Deception of Satan in Paradise Lost
The speeches of Moloch, Belial, Mammon, and Beelzebub represent particular ways of looking at life. Milton derived these views from I John 2:15 and 16 which says, "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world." Coming into the world, these demons transferred their philosophies to the human race. That is why these views are still common in today's world, even though the battle of the supernatural is often overlooked. Even at Christian schools, the effect of these philosophies can be seen. However, in hell and in the world they have proved a failure - the high ideas of the plans will not work with the separate realities that both hell and the earth represent. Only Beelzebub's idea seems to work, but that to will be proven false with time. In the Bible, Moloch was the god of the Ammonites who sacrificed their children to him, believing that then he would bring them power. They lusted after power and went to extreme, perverted measures to attain it. In Paradise Lost, Moloch also lusts after power. After
Finally, Beelzebub makes the best argument. He wants revenge on God. If he could not win, then he wanted to take God down with him. He thinks that he can succeed; however, God is so much smarter than he planned for. Beelzebub thinks that he has won for only a short time, because soon God sends Jesus who provides salvation for man - God did not destroy man. Some girls at MANY SCHOOLS are anorexic. They feel that in order to have control of their life, or to get revenge on people, they will not eat. One girl, angry at her mom and some friends, said bitterly, "They can't tell me what to do or what to eat!" In starving herself, she was getting back at her mother. However, just as with Beelzebub's plan of revenge, this one is hollow. It may seem to work, but it is really just hurting the one who is starving. "I just don't think I'll do well ... I don't understand the... As he strutted into the classroom, the two kids in conversation groaned. We see all of these philosophies in the world. It is as if when the gates of hell were unlocked and Satan tempted man to fall, these demons invaded the world with their ideas. In the Bible, and at MANY SCHOOLS, there are countless examples of people who have bought into these ideas and set up their lives around them. Only after people accept Jesus, and begin listening to the Holy Spirit do they see the futility and failure of these ways of living and the glory and hope that God and His salvation offers. The third demon, Mammon, is based on the Bible's Baal, whom people worshipped in order to gain wealth and worldly prosperity. He presents a plan to Satan and the demons essentially saying, "Let's make a heaven out of hell." He desires richness and believes that even in hell they can make wealth, saying that heaven and hell are not that different. After all, in hell Satan's throne is encrusted with jewels just as heaven has many riches also. They both have leaders and then an order of angels, or demons. There are similarities, and he reasons that everything (including hell) is subjective - "life is what you make it to be." As he snickered, he heard the voice in his heart again, Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. Moloch is the one who introduces boasting of what he has and does. In boasting, he seeks power over others, and that is why he wants to go t
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