Satan’s Kingdom has subjects. The first general Biblical evidence of Satan’s desire to be like God is the extensive teaching regarding the reality of Satan’s unholy kingdom. Satan can live and exploit the lie that he is like God partly because he has his own kingdom. Like God’s kingdom it has subjects. Satan’s subjects are the fallen angels and the lost. We’ve already seen how Jesus, anticipating His coming crucifixion, death, and resurrection, recognized Satan as the ruler of the world: “Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.”Satan’s tempting Jesus…
Satan desires a Kingdom like God’s kingdom The Bible speaks of God’s kingdom in two senses. The first is His absolute sovereignty over all creation, every being and every thing that has ever existed and will ever exist. The second is more narrow, referring to the distinction between those who are and those who are not His people. In that sense the Old Testament particularly focuses on the nation of Israel under King David. David ruled Israel roughly a thousand years before Jesus was born. Through Nathan, a prophet and advisor to David, God told David that his kingdom would…
Satan’s motive is to be like God. Satan’s the most evil being who has ever existed. The most obvious evidence of that is the physical and spiritual human toll his evil has taken. He caused physical and spiritual ills to come into the world when he deceived Adam and Eve and continues to foster physical and spirutual suffering today. Does that mean he’s primarily motivated by a hatred of humanity? No. The fruit of Satan’s pride, his desire to be like God, is the primary motivation behind all he does. Human pain and suffering is a side-effect of his efforts…