Satan: The Bible

The time between the lives of Job, discussed in this space last week, and Jesus would have been thousands of years. Nevertheless, Satan seems to have a similar attitude judging from his words in Job Chapter 1 compared to his temptation of Jesus recorded in Mark 1.
At first glance it seems that Satan uses different approaches in these situations, but his approach to Jesus is simply the flip side of the same coin. He does not speak directly to Job tempts him to renounce to renounce his faith by taking away all he has, including his health.To Jesus, who may have been weakened at the end of a long fast, he makes extravagant promises to grant material riches in the private hope of robbing God of His Only Begotten. We can't know exactly how he views everyone, Perhaps he doesn't see people as individuals at all, but merely as  prospective followers. Regarding Job, Satan, in so many words, says to God, "Of course Job serves you. You have made him rich, respected and blessed him with anything a person may possess.You have indulged his every whim. He'd be a fool not to serve you. But just put him in my hands, and you'll find out that his devotion really is phony. All he wants is to keep the 'good times' going at his tent."

The sales pitch to Jesus is based on the same human frailty:"I can make you king of the world right here and now, but you'll have to make up your mind, because I won't make the offer more than once. We both know you'll be serving me sometime. You might as well make the most of it."
Doubtless, Satan knew that reversing the entire Plan of Salvation in one obvious ploy was not likely, but he had nothing to lose. Satan seems in both cases to think very little of people. He had already known millions of them, and had observed how inconstant they are, and how eager to go for something "here and now" rather than focusing on Eternity. This line of thought, that men and women are just no good and cannot be trusted, has a single-word name - cynicism.
A cynical nature came easily to Satan, and it comes just as easily to people today. It is often employed as a substitute for wisdom, which, after all, comes only with extended time and effort. A cynical approach also serves the purpose of appearing to exalt the cynic by lowering the status of everyone else, a natural, but unattractive, human tendency.