Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Today, the Doctrine of Creation, Part 21.

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Today we come to the section of the lesson dealing with Satan and the demons.

We've been talking about angels which serve God, but not all angels do.

You also have a spiritual being referred to as the devil or Satan in Scripture and the demonic hordes which serve his destructive

purposes. So let's talk first a bit about the names of this person. The principal name given to the

spiritual being that opposes God is Satan.

And this is simply a transliteration of the Hebrew and Greek words for this individual.

In Hebrew, Satan, and in Greek, Satanas.

The word Satan means adversary in both languages, in both the Old and the New

Testaments.

The word for Satan is used 14 times in the opening chapters of the book of Job to denote

this supernatural being, which is opposing God. Let me read Job chapter 1, verses 6 to 12.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

The Lord said to Satan, whence have you come?

Satan answered the Lord from going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down in it.

And the Lord said to Satan, have you considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God

and turns away from evil. Then Satan answered the Lord, does Job fear God? For naught, hast thou not put a hedge

about him in his house and all that he has on every side, thou hast blessed the work of his hands,

and his possessions have increased in the land. But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he has,

and he will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said to Satan,

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