Satan Does God's Will

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. (James 1:13 ESV)

Everyone works for God, willingly or unwillingly; knowingly or unknowingly. Satan works for God as His agent of temptation. He loves the job, knows the consequences, but still does it. At the Garden of Eden, he tempted Adam and Eve. At the wilderness, he tempted Jesus. Every moment, he tempts us.

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. (Revelation 20:2-3 ESV)

During the millennium, Satan will not be available to tempt the people. Sinners will be born, but there will be no sin.

When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. (Revelation 20:7-8 HCSB)

At the end of the millennium, Satan will be released, so that all who were born during the millennium will have their heart revealed. There will be so many of them that hate God that the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. Imagine the great number of people that hate truth and perfection.

They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Revelation 20:9-10 HCSB)