Why didn't God destroy Satan at the beginning?

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For sure… I have not done much research in the fields you provided… however, at ground level, we are to lean on scripture first.

Luke 10:18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven

Who or what is “Satan” in the above scripture?

Lucifer was the First created Holy Angel, (IN Heaven) and was WATCHING and SINGING as God was Creating the “this” world.

Heaven as we LATER learn, is actually a realm of “layers”, called Heaven(S)…
* High Heaven…Gods Estate, beyond the stars.
….For God ONLY.
* Mid Heaven…Holy Angels Estate, beyond the earth.
….For Lord God, For Holy Angels ONLY.
* Lower Heaven…A firmament of Clouds, The Lord God, Holy and Unholy Angeles, and ManKind…have ACCESS.

In Heaven, Lucifer, singing and observing God creating “this” world, BEGAN “THINKING” in his Heart….”THAT HE”…
“Could RISE ABOVE God’s ESTATE and POSITION”….and BE RULER of (both worlds)…ie Heaven AND Earth.”

FOR…Lucifer’s truth in “HIS” heart, in reality WAS a “LIE”.
FOR…Lucifer’s truth in “HIS” heart, he committed “MURDER”, which SPIRITUALLY “means” to KILL the TRUE WORD of God.

FOR…Lucifer’s evil thought…
His Punishment was:
* A new description…
Not longer “holy”…now unholy
Now called “Satan”, a “Devil”, a “Serpent”, a “Dragon”.
* a new Estate….Earth. (Luke 10:18)
* a new Reputation…”Cunning Deceiver, Liar, Murderer, father of Lies, father of any follower of him”.

side note…
EVIL with a preceding “D”….=DEVIL
DEVIL reversed…=LIVED

Lucifer HAD a holy Heavenly Estate.
ONCE cast out and down for being EVIL, he lost his righteousness and holiness and became the OPPOSITE to follow FOR to “LIVE” eternally WITH God…
The reverse of “LIVE”….is “EVIL”….and ALL that Satan has to OFFER, is to BE “EVIL” and NOT “LIVE” forever with God.

A created spirit, can NOT be “killed, destroyed, not exist”. It shall LIVE forever.

However it “certainly” CAN BECOME, “separated from God Forever”.

Human men HAVE freewill to CHOOSE their “FOREVER” place of existence.
ASH, and without God.
LIFE, and with God forever.

Glory to God,
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,

But this eating has nothing to do with fruit.
Yes, and God knew 100% that its best for mortals to know only good, live in perfection, stay young and live forever--Compared to the hard heartedness of satans side where mortals know both sides, age, get sick, diseased, suffer and die. Satan is a liar.
 

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Lucifer was the First created Holy Angel, (IN Heaven) and was WATCHING and SINGING as God was Creating the “this” world.

Heaven as we LATER learn, is actually a realm of “layers”, called Heaven(S)…
* High Heaven…Gods Estate, beyond the stars.
….For God ONLY.
* Mid Heaven…Holy Angels Estate, beyond the earth.
….For Lord God, For Holy Angels ONLY.
* Lower Heaven…A firmament of Clouds, The Lord God, Holy and Unholy Angeles, and ManKind…have ACCESS.

In Heaven, Lucifer, singing and observing God creating “this” world, BEGAN “THINKING” in his Heart….”THAT HE”…
“Could RISE ABOVE God’s ESTATE and POSITION”….and BE RULER of (both worlds)…ie Heaven AND Earth.”

FOR…Lucifer’s truth in “HIS” heart, in reality WAS a “LIE”.
FOR…Lucifer’s truth in “HIS” heart, he committed “MURDER”, which SPIRITUALLY “means” to KILL the TRUE WORD of God.

FOR…Lucifer’s evil thought…
His Punishment was:
* A new description…
Not longer “holy”…now unholy
Now called “Satan”, a “Devil”, a “Serpent”, a “Dragon”.
* a new Estate….Earth. (Luke 10:18)
* a new Reputation…”Cunning Deceiver, Liar, Murderer, father of Lies, father of any follower of him”.

side note…
EVIL with a preceding “D”….=DEVIL
DEVIL reversed…=LIVED

Lucifer HAD a holy Heavenly Estate.
ONCE cast out and down for being EVIL, he lost his righteousness and holiness and became the OPPOSITE to follow FOR to “LIVE” eternally WITH God…
The reverse of “LIVE”….is “EVIL”….and ALL that Satan has to OFFER, is to BE “EVIL” and NOT “LIVE” forever with God.

A created spirit, can NOT be “killed, destroyed, not exist”. It shall LIVE forever.

However it “certainly” CAN BECOME, “separated from God Forever”.

Human men HAVE freewill to CHOOSE their “FOREVER” place of existence.
ASH, and without God.
LIFE, and with God forever.

Glory to God,
Taken
A created spirit, can NOT be “killed, destroyed, not exist”. It shall LIVE forever.
Scripture?
 
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Scripture?

It’s a study…However maybe this will help…

Luke 20:
[34] And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
[35] But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
[36] Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Glory to God,
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It’s a study…However maybe this will help…

Luke 20:
[34] And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
[35] But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
[36] Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Glory to God,
Taken
Ezekiel 28…

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

So here is a created being…

And we see this created being die..

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

This clearly shows a created being spirit entity being killed/destroyed.
 
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Was Jesus (the Son of God) led by the Spirit of God into temptation?

You said, NO.

Mark 1:9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
12 Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. 13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts.

Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil.

Matthew 3:16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

John 1:32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

Again I'd ask, was Jesus (the Son of God) led by the Spirit of God into temptation?
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

There is a difference in leading someone into a place where they will be tempted and tempting that person thyself.

