{"id":2540,"date":"2009-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2009\/02\/bible-qa-for-june-12.html"},"modified":"2009-02-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T00:00:00","slug":"bible-qa-for-june-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2009\/02\/bible-qa-for-june-12.html","title":{"rendered":"Bible Q&A for February 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent Bible study, the leader told the group that before Satan was thrown out of heaven, he was the chief musician in heaven. We have searched and searched and cannot find any reference to this. Can you help us?<\/b>
\nYou are quite right. There is no reference in the Bible to Satan being the chief musician in heaven. The only real passage that discusses Satan’s role in heaven is Job 1-2<\/a>, where Satan is presented as the accuser of believers in the heavenly court.
\n—Ben Witherington III<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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