The Satanic Ego

What about this

Satan thing?

Is it possible that Satan,

a spirit,

Is really nothing more than

our ever present ego?

Is the spirit that is created,

even empowered by

our collective egos

that spirit known as

“public opinion,”

the beast that was,

is not

and yet is?

Revelations 17.8

Is that why it is believed

That “he” is omni-present?

Why do we assume Satan is a guy?

No matter what we do,

we can’t separate ourself

from our ego?

It is always there

opposing us,

tempting us,

deceiving us,

enticing us.

It is my observation that

that the devil

and Satan

are one and the same;

But the term “devil”

does not appear

in the Old Testament!

The term “Satan”

does appear in

the Old Testament,

but only fifteen times:

once at 1 Chronicles 21:1,

And Satan stood up against Israel,

and provoked David to number Israel.
(was this David's ego?)

once at Psalms 109:6
Set thou a wicked man over him:

and let Satan stand at his right hand.
(what evil man
is not controlled by his ego?)

thrice at Zechariah 3:1-2:

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest

standing before the angel of the LORD,

and Satan

standing at his right hand

to resist him.

And the LORD said

unto Satan,

The LORD rebuke thee,

O Satan;

even the LORD

that hath chosen Jerusalem

rebuke thee:

is not this a brand

plucked out of the fire?
(better spend more time
with the full context of this one)

And ten times

in the story about Job:

Now there was a day

when the sons of God

came to present themselves

before the LORD,

and Satan came also among them.

And the LORD said unto Satan,

Whence comest thou?

Then Satan answered the LORD,

and said, From going to and fro in the earth,

and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan,

Hast thou considered my servant Job,

that there is none like him in the earth,

a perfect and an upright man,

one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Then Satan answered the LORD,

and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Hast not thou made an hedge about him,

and about his house,

and about all that he hath on every side?

thou hast blessed the work of his hands,

and his substance is increased in the land.

But put forth thine hand now,

and touch all that he hath,

and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan,

Behold, all that he hath is in thy power;

only upon himself put not forth thine hand.

So Satan went forth

from the presence of the LORD.

(Job 1:6-12)

Again there was a day when

the sons of God

came to present themselves

before the LORD,

and Satan came also among them

to present himself before the LORD.

And the LORD said unto Satan,

From whence comest thou?

And Satan answered the LORD,

and said, From going to and fro in the earth,

and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan,

Hast thou considered my servant Job,

that there is none like him in the earth,

a perfect and an upright man,

one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

and still he holdeth fast his integrity,

although thou movedst me against him,

to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered the LORD,

and said, Skin for skin,

yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

But put forth thine hand now,

and touch his bone and his flesh,

and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan,

Behold, he is in thine hand;

but save his life.

So went Satan forth

from the presence of the LORD,

and smote Job with sore boils

from the sole of his foot

unto his crown.

(Job 2:1-7)

Who are these Sons of God,

And who invited

Satan?

Note that “Satan"
which is an interpretation
of the Hebrew "satan"
meaning adversary,

is always an antagonistic,

oppositional,

adversarial character,

and always in a context

relative to the mind

and the body.

Sound like the ego?

Do sons of God

have egos?

Is the Book of Job
a parable?