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This is in contrast to parts of the Bible that describe the devil as traveling about the earth, like Job 1:6–7 [231] and 1 Peter 5:8, [232] discussed above. On the other hand, 2 Peter 2:4 [233] speaks of sinning angels chained in hell. [234] At least according to Revelation 20:10, [87] the devil is thrown into the Lake of Fire and Sulfur.
The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of Matthew, [1] Mark, [2] and Luke. [3] After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert.
In comparison, Christ and Satan humiliates, condemns, and de-emphasizes Satan versus Christ, holding him as the epic enemy and glorious angel. [7] The text portrays Satan as a narrative character, giving him long monologues in the "Fall of Satan" and the "Harrowing of Hell", where he is seen as flawed, failing, angry, and confused.
The Devil depicted in The Temptation of Christ, by Ary Scheffer, 1854. The three Synoptic Gospels all describe the temptation of Christ by Satan in the desert (Matthew 4:1–11, Mark 1:12–13, and Luke 4:1–13). [77] Satan first shows Jesus a stone and tells him to turn it into bread. [77]
Pseudo-Chrysostom: "The Devil who had begun to despair when he saw that Christ fasted forty days, now again began to hope when he saw that he was an hungred; and then the tempter came to him. If then you shall have fasted and after being tempted, say not, I have lost the fruit of my fast; for though it have not availed to hinder temptation, it ...
In the 3rd-century Gnostic text Acts of Thomas, Abaddon is the name of a demon, or the devil himself. Abaddon is given particularly important roles in two sources, a homily entitled The Enthronement of Abaddon by pseudo-Timothy of Alexandria, and the Book of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, by Bartholomew the Apostle.
The After School Satan Club was launched at Chimneyrock Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee, for students who “may not feel welcomed or more comfortable at other, more traditional religious ...
The Book of Moses, included in the LDS standard works canon, references the war in heaven and Satan's origin as a fallen angel of light. [15] The concept of a war in heaven at the end of time became an addendum to the story of Satan's fall at the genesis of time—a narrative which included Satan and a third of all of heaven's angels.