded as having betrayed the "two greatest heroes of the human race":[256] Julius Caesar, the founder of the new order of government, and Jesus, the founder of the new order of religion. The ashes I put on the faces of orphans, so that people come to dislike them. [234], Atheistic Satanism, as practiced by the Satanic Temple and by followers of LaVeyan Satanism, holds that Satan does not exist as a literal anthropomorphic entity, but rather as a symbol of a cosmos which Satanists perceive to be permeated and motivated by a force that has been given many names by humans over the course of time. [24] In 1 Kings 22:1925,[25] the prophet Micaiah describes to King Ahab a vision of Yahweh sitting on his throne surrounded by the Host of Heaven. All three religions also see Satan as the cause of humankinds expulsion from the Garden of Eden. [279] Satan is usually depicted naked,[273] but his genitals are rarely shown and are often covered by animal furs. [296], In the early 1900s, jazz and blues became known as the "Devil's Music" as they were considered "dangerous and unholy". I don't know. Does the non-existent have siblings? Is it even possible to? There is absolutely NOTHING supernatural. [15] The first occurrence of the word "satan" in the Hebrew Bible in reference to a supernatural figure comes from Numbers 22:22[16],[7] which describes the Angel of Yahweh confronting Balaam on his donkey:[6] "Balaam's departure aroused the wrath of Elohim, and the Angel of Yahweh stood in the road as a satan against him. [26] Job 1:68[27] describes the "sons of God" (bn hlhm) presenting themselves before Yahweh. In fact, there is no entity in Yazidism which represents evil in opposition to God; such dualism is rejected by Yazidis. The lower self commands the person to do a specific task or to fulfill a specific desire; whereas the inspirations of Satan tempt the person to do evil in general and, after a person successfully resists his first suggestion, Satan returns with new ones. They also believe in bodily autonomy, that personal beliefs should conform to science and inspire nobility, and that people should atone for their mistakes. Satans Sisters is the story of The Lunch Club, a long-running, popular ladies talk show in which alliances are forged, careers are made, and bridges are burned. (1970).[298]. [248], Much modern folklore about Satanism does not originate from the actual beliefs or practices of theistic or atheistic Satanists, but rather from a mixture of medieval Christian folk beliefs, political or sociological conspiracy theories, and contemporary urban legends. [286] Iblis and his cohorts (div or shayatin) are often portrayed in Turko-Persian art as bangled creatures with flaming eyes, only covered by a short skirt. [165] The Puritans believed that the Native Americans were worshippers of Satan[166] and described them as "children of the Devil". [196] According to a hadith from Ibn Abbas, Iblis was actually an angel whom God created out of fire. During the early modern period, Satan's significance greatly increased as beliefs such as demonic possession and witchcraft became more prevalent. (For further discussion of Satan in Islam, see Ibls.). In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, Satan appears as a giant demon, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of the Ninth Circle of Hell. Everyone that has done something bad or hates, doesnt forgive, etc is or was at some point a child of the deceiver. The deceiver is Ego.he's the o [199] Abu Mansur al-Maturidi who is reverred as the founder of Maturidiyyah Sunni orthodoxy (kalam) argued that since angels can be blessed by God, they are also put to a test and can be punished. WebNow Satan and those who followed him are fallen angelsno longer part of Gods heavenly army, but separated from heavens glory forever. [105], Revelation 12:3 describes a vision of a Great Red Dragon with seven heads, ten horns, seven crowns, and a massive tail,[106] an image which is likely inspired by the vision of the four beasts from the sea in the Book of Daniel[107] and the Leviathan described in various Old Testament passages. During the early modern period, witches were widely believed to engage in sexually explicit Satanic rituals with demons, Stephen M. Hooks 2007 "As in Zechariah 3:12 the term here carries the definite article (has'satan="the satan") and functions not as athe only place in the Hebrew Bible where the term "Satan" is unquestionably used as a proper name is, Septuagint 108:6 , sfn error: no target: CITEREFRussell1977 (, "And I threw him out from the height with his angels, and he was flying in the air continuously above the bottomless" , "The devil is the evil spirit of the lower places, as a fugitive he made Sotona from the heavens as his name was Satanail, thus he became different from the angels, but his nature did not change his intelligence as far as his understanding of righteous and sinful things" , Alexander Altmann, Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson, Allan Arkush, Robert Eisen Associate Professor of Religious Studies George Washington University, The Assumption of Moses: a critical edition with commentary By Johannes Tromp. [290] One of the first films to portray such a ritual was the 1965 film Eye of the Devil, also known as 13. Giuseppe Tartini was inspired to write his most famous work, the Violin Sonata in G minor, also known as "The Devil's Trill", after dreaming of the Devil playing the violin. Satan is traditionally understood as an angel (or sometimes a jinn in Islam) who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven with other fallen angels before the creation of humankind. [201] Concerning the fiery origin of Iblis, Zakariya al-Qazwini and Muhammad ibn Ahmad Ibshihi[202] state that all supernatural creatures originated from fire but the angels from its light and the jinn from its blaze, thus fire denotes a disembodiment origin of all spiritual entities. According to the stories of the 16th-century occultist Johann Weyer, Beelzebub led a successful revolt against the Devil, is the chief lieutenant of Lucifer, the Emperor of Hell, and presides over the Order of the Fly.Similarly, the 17th-century exorcist Sbastien Michalis, in his [281] As the serpent in the Garden of Eden, Satan is often shown as a snake with arms and legs as well the head and full-breasted upper torso of a woman. She is the youngest and most beautiful but air-headed witch who lived during the time of the Salem Witch Trials, along with her two sisters: Winifred and Mary. