Satan

[Christina]

In case this link was missed on the board thought I would start a thread in here Very intersting link to Jewish ency. on Satan http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp...=S&search=satanAs the incarnation of evil Satan is the arch-enemy of the Messiah: he is Antichrist. The light which was created before the world was hidden by God beneath His throne; and to the question of Satan in regard to it God answered, "This light is kept for him who shall bring thee to shame." At his request God showed Satan the Messiah; "and when he saw him he trembled, fell upon his face, and cried: 'Verily this is the Messiah who shall hurl me and all the princes of the angels of the peoples down even unto hell'" (Pesiḳ. R. iii. 6 [ed. Friedmann, p. 161b]; further details are given in Bousset, "Der Antichrist").Another note of interest If you go to the link then click on serpent we also have thisSerpents copulate with their bellies turned toward each other; the period of gestation is seven years, the Same length of time as the 7 year period of Tribulation...The ole serpent the devil is cast from Heaventhis could also according to Jewish Idiom be represenotive of 7000 years which takes us to end of mill. and Satans destructionGod never fails to amaze me in this Word serpent symbolically we could see a picture of both the seduction of Eve in the Garden,(belly to belly) the 7 year trib. of Satan the serpent,(7 years)(before shortening) and his End. (after 7000 years)after Mill.This Jewish Encyclopedia can be a great reference source to enhance our Strong's as a source of J. traditions/understanding how they used words and Idioms it can give one a better understanig somtimes.