Your Bible Questions Answered - Good News Staff - December 1963

Good News Staff

Question: Heb. 2:14 says, "That through death he might DESTROY him that had the power of death, that is, the devil." How can the devil be destroyed if spirit can't die? Answer: Satan is an angel. Turning over to Hebrews 1:13-14, you will see that angels are spirits. So Satan is an evil angel, composed of spirit. To prove that it is utterly impossible for angels or spirits to die turn to Luke 20:36, which says "Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto angels." So you see from God's own word that spirit cannot die! Yet Hebrews 2:14 says God is going to "destroy" the devil. We know the Bible does not contradict itself; what we have is a translation error here.... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library