Some time ago, I came upon an illustration that told a story in its portrayal. The illustration depicted the world as a chest board, the people in the world were pawns and Jesus Christ the redeemer of human and the devil: the destroyer of souls were engaged in a fierce game of chest. Thus the illustration portrayed Jesus and Satan as equal and fierce opponents in a battle for the mortal life and the rights to claim the souls of human kind.
The illustration was trying to portray the fierceness of the battle that is being wage for our mortal life and eventually our souls.
At first, I though this piece of art was cute and creative; but after careful consideration and after I consulted with and listened to the voice of Jehovah, I had a revelation. In this revelation it was explained to me that the concept of the art was not an accurate revelation of the truth as it exist. Then as clear as day, I saw the awful error of the illustration. We have got to be careful with the things we are exposed too; for what may appear to be spiritually good thoughts and uplifting idea that enters our minds may aid in our deception. For at times, the devil plants some seemingly good, innocent but erroneous idea in our heads; ideas that we fail to look at with spiritual eyes and because they appear to portray Jehovah or Jesus in a good light we fail to ask for Jehovah’s understanding of the thoughts that entered our minds unsolicited.
We have got to understand that neither Jehovah nor Jesus wants to be portrayed in a good light, but the creator of the universe and the redeemer of mankind, must at all times, be portrayed in perfect light. For they are perfect in all of their ways. Not one iota of Jehovah’s glory, his power, his goodness his mercy, his perfection, his strength or his kindness must be awarded to any one or any thing.
It is not as the art work suggested, Jehovah and Satan are not on equal ground and they are not in an all out war for our soul. It is important to note that the devil is a defeated foe, Satan was never a match for Jesus, when the Devil had his first confrontation with Jesus, he knew of Jehovah's awesome power; hence the reason he worked in fearful secrecy trying to rally the host of heaven on his side in hope of bettering his chances. However, it is important to note; that Michael did not need the help of the angel to defeat Satan and the angels who join his conspiracy, as is out lined in Revelation 12. Michael is all powerful and every bit of power that exist and that is associated with life is derived from Jehovah. The sun in all its glory has not power or light of its own, they all recieved their glory, from Jehovah and nothing will happen, nothing will function, nothing will exist without the creator's consent. Without the sustainor, every living thing will cease to exist. So you see the devil has never been and will never be on par with Jehovah and or his Son.
That drawing needs to have the following correction made to it; in order, to fully demonstrate the reality as it stood and still stands. The devil's position in the drawing is out of place. He should be places on the chest board, for he (satan) is just another pawn; in the game of life. Satan moves or controls nothing, he is placed exactly where Jehovah needs him, he is only permitted to do just what Jehovah allow him to do as is outlined in the book of Job but most of all, he is only given enough leverage to aid in the perfection of our character. Unfortunately, we very often fail to capitalize on such opportunities.
The Conclusion:
In conclusion, Satan is evil by nature and he will grab at every opportunity to dispense of his evil. It is this character trait that Jehovah manipulates for his own purpose and for the benefit of man kind; hence the reason why he is only a pawn to be used by Jehovah, as Jehovah sees fit, for our benefit and for the perfecting of our characters. His evil has so blinded him that he seeks every opportunity to do evil. Satan in his behavior reveal to the un-fallen worlds, how evil he really is, he also expose his true character, his nature and his true intent when he lead the rebellion against Jehovah and his government. This was fully manifested when he arranged and carried out the failed attempt on the life of Jesus, when he was only a helpless babe; in turn he cause thousand of children to die in the process. Again he revealed his true nature when he planned and carry out the unworthy suffering, humiliation and execution of Jesus the Christ, Jehovah only son. See Luke 24 and the other gospels.
It is because of our rebellion, our failure to do Jehovah's will and our love of self that we always seems to falls victims of the actions of the devil. These actions which Jehovah allows the devil to inflict upon us are designed only to perfect our characters. Jehovah said in 1 Corintians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” It is important to remember that Jehovah has made available to us, for our help and protection; all of heaven and the entire mighty and majestic powers that heaven possesses. they are there to protect us and to help us overcome the wiles of the devils. Jehovah uses the devils to being us adversities; however, Jehovah and the angels are always present while we are being tried in the fire, to ensure we come fort as pure gold; with character that is perfect and fit of heaven.
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