GOD'S MINISTRY

 

THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH

BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

 

Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels

 

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LUCIFER (THE DEVIL) WAS A CREATED BEING - PART I

 

Ezekiel 28:13 (KJV) 

    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

 

Pre-Adamite Eden

 

No earthly king of Tyre was ever in Eden, as was this angel, nor does this Eden refer to Adam's Eden although Lucifer was in it also (Genesis 3; 2 Cor. 11:3). The Eden here was a garden in the earth when he ruled in perfection and sinlessness before he fell (Ezekiel 28:13).

 

[wast created] Lucifer was a created angel (Ezekiel 28:13, 15; Col. 1:15-18).

 

Ezekiel 28:6-19 (KJV) 

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; [7] Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. [8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. [9] Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. [10] Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. [11] Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. [13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. [14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. [15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. [16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. [17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. [18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. [19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

 

Thank The Heavenly Father for sending Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour

To Calvary to shed His Blood for the remission of our sins and the Fact of Jesus Christ (His) raising back to life again (Rev. 1:18).

 

Col. 1:12(KJV) 

    Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: [13] Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: [14] In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: [15] Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: [16] For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: [17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. [18] And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. [19] For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; [20] And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

 

[21] And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled: [22] In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: [23] If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; [24] Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: [25] Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; [26] Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: [27] To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: [28] Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: [29] Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

   

Col. 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; [2] That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; [3] In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. [4] And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. [5] For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. [6] As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: [7] Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

 

[8] Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. [9] For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. [10] And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: [11] In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: [12] Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. [13] And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; [14] Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; [15] And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. [16] Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

 

Satan was created and perfict (in his own ways)

but still, he sinned (iniquity was found in him) and he fell from Heaven!

 

Ezekiel 28:15 (KJV) 

    Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

 

Ezekiel 28:15

[perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created] Being perfect in his ways (the laws God gave him to live by) was before his fall, for he was perfect in them and sinless up to the time of his iniquity or sin.

[till iniquity was found in thee]

 

Time of Lucifer's Fall

 

The time of his iniquity was when he rebelled against God to exalt his throne and kingdom from earth to heaven ( Isaiah 14:12-14 ). The time of his corruption and sin was surely before the days of Adam, for Lucifer was already a fallen creature at the time he came to Adam's Eden (Genesis 2; 2 Cor. 11:4).

 

The Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth

Told Lucifer (the devil)!

 

Ezekiel 28:15-29:18 (KJV) 

    Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. [16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. [17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. [18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. [19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

 

Time of Lucifer's Fall

 

The time of his iniquity was when he rebelled against God to exalt his throne and kingdom from earth to heaven ( Isaiah 14:12-14, notes). The time of his corruption and sin was surely before the days of Adam, for Lucifer was already a fallen creature at the time he came to Adam's Eden (Genesis 2; 2 Cor. 11:4).

 

Satan (Lucifer) fell from Heaven and was cast out of Heaven

Into the earth!

 

Isaiah 14:12 (KJV) 

    How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

 

Isaiah 14:12

[How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer] The original fall of Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12-14), as well as his final casting down to hell itself (Isaiah 14:15), which is the end of all rebels against God, is the subject of this passage.

 

Six Proofs Satan Is the Subject of Isaiah 14:12-15

 

1.  Lucifer is the name of Satan, as is agreed by Bible scholars (Isaiah 14:12). Lucifer (Hebrew: heylel (HSN-1966)), means morning star. From halal (HSN-1984), to shine.

 

2.  Satan is the only one in Scripture referred to as having actually fallen from heaven (Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18), and the only ruler that is cast out of heaven with fallen angels (Rev. 12:7-12).  This identifies him as Lucifer of this passage.

 

3. Satan is the only person other than Christ and angels who is called a morning star (Isaiah 14:12). Angels are so-called in Job 38:7, and Jesus Christ is called the bright and morning star in Rev. 22:16; so Lucifer could not be a mere man but a heavenly being.

 

4. Lucifer actually ascended to heaven in an effort to exalt his throne above the stars of God and become like the Most High. This no earthly man could do, for he would have no access to heaven apart from God (Isaiah 14:13-14).

