Beasts of the Field Archives

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Who Is Satan?

Satan (the Devil) is one person in the Bible that everyone knows, even if they’ve never been to Church. The problem is that most Christians don’t actually know who Satan is or how he deceives the world. When pastors teach about Satan, 99.9% of the time, they use verses that have nothing to do with Satan while seemingly ignoring the verses about Satan. If we never really know who our enemy is or how he attacks, how will we ever defeat or overcome him? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to clarify the being that is Satan in her video, Who Is Satan?

Revelation 12:9
Isaiah 14:12-15
2 Peter 2:10-11
Jude 1:8-9
Job 1:6-12
Isaiah 6:1-7
Zechariah 3:1-2
Revelation 12:8-12
Genesis 3:1
Genesis 3:13-15
Revelation 12:2-4
Revelation 6:4
Psalms 12:6
Psalms 66:10
1 Corinthians 3:11
1 Peter 1:7
Isaiah 48:10
Proverbs 17:3
Job 2:1-7
2 Samuel 24:1
1 Chronicles 21:1
Genesis 18:20-22
Revelation 12:10
Revelation 12:13-17
Exodus 19:4
Isaiah 40:30-31
Micah 7:17
Luke 10:19
1 Peter 5:8
Luke 22:31-32
Matthew 4:1-11
Luke 4:1-13
Matthew 16:23
Mark 8:33
Luke 22:3
John 13:27
Revelation 2:12-13
Genesis 30:27
Numbers 23:23
Leviticus 19:26
1 Kings 20:33
2 Kings 17:17
Revelation 2:24
Genesis 3:2-7
Psalms 104:21

Who Is Satan?

The Revelation 12 Account of Who Satan Is

¹And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ²She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. ³And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. ⁴His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. ⁵She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, ⁶and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
⁷Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. ¹²Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 12:1-12

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Why Did The Serpent In The Garden of Eden Tempt Eve?

The Serpent in the Garden of Eden tempted Eve with the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This was the beginning of the downfall of all of the world. Adam was right next to Eve when she was tempted, so why didn’t the serpent tempt Adam as well? Why did he single out Eve? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answers in her video, Why Did The Serpent In The Garden of Eden Tempt Eve?

Genesis 3:1-13
Matthew 4:1-11
Philippians 2:5-11
Genesis 1:26-27
Genesis 3:14-15
Genesis 1:31
Jude 1:8-10
2 Peter 2:10-11
Revelation 12:9
Genesis 2:15-23
Job 1:6-12
Isaiah 6
Ephesians 5:31-32
Romans 8:3-4
Matthew 10:31
1 Peter 1:10-12
Hebrews 2:6-18
Revelation 21:1-4

Why Did The Serpent In The Garden of Eden Tempt Eve?

The Fall of Adam and Eve

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” ²And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, ³but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” ⁴But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. ⁵For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ⁶So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. ⁷Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
⁸And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” ¹⁰And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” ¹¹He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” ¹²The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” ¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
¹⁴The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. ¹⁵I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

Genesis 3:1-15

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Is Krampus Real?

During the Christmas season, we’re used to stories of Santa Claus and his reindeer soaring through the sky on his sleigh to bring presents made by him and his elves for all the good children. Santa has become a staple in our society today, but in the more recent years, a new darker Christmas character has taken the spotlight. Krampus is the center of much pop culture these days, but who is this goat demon? And is there any truth to the story of Krampus? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find any evidence in her video, Is Krampus Real?

Leviticus 17:7
Exodus 12:12
Jeremiah 44:17‭-‬18
1 John 4:8
John 3:16
Galatians 3:8
Joel 2:32
Genesis 22:18
Ezekiel 3:18-19
Ezekiel 33:6
Matthew 22:29
Genesis 3
Revelation 12
Luke 22:3
Mark 9:20‭-‬29

Is Krampus Real?

What or Who is Krampus?

Krampus comes from central and Eastern Alpine folklore. Places like Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Northern Italy, the Autonomous Province of Trento and South Tyrol, Slovakia, and Slovenia. He is a goat-like creature that comes out to punish naughty children.

Biblical Evidence

⁷ So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons [śā·ʿîr], after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.

Leviticus 17:7

¹⁴For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the Lord, ¹⁵and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols [śā·ʿîr] and for the calves that he had made.

2 Chronicles 11:14-15

śā·ʿîr (שָׂעִיר), which means hairy, rough, he-goat, demon, satyr

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The Beasts of the Field

In Genesis 3, God compares Satan’s intelligence to that of the Beasts of the Field. Why? Throughout history, we’re told of mythological creatures such as centaurs, satyrs, minotaurs, etc. Many people hear about these mythological creatures and think that they’re just all make-believe. But what if they’re not? What if there is more to these mythological creatures? What if there are mythological creatures in the Bible? What if Satan being called a dragon is more than what it seems? Crazy? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the Truth in her video, The Beasts of The Field.

Genesis 3:1
Hebrews 2:6-8
Deuteronomy 28:26
Isaiah 18:6
Genesis 2:18-20
Revelation 12:9
Matthew 18:10
John 3:14-15
Numbers 21:8
Isaiah 6:2
Job 1:6-7
Revelation 12:7-8
Genesis 6:1-2
Jude 1:6
Luke 3:38
1 Peter 5:8
Revelation 12:10
Genesis 2:18-19
Isaiah 34:14
Genesis 1:26
Isaiah 13:21
Revelation 13:2-4
Revelation 18:2
Deuteronomy 32:17
Genesis 1:1
Psalms 82:1-7
Matthew 25:46
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
Matthew 19:17
Luke 23:39-43

The Beasts of the Field

Satan Compared to a Beast of the Field

If Satan is an angel and the beasts of the field are just animals, why did God compare his intelligence to an animal?

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
Genesis 3:1a

Mythological Creatures in the Bible

Satan Called a Dragon

If Satan is an angel, why is he never referred to as such? Why is he referred to as a dragon or a serpent (which are beasts of the field)?

⁷Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 12:7-9

The beasts of the field aren’t animals, they are supernatural beings created on earth. That’s why they were brought to the man when God saw he was lonely.

¹⁸Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” ¹⁹Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
Genesis 2:18-19

Satan isn’t an angel. He is a beast of the field.

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