I

Satan builds its reputation through deceiving people,

and often establishes itself as a vanguard and role model of justice.

Under false pretenses of safeguarding justice,

it harms people, devours their souls,

and uses all sorts of means to benumb, mislead and incite man.

Its goal is to make man approve of

and go along with its evil conduct,

to make man join it in opposing God's authority and sovereignty.

However, when one sees through its schemes and plots

and sees through to its hideous features,

sees through to its hideous features,

and when one does not wish to continue to be trampled upon

and fooled by it or to continue slaving away for it,

or to be punished and destroyed alongside it,

then Satan changes its previously saintly features

and tears off its false mask to reveal its true face,

which is wicked, vicious, ugly and savage.

It would love nothing more than to exterminate all those

who refuse to follow it and who oppose its wicked forces.

II

At this point Satan can no longer

assume a trustworthy, gentlemanly appearance;

instead, its true ugly and devilish features are revealed

under sheep's clothing.

Once Satan's schemes are brought to light and its true features exposed,

it will fly into a rage and expose its barbarity.

After this, its desire to harm and devour people will only be intensified.

It is enraged by man's awakening to the truth,

and it develops a powerful hatred

and vindictiveness toward man for their aspiration

to yearn for freedom and light and to break free of its prison.

Its rage is intended to defend and uphold its wickedness,

and it's also a true revelation of its savage nature.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique II