• God or Satan: Who Accuses Who in the Bible?
Copyright © JULIAN KASTRATI, 2004 (PLEASE NOTE: footnotes are acknowledged but withheld for copyright reasons) The accusation theme in Scripture, in its judicial-eschatological context, is surprisingly one of the most neglected themes by biblical scholars and theologians. As we speak, there is hardly any substantial research on ‘accusation’ . Instead, a general confusion seems to exist as to who is actually responsible for this legal activity in Scripture (accusation). There also exists a perception by many Christians that since God is the Judge ‘of the quick and the dead,’ He must be the one that accuses the people as a typical prosecutor when they face judgment. This (mis)perception is still quite prevalent, despite the biblical references denoting Satan as the ‘accuser of the brethren’. In this context, there exists yet another overlooked area. Have you noticed the tendency that as you read the Bible, many titles or nouns turn to into proper names in your mind, or at the best case