So the "sons of God " never left the earth, they merely presented themselves to God in prayer from earth as you claim and yet we are told then that "
Satan came also among them".
Satan coming to God
"AMONG THEM" in prayer ?
Really ?
Satan praying to God. lol.
By your interpretation that would have to be the case then since if he came in any other way he would not among the company of these sons of God.
A more bizarre & twisted interpretation of scripture I don't ever recall hearing
Job 1:6 "and Satan came also among them"
You really ought to stop now .
Facetious. I don't believe Satan was praying. But he was soon to prey upon Job AT THE LORD'S COMMAND. Notice that in all this it wasn't Satan that was Job's great antagonist, It was God.
"...and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although
thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause." Job 2:3.
Christians who believe God has no control whatsoever over His creation give Satan and man the false illusion of free will. This in effect is giving to Lucifer, Satan, Devil, Serpent, and man too much glory.
First, Lucifer is a spirit being. He has no body nor can he create one. When a Christian prays and they have sin-ful thoughts they always seem to think that Satan is attacking him or her. But do you really think Satan who can only be in one place at a TIME is the one really doing the attacking? Really now.
Besides, man doesn't need the assistance to sin. So, if the nature of man, in his flesh, is sin-ful before God then that makes the individual 'satan' [adversary] before God. It is heresy to think that when we sin or have sinful thoughts that Christians always seem to think and believe "the devil made me do it!" Remember this when a Christian attributes their sin or sin-ful thoughts to Satan or his cohorts. It is not a true statement. It's a lie. And who is the father of lies?
If we attribute all our sin and sinful thoughts to Satan then think about this if indeed it is true that Satan attacks man: Now we have excuse. Now the unbelieving unsaved non-elect non-Covenant world has excuse. The devil made me do it. If true God cannot exercise judgment upon the person at the last judgment. We can just blame Satan because he made us do it and God will not judge the 'innocent.'
I seem to think with this thread there are some here who hold to a spiritualizing of the practical, an insertion of leaning on ones own understanding and doing and saying things in the vanity of their own minds.
Satan and fallen angels having sex with human wives. Talk about heresy. And our fallen nature is always with us until our bodies are changed. So, yes, our fallen natures are "satan/adversay" against God and are always present with us...even into our prayers when we present ourselves to God.