[5], This archangel was assigned to cover or protect the beloved race, elect man, that was Gods jewel, His treasure, His first fruits, His precious thing laid up in Gods ark or chest or cabinet hid in the secret of Gods presence.6 In other words, Lucifer, according to Edwards, was employed at the creation of man to be the protector of redeemed humanity, but he fell from his innocency and dignity, and Jesus in his stead becomes the cherub that covereth, the greater protector. [7]. Then Jesus said to him, Be gone, Satan! Edwards noted that this was a great honor and caused him to be exalted above all other angels. What was supposed to be an honor to Satan became a cause for him torebel against God, and he so loved seeing his privileged position next to the glory ofGod that he began to think he was equal toGod. Thomas Goodwin (16001680), who served as a member of the Westminster Assembly, also explored the same idea. 10. The only explicit reference to Satan's Fall is found in Jesus teaching and in Revelation. 940, in Works, 20:192. Edwards, Miscellanies No. 15:2122, 45). This doesnt mean that Satan had no further access to heaven, for other Scripture verses clearly indicate that Satan maintained this access even after his fall (Job 1:6-12; Zechariah 3:1,2). Notice in v.12, we hear thatSatan had the seal of perfection. This view sees Isaiah 14:12-17 as having a dual reference. In referencing Satan's fall from heaven, Jesus most likely had in mind Isaiah 14:12, "How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! . You're right that the biblical material on Satan's origin and fall is fairly scant. The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name! And he said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. You were an anointed guardian cherub. They refer to the King of Babylon and Tyre respectively, but came to be seen as descriptors of Satans origin and fall. Edwards painted a dramatic image of cataclysmic conflict in heaven at the moment Lucifer turned against God and called for the rest of the angels to join him in his rebellion: When Lucifer rebelled and set up himself as a head in opposition to God . Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel. The temple mount is a representation of Mt. Q When the Bible says that Satan fell from heaven in Luke 10:18, that refers to his original fall in Isaiah 14:12-14 and Ezekiel 28:11-19. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall things were created through him and for him. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. The answer is most definitely, he does so on numerous occasions, but most notably in theAbomination of Desolation described inDaniel and by Jesus inMatthew 24. Notice in v.17 Ezekiel says Satans heart was corrupted by hissplendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. Even this creature could turn against God. The Loveliest Place: The Beauty and Glory of the Church. If a verse or topic does not belong, please contact us. Benge came to Southern from Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom, where he served as provost and professor of church history. I think the answer is no. The history of angels (and demons) is sparsely covered in scripture, probably because they are secondary to the purposes of God in authoring scripture. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Christian Truth. 5. @dustinbenge How did Satan come to defile the Heavenly tabernacle? 16 Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Z. You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.. How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Isaiah also writes that he had a throne that he desired to exalt over all the "stars"angelsof God. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. The Jews said one is eternal, the other doomed to fade away. Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. F 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. In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. So it seems that Satan was roaming the earthly garden of Edenbecause he had been cast out of theHeavenly garden of God. In v.15, he was blameless, at least for a time, and he was splendidly adorned in jewels Ezekiel says. "Satan," meaning adversary, is his most common name in the Bible, appearing 52 times. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. On the day that you were created they were prepared. Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? A lot of criticism is cast on Christians who use this passage to flesh out our understanding of Satans origin and fall. NIV. Lucifer is also described in Ezekiel 28:14 as residing on the holy mountain of God, who walked in the midst of the stones of fire. In Ezekiel 28:16, there seems to be a reference to the covering cherub (KJV) who resides in the temples Holy of Holies and use his wings to cover the throne of God. . The language as it refers to the King of Tyre therefore must be clear hyperbole, yet could it be literal if referring to the a spiritual King of Darkness? But it also explains perhaps why the Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 passages came to be associated with Satan even though they are not explicitly about him. Labs Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. But originally allIsaiah meant was morning star he was not giving us Satans name. His falland that of those spirits who joined himis irreversible; there is no hope of redemption. 28:12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, 936, in Works, 20:192. In doing so, he profaned the Heavenly tabernacle. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. He and his wife, Molli, live in Louisville, Kentucky. San Antonio, Texas, 78270 This spiritual intuition of the Jews agrees with and is built on what is explicitly known about Satan elsewhere, that he was a creation of God, that he was an angel originally good, that he rebelled against God in prehistory (as mentioned). Badness therefore was a parasite. . The Lord said to Satan, From where have you come? Satan answered the Lord and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it. And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Does Job fear God for no reason? V 14. How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! What is the rationale for the conclusion that these latter verses refer to the fall of Lucifer? Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. (Read More)Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Luke 10:18 - And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.2 Peter 2:4 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;John 8:44 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. The Lucifer-Christ typology is a kind of angelic parallel to the Adam-Christ typology that appears in Pauls letter (esp. He is author of many articles and several books, including The Loveliest Place: The Beauty and Glory of the Church and The American Puritans. There is a third view that I think is preferable to the two views above. What Was the Significance of the Angels at Christmas? Pride As we examine the Bible, we find that pride was a factor in Satan's fall. There are other scholars who interpret this passage as referring only to the fall of Lucifer, with no reference whatsoever to a human king. Pantheists said they were both eternal. Upon the joyous return of the seventy disciples whom Jesus had appointed to preach the gospel and heal the sick, they said to him, "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name." Jesus' reply was, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." And straightway he bestowed further gifts: "power to tread on . This is summarized in His covenant name, Yahweh literally I AM. He became conceited and was envious of God. Amy Plantinga Pauw (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002), 20:190. