Does the devil really have horns and a tail?

Answer 1

The short answer is 'No' .

The Devil is also known as Lucifer and Satan:-

Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.

Rev 20:3 And he cast him into the abyss and shut him up and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more .....

If he really did have horns and a tail he would be easily-recognizable and thus easy to avoid. The Devil cannot easily deceive people if he is easily-spotted, so he can look just like anybody else, but the best disguise is to appear like a good and devout minister :-

2Co 11:13 Those men are not true apostles---they are false apostles, who lie about their work and disguise themselves to look like real apostles of Christ.

2Co 11:14 Well, no wonder! Even Satan can disguise himself to look like an angel of light!

2Co 11:15 So it is no great thing if his servants disguise themselves to look like servants of righteousness. In the end they will get exactly what their actions deserve. (GNB)

2Co 11:13 For such ones are false apostles, deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

2Co 11:14 And did not Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light?

2Co 11:15 It is not a great thing, then, if also his ministers transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. (LITV)

The devil lives in (or possesses) a person, so a possessed person can look perfectly normal on the outside . He hides in plain sight , so he is hard to see if you are looking, but he is impossible to see if you don't believe he even exists .