1. He was disguised under the Edenic serpent, Gen. 3:1-14 2. He is the serpent's seed, Gen. 3:15 3. He was Lucifer, son of the morning, before his fall, Isa. 14:12 4. He was the anointed cherub that covers, Ezk. 28:14 5. He energized David to evil, I Chr. 21:1 6. He accused and afflicted Job, Job 1:7-2:10 7. He opposes unbelieving Israel prefigured by Joshua the priest, Zech. 3:1-9 8. He is the tempter, Mt. 4:3 9. He is the prince of the demons, Mt. 12:24; Acts 10:38 10. He instigates false doctrine. I Tim. 4:1-6 11. He perverts the Word of God, Mt. 4:4; Lk. 4: 10-11 12. He works in demon possession, Mt. 12 22-29 13. He is Satan, the adversary, Zech .3:1 14. He is the devil, the slanderer, Lk. 4:13 15. He caused Judas to betray Christ, Jn. 13:2, 27, and Ananias to lie, Acts 5:3 16. He blinds people spiritually, 2 Cor. 4:4 17. He seeks to harm believers, I Pet. 5:8 18. He heads a celestial hierarchy of evil, Eph. 6:11-12 19. He indwells the unsaved, Eph. 2:2, who are his "sons," Jn. 8:44 20. He works diabolic miracles, 2 Thess. 2:9 21. He was branded "a liar" and "the father of it" by Jesus, Jn. 8:44 22. He is a murderer, Jn. 8:44 23. He is the prince of this world, Jn. 12:3 1; 14:30 24. He binds people physically and spiritually, Lk. 13:16 25. He is a fallen angel, Mt. 25:41 26. He sows tares, Mt. 13:38-39, and snatches away the Word, Mt. 13:19 27. He will be bound during the millennium, Rev. 20:1-3 28. He is "the enemy," Mt. 13:39, "the evil one," Mt. 13:38 29. He is routed by Spirit-directed prayer, Eph. 6:10-20 30. He is overcome by faith, I Pet. 5:8-9 31. He hinders God's will in believers, I Thess. 2:18 32. He is the deceiver, Rev. 12:9 33. He is the dragon, that old serpent, Rev. 12:9; 20:2 34. He fell from a sinless high estate, Lk. 10: 18 35. He viewed Simon Peter as a target, Lk. 22:31 36. He has a synagogue of legalists who deny God's grace in Christ, Rev. 2:9 37. His children are unsaved people, I Jn. 3:9, 10 38. His ultimate fate is Gehenna, Mt. 23:41; Rev. 20:10 TAKEN FROM: UNGER'S BIBLE HANDBOOK. - Merrill F. Unger, 1967, Moody Press, Chicago - pp. 612-613 |