Jesus' one word exposè on the GC

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Jesus taught a lot about the beginnings of the Great Controversy when He told His disciples what the parable of the wheat and tares meant.

Quote:

Matthew 13: 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;

The Greek word translated as devil is diabolos. Strong's Concordance defines it as follows.

Quote:

1228 diabolos dee-ab'-ol-os from 1225; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare 7854):--false accuser, devil, slanderer. see GREEK for 1225 see HEBREW for 07854

He defined the devil as a traducer. Its a very accurate description of the devil. The definition of this word follows.

Quote:

WordNet ® 3.0 (2006) (wn)

traducer

n 1: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or

libel [syn: defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier,

libeler, backbiter, traducer]

This tells a lot about the beginnings of the Great Controversy and why God could not just destroy Satan when he first sinned. God's character was under attack by the devil so if He had destroyed Satan His creation would always have wondered why He had. He had to let the situation play itself out and the devil figuratively hang himself with his own behavior to keep the unconditional love of His entire creation.