this was the first time I deliberately made myself listen to the sermon of a church, I really liked your presentation and the idea behind it, I hope this channel can grow even more✌. Peace.
Wow, that's cool! And I don't blame you. I've deliberately listened to many sermons of pastors who did not know what they were talking about. This guy I have watched a few of his videos and he has more revelation from God himself. God is infinite, so I think we barely know anything on this planet, in this realm, but God is revealing more to those who are open to hearing from Him.
Luke 10:18, Mark 3:26 Matt 12:26, Rev 2:13 plus many more , are all clear statements in the Bible where Satan is an individual not an idea . To make Satan only a metaphor changes a spiritual battle into a psychological human battle
Luke 10 is actually one of the least clear examples of Satan we have in scripture. "Do we have here a graphic image, interpreting what is happening in the ministry of Jesus and/or his disciples? Or do we have a report of a visionary experience? In the latter case, is it a vision of what has already happened? of what is in the process of happening? or of what will happen in the eschatological future? Each of these possibilities has its firm supporters." John Nolland, Luke 9:21-18:34, vol. 35B of Word Biblical Commentary. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993), 563. Mark 3:26 is specifically called a parable in verse 23. And Matthew is a restatement of this parable. Revelation does indeed make many references to Satan. However, Revelation falls into a genre called apocalyptic literature that is characterized by metaphor and image-based storytelling. It’s a wonderful book that I’ve spent a lot of time studying, but I would caution against reading anything in Revelation “literally.” All that said, you don't have to dismiss the idea of Satan as a being to understand that Jesus does use the name and concept metaphorically throughout his teachings. He's clearly not talking about an objective Satan in his exchange with Peter.
this was the first time I deliberately made myself listen to the sermon of a church, I really liked your presentation and the idea behind it, I hope this channel can grow even more✌. Peace.
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Wow, that's cool! And I don't blame you. I've deliberately listened to many sermons of pastors who did not know what they were talking about. This guy I have watched a few of his videos and he has more revelation from God himself. God is infinite, so I think we barely know anything on this planet, in this realm, but God is revealing more to those who are open to hearing from Him.
Luke 10:18, Mark 3:26
Matt 12:26, Rev 2:13 plus many more , are all clear statements in the Bible where Satan is an individual not an idea . To make Satan only a metaphor changes a spiritual battle into a psychological human battle
Luke 10 is actually one of the least clear examples of Satan we have in scripture.
"Do we have here a graphic image, interpreting what is happening in the ministry of Jesus and/or his disciples? Or do we have a report of a visionary experience? In the latter case, is it a vision of what has already happened? of what is in the process of happening? or of what will happen in the eschatological future? Each of these possibilities has its firm supporters."
John Nolland, Luke 9:21-18:34, vol. 35B of Word Biblical Commentary. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993), 563.
Mark 3:26 is specifically called a parable in verse 23. And Matthew is a restatement of this parable.
Revelation does indeed make many references to Satan. However, Revelation falls into a genre called apocalyptic literature that is characterized by metaphor and image-based storytelling. It’s a wonderful book that I’ve spent a lot of time studying, but I would caution against reading anything in Revelation “literally.”
All that said, you don't have to dismiss the idea of Satan as a being to understand that Jesus does use the name and concept metaphorically throughout his teachings. He's clearly not talking about an objective Satan in his exchange with Peter.