SATAN'S DIGNITY, AUTHORITY AND WORK

The Pure Cambridge King James Bible Search (corrupt 1769) does have the option to select the King James 1611 without the apocrypha.

You are welcome Terence.

Thanks for the wonderful conversation again.

On railing accusations . . . the spirit by which they are made is not righteous. We are not to rail against anyone or thing as railings aren't based in righteousness but are mockeries. Satan would love for us to use railing accusations because we are accepting into ourselves a sinful, mocking spirit . . even if we fool ourselves to think we are contending against the unrighteous.

The only reference to the dispute over Moses' body is in Jude, in the New Testament. Jude is not referring to a known event in accepted scripture. Jude is likely referring to Jewish tradition which held that Michael contended over the body with Moses. The death and burial of Moses occurs in Deuteronomy 34:5-6 ("5 So Moses the seruant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 6And hee buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, ouer against Beth-Peor: but no man knoweth of his Sepulcre vnto this day.") A very important added fact in Deuteronomy is that no one knew where Moses was buried and no one knows where Moses body is buried to this day. This is what leads me to believe that Satan wanted to exalt the burial place of Moses as a worldly shrine . . . . but God wanted the location of body to remain unknown. It is possible that even Satan does not know where the body is because Jude does not say that Moses' body was present while he and Michael contended. It could be that Satan approached Michael to tempt him (as you touch upon in the discussion) and get Michael to tell where the body was. This would argue against any ability of Satan moving the body, as he never possessed it and even may not have known where it was.