I have a question for Christians. Why do Christians believe that Satan the Devil is an evil spirit being when ancient Judaism, the religion that the Christian religion is derived from, never believed that Satan was an evil spirit being? Or I'm thinking that most Christians don't know that ancient Judaism never believed that
ha satan was an evil spirit being.
Who Is Satan?
Any feedback from Christians about this would be appreciated.
Satan is both good and evil, as implied by the tree of knowledge of good and evil, by which Satin is associated. The Devil is just the dark side of the Satan binary; evil without good.
Law, which is composed of knowledge of good and evil, has a biblical connection to Satan. The law not only teaches us what is good, but also what is evil. The intent of this dual training is to help people see the good, but also know what to avoid; avoid evil, by defining and contrasting both.
Most people who try to do good, by learning good and evil; law, then will try to repress evil. However, the repression of evil, to be only the good, causes a subroutine to appear within the human brain; Satan subroutine.
Law is one thing, divided into two, like a coin divided into heads and tails. If we know law; both sides of the coin, and try to do good, the evil is still there, but it becomes the hidden side of the law coin. Being good, based on law, by repressing evil, creates balancing compulsions, with the unconscious trying to make the repressed side of law become conscious. Law is not natural but is consciously learned. But due to its nature, it requires we repress half of what we learned, so we can be good. Now the full coin of law is only semi-conscious, with the dark side of law subject to unconsciousness; not fully aware.
Paul said, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law had told me, thou shall not to covert. Sin taking opportunity through the commandment; repressed darkside subroutine, then produces sin of every kind. For example, in many traditions sex outside marriage was/is a sin. People trying to be good, by the law, would stop having sex outside marriage. However, this repression of the dark side of law, would cause sex to be more on your mind; repression becoming conscious. The result can be the preacher, who teaches and practices abstinence, having a scandal with prostitutes, due to the compulsion from the repressed Satan subroutine. This downside of law was what Jesus did away with law. Even if you are perfect on the outside for all the see, there is this internal repressed darkness that your learned from law. The Old Testament did not see this, but it was figured out in the New Testament. The pharisees kill the son of God thinking this was good; satan subroutine.
Satan is an evil spirit/angel. He resides in the second heaven. God is in third heaven. We humans are in this physical world, first heaven. More details about Satan were given to Christians, it’s why Jews have a different view.
Satan in the second heaven implies 2-D; good and evil. God is in the third heaven or 3-D; instinct. Instinct is 3-D or integral since it integrates animals with each other and nature. Humans are more 1-D; we need to pick a side; good or evil. In politics each side thinks they are good and other side is the evil and both try to repress each other. When Liberals listen to Conservative speakers, they try to drown them out with noise, so the other side stays repressed; 1-D is linear. The repressed side then builds potential, trying to become conscious; ends justifies the means. This can amount to crime being used for their perceived good; Russian Collusion Coup. This understanding of human Psychology made Satan evil.
The good side of Satan, in Christian theology; best of all the laws, becomes personified by Jesus and also Mary. Both are archetypical spirits of pure good. They are good, without the shadow side; subroutine, created by law. Jesus sort of narrowed Satan; took away his good, so Satan becomes only the dark side subroutine, with a new title; the Devil.
Heaven and Hell, for example, is the same as taking law, putting just the pure good in one place and the pure evil collected in another place, that are no longer connected, The binary of law is broken in halves. The Satan/Devil subroutine had it own realm connected to what the law says of the dark side. Think of Hell and what it takes to get there, and there is a law to teach you. Heaven is a realm of the all the goods side of law. There is also a the flip side of the law to teach this. Once separated, neither side has any repressed subroutine, so both are self standing at steady state; linear good and linear evil.
The prophetic analogy would be learning about law, so you know both sides of law. You choose good and then repress evil. The evil memories from law consolidates in your neural grid, into a subroutine, that has an opposing world view to your choice and will to be good. One becomes like Jesus on the cross, between two thieves, both theives cheat you from becoming whole; divided coin. Although one side is trying to be good using the wrong tool in terms of brain psychology.
To overcome this paradox; good psychology strategy, is to express the dark side, but under controlled conditions, so we can lower its potential, do minimal harm, and map out how the subroutine is laid out. Then, we disrupt the dark side subroutine, so one is made whole, in good, without any unconscious need and compulsion stemming from the dark side of law; Operating system upgrade. Christianity, with the help of the intellect of Rome had a vision of the future.
Jesus said, he is one with father, he gets an upgrade from 2-D law and Satan, to 3-D. Instead of good and evil, The 3-D explains why Jesus, described as good, becomes a militant figure in Revelations. He is not good and evil, but Good with his still repressed instincts, acting as ordained by God; 3-D. Animal fighting for survival and territory; righteousness. The tree of life appears later; instincts return.
