Milford chronicle., 1893-04-14
"Satan in Heaven. "

] Your Lincoln correspondent of two
weeks ago mentioned the fact that &
teacher in a Sunday School at that place
taught that Satan is III heaven" It
was so mentioned as to imply that said
teacher did not know what he was talk
ing about. Suck teaching was evidently
ae50s to your correspondent, although ii
IS a truth of scripture. Satan is a spirit
and as such has access to all the universe
of God. He has access into the heaven
lies, roams up and down the earth seek
ing whom he may devour and in all
realms doing all the evil he possibly can,
and iustigating men and women every
where to do it also. Lincoln even is not
beyond his influence we are to judge
from the letters thence that we read in
the CHRONICLE.
We have him in the garden of Eden
deceiving and ruining our first parents
In the book of Job we see that lie came
before the Lord, following the sons of God,
and accuses Job of serving God from sci
fish motives, got permission from the Lord
to persecute aud try Job, ,aRd that he went
forth from the preseuce of the Lord and
returned there again, apparently at will.
In Zechariah also we have Joshua
standing before the Lord and Satan at his
right hand 10 resist him.
In Ephesiaus we have him as the prince
of the power of the air, and also sin the
heavenly places" 'Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light" in
Corinthians. Satan filled the heart of
Annias to lie to The Holy Ghost" He
also contended with the angel over the
body of Moses Jude 9. III Revelations
xii we have him cast out of heaven.
"There was war in heaven, Michael and
his angels fought against the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels, an !.
prevailed not, neither was their place
found any more in heaven. And the
great dragon was cast out, that old SER
pent, called the Devil and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world; lie was cast
out into the world and his angels We're
cast out with him. And I heard loud
voice saying iu heaven, 'Now IS come
salvation, aud strength aud the kingloms
of Cod, and the power of his Christ; for
the accusor of our brethren is cast down
who accused them before our God day
and night" Rev. xii-7 to II. This /
in the future.
Now all these scriptures, and many
others, proven that the teacher did knowe
what he was teaching, though it may be
news to many others besides your cor rs
pondent. The notion that many have
that Satan is monarch in hell, is net
true. He is a wicked spirit, the chief
among demons, roaming through heaven
and earth working all the ruin to the hui
man race that ne can. Ultimately he
will be confined to the lake Of fire which
is prepared for him and all his angels.
"And I saw an angel come down from
heaven having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand; and
he laid mold on the dragon, that old ser
pent. which is the Devil and Satan, aud
bound him thousand years and cast him
in to the bottomless pit and shut him up,
and set a seal upon him, that lie should
deceive the nations no more" etc. Rev.
Xxx, I, 2 3. "The Devil was cast into
the lake Of fire aud birthstone
aud shall be tormented day and hight for
ever aud ever" IoT verse, This is his
ultimate destiny, but now he roams
throughout the universe. 'But he that
is for us (believers), is more thaniall they
that can be against us" IF God be for
us who can be against us"
Ysurs For The Truth,
7. S. PRETrYAEAr. 4