Satan

Satan, also referred to as the Devil, seduces humans into sin or falsehood. In Christianity, he is usually seen as a fallen angel who used to possess great piety and beauty, but rebelled against God, who nevertheless allows him temporary power over the fallen world and a host of demons. He is the king of darkness. Before his fall, he was once the most powerful creature of all time. He appears in the Superbook episode How It All Began as a serpent, and in The Patience of Job in his normal form.

Appearance
In his normal form, he is depicted as a green goblinlike creature with a black hat, brown hair, a pointy nose, and a pointy thin mustache. He wears a black and red cape, a light purple suit on his body, a dark purple tunic with a black belt, and black boots.

As the serpent, he is shown as a purple snake with a light purple underside, sharp teeth, a forked tongue, and light blue eyes with red pupils.

Description
Note: This information is based on his 2011 incarnation.

Satan
Make no mistake: God is the hero in our story, but there is also a villain – and his name is Satan. In Isaiah 14:13-14, we learn that Lucifer became a fallen angel and was transformed into Satan. Another Old Testament passage gives us a picture of Satan’s original position, his rebellion and his fall from heaven (Ezekiel 28:11-19). The name Satan means "adversary" or "enemy." In the New Testament, another common name for Satan is the Devil which means "slanderer" or "false accuser." Other titles include: - the tempter (1 Thessalonians 3:5) - Beelzebub (Matthew 12:24 - NKJV) - the wicked/evil one (Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:38) - the ruler/prince of this world (John 12:31) - the god of this age/this evil world (2 Corinthians 4:4) - Belial (2 Corinthians 6:15 - NKJV) - the commander of the powers of the unseen world (Ephesians 2:2) - the Accuser of our brothers and sisters (Revelation 12:10). Satan’s different names reveal what he is like. It helps us to understand the way he works:


 * Temptation - he tempts people to sin against God (Matthew 4:1).
 * Deception - he lies and makes the truth appear false (John 8:44).
 * He blinds our understanding of God’s Word and the gospel of salvation through Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4).
 * Anything that helps him oppose God’s rule in the world (Ephesians 6:11-18, 1 Peter 5:8-9).

Satan certainly exists today, but the good news is that he has been defeated by the death and resurrection of Jesus! God gives Christians the power to withstand his attacks. Satan’s final defeat will come when Jesus returns and Satan is cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:1-10). That is the moment that the hero will defeat the villain once and for all!

The Serpent
Talk about a crafty critter, the serpent in the Garden of Eden was quite the manipulative animal. The things that he said to Eve made her question God's love, goodness, and dominion over her and everything around her.

Through Satan using the serpent as his instrument of deception, Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was through this act that all of mankind was separated from God.

God then cursed the serpent to crawl on its belly (it had legs before this event). God also said that there would be hostility between the species of the snake and humans. The curse also led to pain during childbirth, to hostility between humans and animals, to the land not producing food without hard labor. It also made the plants change so that they grew thorns.

So, the serpent and Satan's actions towards mankind were very destructive through this deceptive act in Eden. But through God's Son, Jesus' death and resurrection, we have good news that we can be connected back to God and have a relationship with Him for eternity.