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Satan: Person
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Satan possesses no real demonic qualities in the OT writings. He is mentioned as a distinct personality in 3 passages. These passages are thought to be post-exilic and are dated between 519 and 300 BCE.
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Job 1:12; 2:6 -- Terrible as Satan's trials toward Job were, yet God limited him. First he could not harm Job personally, then he could not kill him. As a result, Job did not sin [1:22; 2:10].
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It does seem the more carnally educated a person becomes, the less attention one gives to Satan. It ... seems the less educated, the more superstitious, and the more Satan is blamed for everything.
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