When a mom drops her child off at school on test day, is the child being lead by the mom to be tested?
 

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Ezekiel 28…

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

So here is a created being…

And we see this created being die..

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

This clearly shows a created being spirit entity being killed/destroyed.

In Context:

Ezek 28:
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

This is a man, acting the same way Satan did and will. And that man shall, via his behavior shall be destroyed.
 

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In Context:

Ezek 28:
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

This is a man, acting the same way Satan did and will. And that man shall, via his behavior shall be destroyed.
Don’t cut the passage off so quick…

Verse
In Context:

Ezek 28:
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

This is a man, acting the same way Satan did and will. And that man shall, via his behavior shall be destroyed.
Was this man in the garden of Eden?

Verse 13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;

Was this man also a cherub?
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Was this man also perfect?
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
 
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Don’t cut the passage off so quick…

Verse

Was this man in the garden of Eden?

Verse 13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;

Was this man also a cherub?
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Was this man also perfect?
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

It’s a parallel of Gods perfect Creation of Angels and Mankind…And each having FREEWILL can make choices FOR or AGAINST God.

Glory to God,
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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

There is a difference in leading someone into a place where they will be tempted and tempting that person thyself.

When a mom drops her child off at school on test day, is the child being lead by the mom to be tested?
Yes
 

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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

There is a difference in leading someone into a place where they will be tempted and tempting that person thyself.

When a mom drops her child off at school on test day, is the child being lead by the mom to be tested?
Jesus's Father had led Him to be tempted by Satan. Godf knew Satan was there waiting for him do you think?
 

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We don't understand the unseen/invisible world. There is a continual battle between good and evil beyond our comprehension. In this world, Baal worship is still practiced in pornography. TV used to be family entertainment, not anymore. Have you noticed ads on websites with women pushing limits on decency. Greed is getting worse. In fact everything is getting worse. Church's more and more have the world inside, that 25 yrs didn't exist. Worship music is entertainment.
Jesus came to save us from all this, that Jesus knew was going to happen. Praise the Lord if you have salvation through the Crucified, Resurrected, Glorified Christ.

Colossians 1:15-17- He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
 
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But was she warned or not of what would happen...
She was warned but satan was cunning and said--Is it really so that God said you must not eat from every tree of the garden?( like God was hiding something good) Eve answered, then satan said-you positively will not die, for God knows that in the very day of you eating from it your eyes are bound to be opened and you are bound to be like God knowing good and bad. So she kicked God in the teeth, the one who handed eternal life on a silver platter to her for no charge, never sick, not aging like now, never without. He asked them to not do 1 single thing in return for that( so they could choose with their free will, out of love and respect for their creator, to listen to Gods advice)--Satan never did a single thing for her. She made a very bad choice and it has dominoed into this sick world. But Gods kingdom will be a cure all.
 

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Funny looking verb . . . ? ? ?

(1Ch 21:1) Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
(Job 1:6) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
(Job 1:7) And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."
(Job 1:8) Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?"
(Job 1:9) So Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
(Job 1:12) And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
(Job 2:1) Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
(Job 2:2) And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."
(Job 2:3) Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause."
(Job 2:4) So Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
(Job 2:6) And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
(Job 2:7) So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
(Zec 3:1) Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.
(Zec 3:2) And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?"
(Mat 4:10) Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY YOU SHALL SERVE.' "
(Mat 12:26) If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
(Mat 16:23) But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
(Mar 1:13) And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
(Mar 3:23) So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?
(Mar 3:26) And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
(Mar 4:15) And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
(Mar 8:33) But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
(Luk 4:8) And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY YOU SHALL SERVE.' "
(Luk 10:18) And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
(Luk 11:18) If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
(Luk 13:16) So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"
(Luk 22:3) Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.
(Luk 22:31) And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.
(Joh 13:27) Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
(Act 5:3) But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
(Act 26:18) to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
(Rom 16:20) And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
(1Co 5:5) deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
(1Co 7:5) Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
(2Co 2:11) lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
(2Co 11:14) And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
(2Co 12:7) And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.
(1Th 2:18) Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.
(2Th 2:9) The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
(1Ti 1:20) of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
(1Ti 5:15) For some have already turned aside after Satan.
(Rev 2:9) "I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
(Rev 2:13) "I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
(Rev 2:24) "Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden.
(Rev 3:9) Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
(Rev 12:9) So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
(Rev 20:2) He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
(Rev 20:7) Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
Many rather be deceived than accept the truth God's Word shows them, and will cry at the end, why didn't anyone tell me....
 

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She was warned but satan was cunning and said--Is it really so that God said you must not eat from every tree of the garden?( like God was hiding something good) Eve answered, then satan said-you positively will not die, for God knows that in the very day of you eating from it your eyes are bound to be opened and you are bound to be like God knowing good and bad. So she kicked God in the teeth, the one who handed eternal life on a silver platter to her for no charge, never sick, not aging like now, never without. He asked them to not do 1 single thing in return for that( so they could choose with their free will, out of love and respect for their creator, to listen to Gods advice)--Satan never did a single thing for her. She made a very bad choice and it has dominoed into this sick world. But Gods kingdom will be a cure all.
Today we have the same lie (you are immortal) and many listen to it and the same as Eve go with it..
 

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if you want God to watch over you; you must do what He says.

Psalms 33
But the LORD watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.
God watches over these, yes. Yet He watches over all His creation. Nothing escapes His attention. God makes it rain on the good ...the Holy...those who fear God.... and the evil as well.
When we were dead in our trespasses and sin, God saw us rebels and loving us He sent His Son to die for us. He watches over all in heaven and earth.

I'm sooo glad He has, is and will always watch over us.