Is Satan in the Bible?

Introduction
The presence of Satan in the Bible is inevitable; some people even believe that Satan wrote the Bible. There are some theories that Satan is not an actual being, and this is not minority that believes it, in fact, 59% believe that Satan is just a symbol, not a real being, and only 34% believe that Satan is actually a real being .
The common image of Satan is a little man with horns, a pointy tail holding a fork looks more like the god pan from the Greek mythology then anything Biblical.
Satan comes in to the scene first in Genesis 3:1-6 when he, disguised as a serpent, tricked Eve to eat of the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. In 1 Chronicles 21:1, Satan was the one that incited David to count all men of Israel. Satan plays a different role in Job. It is in Job that we see the real face of Satan, and the battle that it is in heaven over God’s people. In Job 1:7, we find out where Satan lives. Satan was also the one that killed Job’s sons and daughters, and all his flocks (Job 1:12-18), and Satan also took away Job’s health (Job 2:7). In Isaiah 14:12 we learn that Satan was cast down to the earth, and in Isaiah 14:14, Satan wants to be like God. In Zechariah 3:1, Satan is our accuser, and he is ready to lay down his accusations against human kind.
Altogether, in the Old Testament alone the name Satan is mentioned 13 times, and the concept of Satan as the evil or the adversary, is mentioned many times in the Old Testament alone. In the early Hebrew writings, Satan is not as much as an individual character, but rather an adversary position through both people and angels.
In the New Testament, Satan is portrayed as a more active being. People in the community would face demon-possessed people very often. Satan is still being the tempter. In Matthew 4:1-11, as well as Mark 1:12,13, and Luke 4:1-13, Jesus is tempted by the Devil, which comes from the Greek Diablo, which means tempter.
In Revelation, we find a vivid description of the great controversy between good and evil that toke place in heaven and were carried on to this earth (Revelation 12). In the New Testament, we learn that Satan will be imprisoned after Jesus’ second coming, and will be in chains for one thousand years, but after that he will be freed, and will try to make war one last time.
Based on the evidences found in the Bible, I find two conclusions:
• The Devil’s Image has changed from a concept of bad things that happened to a more active tempter.
If we were to add a new testament to the Bible, Satan would be a celebrity. Satan was able to get attention of people in such a way, that people nowadays think he is not as bad. There are churches that worship Satan, and the simple matter of thinking that Satan is a horned, pointy-tailed, fork-holding devil is a tactic used by Satan to deceive people about who he actually is.
In the Old Testament, Satan was a snake, and he was able to fool the human race with a very small lie. Later on in the Bible, Satan was everything bad that came up to Israel. We only see Satan’s full power in Job, but even though Job was clearly tempted by the devil, Satan seems to be seen as a concept in the Old Testament. Not much as an active tempter, but a bad being.
In the New Testament, Satan is more active, and people seem to see him as a real tempter, the one that will do anything to take you out of track. He tempted Jesus, he tempted the disciple, he used Judas to kill Jesus, and he used the Pharisees to condemn Jesus.
Nowadays, Satan is real but not for real. Whenever something bad happens, we usually condemn God for what is happening, and we forget that Satan is still around, and nowadays, he is more active then never, Satan doesn’t even try to hide him. Movies, music, plays, and books talk about Satan openly, and people seem to be more and more interested on it.
• Satan is constantly learning and changing tactics
If we compare the methods in which Satan used on the Old Testament, New Testament and today, there is a pattern of learning that is noticeable. From a simple lie told to Eve in the Garden of Eden to more different and unnoticeable tactics. Satan has grown as this human race has grown. Satan has learned new ways to deceive people. Some of the temptations are still the same, that is way it is safe to say that Jesus was tempted in the same way we are tempted, that is because even though the tactic has changed, the motive is the same, “to make us distant from God.”
In my opinion, we as Christians do not learn enough about Satan. Not that we should do an extensive research on it, because with Satan, no one should play around, but we need to know that Satan is an angel, he was cast down from heaven, he tempt us, and he was defeated in the cross, but even though he is defeated, he will not give up on any one that searches for God.
One thing that never changed about Satan is the fact that he mixes lies with truth, and he works extra hard to make sure you think that sin is an acceptable thing and that it is sociably normal.
Conclusion
Satan is not only on the Bible; he is the reason why we have a Bible. Without Satan, there would be no sin, therefore men would never fall, there would never be temptation, and there would never be a cross. We would not need those things because we would be perfect beings, without blemish, and without fault.
By analyzing the texts in the Bible that talks about Satan, two conclusions can be found; the first is that Satan has changed from a concept of a bad thing and actions to a more active tempter. The second is that Satan is always learning, and he has changed his tactics throughout the ages, and he is adapting to each person to make sure he drives away that person from heaven.
Christians do not study much about Satan, in fact, many of them don’t even believe that Satan is an actual being, many believe that Satan is only the evil that happen in the world, and for that reason, they blame God for everything that happens.