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CHAPTER IV
DIVINE PROMISES
OF BLESSING
SATAN'S rebellion against the universal sovereignty
of Jehovah God brought cursings upon
himself and mankind. Almighty God did
not then cast Satan out of heaven, forever thereafter
closing the holy realms above to him . Neither
did God then create a subterranean place
called "hell" for the torture of souls in fire and
brimstone after death and put Satan the Devil in
charge of it. This accounts for it that Satan was
able to corrupt many angels of heaven and transform
them into demons and make himself their
ruler.-Matthew 12 :24, NW.
2 God's written Word discloses that about
twenty-four centuries after the rebellion in Eden
Satan the Devil was still above the earth and still
had free entry into the courts of heaven . This was
in the days of Job. "And that man was perfect
and upright, and one that feared God, and turned
away from evil." Plainly stating that God's great
adversary had access to the heavenly courts in
contact with the holy angels, the account of Job,
evidently written by the contemporary Moses,
says : "Now it came to pass on the day when the
sons of God came to present themselves before
1, 2 . a Did God at once cast Satan out of heaven for
his rebellion? b What proof of this do we have in
Job's days?
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