Happyhana.com: Isaac Asempah, June 23 2017
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'Pastor MBORO has claimed on his Facebook page that he went to hell and killed satan.
On a post that was later deleted when people started asking questions, the pastor claims God sent him to hell to get rid of world’s number one enemy.
He wrote “when I got to hell there was a queue of millions of people waiting to be braai’d by Satan. I even saw some prominent South African politicians. I was so shocked because they lived like angels here on earth. I thought they went to heaven. When Satan saw me he panicked and directed his army to kill me. Like Samson in the Bible, I defeated them. Satan was my last victim”'
Morningpost.co.za: June 26 2017
Same story linked above:
What does the Scripture state is the end of Satan and satanic beings:
Revelation 20
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain [a]in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time. 4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of [b]their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the [c]seashore. 9 And they came up on the [d]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the [e]saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and [f]brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose [g]presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and [h]books were opened; and another [i]book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the [j]books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if [k]anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Footnotes: Revelation 20:1 Lit upon Revelation 20:4 Lit the Revelation 20:8 Lit sea Revelation 20:9 Lit breadth of the earth Revelation 20:9 Or holy ones Revelation 20:10 I.e. burning sulphur Revelation 20:11 Lit face Revelation 20:12 Or scrolls Revelation 20:12 Or scroll Revelation 20:12 Or scrolls Revelation 20:15 Lit anyone was
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Scholars can debate in regard to the degrees of literalness from this particularly, eschatological, apocalyptic literature. Mounce writes that there is 'an indefensible literalism or a highly imaginative subjectivism. I have attempted to steer a middle course because that is the way I believe the ancient text fell upon the ears of the seven first-century churches in Asia to whom it was written.' (12).
Accepting this reasonable scholarship; Revelation as text is sufficiently literal throughout, that Satan's fate within the lake of fire is predetermined by God. It can be theologically reasoned that Satan is not going to be killed in the meantime by anyone!
'On a post that was later deleted when people started asking questions,...'
This pastor needs to resign from 'ministry' and work on his improving his poor fiction writing skills.
MOUNCE, ROBERT H. (1990) The Book of Revelation, Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
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