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"Satan is a angel...angels are a different type of created being with great powers. He (Lucifer) was the beginning of sin .... he sinned in heaven. He and 1/3 of his minions were cast to the earth after creation of man. Satan then deceived Eve who disobeyed God and Adam also disobeyed God and thus Adam gave up his kingship/dominion of earth .... giving it to Satan ... and sin entered the world through Adam & Eve.
As I understand Scripture, I would respectfully differ with you on your statement above. And here is my understanding & reasoning as I search the Scriptures.
Lucifer or Satan or the devil was not the beginning of sin; Adam was. Sin & death & corruption never entered God's creation until Adam sinned.
Romans 5:12ff Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world & death through sin & thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—For if by the one man’s offense many died--For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation--For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one--Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation--For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners...
I Cor 15:21,22 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
Ezek 28:12-15 You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom & perfect in beauty. YOU WERE IN EDEN, THE GARDEN OF GOD; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz & diamond, beryl, onyx & jasper, sapphire, emerald & carbuncle & crafted in gold were your settings & your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. You were an anointed guardian cherub. I PLACED YOU; you were on THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF GOD; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
Isaiah 14:12-15 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
John 8:44 You are of your father the devil & your will is to do your father’s DESIRES. He was a MURDERER SINCE the beginning & does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar & the father of lies.
James 1:15 Then after DESIRE has conceived, it gives birth to SIN & sin, when it is full-grown, GIVES BIRTH TO DEATH.
Lucifer had desires to make himself like the Most High, to raise his throne above all the others stars or angels, to ascend to the highest heavens & seat himself on the holy mountain of God, on the mount of assembly of all angelic hosts, so that he could receive worship like God.
Eve had desires in the garden, to touch the forbidden fruit, to eat it & desires that it would make her wise, like God.
Genesis 1:26,27a Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, TO HAVE DOMINION (RULE) OVER the fish of the sea & the birds of the air, over the livestock & over all the earth itself & every creature that crawls upon it.” So God created man in His own image...
Genesis 2:15-20 Then the LORD God took the man & placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate & keep it. And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good & evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field & every bird of the air & He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one.
And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to ALL the livestock, to the birds of the air & to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
Gen 1:31 And God looked upon all that He had made & indeed, it was very good. And there was evening & there was morning—the sixth day.
Gen 2:1-3 Thus the heavens & the earth were finished & all the host of them. And on the 7th day God ended His work which He had made & He rested on the 7th day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the 7th day & sanctified it; because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created & made.
Gen 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food & PLEASING to the eyes, & that it was DESIRABLE for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit & ATE it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her & HE ATE IT.
Gen 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent DECEIVED me,” she replied, “& I ate.”
From all these Scriptures, one can piece together what happened since the beginning concerning Adam, Eve & the serpent of old, the devil, Satan.
Up through the 7th day, God finished his creation of the heavens & the earth and all its hosts, sanctifying the 7th day & seeing that everything He had made was VERY GOOD.
No sin, no death, no corruption was in the world at that time. It was all very good. Scripture mentions in Job that while God was forming & filling the earth for habitation, the 'morning stars,' the 'sons of God,' the angelic beings were singing & shouting for joy & that included Lucifer. This is a common Hebrew parallelism.
Job 38:4-7 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the measuring line upon it? On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone while the morning stars sang together & all the sons of God shouted for joy?
There was no rebellion yet, no sin, no death, no corruption. Yet Lucifer saw God's omnipotent power in creating all things.
We see that God created the Garden of Eden & placed Adam in it to cultivate & keep it. This was before Eve was created. This was when God gave His first commandment about the two trees in the midst of the garden.
This was when God also gave Adam dominion or authority for him to rule over God's creation. He interacted with all the creatures & named them. It was only after Eve was created, that the commandment to be fruitful & multiply & fill the earth with people was given to both of them.
Psalm 104:4 Who makes His angels spirits; His ministers a flaming fire.
Lucifer or shining one or son of the dawn or morning star, was covered with all kinds of precious & semi-precious stones & was dazzling; thus the name. But he did not have any kind of dominion given to him that was given to Adam. Lucifer, an anointed cherub, was simply placed on the mountain of God in the heavens & in the midst of the stones of fire he walked. He was the guardian angel there.
Isaiah mentioned in a vision he saw into the heavenlies & thought he was undone before the holiness of YHWH of hosts. A seraph took a burning coal/rock from the altar & touched his lips & his iniquity was atoned.
Yet God gave angelic beings the ability to travel in the heavens & on the earth. In Ezekiel 28, we have a parallel passage concerning Lucifer. Here his dazzling appearance is mentioned & also mentioned is that he was in the Garden of God, the Garden of Eden!
