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  2. Satan - Wikipedia

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    In Luke 22:31, Jesus grants Satan the authority to test Peter and the other apostles. [86] Luke 22:3–6 states that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus because "Satan entered" him [85] and, in Acts 5:3, Peter describes Satan as "filling" Ananias's heart and causing him to sin. [87] The Gospel of John only uses the name Satan three times. [88]

  3. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    [246] [247] Only later did the devil became associated with the color red to reflect blood or the fires of hell. [247] Before the 11th century, the devil was often shown in art as either a human or a black imp. The humanoid devil often wore white robes and feathered bird-like wings or appeared as an old man in a tunic. [248]

  4. Pre-existence of Christ - Wikipedia

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    The pre-existence of Christ asserts the existence of Christ prior to his incarnation as Jesus.One of the relevant Bible passages is John 1 (John 1:1–18) where, in the Trinitarian interpretation, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasis (substantive reality) called the Logos (Koine Greek for "word").

  5. Pre-existence - Wikipedia

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    God resting after creation – Christ depicted as the creator of the world prior to his incarnation as Jesus [1], Byzantine mosaic in Monreale, Sicily.. Pre-existence, premortal existence, beforelife, or life before birth, is the belief that each individual human soul existed before mortal conception, and at some point before birth enters or is placed into the body.

  6. Ransom theory of atonement - Wikipedia

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    God, however, tricked the Devil into accepting Christ's death as a ransom, for the Devil did not realize that Christ could not be held in the bonds of death. Once the Devil accepted Christ's death as a ransom, this theory concluded, justice was satisfied and God was able to free us from Satan's grip.

  7. Hell in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Based on verses like Matthew 16:27 and Romans 6:23 they believe the unsaved do not go to any place of punishment as soon as they die, but are reserved in the grave until the day of judgment after the Second coming of Jesus to be judged, either for eternal life or eternal death. This interpretation is called annihilationism.

  8. When Did Satan Go From Inmate to Warden? - AOL

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    Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyTo hear pop culture tell it, Satan—or the devil, if we are being formal—is the ruler of hell. He runs infernal operations in Far Side comics ...

  9. Arrest of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels.It occurred shortly after the Last Supper (during which Jesus gave his final sermon), and immediately after the kiss of Judas, which is traditionally said to have been an act of betrayal since Judas made a deal with the chief priests to arrest Jesus.