Daily Bible
(Job 2: 6) And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life”
To understand how Satan could create a living thing (apes that walked upright) that Jesus called tares, we should consider some kinds of power that Satan might have as an angel of God before his rebellion against Him.
The power of healing: We know that physicians and doctors in this life can heal a person with their knowledge of many kinds of medicine, so Satan should surely have that ability. He even possesses more power of healing than humans, because he was an angel before. We know that God is The One Who actually heal humans, but He is also The One Who allows the healing to happen or not. So, as God allows humans to heal each others, his angels should be able to do that, too. But healing is not a so great power to make Satan proud to be equal to God, because humans can do that, too (and in his case, he cannot heal himself after rebelling against God and still a sick spirit).
The power of killing: Humans can kill each others, so Satan surely have an ability to kill, except that must depend on God to allow that happens or not, as indicated in Job 2: 6. Again, it’s not a so great power that Satan can be proud of to thought of being equal to God.
The power of creating a living thing: Humans can make babies, so Satan surely have that ability. Although he is a spirit but we remember that angels can appear as humans who can eat and drink with a body like other human beings. Their bodies can be real, because the men at Sodom all wanted to have sexual relation with the two angels God sent there (Genesis 19: 4-5).
We also should remember that scientists today can make living things in laboratory (clone), so Satan surely can do more than that. If Satan cannot do what humans can do, we would always win over his temptation without help from the Holy Spirit, because humans are more powerful than the devil, right?
Some people may argue that because Satan has already rebelled against God so his power had been taken back from him. But, let think about it. Did anyone among us human beings rebelled against God lost his ability and talent that they had before? The answer is No. They even do better things than before in order to defy God more strongly. It’s the same in the spiritual world. That’s why Satan has ability to create living thing to defy God. But because his power was given from God and could not have at the same level as God’s, so he could only create a living that was half human half monkey!
(Gióp 2: 6) Đức Giê-hô-va phán với Sa-tan rằng: Kìa, người ở trong tay ngươi; nhưng chỉ hãy giữ mạng sống người.