Satan Exposed: Satanic Attacks throughout the Bible

Satanic Attacks Believersand Non-Believers

• Satan attacks us – he is like “a roaring lion, seeking who he may devour”(1 Peter 5:8)• Satan is “the prince and power of the air” (Eph. 2:2)• Satan is the “accuser of the brethren”(Rev. 12:10)

Satanic Attacks in Genesis

• Attack on Planet Earth where the earth became “without form and void” – God repaired the damage(Gen. 1:1-2)

• Attack on Adam and Eve with the eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil – God promised Jesus to die on a tree for the sin of Adam and all sins(Gen. 3:13-15)

Satanic Attacks in Genesis - cont.

• Attack on children of Adam and Eve with Cain killing Abel - God gave them more sons starting with Seth (Gen. 4:28-29)

• Attack on world with intermarrying of the “sons of God” with women on the earth who became giants – the flood wiped them out (Gen. 6:1-7)

Satanic Attacks in Genesis – cont.

• Attack on the world through a false religion (Nimrod) and through the attempt to build a huge temple – God confounded their languages. (Gen. 11:5-9)

• Cities became corrupted such as Sodom and Gomorrah – God destroyed the cities with fire and brimstone, but rescued Lot and his family although his wife became a pillar of salt (Gen. 19:23-26)

Satanic Attacks in Genesis – cont.

• Attack on Joseph by brothers initially to kill him, then to put him in a pit, and later to sell him into slavery – his death would have changed the 12 tribes to 11 tribes (Gen. 37:18-27)

Satanic Attacks throughoutthe Old Testament

• Multiple Attacks on the lineage of Jesus and also on the Jews – multiple captivities, multiple battles, temptations and corruption of beliefs with idolatry and evil from Egypt and later from foreign countries including the Canaanites

Satanic Attacks on Christ –From Cradle to Grave

• Attack on Jesus soon after his birth, with Herod trying to kill all little baby boys from which they fled to Egypt

• During Christ’s ministry, he cast out demons and thus was attacking the kingdom of Satan

• Attacks on Jesus from the Pharisees and Sadducees, including later torturing and crucifying Him to death

Satanic Attacks on Christ – cont.

• Temptations of Christ (40 days in the wilderness – Luke 4)

• Tempted to turn stone to bread – Jesus said “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God” (v. 3-4)• Tempted to give the kingdoms of the world to Jesus if He worshipped the Devil (v. 4-8) – Jesus said “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.”• Tempted to cast Himself down off a pinnacle of a temple – Jesus said, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God” (v. 9-13)