Harold I am getting tired of all this - and it's only Monday.I'm surprised that both of you have kept at it this long.
It doesn't matter (to me) that the first Christians were Jews if theyYou quote sources that are not only not Torah, but not anywhere in
either misunderstood Torah, or didn't learn it, or started making up
their own beliefs, nor if you quote sources that are not Torah.
There is not one example in the Jewish scriptures where any angel,Where did you get this "Mastema"? It is found neither in Tanakh nor
Satan included, opposes God's will, nor of a fiction named Mastema,
who allegedly induced God to test Abraham through the sacrifice of
Isaac.
You are right that his job is that of tempter - he tempts mankindInteresting site.
away from obedience to G-d, so that when they choose G-d over Satan,
they are thereby elevated - and that he was the one who tempted Chava.
But some day we will all be on an elevated spiritual level, and his
job will be over.
If you are interested in a Jewish perspective, see
http://www.outreachjudaism.org/satan.html
Shoshanna
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