LightofTruth
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If satan had free access to heaven, to come and go as he pleased, and his rebellion was hatched when he saw the lower creatures to whom he could become a god, whilst he was stationed as a guardian in Eden, then his rebellion spanned both heaven and earth. With the account about Job we see satan there in heaven, bold as brass. (Job 1:6-7; Job 2:1-2) The demons are his minions. He is their leader and will suffer the same fate as he does. (Matthew 25:41)
There was a Church of God in the O.T. just as there is a Church of God today. And just as today, the Church was made up of both the wheat and tare. Job was wheat and the Satan was the tares.
To come in the presence of God refers to going to the temple to worship Him. When Job went to worship God the tares went too.
Satan was not in heaven but was assembled right there at the Temple just as the sons of God were, but the tares were actually the children of the devil because they were evil in heart.
To be a child of the devil refers to having an evil mischievous heart. The one who allow their flesh to rule over them rather than follow God's way.