1. Satan is a person
   The words implying and asserting that Satan is a person and not merely an "evil influence personified" are in every passage referring to him.
   • Job 1:6-12 - "Satan came... going to and fro in the earth... Satan answered"
   • 1Chronicles 21:1 - "And Satan stood up... and provoked David"
   • Matthew 4:1-11 - "[The Tempter] said... if thou wilt worship me... Then the devil leaveth Him"
   • John 8:44 - "He was a murderer... he is a liar"
   • 1Peter 5:8 - "The devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour"
2. Satan has ever sought an embodiment in human beings
   1. In the serpent in Eden
      • Genesis 3:1-5 - "The serpent was more subtil"
      • Revelation 12:9; 20:2 - "Old serpent"
      • 2Corinthians 11:3 - "The serpent beguiled Eve"
   2. In a king of Babylon
      • Isaiah 14:4-19 - "Lucifer, son of the morning." The language goes beyond the mere king in whom Satan had been embodied. Verses 12-19 also look ahead to Satan's last embodiment (Revelation 13:2,4)
   3. In a king of Tyre
      • Ezekiel 28:11-15 - "Thou hast been in Eden... Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth... thou wast... created"
   4. In the beast out of the sea
      • Revelation 13:1-4 - "The dragon gave him his power"
3. His origin and history -- Old Testament
   • Ezekiel 28:15 - "Created"
   • Ezekiel 28:14 - "Cherub"
   • Ezekiel 28:12 - "Full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty"
   • Isaiah 14:12 - "Fallen from heaven" (See also Luke 10:18)
   • Isaiah 14:13,14 - "I will be like the most High"

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