God is never simply labeled “the Enemy of Israel”

God is never simply labeled “the Enemy of Israel” as a fixed title or as an inherent part of His nature. While His actions may be hostile, they are a form of disciplinary correction intended to bring about repentance and restoration, akin to a Father disciplining His children. God was never the enemy.

The word “Satan” in the Bible has a specific meaning, associated with particular deeds and desires that are evil, immoral, and designed to be sinful commited by a specific individual. It refers to a sinful heart with self-centered intent of that individual within the context of where it is written.. “Satan” is a name or title used in context wherever it appears to denote such. 

God employs Satan to fulfill His desire for punishment or testing of nations and individuals. God’s love for Israel is best understood within the context of the Mosaic Covenant, the agreement between God and Israel at Mount Sinai. 

The covenant (found in books like Leviticus and Deuteronomy) laid out blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. Key passages like Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 explicitly state that if Israel is persistently unfaithful, God will bring upon them the curses of the covenant, including military defeat, famine, and exile, often by using foreign nations as His instrument.

God is not a capricious enemy; God is the righteous judge enforcing the terms of the covenant that Israel themselves agreed to. His actions, while hostile, are a form of disciplinary correction intended to bring about repentance and restoration.  

I firmly believe that Satan does not make anyone believe or do anything. 

Satan, the fallen angel in the Garden of Eden, disguised as an angel of light, called the Serpent by Eve and called the tree of knowledge of good and evil by the Lord, did not make Eve or Adam do anything. The only thing Satan did was present Eve with an alternative way of living, a different perspective, and a different understanding of the law given to them by the Lord. This alternative outcome was created by the words given as fruit to eat and be absorbed into their minds.

Eve, misguided and believing, shared her knowledge of good and evil with her husband, Adam. Upon hearing her words, Adam immediately misunderstood the source of this knowledg, it was from the tree or Satan. He willingly accepted it and sinned to please Eve instead of God. In response, he made her a dress.

Mankind learned from Satan. If you read the third chapter of Genesis, you can clearly see that the Lord cursed three different beings: the Serpent, Eve, and Adam. Scripture explicitly states that Adam was not cursed twice. If God had cursed Adam twice, why didn’t he simply mention it?

Satan, the first influencer of his kind, has the power of words and emotion to influence humans to do their own bidding and make self-centered decisions. His influence is behind every false teaching and every disturbance against God’s will.  The sinner rejects the will of our heavenly Father and accepts the will of another sinful Father,Satan, doing whatever they please.