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Tolkien13
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The title speaks for itself.
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Origen tells us it is Satan -
“For the serpent—from whom the Ophioneus spoken of by Pherecydes is derived—having become the cause of man’s expulsion from the divine Paradise, obscurely shadows forth something similar, having deceived the woman8 by a promise of divinity and of greater blessings; and her example is said to have been followed also by the man. And, further, who else could the destroying angel mentioned in the Exodus of Moses be, than he who was the author of destruction to them that obeyed him, and did not withstand his wicked deeds, nor struggle against them?”***
Augustin tells us -
"The door-posts of the Jews were sealed with the blood of the slaughtered animal: with the blood of Christ are our foreheads sealed. And that sealing—for it had a real significance—was said to keep away the destroyer from the houses that were sealed: Christ’s seal drives away the destroyer from us, if we receive the Saviour into our hearts."
So, to the Church Fathers, Satan was (is) the “destroyer”, and just as the blood of sacrificial lambs saved the people of Israel from him, the blood of our paschal lamb (Christ) protects us, today, from him!
Peace and all good!
“For the serpent—from whom the Ophioneus spoken of by Pherecydes is derived—having become the cause of man’s expulsion from the divine Paradise, obscurely shadows forth something similar, having deceived the woman8 by a promise of divinity and of greater blessings; and her example is said to have been followed also by the man. And, further, who else could the destroying angel mentioned in the Exodus of Moses be, than he who was the author of destruction to them that obeyed him, and did not withstand his wicked deeds, nor struggle against them?”***
Augustin tells us -
"The door-posts of the Jews were sealed with the blood of the slaughtered animal: with the blood of Christ are our foreheads sealed. And that sealing—for it had a real significance—was said to keep away the destroyer from the houses that were sealed: Christ’s seal drives away the destroyer from us, if we receive the Saviour into our hearts."
So, to the Church Fathers, Satan was (is) the “destroyer”, and just as the blood of sacrificial lambs saved the people of Israel from him, the blood of our paschal lamb (Christ) protects us, today, from him!
Peace and all good!
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TheSeeker2014
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interesting, never really thought about it, I figured it was just an Angel that was assigned that job, and will be assigned again at the end of the Age.Origen tells us it is Satan -
“For the serpent—from whom the Ophioneus spoken of by Pherecydes is derived—having become the cause of man’s expulsion from the divine Paradise, obscurely shadows forth something similar, having deceived the woman8 by a promise of divinity and of greater blessings; and her example is said to have been followed also by the man. And, further, who else could the destroying angel mentioned in the Exodus of Moses be, than he who was the author of destruction to them that obeyed him, and did not withstand his wicked deeds, nor struggle against them?”***
Augustin tells us -
"The door-posts of the Jews were sealed with the blood of the slaughtered animal: with the blood of Christ are our foreheads sealed. And that sealing—for it had a real significance—was said to keep away the destroyer from the houses that were sealed: Christ’s seal drives away the destroyer from us, if we receive the Saviour into our hearts."
So, to the Church Fathers, Satan was (is) the “destroyer”, and just as the blood of sacrificial lambs saved the people of Israel from him, the blood of our paschal lamb (Christ) protects us, today, from him!
Peace and all good!
So I guess Christians should not be wearing the grim reaper on shirts huh?
I think another name for it is Azazel. (name of a fallen angel in the Book of Enoch).
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Neofight
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and the “avenger” in Leviticusinteresting, never really thought about it, I figured it was just an Angel that was assigned that job, and will be assigned again at the end of the Age.
So I guess Christians should not be wearing the grim reaper on shirts huh?
I think another name for it is Azazel. (name of a fallen angel in the Book of Enoch).
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