Satan works in this world through people and through those spiritual beings who acknowledge his authority. His agents oppose God's will and purposes.

John 8:44

Satan works through people

Satan's human agents pursue his evil desires

See also

Acts 13:10

Jesus Christ speaking of the relationship of some unbelieving Jews to Satan.

1 John 3:8-10,12
Acts 5:1-9

Satan works through people to oppose God's purposes

Matthew 16:23

Ananias and Sapphira

pp Mk 8:33

Luke 22:3

Simon Peter

John 6:70; 13:2,27

Judas Iscariot:

Acts 13:8-10

Elymas, the sorcerer

Deuteronomy 13:5

Examples of people doing Satan's work

Jeremiah 23:26-27; 28:15; 29:21

False prophets

Ezekiel 13:6-9
Matthew 7:15; 24:24
2 Peter 2:1-3
Deuteronomy 13:13
2 Kings 21:9-26

Others who lead people away from God

Proverbs 7:21

Manasseh and his son, Amon

Isaiah 3:12
Jeremiah 50:6

the adulteress

2 Peter 2:18-19
Matthew 25:41

Satan works through his spiritual agents

See also

Satan's angels

2 Peter 2:4
Revelation 12:7
Luke 13:11-16

"angel" and "messenger" are the same word in Greek

See also

Satan's demons

Matthew 12:22
Luke 11:14-15
Daniel 8:9-12

Satan's agents are identified by various images and titles

The little horn

Daniel 10:13

This probably represents Antiochus Epiphanes.

The prince of Persia

Daniel 11:28

probably representing a demon with influence over the Persian kingdom

The king of the North

1 John 4:1-4

probably representing Antiochus Epiphanes

2 John 1:7

The antichrist

2 Thessalonians 2:3-10

The man of lawlessness

Revelation 11:7; 13:1-8,11-18; 14:9-11; 16:13; 17:8; 19:20; 20:10

The beast

Revelation 16:13; 19:20

The false prophet

Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:1-18; 18:1-10,18; 19:2

See also

The prostitute or Babylon the Great

4116 angels opposed to God
4132 demons, malevolence
4195 spirits
4612 birds
7774 prophets, false
9115 antichrist, the