Saturday, July 5, 2025

God and Satan/Devil are the Same Person.

Satan/Devil tempting Jesus Christ in Temptation of Christ (1854) by Ary Scheffer (Wikipedia):

Everybody has heard of Satan, also known as the Devil. He's the angel that rebelled against God in Heaven, and was exiled as a result. He is the archenemy of God and His Son Jesus, and he prowls around the Earth trying to lure human beings to Hell by tempting us to do evil things. Yeah, that makes sense. Take out your frustration on a lesser being because you can't achieve what you want. It is also stated in the Abrahamic religions that the gods of the pagans were demons who lured people away from worshipping the only God, who only the Jews, Christians, and Muslims knew about. These demons were ruled by Satan/Devil, who followed him in rebelling against God and his other angels. They were also casted out of Heaven along with their master. I use to like this story when I still believed in Christianity, but it also scared me since I thought that Satan/Devil was everywhere, trying to find a way to send me to Hell and torture me forever. 

However, during my 5 and 1/2 years of researching the history of my previous religion, I had to come to the conclusion that Satan/Devil wasn't who I thought he was. He wasn't an angel that rebelled against God. He WAS God. In fact, Satan/Devil is God's dark side or his war-like side. 

Links:
Temptation of Christ (1854) by Ary Scheffer (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ#/media/File:Ary_Scheffer_-_The_Temptation_of_Christ_(1854).jpg
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https://images.app.goo.gl/bFjZw4iWaxzCdyP3A

1.) Satan/Devil in the Bible:
According to the Christian tradition, In the Tanakh/Old Testament, Satan is the serpent that seduced Eve and Adam into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (Genesis 3). Satan got into a bet with Ieue to see if Job will stay loyal to God, or not. Apparently, Ieue allowed Satan to have Job's livestock stolen, and his children killed (Job 1:6-19). Then, Ieue allowed Satan to infect Job with boils (Job 2:1-7). Satan tried to accuse Joshua the high priest, but the angel of the LORD/The LORD (Ieue/Ea) stopped him from doing so (Zechariah 3:1-2). There is one more incident that Satan apparently did as well, but we'll circle back to that event later on.

So far, Satan isn't very prominent in the Tanakh/Old Testament. Heck, he's only called Satan and not Satan and/or the Devil. This changes in the New Testament. Jesus said that the Devil is the original liar, and creator of lies (John 8:44). In Revelation 12, Satan/Devil caused a rebellion in Heaven and failed. He, and his followers, were casted out of Heaven and sent to Earth by Michael and 'l's-Ieue's other loyal angels. He's also called the dragon/serpent (Revelations 12:7-9). This might go back to the serpent in the Garden of Eden. In Jude 1, the Archangel Michael fought with the Devil over the body of Moses (Jude 1:9). Jesus was led into the desert by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by Satan/Devil. Jesus beats him (Matthew 4:1-11). Jesus said that the Devil is the "'father'" of the Pharisees. He later says that the Devil is the original liar, and spreads lies (John 8:44). Later on, Luke says that "Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot." Judas then agreed to betray Jesus to the Pharisees (Luke 22:3-6). Satan then decided to go after Simon (Peter), and the other disciples (Luke 22:31). Although this isn't stated, I believe that it is hinted that Satan took hold of Peter and made him deny Jesus three times (Luke 22:54-62). Satan made Ananias lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep some money he received when he sold some land. As a result, Peter admonished him and Ananias instantly died (Acts 5:1-6). 

In the New Testament, Satan gains the name "the Devil" and is officially the bad guy and arch-nemesis of God, Jesus, and the angels. This is not the case in the Tanakh/Old Testament. Satan barely does anything in the Tanakh, aside from tempting Eve and Adam in Eden. God and Satan even work together in the Old Testament. He got a mighty upgrade in the New Testament. It's also interesting how Satan and his forces were cast down to Earth, and not Hell. 

