The Origin Demise Of Satan

Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780679731184

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The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels Pdf

From the National Book Award-winning and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of The Gnostic Gospels comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. "Arresting...brilliant...this book illuminates the angels with which we must wrestle to come to the truth of our bedeviling spritual problems." —The Boston Globe With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

Author : Jacob Poelman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Devil
ISBN : 9781449002961

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The Origin & Demise of Satan by Jacob Poelman Pdf

Historical & Scriptural information opens up the history of Satan while avoiding use of tradition, fear and imagination. Poelman provides harmonious answers in the context of God's love and purpose that reveals how truth, righteousness, justice, love & etc., are the 'links' of the symbolic 'chain', which gradually binds evil, Satan, Devil, Serpent and Dragon as the Gospel Age metamorphoses into the Kingdom of God. Willing hearts, overcoming fear, anger, guilt, hate, greed, prejudice, jealousy, In the Lord's spirit causes evil to fade from society, bringing Jesus the Christ's Kingdom into existance. it is God's spirit of truth, peace, justice, righteousness, love and mercy manifested through people creating or supporting numerous financial, mental, medical, physical, civil and religious changes countering the evils effecting mankind, which improves the well-being of all, thus bringing the kingdom of Jesus the Christ into existence. Therefore 'evil'; the Apostle John calls it Satan, Devil, Serpent, Dragon, (Rev. 12:9) conceived in the minds of men, which has brought neighbor against neighbor, nation against nation and Christian's against Christian's is being overcome, For today, evil is being revealed, identified and gradually bound as the Kingdom of Jesus the Christ grows to eventually cover the earth by the end of a thousand years of restitution. Acts 3:20,21.

Author : Bodie Hodge
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614580010

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The Fall of Satan by Bodie Hodge Pdf

The ruler of darkness? the Tempter? the Great Red Dragon? Apollyon; the Destroyer? One being is revealed to have all these titles and more - names that reveal his horrific nature? All names given to Satan, your adversary who comes like a lion "seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Today, many question and even mock the very existence of Satan, as well as the reality of evil. Even in the Church, by and large, there are few biblical resources on the subject to counter the destructive claims raised in today's humanistic culture. In The Fall of Satan: Rebels in the Garden you will discover the answers to 35 captivating questions, such as: How could one created good become so absorbed by evil? Why would God, who is not evil, allow evil to continue to exist? Did sin begin with Adam or was its origin found in Satan? When did Satan rebel against God's authority? Where can the answers be found to such provocative, spiritual questions that have been asked so many times over? Carefully consider the biblical response, since it is the only completely reliable foundation for information about Satan. As our absolute authority, we must reject unqualified conclusions drawn from sources outside the Bible, such as the current ideas and traditions of the culture. No believer should be unaware of these sound answers found in the Bible.

Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101577073

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Revelations by Elaine Pagels Pdf

A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the bestselling author of Beyond Belief. Through the bestselling books of Elaine Pagels, thousands of readers have come to know and treasure the suppressed biblical texts known as the Gnostic Gospels. As one of the world's foremost religion scholars, she has been a pioneer in interpreting these books and illuminating their place in the early history of Christianity. Her new book, however, tackles a text that is firmly, dramatically within the New Testament canon: The Book of Revelation, the surreal apocalyptic vision of the end of the world . . . or is it? In this startling and timely book, Pagels returns The Book of Revelation to its historical origin, written as its author John of Patmos took aim at the Roman Empire after what is now known as "the Jewish War," in 66 CE. Militant Jews in Jerusalem, fired with religious fervor, waged an all-out war against Rome's occupation of Judea and their defeat resulted in the desecration of Jerusalem and its Great Temple. Pagels persuasively interprets Revelation as a scathing attack on the decadence of Rome. Soon after, however, a new sect known as "Christians" seized on John's text as a weapon against heresy and infidels of all kinds-Jews, even Christians who dissented from their increasingly rigid doctrines and hierarchies. In a time when global religious violence surges, Revelations explores how often those in power throughout history have sought to force "God's enemies" to submit or be killed. It is sure to appeal to Pagels's committed readers and bring her a whole new audience who want to understand the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions, and to appreciate the lasting appeal of this extraordinary text.

Author : Louie Giglio
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 078524722X

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Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table by Louie Giglio Pdf

Louie Giglio helps you find encouragement, hope, and strength in the midst of any valley as you reject the enemy voices of fear, rage, lust, insecurity, anxiety, despair, temptation, or defeat. Scripture is clear: the Enemy is a liar who will stop at nothing to tempt you into poor decisions and self-defeating mindsets, making you feel afraid, angry, anxious, or defeated. It is all too easy for Satan to weasel his way into a seat at the table intended for only you and your King. But you can fight back. Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table outlines the ways to overcome those lies so you can find peace and security in any challenging circumstance or situation. With the same bold, exciting approach to Scripture as employed in Goliath Must Fall and his other previous works, pastor Louie Giglio examines Psalm 23 in fresh ways, highlighting verse 5: "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies." You can find freedom from insecurity, temptation, and defeat--if you allow Jesus, the Shepherd, to lead the battle for your mind and heart. This spiritual warfare book for those who are leery of spiritual warfare books will resonate with Louie's core Passion tribe as well as with Christians of all ages who want to live a triumphant life in God.

