What is His real name ?




“Satan” is a Hebrew word meaning “adversary” or “accuser.” It’s never used as a name in the Old Testament and is often applied to humans. For example, King Rezon of Syria is said to be a satan (“adversary”) of Solomon. There is also an angelic creature known as “the satan,” who acts as a sort of prosecutor. For example, God allows the satan to persecute Job to see if he will remain faithful even after losing everything. The word “devil” (diabolos) also means “accuser” and is just a Greek translation of satan. Correctly, we usually refer to “the Devil,” but at some point, we started treating “Satan” as a given name, with no “the” needed. So does the Devil have a name? It’s not Lucifer (“morning star”), which the Bible only uses once, about a king of Babylon. And Belial and Beelzebub didn’t start as names, either. So if the Devil is supposed to have a name, we have no idea what it is.





Does Devil have his own super powers and free will ?

Most pop culture versions of the Devil give him incredible powers, but does the Biblical Satan actually have power on Earth? It’s a little ambiguous. In the Old Testament, he’s capable of instantly ruining Job’s life, but only after God gives him permission. In the New Testament, he mostly tempts Jesus to use his own powers. For example, when Jesus is hungry, Satan tells him to change rocks into bread, but he doesn’t offer to do it himself. On the other hand, Mark 5 and Luke 8 relate how Jesus drove out demons who had possessed two men, which does imply that demons or Satan can possess people in some way. Satan also offers to give Jesus “the kingdoms of the world,” although it’s not clear if he could actually follow through. Nonetheless, the official position of the largest Christian groups is that Satan does not have the power to do more than tempt.









In Islam, al-Shaytan (“the Satan”) is a being known as Iblis. In the Quran, Allah makes Adam from clay and orders the angels to bow to his creation. But Iblis refuses to bow, saying, “I am better than him; You created me from fire and him from mud.” Allah is angry but agrees to postpone punishment while Iblis tries to prove himself right by tempting humans to sin.Scholars are split on what Iblis actually is. In Islam, there are three categories of beings: angels, humans, and spirits known as jinn, who were made from fire and given free will. On the one hand, the Quran states that Allah commanded the angels, including Iblis, to bow, which suggests that he’s an angel. On the other hand, Iblis shows free will and says that Allah made him from fire, which suggests that he’s a jinn. The subject remains in dispute.


http://listverse.com/2016/11/03/10-unsolved-mysteries-about-satan/