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The above passage is well-known as referring to satan, the devil, lucifer, beelzebub, or one of the other names used for the top angel who out of pride thought he could be be like God. To be in such close proximity to God like satan was, to see God’s power and His glory, and to think that you could be like God — and then attempt to do it – was the height of arrogance. (See here for how according to the Bible, narcissism = insolent pride.)
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Satan also showed his true colors when one of the 3 temptations he presented to Jesus had the goal of Jesus worshipping him. Satan could have offered any other temptation, but was was so proud / arrogant / haughty that he took the moment of Jesus’ physical weakness due to His fasting to take a shot at getting what he really wanted – he wanted to be the #1 being. He wanted somehow to be above God. Narcissists will NEVER stop trying to exalt themselves until they are the #1 in the entire universe. They will use whatever opportunities they are presented with to continue working toward that goal.
Notice in the above passage that satan was claiming that the earth was his to give. It was not in fact his to give, even though he was arrogantly claiming it to be so. Satan knew Psalm 24:1 – and that ultimately the earth and the world belonged to God, not Him. This is a classic Narcissist trait – to co-opt other’s work, authority, rights as their own – as part of their self-aggrandizement and self-exaltation.
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Psalm 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
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Further confirming that satan was the original narcissist / one with insolent pride, was the direct link which Jesus made between the Big narcissist (satan) and the earthly examples of narcissists in His time – the Pharisees. (See
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here how we know that the Pharisees were narcissists / filled with insolent pride).
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