Author : Jacob Poelman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781449002978

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The Origin & Demise of Satan by Jacob Poelman Pdf

Historical & Scriptural information opens up the history of Satan while avoiding use of tradition, fear and imagination. Poelman provides harmonious answers in the context of Gods love and purpose that reveals how truth, righteousness, justice, love & etc., are the 'links' of the symbolic 'chain', which graduallybinds evil, Satan, Devil, Serpent and Dragon as the Gospel Age metamorphoses into the Kingdom of God. Willing hearts, overcoming fear, anger, guilt, hate, greed, prejudice, jealousy, in the Lord's spirit causes evil to fade from society, bringing Jesus the Christs Kingdom into existance. It is God's spirit of truth, peace, justice, righteousness, love and mercy manifested through people creating or supporting numerous financial, mental, medical, physical, civil and religious changes countering the evils effecting mankind, which improves the well-being of all, thus bringing the kingdom of Jesus the Christ into existence. Therefore 'evil'; the Apostle John calls it Satan, Devil, Serpent, Dragon, (Rev. 12:9) conceived in the minds of men, which has brought neighbor against neighbor, nation against nation and Christian's against Christian's is being overcome, for today, evil is being revealed, identified and gradually bound as the Kingdom of Jesus the Christgrows to eventually cover the earth by the end of a thousand years of restitution. Acts 3:20,21.

Author : Carlyle Boynton Haynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Devil
ISBN : PRNC:32101068766870

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Satan, His Origin, Work, and Destiny by Carlyle Boynton Haynes Pdf

Author : Darren Oldridge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199580996

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The Devil: A Very Short Introduction by Darren Oldridge Pdf

The Devil has fascinated writers and theologians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many dramatic and haunting works of art. Today he remains a potent image in popular culture. The Devil: A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to the Christian Devil through the history of ideas and the lives of real people.

Author : Vilém Flusser
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781937561420

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The History of the Devil by Vilém Flusser Pdf

In 1939, a young Vilém Flusser faced the Nazi invasion of his hometown of Prague. He escaped with his wife to Brazil, taking with him only two books: a small Jewish prayer book and Goethe’s Faust. Twenty-six years later, in 1965, Flusser would publish The History of the Devil, and it is the essence of those two books that haunts his own. From that time his life as a philosopher was born. While Flusser would later garner attention in Europe and elsewhere as a thinker of media culture, The History of the Devil is considered by many to be his first significant work, containing nascent forms of the main themes that would come to preoccupy him over the following decades. In The History of the Devil, Flusser frames the human situation from a pseudo-religious point of view. The phenomenal world, or “reality” in a general sense, is identified as the “Devil,” and that which transcends phenomena, or the philosophers’ and theologians’ “reality,” is identified as “God.” Referencing Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in its structure, Flusser provocatively leads the reader through an existential exploration of nothingness as the bedrock of reality, where “phenomenon” and “transcendence,” “Devil” and “God” become fused and confused. So radically confused, in fact, that Flusser suggests we abandon the quotation marks from the terms “Devil” and “God.” At this moment of abysmal confusion, we must make the existential decisions that give direction to our lives.

Author : Elaine Pagels,Karen L. King
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101202135

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Reading Judas by Elaine Pagels,Karen L. King Pdf

The instant New York Times bestseller interpreting the controversial long-lost gospel The recently unearthed Gospel of Judas is a source of fascination for biblical scholars and lay Christians alike. Now two leading experts on the Gnostic gospels tackle the important questions posed by its discovery, including: How could any Christian imagine Judas to be Jesus' favorite? And what kind of vision of God does the author offer? Working from Karen L. King's brilliant new translation, Elaine Pagels and King provide the context necessary for considering its meaning. Reading Judas plunges into the heart of Christianity itself and will stand as the definitive look at the gospel for years to come.

Author : Gary Alan Anderson,Michael Edward Stone,Johannes Tromp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004116001

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Literature on Adam and Eve by Gary Alan Anderson,Michael Edward Stone,Johannes Tromp Pdf

This volume is a collection of articles by some of the foremost scholars in the field, dealing with the rich variety of Adam and Eve-traditions, from "The Life of Adam and Eve" onwards to late medieval writings in Armenian.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

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Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307807359

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Adam, Eve, and the Serpent by Elaine Pagels Pdf

A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. "Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York Times How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin? In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.

Author : Steven Pacey
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780595308231

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Deceptive Lights by Steven Pacey Pdf

The battle between Satan and human beings began in the Garden of Eden and continues to this day. Running conflicts between Christians and the dark lords perfected the skill and cunning of mankind's most dreaded enemies as the pages of history steadily advanced. The endless acts of madness and insanity that broadcast themselves through everything from the major media to neighborhood conversations continually reveal that Satan and his demonic legions have indeed crowned themselves in the knighthood of evil. The imminent emergence of the third Elijah and the dwindling time that precedes the Second Coming of Jesus will escalate the battle to its climactic conclusion. Your survival will largely depend on your ability to learn to battle the evil monstrosities that will seek the destruction of all mankind-an ability that can only come through the knowledge provided by God. Neutrality and indifference will not protect you. In the years that remain prior to the Second Coming of Jesus, nature and many human beings will seemingly go insane as the evil ones throw every last desperate punch. It will indeed be a time of fear and dread such as has never been seen in the history of mankind.

Author : RenŽ Girard
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331581

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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning by RenŽ Girard Pdf

Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life. The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as our world grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ-event is so great that the evils of scapegoating and sacrifice are being defeated even now. A new community, God's nonviolent kingdom, is being realized -- even now.