What if Satan is the biggest distraction in history?
Hear me out. What if Satan isn’t God’s enemy at all, but a well-placed decoy—a Trojan Horse meant to keep us from realizing the real threat to divine order? And what if that threat… is us?
The idea of a "jealous God" always felt off to me. Jealousy is a human flaw—rooted in insecurity, fear, or control. But God is supposed to be all-powerful, so what’s there to be jealous of? Satan? Please. Satan is a footnote compared to an omnipotent God. If he were an actual rival, he wouldn’t still be running around causing mischief—he’d be dust.
But humanity? That’s another story. We’re the only creation made in God’s image, the only beings given divine potential. And yet, from the start, we’ve been cast as weak, sinful, and in need of saving. Meanwhile, Satan is conveniently set up as the villain, making sure we never question why we feel so powerless in the first place.
Think about it: a good creator designs protections—your skull shields your brain, your ribs guard your heart. So why, spiritually, were we left wide open? The answer: because that was the point. If we were given full access to our power, we wouldn’t need a middleman. And that’s a problem if the entire system is built on dependence.
Here’s where it gets even wilder. Satan, as a concept, does two things:
Keeps us afraid and obedient.
Ensures we never fully claim the power we were already given.
A friend of mine once pointed out that believers hand over their strength to God without realizing it was theirs all along. And if you look at history, gods exist through worship—if faith fades, so does their relevance. So what happens if humanity wakes up and realizes that divinity was never something external to begin with?
But maybe—maybe—this isn’t about control. Maybe God isn’t a possessive ruler but something bigger: the force that pushes us toward awakening. Maybe Satan isn’t the villain, but the representation of our internal struggles—the fear, the doubt, the duality we have to overcome. Maybe God’s so-called "jealousy" isn’t about hoarding power, but about challenging us to finally step into it.
If that’s the case, then worship isn’t submission—it’s a recognition of our own divine nature. Fear (aka “Satan”) isn’t a leash—it’s the test we’re supposed to overcome. And the real deception? The idea that we were ever meant to be small in the first place.
So here’s the real question: do we keep playing along, or do we finally take back the power that was ours all along?