The scriptures does not support the above. I am always willing to be corrected if I am in error but there are two things which I am sure about.
1. God cannot and does not lie.
2. He never misleads by writing or allowing anything untrue in his word.
The Old Testament was not written in latin it was written in ancient Hebrew and when translated they had to use words which were the nearest in meaning by the Jewish Scholars.
In the history of Judaism we find that Satan somehow sneaked into the garden in the guise of a serpent.
In the New Testament we see something very important...
John 13:2 & 27
[sup]2 [/sup]And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
King James Version (KJV)
[sup]27 [/sup]And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Who put what in his heart? Why would Satan need to enter him and how can he put something in his heart if it is already there?
As Christ had taught...
[sup]15 [/sup]There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
[sup]16 [/sup]If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
So how did Satan enter him and why was it necessary if he had already put it in his heart to betray Christ?
How can Satan stand before God as the accuser of men if he does not exist?
Revelation 12.
[sup]7 [/sup]And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
[sup]8 [/sup]And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
[sup]9 [/sup]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.
[sup]10 [/sup]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.
[sup]11 [/sup]And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
We need to check what we believe. We need to remember that what we believe can affect what is said in the book of Revelations and elsewhere.
[sup]7 [/sup]And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
[sup]8 [/sup]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.
If not a person why refer to him as a him why not a her or a it?
I see nothing in scripture that does not suggest that Satan is a being.
The adversary of God is a person. From the serpent in the garden to the final man that Christ removes by fire at His return. They are all around us now. Everywhere. They are messengers of lies and most of them don't know it. Peter was being the adversary of God in the scripture I mentioned before. That is why Christ called Him satan. The word satan means "adversary of God". It always has meant just that and nothing else.
There are many words that should have been translated and were not because of the agendas of men.. Satan is one and angel is another. angel simply means messenger and nothing else. Devil is another word that simply means Evil. Like Christ said about Judas in this scripture.
John 6
70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
Until a person asks God for His Spirit in faith they will go on accepting mans gospel in-place of the Gospel of Christ. Still nothing will stop the truth from overtaking everyone here real soon.
12 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit. [background=rgb(246, 246, 152)]16 "Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, [/background]17 Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?' 18"All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house; 19 But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot. 20You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named.