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Q: I would Like to know where, how, why (etc.) satan came from?

First: The name of satan

Second: Where did he come from?

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 1)

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

Ezekiel 28:11-19

Why is there so little information about Him?

1 - He is not our main focus: God is!

2 - We don’t really have much personal growth reasons to know satan’s background.

3 - We only need to know limited information about his personal being to withstand his temptations.

Q: According to John 3:16 Jesus is described as God's "only begotten Son". We know the scriptures say that Jesus was in the beginning with God, and that that He is God. But seeing as though the word "begotten" describes the beginning of someone's life, what does that mean about the existence of Jesus?

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 3)

16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 1)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (Chapter 1)

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Philippians 2:5-11

Hebrews 1:1-5