 

5. This whole passage has no literal meaning if interpreted in connection with a man, but in the light of other plain passages about the fall of Satan it clearly refers to him (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:11-17; Matthew 25:41; Luke 10:18; Ephes. 6:10-18; Rev. 12:7-12).

 

6. This is another example of the law of double reference—two persons, one natural and the other supernatural—being involved in the same passage, as when Christ said to Peter, "Get thee behind Me, Satan" (Matthew 16:23), and the Lord said, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman" (Genesis 3:15).  In this chapter we have the earthly king of Babylon addressed (Isaiah 14:4-11, 16-20) and the invisible king of Babylon also referred to in Isaiah 14:12-15.  See The Law of Double Reference.

 

[fallen from heaven] Nine Facts about Lucifer

 

1. He was cast out of heaven (Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18). If he fell from heaven, he must have been cast out; and if cast out, he must have ascended to heaven in the first place to be cast out. There was some reason for him going there and not staying there after he got there. It must have been a forced and physical casting out, a departure because of superior power and forces.

 

2. He was cut down (Hebrew: gada (HSN-1438) to fell a tree; destroy anything; cut down; cut off; cut asunder) to the ground (Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18). This was the reason he did not remain in heaven. He was forcibly intercepted in his invasion of heaven, and was defeated and cast down as a tree being felled by the woodsman (Isaiah 9:10; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:25; Isaiah 45:2). He was cut down to the ground; he found himself back on the earth he ascended from and which he ruled before his fall and invasion of heaven.

 

3. He had already weakened the nations (Isaiah 14:12; Ezekiel 28:11-17). This means that before his invasion of heaven he had weakened the nations of earth over whom he had ruled since the creation of the earth and its inhabitants. It was in a period before Adam's time.

 

Seven Proofs that Lucifer Ruled People:

 

(1) They are called nations here. Hebrew: gowy (HSN-1471), translated Gentiles, nation, nations, people, and heathen hundreds of times, and never translated angels. The nations he ruled over and weakened them, must have been made up of men.

 

(2) God told Adam to replenish the earth, not replenish heaven or some other planet (Genesis 1:28). He told Noah to do the same thing 1656 years later (Genesis 9:1). According to this, it is as reasonable to believe that the earth was plenished before Adam's time as it is to accept that it was plenished before Noah's. Futhermore, the command to replenish it meant to do so with their own kind—men. This indicates the kind of inhabitants which the earth had in the first place. Adam and his race can only reproduce their own kind (Genesis 1:11; Genesis 6:20).

 

(3) Jeremiah confirms the fact that men, not angels, inhabited the earth before Adam, for in his description of the chaotic earth he says there was no man. In the time before Adam and chaos, men lived in cities and in fruitful places on earth like men of today, so they must have eaten food and been mortal as we are today. See notes on Jeremiah 4:23-26.

 

(4) Ezekiel also confirms the fact that they were people (Hebrew: gowy (HSN-1471), as in point 1, above), and were ruled by kings. Both terms are used in Ezekiel 28:11-19. See notes there.

 

(5) Peter indicates that the pre-Adamites were mortal beings, for they could be drowned.  "The world (Greek: kosmos (GSN-2889), social order) that then was (before Adam's day), being overflowed with water, perished:  but the heavens and the earth, which are now (since the six days' work of Genesis 1:3-2:25) ... are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men ...  (we) look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (see notes on 2 Peter 3:5-13).

 

(6) Moses confirms this further by revealing the fact of the flood which caused the pre-Adamites to be drowned (Genesis 1:2).

 

(7) No statement regarding angels or spirit beings of any kind living on the earth can be found in Scripture.

Angels of Satan are spoken of as stars of heaven, indicating that they were originally created to be God's subjects in heaven and not Lucifer's on earth (Rev. 12:1-12). The only statement in Scripture that causes some to stumble over the idea of pre-Adamites being men is 1 Cor. 15:45 where it speaks of the first man Adam; but this could be understood by realizing that he was created the first of this present race of men. It should never be taken to mean that he was the first being who ever lived on the earth, for others, even nations made up of men—mortal beings capable of being drowned in a flood—operated in a social system before Adam and the flood of Lucifer's time.

