The Devil After the New Testament

The New Testament reveals the same God as in the Old Testament. God is still presented as the source of our trials, of judgment, and the origin of sin is even more repeatedly located in the human mind. God’s supremacy is emphasized just as it was in the Old Testament. Even the beast of Revelation 17:17 ‘fulfills His will’. Those persecuted by it “suffer according to the will of God” (1 Peter 4:19). But the history we’re now going to consider reflects yet once again how God’s people have an endless desire to add to and change the most basic teachings of God’s word.

It’s been observed about the pagan deities that “their characters and properties were retained but were now understood and subsumed in the Christian context”1. This happened in many ways. Consider the following:

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Author: Duncan Heaster

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Source: “The Real Devil A Biblical Exploration.”

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