While in the garden, he was still dazzling & it was still part of God's very good creation. He was there when Adam was there, alone. He saw God give Adam his dominion. Then Eve was created. He watched the first marriage & saw the love Adam & Eve had for God & for one another. They walked in the garden with God; Lucifer walked among the stones of fire.
He was Lucifer, a good angel or cherub & he was in the Garden. The Garden of Eden wasn’t made until day six, so that shoots the gap theory full of holes right there. At the END of day six, God said that everything was VERY GOOD. So Satan had not fallen yet; he did not fall until after the creation. Those who say that Satan fell from heaven & wiped out some pre-Adamic civilization or brought corruption are placing death before sin.
Angels do not marry nor are they given in marriage. (Luke 20:35,36; Matt 22:30; Mark 12:25). Lucifer also knew of God's command for both Adam & Eve to be fruitful & multiply & fill the earth & subdue it. They would have progeny.
Then we see the process of how sin actually happens in James 1:15. It starts with desires in hearts. At a point in time, those desires are then acted upon, being conceived & giving birth to sin. And sin, when finished results in death.
Lucifer, the morning star, appears to have reasoned in his heart, that if he got Adam & Eve to follow him instead of God, that their dominion would become his, which in a sense it did. Thus, he hoped, they would then worship him & not God. Then his desires of being a god like God would come to pass. It becomes apparent that in the angelic discussions, he must have talked about these things & deceived a third of the angelic host.
The plan was then put into action. It appears when Lucifer talks with Eve, she is not shocked nor surprised at his being in the Garden of Eden, nor his talking with her. He undoubtedly has watched Eve & her standing before the tree of the knowledge of good & evil or overheard her conversation with Adam concerning the meaning of God's commandment about the trees in the middle of the garden.
He has waited for the opportune time (Luke 4:13). Her desires & dissatisfaction with God become evident when Lucifer questions her, to find out what her thoughts were, on God's commandment & any thoughts she may have toward God.
These come out & Lucifer is persuasive in his cunning temptation, to the point where Eve's desires become action & she takes, eats of the forbidden fruit & gives some to Adam, who eats of it also. Desire has conceived & gives birth to sin & death enters the world for the first time.
How do we know that death entered? Because God promised that in the very day that they actually took the fruit & ate it, they would SURELY die (Heb., in 'dying you shall die'). How did Lucifer sin & thus became Satan, the devil, the deceiver?
Jesus said that Satan, since the beginning, became a murderer. Who did he first murder? Adam & Eve, his deception leading to their murder, his lying leading to their fall into both physical & spiritual death. He is known as the father of lies now. His nature became corrupt.
Adam & Eve have followed Lucifer & believed what he said was the truth. They fell. Sin & death & corruption entered the universe. Lucifer appears to have returned to his position as walking around the rocks of fire. Then he & those angels that followed him in his deception were cast out of heaven & to the earth. He now is called Satan, Apollyon, the deceiver, that serpent of old, who deceives the nations.
Job 1:6; 2:1 Now there was a day when 'the 'sons of God' came to present themselves before the LORD & SATAN came also among them. “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “& walking back & forth on it.”
By the time of Job, Lucifer is now called Satan, 'adversary.'
Satan was cast down to the earth. In Job he is walking back & forth, over the earth. When Jesus was on the earth, he was tempted by Satan, just as we are. But when Christ conquered death & rose from the dead, something powerful occurred in the 'authority' or dominion realm.
John 12:31 Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
Satan has been cast out of heaven to the earth. Now Jesus said the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD will be cast out. Then this prince was cast out from the earth, where did he go?
He is later called the 'prince' of the power of the air, the spirit that is now in the children of disobedience (Eph 6:1-10; Eph 2:1-4; 2 Cor 4:3,4) who do his will & desires.
He was cast to the air, that part of the heavens between God's third heaven where He has established His throne & the earth. Remember, originally Lucifer's desire in Isaiah 14 was to ascend his throne 'ABOVE THE CLOUDS.'
Jesus received all authority in heaven & earth so His church can have authority over all the powers of the enemy. Jesus now has the keys to death & Hades. He made a show & spectacle of the spiritual hosts of wickedness, disarming & triumphing over them in the cross. They now operate in the air, influencing the worldly 'system' or 'cosmos' of the world.
Col 2:14,15 ...Having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! In this way, He DISARMED the spiritual rulers & authorities & put them to open shame, by TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT (THE CROSS).
I John 5:19 We know that we are from God & the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
I Cor 15:24 Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed (rendered powerless) all dominion, authority & power. Hallelujah! Come Lord Jesus!
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