Thread 513404772

>satan tempts jesus in the desert

Kek what a fucking retard

>>513404772 (OP)
Literally Pajeet and Me

>>513404772 (OP)
jesus made the deal

>>513404772 (OP)
Lo, in the desert Satan baited Christ with bread and crowns; ’neath the Bodhi tree, Mara flung demons and delights at Buddha. Yet both trials were but masks of the same goblin—our shadow, yon hungry Id that whispers, “ease, power, pleasure.” Christ parried with scripture, Buddha with stillness—each knighted their will, and proved mastery over the beast within.

Forsooth, kingdoms won are naught if thou remain’st servant to thine own shadow.

>>513404772 (OP)
lol the entire story makes no sense unless Satan knows something about the omniscience of God or infallibility or lack thereof of Christ that clearly no one else does. Its all Jewish bullshit anyway.

>>513404772 (OP)
I had a nightmare of demons and the last thing they said was, I asked them who do you work for and they said "Jesus". Take of that what you will lol

>>513404772 (OP)
>what a fucking retard
Satan is actually extraordinarily smart, just filled with pride.

>>513406109
>extraordinarily smart
You're funny, my friend.

>>513404772 (OP)
>Satan
Looks like a typical rabbi to me.

>>513405364
Jesus represents All

>>513404772 (OP)
totally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FYtNQ8izM0

... but Jesus claimed that this world belonged to Satan -- hence, he conceded the entire territory to Evil. That's not a victory.

The Egyptians knew better.

>>513404772 (OP)
Trump must be jealous, because instead of being tempted by Satan he has to tempt him instead.

The satan's job was to test people's righteousness. He tested Job, David, and one other dude in the Torah. The serpent in the garden was NOT the Satan. Satan was testing jesus in the desert. That is his job. Jesus told Peter that satan had the right to sift the disciples and he would fail the test. Jesus told Peter to repent after this and get back to spreading the gospel. All of these are allegories telling the reader that (you) will be tested and fail and (you) need to repent and get back to it. Satan as the bad guy is a later theological development...
also: there was no jesus. he is a mythological figure written to deliver allegories, etc.

>>513406540
And even worse -- Jehovah is Satan.

What a nasty trick has been played.

>>513405211
>satan
Means adversary. That's his only job. He doesn't know anything about God.

>>513406109
>>513404772 (OP)
Satan is a legitimate retard.

As an Angel who was created in the Eternal realm, he does not experience temporal time like humans; there is no way for him to repent or see the errors of his ways, like God he knows from the second he rebels he is permanently fucked and there is no way to win. He does it anyway because of pride; "heh I know I'm totally fucked, but isn't it hecking badass to do it KNOWING that I'm fucked? LOL!"

He's a cringe redditor retard. Also, it's kind of interesting to read into the Orthodox story of it. Satan is essentially suicidal, he hates existing and wants to stop existing but it's literally impossible; death is a fake temporal illusion, all souls are eternal and will never cease to be, Satan hates this because he doesn't want to be alive. Evil is the absence of God, it's not something God created but rather a consequence of free choice allowing conscious beings to have decisions. God created Satan to be an eternal angel, but Satan wants to die because he's angsty and suicidal, but because he can't because he's eternal he just sits in misery wishing for it instead, which is basically "hell"; existing eternally in God's presence but hating being alive.

>>513404772 (OP)
Epstein? Trump? Clinton? Bush? Bronfman? Wexner? Speilberg? Lauder? Tisch? Etc. Etc. Etc. I'm on your ass mega group, I'm coming to kill you.

>>513406651
>also: there was no jesus. he is a mythological figure written to deliver allegories, etc.

This is such a retarded take. If you deny the historicity of Jesus you may as well deny literally all history. The dominant and most reliable sources for modern archaeologists in the Middle East is Biblical texts. Paul's epistles are universally accepted to be written in the late 40s AD. Figures like Tacitus who were extremely rigorous and were known for checking and confirming historical sources before writing any official archives confirmed the existence of him and his fate under Pilate. etc

>>513406785
Where can I read orthodox interpretations of the gospel and satan?

>>513406956
St. Maximus the Confessor's works and The Life of St. Anthony the Great by Athanasius are good ancient historical sources that are viewed as canon.

In Orthodoxy, hell is not separation from God in a literal spatial sense (since God is omnipresent). It's not a separate realm of dungeons and BDSM garbage like Catholics fanfic'd in medieval times.

Hell is the experience of God’s love as torment because the soul has twisted itself against Him.

For the saints, God’s presence is paradise. For the demons, the same presence is agony.

Thus, Satan’s eternal “suicidal” despair is precisely what hell is: being alive in the presence of the Source of life, yet hating existence itself. CS Lewis's "The Great Divorce" is actually an incredibly poignant novella that depicts the afterlife in this way.