Links:
Genesis 3:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/3.htm

Job 1:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/job/1.htm

Job 2:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/job/2.htm

Zechariah 3:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/zechariah/3.htm

John 8:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/john/8.htm

Revelation 12:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/revelation/12.htm

Jude 1:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/jude/1.htm

Matthew 4:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/4.htm
Luke 22:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/luke/22.htm

Acts 5:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/5.htm

2.) "God" is Called Satan in the Tanakh/Old Testament?
In the Tanakh/Old Testament, "God" (Ieue/Ea) commits the majority of the carnage instead of Satan. However, there seems to be a hint that Ieue/Ea and Satan/Devil are the same person! In 2 Samuel 24:1, the LORD (Ieue/Ea) was angry with Israel and ordered David to "'count Israel and Judah.'" This was a census. In an alternative version of the event in 2 Chronicles 21, Satan takes Ieue's/Ea's place (2 Chronicles 21:1). However, Joab says that it's the LORD (Ieue/Ea) who is ordering David to commit the count/census (2 Chronicles 2:3). This is also stated in 2 Samuel 24:3. The Tanakh/Old Testament inadvertently equated "God" to Satan/Devil! Rev. Taylor (1884) also stated this, saying that "Jehovah and Satan. God and the Devil, are really one and the self-same imaginary being," (Part 1 pp. 75-76). Rev. Taylor also stated that the name Satan, spelled Sathen or Stn in Hebrew, "first occurs in 2 Chronicles 21."  Satan also appears to be the sun, Abaddon, and Apollyon/Apollo (p. 75). As stated in my "The Demon Deity Unveiled" post, Ieue/Ea was equated to the sun. 


Blavatsky (1877) also stated that Satan was first introduced in 2 Chronicles, and that "The inference is unavoidable that the two, Satan and Jehovah, were regarded as identical." She also equates Satan to Apollo, Set (Seth), and Beelzebub (Vol. 2 p. 481). Using Zechariah 3 and Jude, Blavatsky seems to state that the angel of the LORD and Satan/Devil were the same entity. The angel of the LORD is the Archangel Michael, and Michael and Jehovah were also the same person (p. 482). 

So taking everything together, "God," Satan/Devil, the angel of the LORD, and the Archangel Michael, are the same person. 


Links:

2 Samuel 24:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/2_samuel/24.htm

2 Chronicles 21:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_chronicles/21.htm

Rev. Taylor (1884) (Part 1 PP. 75-76):
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Devil_s_Pulpit.html?id=0mYWcpMPtLkC&printsec=frontcover&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_entity&hl=en&gl=US#v=onepage&q=Jehovah&f=false

Blavatsky (1877) (Vol. 2 pp. 481-482):
https://books.google.com/books?id=GfDUN6fgoSgC&pg=PA165&dq=jehovah+nissi+dionysos&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdrsfs6ZWNAxXrMlkFHd4aGEsQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=snippet&q=satan%20jehovah&f=false

3.) Yaltabaoth, the Satan/Devil of Gnostic Christianity:
We talked about Satan/Devil in the Bible, but that was the Orthodox Christian Satan/Devil. Let's talk about the Gnostic Satan/Devil. His name is Yaltabaoth. We'll use the Gnostic book The Apocryphon of John (Wisse translation) to get a good look at his character:

God the Father, the Invisible Spirit and first aeon, created the goddess/second aeon Barbelo, who was His first thought/deed and the image of the Father. Barbelo is the "womb of the everything," "the Mother-Father," "the thrice powerful" and "thrice-named androgynous one," etc. Together, the Father and Barbelo create Christ, "an only-begotten child of the Mother-Father which had come forth" and the "Autogenes." Christ was put in charge of overseeing everything. That's the best way that I can describe this story so far!

As for Sophia, also called "Sophia of Epinoia," she is an aeon and created Yaltabaoth without the help of the Father or her male consort. Yaltabaoth is an archon (I'm guessing that archons are bad guys), and he stole power from Sophia. He is stated to look like a "lion-headed serpent." Yaltabaoth is also called Saklas, and Samael. Yaltabaoth used Sophia's powers to create a bunch of beings: angels, demons, etc. In order to get her powers back, Sophia went to the Father. He told Yaltabaoth to create something, which turns out to be man (Adam), and Yaltabaoth lost Sophia's powers as a result. The Father sent Epinoia, also called Life (Eve!), to be Adam's helper. Eve is Sophia! She became Adam's helper, since her power is now in Adam. She also took on the bodily form of a woman (I think the Father did this). Sophia is mankind's helper in this text.

