No, he didn't.
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Satan is not a "prince of this world" nor was he created in the creation as you assume. When Jesus said the "prince of this world" cometh, He was not speaking of Satan, who was already there. He was speaking of the prince of prophecy who would rule over the kings of the earth.
:duh:There's always a choice. If there weren't, there would be no punishment for sin.
Satan had no choice but to try to stop Jesus within his arsenal of tactics. Satan won't choose the right, or he would cease to be Satan, so within his arsenal of attacks, since Jesus had rejected his temptings, his only choice was to try to stop Jesus. As you indicated he failed in his temptations to Jesus. So his only other choice was to be powerless.... But he wanted to stop God's plan.
So again, you assert Satan didn't know, but Jesus told Peter:
Matt 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and s
aid unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Satan knew the plan friend. If not, Jesus Himself told him.
Um... because God commanded him to?!?
Um...why? because Jesus was the Serpent up on the pole?
Numbers 21:9
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Does looking upon the pole represent overcoming the fear of death and satan or something else? It represents overcoming the ultimate weapon of Satan - his last ditch effort to stop Jesus. But if we look upon evil and overcome it, we live, even as they lived, but if not then the bite of the serpent kills us spiritually. It is Satan's weapon. So yeah, Satan knew about it - it was his last chance to stop Jesus. But Jesus overcame it, overcame death, fear and Satan.
This goes back to Genesis and why the serpent lied to Eve about not dying. Fear of death was to be his ultimate weapon and power over man.
Because he wants every man to fail. He wanted Christ to kill Himself.
It doesn't seem he expected Christ to die that way:
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Sorry, but I don't have a Book of Mormon and am not going to read one for the same reason I won't read the UB: it's not from above.You are really mixed up in the head. Angels are spirit beings, whether you understand such or not. Apparently you have read way too many fairy tales and not enough Scripture.
Where does the Bible indicate angels are not men? In fact Daniel refers to Gabriel as the man Gabriel, and you have indicated that the Bible is perfect and God breathed. Therefore, Gabriel is a form of a man. Where does the Bible say angels are "spirit beings" or is that just your interpolation? Doesn't the Bible refer men as spirits and our Father as the Father of spirits?
Hebrews 12:9
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
We are spirit beings like Heavenly Father, which is why He wants us to pray to Him in spirit - how blind Orthodoxy is.