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Therefore, the devil is only able to pursue evil as long as God allows. Evil has no ontological reality, but is defined by deficits or a lack of existence, in Origen's cosmology. Therefore, the devil is considered most remote from the presence of God, and those who adhere to the devil's will follow the devil's removal from God's presence.
In religions where a single god is the primary object of worship, the representation of death is usually that god's antagonist, and the struggle between the two is central to the folklore of the culture. In such dualistic models, the primary deity usually represents good, and the death god embodies evil.
Drawing on scriptural imagery (John 10:7, John 10:11–14), many Christian narratives of heaven include a nice green pasture land and a meeting with a benevolent God. Some of the earliest Christian art depicts heaven as a green pasture where people are sheep led by Jesus as "the good shepherd" as in interpretation of heaven.
Although the Old Testament nowhere identifies the leviathan with the devil, the seven-headed dragon in the Book of Revelation is. [41] By this the battle between God and the primordial chaos monsters shifts to a battle between God and the devil. [42] Only once, in the Book of Job, the leviathan is translated as sea-monster (κῆτος, ketos ...
Christian demonology is the study of demons from a Christian point of view. It is primarily based on the Bible ( Old and New Testaments ), the interpretation of these scriptures, the writings of early Christianity philosophers , hermits , and the associated traditions and legends incorporated from other beliefs.
Dragon of Hayk: Symbol of Hayk Nahapet and Haykaznuni dynasty in Armenia. Usually depicted as seven-headed serpent. Levantine dragons Yam: The god of the sea in the Canaanite pantheon from Levantine mythology. Lotan: A demonic dragon reigning the waters, a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle.
Marilyn McCord Adams: "The Problem of Hell: A Problem of Evil for Christians," in William Rowe (ed.): God and the Problem of Evil, ISBN 0-631-22220-0; Jonathan L. Kvanvig: The Problem of Hell Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 0-19-508487-X; Charles Seymour: A Theodicy of Hell, ISBN 0-7923-6364-7
A detail from Hieronymus Bosch's depiction of Hell (16th century). In Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death (particular judgment).