[tntn]

One interesting perspective:

"Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;" (Moses 4:3) [emphasis mine]

"And thus he goeth up and down, to and fro in the earth, seeking to destroy the souls of men." (D&C 10:27)