What did Satan do?

Answer 1

The list of what Satan did is too long to write out. And of course then there are many more things he did, which we wouldn't even know about. Only Almighty God would know the whole list. (For example, of ' Babylon the Great' in Revelation 18:5, it states that 'her sins have piled up to heaven'. No doubt the list of what Satan has done, is piled higher than that.)

So, from a Bible's viewpoint, allow me to cover a few things that Satan did. (I will number things as I mention them. By no means is this listing to be understood as a time-line order, or degree of decreasing or increasing gravity.)

The angel (that was later called Satan,) was an angel created by God. Perhaps he lived millions of years in Almighty God's presence, upholding God's righteous standards; and fulfilling whatever assignments he received. He came to know God very intimately as a God of Love, Justice, Righteousness, Wisdom, and his almighty power; as well as other related and inter-related character qualities.

Then at some point in Universal History, after God had created a completely new form of life (man-kind), Satan challenged God, both directly and by implication. This was completely criminal on his part, and unwarranted. In other words, there was NO basis for such a 1) rebellion against God, and 2) accusing God's pure and clean character, with 3) slander and innuendo.

The record is found in Genesis 3:1-5

You will note from that record that Satan basically 4)called God a liar.

By his statement "Is it really so . . ." Satan was 5)implying that God was 'withholding' something from his creation. Namely 6) implying that God is selfish.

In taking this stand against his Maker; and in making these implications, Satan was 'in effect' 7) challenging God's RIGHT to rule; 8) as well as the 'righteousness' of God's way of ruling (depriving mankind of something.)

You will also notice the method of approach. 9) Satan showed disrespect for the 'headship' arrangement. He did not approach Eve's husband and head, Adam. He did not suggest that Eve consult with her husband out of respect for her having been created from his own body.

Satan's evil, was well thought out. His verbiage was well planned. He showed himself to be evil and deceptive; motivated by utter selfishness and rebelliousness.

(I will spare detailed information in this posting regarding these items.)

In a related account in Job chapter 1 and 2; Satan drags us 'humans' into his objects of slander and accusation and innuendo.

Satan walks into a meeting God has with his angels. His nose is up in the air so-to-speak. God asks him (as if God didn't know) "Where have you been?" And Satan 10) smart mouths back at God, basically saying: "What's it to you? I've been tromping around on earth, here and there." God points to his servant Job as a person of integrity to God's standards. Satan now drags in the whole human race by implication when he said: "Is it for nothing that Job has served you?" Yes he 11) smeared all of us with the black mark of selfishness. He said that people serve God because God blesses them. He challenges: "Take the blessings away, and see if they will not curse you to your face."

God could have wiped Satan out again, with a snap of his little finger. But instead, God has allowed all of mankind, to show Satan up to be a bold-faced liar and slanderer. That is has been our privilege over the past few thousand years since Adam's creation.

OK, that should be enough to help anyone see "What did Satan do?"

Another Answer:

The above is the typical christian answer. I have a more thorough answer as to what Lucifer did and what Yahweh did.

According to Christianity, Satan is the epitome and embodiment of all evil things, described as "the father of all lies" in the Catholic Church's Catechism. It is his works that tempt humans into doing bad deeds. If something evil occurs, we can be assured that Satan had something to do with it.

God

•God takes away Adam and Eve's eternal life, thus commiting the first murder, and holds their descendants responsible and visiting Adam and Eve's punishment down on their children. In today's moral standards, the sins of the father die with the father.

•God destroys all life on Earth in a great flood, except for a drunk (Noah) and his family, for failing to worship him.

•God's tenth plague upon the Israelites was the unjustified murder of all firstborn sons in Egypt, which undoubtedly included little children.

•Before sending the plagues to Egypt, God "hardened Pharaoh's heart" so that he wouldn't let the Israelites go, so he could have an excuse to visit horrible plagues upon them, like boils, killing cattle and murdering all firstborn sons. (Exodus 4:21)

•God orders the Levites to kill their "every man and his neighnor" for worshipping another god. This cost 3000 lives. (Exodus 32:27)

•God sends a plague to the Israelites, apparently feeling that mass-butchery wasn't enough of a punishment. (Exodus 32:35)

•God kills Onan for refusing to impregnate his late brother's (whom God also slew) wife and instead "spilling his seed on the ground." (Genesis 38:8-10)

•God kills the entire populations of Soddom and Gammorah (again, including women, children and infants) for practicing certain sexual techniques.

•God gives all Philistines hemorrhoids in their pubic areas. (1 Samuel 5:9)

•God kills over 50,000 people for looking at an ark. (1 Samuel 6:19)

•God kills 70,000 people because King David decided to have a census. (1 Chronicles 21:7-14)

•God approves of slavery, and instructs owners to beat their slaves. (Proverbs 29:19)

•And, finally, God makes sure that if you are guilty of even the smallest transgression, you shall suffer endlessly for all eternity, following a dramatic homecoming for Jesus, who will be extremely pissed off at everyone for putting him to death, even though it was just the Romans and even though he knew what was going to happen beforehand, and he could have easily avoided it by using his power as God to perform a miracle and prove who he was. (See the entire book of Revelation)

Satan

•Satan, like Prometheus, gave knowledge to humanity by giving Eve the fruit from the forbidden tree. Because of Satan, humanity gained knowledge of good and evil, according to Genesis. Since we couldn't have possessed knowledge of good and evil before eating the fruit, Adam and Eve couldn't have known that eating the fruit was evil, so it seems a little harsh to punish them as severely as God did. Satan gave humans truecapacity for moral judgment, unlike God, who simply expected everyone to mindlessly obey his orders.

•There is no biblical record of Satan engaging in the murder of torture of any human being, unlike God, who is guilty (and proudly guilty) of commiting genocide.

•There is no biblical record of Satan ever ordering someone to kill someone else, unlike God, who has repeatedly demanded the deaths of those who commit even the smallest of offenses.

•Satan will not be holding a massively dramatic ceremony full of blood and death for the return of his son to Earth. God apparently will.

God has, after all, killed billions of people in a great flood. Satan never did anything like that. What was the only thing Satan did "wrong"? He rebelled against God, but wouldn't you? Look at what kind of a God he is! He needlessly murders people in nearly every book and passage of the Old Testament! He created an entire race of people for the sole purpose of catoring to his own ego, and then gets mad when we don't live up to our appointed role in life or question one of his decisions! He is a ruthless, dictatorial, narcissistic, sociopathic mass murderer. If I go to Hell for not worshipping him, so much the better. I'd rather spend eternity with Satan, someone who hasn't treated the human race like disposable garbage, someone who has givenknowledge to humanity rather than trying to suppress it.

It's time to stop this needless slandering of Satan's name. Satan has done nothing to deserve it. He hasn't killed anyone, publicly exonerated slavery, demanded our worship or threatened us with eternal damnation for not doing his bidding. It is Godwho is guilty of all these crimes. Satan's done nothing but rebel against a repugnantly unjust authority figure, and he gets eternal damnation and association and blame for all evil on Earth!