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Jesus Said
Yhwh is Satan. Yhwh is the Devil. Yhwh is the Evil One.
Three discourses. Three names. One identification.
Each name comes from a different passage. Each passage has its own full study. Start with the overview or dive into any of the three.
Four studies in this series
Yhwh Is Satan the Devil, the Evil One
The overview. Three discourses. Three names. One identification. Jesus called Yhwh Satan in the Temptation, the Devil in John 8, and the Evil One in the Good Father Discourse. This study brings all three together.
Two Tests, One Tester
The Temptation is not a moral lesson. It is a legal replay of the Exodus – the same wilderness, the same hunger, the same tests. Each one only works if the tester is the Lawgiver. Jesus calls him Satan. The text tells you why.
Yhwh Is the Devil
In John 8:44, Jesus names their father: the devil – a murderer and liar from the beginning. The conversation flow, the Temple setting, the five descriptors, and the Old Testament all point to one referent. Yhwh.
Yhwh Is the Evil One
The Lord's Prayer is not what you think it is. Line by line, Jesus contrasts His Father with the god of the Exodus – the one who starved, tested, and killed. Then He names the tester: the Evil One. And tells His disciples to pray for deliverance from him.
The claim
Christianity teaches that Yhwh is God the Father – the Most High, the creator, the one Jesus called Abba. That identification is the foundation of every major denomination.
But Jesus made statements that directly contradict it. In three separate discourses, using three different words, He identified Yhwh as the adversary – not the Father.
In the Temptation, Jesus calls the tester "Satan." The tests only work if the tester is the Lawgiver – the one who tested Israel in the Exodus. No one else has standing to conduct that trial.
Matthew 4 · Luke 4In John 8, Jesus leads a conversation that forces the Pharisees to identify their god. Then He names that god: "Your father the devil – a murderer from the beginning, a liar, and the father of lies."
John 8:44In the Good Father Discourse, Jesus teaches His disciples to pray. Line by line, the prayer contrasts Abba with the god of the Exodus. The final line names the tester: "Deliver us from the Evil One."
Luke 11:1–13How to read these studies
Each study follows the same structure:
The argument in brief. What the study claims and why it matters.
The complete argument. Every claim sourced. Every verse in context.
The text with analytical notes. Read it yourself.
Guided questions for personal study or small groups.
New here? Start with the overview study – it covers all three discourses in one place.