Jadey, the devil is a liar. Satan picks on people while we're just little children, causes misery and war, then honest men have to go in harm's way to subdue it.
Since no one can respect liars, we need never respect or fear the devil. The devil tries to make us hate him if only to avoid being forgotten, but in time, the devil will burn in hell, forsaken and forgotten, utterly alone.
We who endure the devil's rotten games find favor with God. He sent us here to prove what we will do under stress. The devil claims to provide that stress on God's behalf (see the book of Job) but never once since that time has the devil had one bit of authority from God to "prove" anyone.
Now, the devil is merely an outlaw spirit trying to get people to take sides. It does not matter with or against who: if the devil can get you to take sides, he can preserve the failed Satanic rebellion.
It won't work. God sees through satan's games and lies.
No one survives life on this planet, nor were we supposed to survive it. But what we prove of ourselves here, we have proved before God for all eternity.
Life can be miserable. Life is definitely unfair. Look at the lucky stiffs in drought and war torn Kenya and Ethiopia to see what suffering is all about.
I don't know what these folks did to rate that sort of treatment, but know that their eternal reward is in direct measure to their suffering.