The name Samael is interesting because it is, according to the Jewish Virtual Library, "the major name of Satan in Judaism." It "first appears in [...] the Ethiopian Book of Enoch 6" in which he is one "of the leaders of the angels who rebelled against God," (Jewish Virtual Library, Samael, para. 1). Also, as stated in The Apocryphon of John, Yaltabaoth and the other archons that he created "created seven powers for themselves." One of them is called Yao, who "has a serpent's face with seven heads." Another power, who also seems to have been an archon created by Yaldabaoth himself, is called Sabaoth. He is also called Adonaiou. He had "a dragon's head." Iao (Iaw/Yao) is the Greek spelling of Ieue (Yhvh) in the Greek translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint (Vasileiades and Gordon, 2021, Figure 6). Sabaoth is also a name of Ieue in the Old Testament (Ex.: 1 Samuel 15:2 [Interlinear]). The Gnostics seem to be saying that Yaltabaoth, and his archons and powers, are the god of the Bible. Not only that, but Yaltabaoth is Samael/Satan. This would make Ieue/Ea Satan as a result.

Links:
The Nag Hammadi Library. The Apocryphon of John (Wisse translation):


4.) Jesus and Satan/Devil are the Same Person?
In the New Testament, Satan/Devil is the arch-nemesis of Jesus Christ. However, it seems that even Jesus and Satan/Devil are the same person. According to Weor (2012), "The Pentagram is the sign of the Word made flesh, and according to the direction of its rays, it can represent God or the Devil, the Immolated Lamb or the male goat of Mendes." When the Pentagram is "aiming up towards the sky, it represents Christ." When the pentagram is "aiming downwards, it represents Satan." Finally, the pentagram represents the "fallen Angel" when "aiming down," (Ch. 30 [p. 2]):

This means that Jesus and Satan are the same individual. They're two sides of the same coin. This suggests that Satan/Devil was the dark side of Jesus Christ, and ultimately "God" himself.

Link:

Weor (2012) (Ch. 30):

https://books.google.com/books?id=jHWGyAMa5vYC&pg=PT266&dq=Jupiter+pentagram&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWz8e3krKGAxURFFkFHWosAIU4ChDoAXoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q=Jupiter%20pentagram&f=false

5.) "God," Jesus. and Satan/Devil are the Planet Mars:

According to the Archangels and Angels website, Samael is the planet Mars. His astrological symbol is the ram (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Samael-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences). As stated in my "The Demon Deity Unveiled" and "Who is YHVH?" posts, Ieue/Ea and El/Enlil are the ram god. This is both in, and outside, the Bible. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is called "the lamb of God" by John the Baptist (John 1:29 and 35-36). This means that Jesus is the ram as well, which equates him to Samael and the planet Mars.

Links:
Archangels and Angels. Archangel Samael-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences:
https://www.archangels-and-angels.com/archangels/a_samael/archangel_samael.html

The Demon Deity Unveiled:
https://demythifyinggod.blogspot.com/2022/10/was-yhwh-yahwehjehovah-angel.html

Who is YHVH?
https://demythifyinggod.blogspot.com/2025/01/who-is-yhvh.html

John 1:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/john/1.htm


6.) Conclusion:
In the Christian religion, Satan/Devil is depicted as the ultimate evil. He rebelled against "God" in Heaven, lost the war and was sent down to Earth along with his followers, and is the nemesis of Jesus Christ. However, numerous lines of evidence show that Satan/Devil was actually "God," the angel of the LORD, the Archangel Michael, and Jesus Christ. He was the dark side of those three personalities, or better yet, he was the dark side of "God' himself. This means that there isn't an evil entity trying to stop you from going to Heaven, who will torture you forever in the afterlife, or is tempting you to commit sins. Worse yet, this would mean that "God" himself is trying to get you to sin so he can punish you. Honestly, this fits his character, especially in the Tanakh/Old Testament.

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