Job 25:1-6
In Luke 8:29-33, when Jesus cast the devils out of the maniac of Gadara, the devils begged Jesus not to cast them into the deep; that is, the bottomless pit, the area of absolute nothingness because they did not desire the torment of forever being conscious of only absolute nothingness. They begged Jesus to cast them into a nearby herd of swine knowing that their torment of the swine would cause them to seek self-destruction. The devils hoped that the swine's self-destruction of their consciousnesses would somehow cause the annihilation of their own negative consciousnesses. The devils desired to merger with absolute nothingness. The atheistic materialists demonstrate a similar desire for the annihilation of their own consciousnesses in their theory of the heat death of the universe where, like a cooling cup of coffee, the whole universe cools to a level of absolute coldness and deadness devoid of all consciousness. Proverbs 8:36.
The Devil, however, not only seeks to annihilate God's Love and creativity; he seeks the annihilation of all negative consciousness as well, except his own. Satan desires to become a god and invent his own universe based on his misuse of God's ideas in order to invent systems of excessive pride and pleasure.
The Devil demonstrated his desire to replace God and invent his own perverted kind of universe in his temptation of Christ as recorded in Matthew 4:1-11. In verses 3-4, the Devil tempted Christ to misuse His own power in order to satisfy His hunger before His trial in the desert was completed. Jesus countered the Devil's temptation by quoting the scripture which states that man's eternal life comes from belief in God's Word and not from bread which God gives to sustain only man's temporary, physical life. Deuteronomy 8:3. In verses 5-7, the Devil directly tempted Jesus to attempt self-annihilation by misusing a scripture that states that God will always protect Him. Psalm 91:11-12. Jesus countered this temptation by quoting the scripture that states that God cannot be tempted to do evil. Deuteronomy 6:16. Finally, in verses 8-11, the Devil sought to bribe Jesus by offering Him control over his perverted realm of greed and power that he had invented for the earth. But the Devil only sought to seduce Jesus for the moment because if Jesus had accepted his bribe, the Devil would have just immediately murdered Him and regained control for himself. Jesus countered this temptation by quoting the scripture which commands humans to worship and serve God only. Deuteronomy 5:7; Deuteronomy 10:20.
Of all the negative consciousnesses that exist, the Devil alone does not seek self-annihilation. He desires to annihilate God and all of His positive creations so that he can become a god and invent his own nasty universe. But the Devil has learnt that since Christ gained victory over him by rising from the dead, he has but a short time left on the earth. Revelation 12:12. Satan happens to be so desperate to save himself that he will cause a time of terrible destruction and evil called the Tribulation period. The Devil will send two vile versions of himself, one called the Anti-Christ or the Beast and the other called the False Prophet to do his dirty work of attempting to utterly destroy God's creations on the earth. But the false trinity of the Devil happens to be the exact opposite of the absolute unity that is God's Trinity. The Devil will have no love or loyalty to the Beast and the False Prophet. He will only seek to use them to try to protect himself. The Devil will demonstrate his cowardice at the battle of Armageddon where he will allow the Beast and the False Prophet to be destroyed by Christ while he hides in a hole somewhere. Christ will have to send an angel to find him and cast him into the bottomless pit. Revelation 20:1-3.
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