 

4. "I will ascend into heaven" (Isaiah 14:13). This is one of the things Lucifer said in his heart when planning to overthrow God in heaven. According to Col. 1:15-18, thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, visible and invisible, were created in heaven and in earth, which shows the establishment of kingdoms in many places in the heavens, on other planets, besides the earth. Lucifer was given dominion of the earth and worked deceitfully to get other angelic rulers to follow him in his war against God. Not only did Lucifer's own earthly, mortal subjects rebel, but over one-third of God's angels, for there are that many still with Satan to be finally cast down to earth in the future tribulation (Rev. 12:1-12). The place of mobilization was the earth. How long they rebelled before the actual break with God is not known.

 

5. "I will exalt my throne above the stars of God" (Isaiah 14:13). This statement not only proves that Lucifer's plan was to invade heaven, dethrone God, and become the supreme ruler of all creations, but it shows that he already was a ruler. If he had a throne he had a kingdom and he himself was a king; he had subjects to rule over and there must have been a location for the kingdom. Who were his subjects? The pre-Adamite men of point 3, above; and his kingdom was located on the earth, as seen in point 7, below.

 

6. "I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north" (Isaiah 14:13). Lucifer was not satisfied to sit on his own throne, but wanted to sit also on God's throne to be worshiped as the Supreme Sovereign of all creations. This gives the location or direction of heaven—north of the earth—and reveals the fact that there is a congregation of saints or holy beings who gather to worship God. In Psalm 75:6-7 it speaks of promotion coming, not from the east, west, or south, but from the Lord; so, according to this also, the Lord and heaven are in the north.

 

7. "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds" (Isaiah 14:14). This settles the matter regarding the location of Lucifer's kingdom before Adam's time.

 

Three Things Locate It:

 

(1)  It had to be under the planet heaven, or Lucifer could not have determined in his heart to ascend into heaven (Isaiah 14:13).

 

(2)  It had to be under the stars of God or he could not have determined to exalt his throne above them (Isaiah 14:13).

 

(3)  It had to be under the clouds that surround the earth or he could not have determined to ascend above them (Isaiah 14:14). Though a kingdom could be located many places under heaven and under the stars, it could not be under the clouds of earth without being on earth. This should convince us that Lucifer had an earthly kingdom, not a heavenly one, and that his subjects were earthly, not heavenly. Furthermore, since angels and other spirit beings are not constituted like the beings created to live on the earth, we must conclude that they were not the earthly subjects of Lucifer's kingdom. The fact that angels of Satan are now confined to the heavenlies surrounding the earth is proof that they no longer are fit to reside in heaven; and the fact that they will be confined eternally in a hell beneath the earth (Matthew 25:41) proves that they sinned in connection with the earth and Lucifer's program of invading heaven from the earth.

 

8. "I will be like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:14).  This was the central idea around which revolved all the sinful and rebellious activities of Lucifer. It is a noble trait to desire to be like God; but to transgress the laws of God and become devoted to a life of self-gratification at the expense of the highest good of all—this is the greatest of all crimes among free moral agents.  Lucifer wanted to become like God at the expense of God and everyone else; this was extreme sinfulness against God and nature.  It was by this appeal to be like God that Eve was deceived (Genesis 3:5).  Christ came to imitate God among men, and to set an example of true God-likeness, that of being like God in consecration to the good of all—not for the good of self-gratification.  Thus he repeatedly declared the true nature of consecration and godliness.  See Christ's Union with the Father.

 

9. "Thou shalt be brought down to hell." This will be the final doom of Satan and all who follow him (Isaiah 14:15; Matthew 25:21; Rev. 20:10).

 

[which didst weaken the nations] Lucifer had already weakened the nations over whom he ruled before his actual invasion of heaven.  His method was slander and turning them away from God in the heart; after that it was easy to lead them into open rebellion (Ezekiel 28:11-19, notes).

 

 

 

Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels Sui Juris