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Caldwell, William. [186], Seven suras in the Quran describe how God ordered all the angels and Iblis to bow before the newly created Adam. "[183], Bernard McGinn describes multiple traditions detailing the relationship between the Antichrist and Satan. Despite his suffering, Job still refuses to curse God. Dragon the Great was thrown down, that ancient serpent who is called Devil and Satan, the one deceiving the whole inhabited World he was thrown down to earth and his angels were thrown down with him. The word Satan is the English transliteration of a Hebrew word for adversary in the Bible. [28] Yahweh consents; the satan destroys Job's servants and flocks, yet Job refuses to condemn Yahweh. Satan, in the three major Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God. With Betty Balfour, Guy Phillips, Philip Stevens, James Carew. [124], The Church Father Origen of Alexandria (c. 184 c. 253), who was only aware of the actual text of these passages and not the original myths to which they refer, concluded in his treatise On the First Principles, which is preserved in a Latin translation by Tyrannius Rufinus, that neither of these verses could literally refer to a human being. [39] The Book of Enoch, which the Dead Sea Scrolls have revealed to have been nearly as popular as the Torah,[40] describes a group of 200 angels known as the "Watchers", who are assigned to supervise the earth, but instead abandon their duties and have sexual intercourse with human women. [256] As Satan beats his wings, he creates a cold wind that continues to freeze the ice surrounding him and the other sinners in the Ninth Circle. No, if you mean Lucifer or Satan. He is God's first and most perfect creation. If you mean some other devil, then Sariel has billions of siblings He states: "(Cunning) intelligence is from Iblis, and love from Adam. During the Age of Enlightenment, belief in the existence of Satan was harshly criticized by thinkers such as Voltaire. [178] Fifty-one percent of Americans believe that Satan has the power to possess people. ARTIST. [228] Actions, that are described as "satanic" in some Bah writings, denote humans deeds caused by selfish desires. In one painting, however, Iblis wears a traditional Islamic head covering. Not that I know of. But one third of Gods Angel's went with him when he fell from heaven to become demons. They became totally evil.and all evil on Pope Gregory IX stated in his work Vox in Rama that the Cathars believed that God had erred in casting Lucifer out of heaven and that Lucifer would return to reward his faithful. [149] Henry Ansgar Kelly remarks that Satan "comes across as the opposite of fearsome. [65] Kabbalah presents Satan as an agent of God whose function is to tempt humans into sinning so that he may accuse them in the heavenly court. WebSatan's Sister. "[164] The Catholic Church generally played down Satan and exorcism during late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries,[181] but Pope Francis brought renewed focus on the Devil in the early 2010s, stating, among many other pronouncements, that "The devil is intelligent, he knows more theology than all the theologians together. [203] Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi argued that only the angels of mercy are created from light, but angels of punishment have been created from fire. While Satan's identification with the abstract yetzer hara remains uniform over the sages' teachings, he is generally identified as an entity with divine agency. In the Quran, Shaitan, also known as Iblis, is an entity made of fire who was cast out of Heaven because he refused to bow before the newly created Adam and incites humans to sin by infecting their minds with wasws ("evil suggestions"). His sister, Satana, was born when Daimon was three. In John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan is portrayed as proud, manipulative, and vengeful against God, whom he sees as a powerful oppressor. "Satan,", Osborne, B. 367 following. Web130k Followers, 367 Following, 284 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from (@satans_sister) satans_sister. [117] The early Christian Church, however, encountered opposition from pagans such as Celsus, who claimed in his treatise The True Word that "it is blasphemy to say that the greatest God has an adversary who constrains his capacity to do good" and said that Christians "impiously divide the kingdom of God, creating a rebellion in it, as if there were opposing factions within the divine, including one that is hostile to God". He still is powerful, however, and he still does everything he can to block Gods plan for our lives. During that time Satan tempts Jesus to turn stones into bread, throw himself from a temple, and submit to Satan in exchange for power. In this world Satan is her master. Caffara, now a 78-year-old cardinal, reveals and discusses the correspondence below The Last Battle [136], Most early Christians firmly believed that Satan and his demons had the power to possess humans[142] and exorcisms were widely practiced by Jews, Christians, and pagans alike. [9] In the earlier biblical books, e.g. Updates? [155][156] The German Inquisitors Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger argued in their book Malleus Maleficarum, published in 1487, that all maleficia ("sorcery") was rooted in the work of Satan. [77] He also takes him to the pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem and commands Jesus to throw himself down so that the angels will catch him. [241], In the Middle Ages, the Cathars, practitioners of a dualistic religion, were accused of worshipping Satan by the Catholic Church. [39] According to a narration, the sound of the shofar, which is primarily intended to remind Jews of the importance of teshuva, is also intended symbolically to "confuse the accuser" (Satan) and prevent him from rendering any litigation to God against the Jews. [133][134] For most Christians, Satan has been regarded as an angel who rebelled against God. [85] In Luke 22:31, Jesus grants Satan the authority to test Peter and the other apostles. 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