This Blog Article is by Louis Matthews Sweet but it has been updated, corrected and Expanded upon by Edward D. Andrews. The word daimon or daimonion seems originally to have had two closely related meanings; a deity, and a spirit, superhuman but not supernatural. In the former sense the term occurs in the Septuagint translation of Deut.... Continue Reading →
Does Satan the Devil Exist or Is He a Myth?
This Blog Article is by Louis Matthews Sweet but it has been updated, corrected and Expanded upon by Edward D. Andrews. Definition. A created but superhuman, personal, evil, world-power, represented in Scripture as the adversary both of God and men. Scriptural Facts concerning Satan. Names of Satan: The most important of these are the Hebrew... Continue Reading →
How and Why Is Lucifer a Name that Some Say the Bible Uses for Satan? What is the Truth?
The name Lucifer, a Latin translation of the Hebrew word for “day star” occurs but one time (Isa. 14:12) in the Scriptures and only in some versions of the Bible. For example, the King James Version renders Isaiah 14:12: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!” The Hebrew word (hê·lēl)... Continue Reading →