Nothing To See

"There's nothing to see. Nothing to fight."

SATAN AND DEVILS have no form. They don’t have a body, as we'd say. Originally created by God to do angelic work, they lost all they were when they sinned. We see this said in the Word about Satan. He said, "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ... I will be like the most High (Isaiah 14:13-14)." Then it says, "Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit (Verse 15)." This was his sin and judgment.

Next thing we know are Jesus' words, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven (Luke 10:18)." Notice, Satan fell FROM HEAVEN. This leaves no doubt who he was nor what God did. God knows all things and so was never in danger of losing His throne. The future is His.

We find Satan after this in the garden inhabiting a serpent. Angels don't inhabit things, so this is significant. Satan needed a physical body in order to communicate with Eve. But again, we must hear his question to her because it shows us that he had heard what God said.

In Genesis 2:17, God speaks to Adam. "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Eve is formed after this. Then in Genesis 3:1, the serpent, who is Satan, says, "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" He asked what he knew God had said. Eve only saw him because he was in the serpent.

This is not about what happened in Genesis, although there is much to be learned there, much many misstate. I want you to realize the devil, Satan, and devils, unclean spirits, do not look like anything. We like to have an image to picture, but to give them substance brings error.

We must know, too, they don't remember heaven or being angels. We see Satan in Job 1 called to stand before God. Notice, he had to enter, Verse 6, and he exited, Verse 12, leaving God's Presence. God asked where he'd been, not because He needed to know. God knew. He asked to pin him down, so to speak. None of their conversation was God making a deal with Satan. God’s perspective must be ours. That Satan was up to no good and God was merciful to Job. But Satan didn't stay in heaven. And in the end, God blessed Job.

Jesus said of Satan, "He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it (John 8:44)." There is NO TRUTH in the devil. No wisdom, no understanding. No peace. That is Jesus' words. When he (and devils) fell, they fell into darkness and out of Light. Psalm 139 tells us God sees well even in the dark. (Verse 12) But Satan did not create the dark. Nor a throne, nor a kingdom, nor an army of devil warriors. He had nothing to work with.

Revelation 12:10 calls him the accuser who speaks day and night. In other words, he's all talk. His "wiles" are lies. Deceit. Or I should say correctly — WERE. Because Hebrews 2:14 tells us Jesus became human that "he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil." Satan has been "rendered useless" and his works dissolved (1 John 3:8). He is no longer "the enemy."

There's nothing to see. Nothing to fight.

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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