Was satan so powerful he broke the curse God placed upon him? Or did God release him from the curse?
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 3:14 declares that the curse placed upon the Serpent is as much a death sentence as the curse of death is for Adam and Eve and all of humanity in Gen 3:19.
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The reason God mentioned the animals is that the angel became less than the animals, whose spirits would return to the earth. The serpent, on the other hand, became less the same as an animal in spirit.
Ecc 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
The angels that followed the Serpent the devil, are called “his angels” and are sentenced to die in the Lake of Fire, which represents eternal death or becoming nonexistent, as if they were never created.
Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
The serpent and his angels were “cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.”
Because Adam was formed from the dust and every living creature beast and cattle was formed from the earth.
Gen 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
To comprehend the curse imposed upon the serpent and its angels, it was decreed that the curse would both extend and restrict their lifespan. The serpent was cursed to live until there was no more dust to consume. Consequently, the serpent and its angels were destined to feed on the dust, which symbolized mankind, to sustain their existence. Consuming dust became their sole sustenance, devoid of any possibility of forgiveness or repentance.
As long as there are humans who sin, the serpent and its angels will persist. The serpent’s existence depends on humans who haven’t overcome their sins. Their curse is tied to the lifespan of mankind living in sin. Humanity serves as the sustenance for the angels, and they will pursue their desires until the end of the 1000-year reign.
The curse does not physically restrict the angel’s travel or movements in any way. They are free to be wherever humans can be or travel to. The angels are connected to humanity as an anchor is to a ship. I believe the devil’s deepest wish is that humanity will continue to produce offspring. More babies mean a longer life for the serpent and his angels who follow after him. This is why he doesn’t want humanity to overcome. Overcomers don’t have children and are not human mortals capable of sinning. Overcomers are not dust.
The angel (Satan) possesses no more supernatural power than any other angelic being created by God. While he shares the same abilities as other heavenly angels, his existence is granted and governed by God. His power is a mere afterthought or a fleeting consideration, in the manifestation of God’s will.
When the Lord permitted Job to be tempted and tested, He allowed Satan to employ any conceivable means to break him, except for the ultimate act of killing him. This was a unique occurrence, and Satan did not possess extraordinary supernatural powers beyond which God had granted him at that time. The only other instance that mentions supernatural abilities by Satan, which even comes close to experiencing a similar temptation, is with Jesus Himself during His wilderness trial.
Fallen angels can only influence humans through the same means as the Lord does—through His words and ideas conveyed through any available communication channels. That is his power; he is the prince and power of the air.
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
God has never released the fallen angel or his angels from the curse that was placed upon them. There is no redeemer for a fallen angel and no repentence nor a redeemer for their kind. Satan and his angels have been sentenced to death and is struggling to keep mankind producing more and more babies. He must stop mankind from overcoming at any cost and is influencing the children of disobedience every single moment of his lingering existence.
He is not our greatest adversary; we are our own greatest enemy. The Old Man possesses more power than any fallen angel. However, the Old Man is the fallen angel’s closest ally. The Old Man was the first man the angel ever conversed with, influencing her to commit wrongdoings.
Written by: Charles E. Cohenour Jr.