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. 6. Are there angels? The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is proud, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas, yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth You were an anointed guardian cherub. What Does Scripture Say about the Fall of Satan? Since the fall of Satan, the devil's goal has been to ruin God's plan. He is often pictured as a red, humanlike creature with horns, a tail and carrying a pitchfork. MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL, P.O. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son. Naturally, we assume this refers to the garden than Adam andWoman occupied, andof course, Satan was in the earthly garden in Genesis 3.But if we look more closely at this passage, we see clues thatsuggest this garden isnt the same one asthat in Genesis 3. Be sober-minded; be watchful. and Th.D. 937, in Works, 20:195. Linked With New Testament. Jesus said to him, What you are going to do, do quickly.. On the day that you were created they were prepared. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Regarding the fall of Satan and the Creation, there is no exact timeline in scripture, though in Ezekiel 28 we learn the full story of how Satan fell prior to the Creation while he lived in Heaven: Ezek. This likely occurred when God cursed the serpent. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. A non-profit, non-denominational resource of free in-depth Bible teachings. Perhaps the historic king of Tyre was a tool of Satan, possibly even indwelt by him. In a passage that may speak of the original fall of this anointed angel, we read the following. Copyright 2023, Southern Equip. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. Was this king really perfect or blameless? What are demons? Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. It may be that verses 4 through 11 deal with an actual king of Babylon. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. However,given what WAS explicitly known about Satan from Genesis, and Job, the Jews already in the inter-testamental period began to associate this passage with Satan. Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. Genesis 3:1 "Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. It might sound counterintuitive, but there are verses throughout the Bible that reveal this truth. . Bible Verses About Hope, Bible Verses About Divorce On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Why does God allow Satan and the demons to attack us? I And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. 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. You were an anointed guardian cherub. He holds Th.M. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?. Another passage that also seems to describe the fall of Satan from heaven is Isaiah 14:12-15. Those early interpreters (and later the church fathers) had much less of a problem than post Reformation scholars in seeing layersto Scripture. So the spiritual powers in the world that drove evil (and all Bible writers agreed that there were spiritual powers in the world) must have been, at one point, good since everything came from a good God. 1. That means that the devil in some way convinced a third of the angels to follow him in his rebellion. Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. H And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. We read in Ezekiel 28:17, Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. Lucifer apparently became so impressed with his own beauty, intelligence, power, and position that he began to desire for himself the honor and glory that belonged to God alone. Again this is FIRSTabout a human king of Tyre, no question. This agrees with whats revealed in Jesus ministry who refers to the Devil and his angels (Matt 25:41) and with Job where the Accuser comes to the heavenly court with the Sons of God and thus must have also himself been an angel. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 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. Furthermore, notice that Satan served God as the covering cherub. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.. How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High. 15 But you are brought down to the grave,to the depths of the pit. In describing this king, Ezekiel also gives us glimpses of the superhuman creature, Satan, who was using, if not indwelling, him. Editors note: This article was originally published in Tabletalk Magazine. Everything a bad man does, he does for some good end, to increase his power or pleasure or wealth (which were inherently good things). All rights reserved. This is where Satan got that name. Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. (Read More)Matthew 25:41 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:Ezekiel 28:14-17 - 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. Therefore, the fall must have happened after the seven days of creation and just after Eve met the serpent in the Garden and sin entered the world. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. K T You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. The poetic language used by Isaiah is so grand, however, that many scholars have concluded that there is more to the passage. And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. And God will have the last say, good will eventually win. Bible Verses About Heaven. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. In v.16 the Lord says He cast Satan down from the mountain of God (inHeaven), andIn v.17 we hear that Satan was cast to the ground,The Hebrew word for ground is the word for earth, andagain in v.18 the Lord declares that Satan was cast down tothe earth. In our modern culture, satan is more of a cartoon character than a real entity. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. What accord has Christ with Belial? It is significant that the language used to describe this fits other passages in the Bible that speak about Satan. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! So by comparison, Satan was a covering cherub who became so convincedby his importance and beautythat he could be God, andso in a rebellious moment of violence and pride, Satan seized themercy seat in the Heavenly tabernacledeclaring Himself to be God. 9. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. They also underline that he and God are not coequal combatants in a dualistic struggle. It appears God used the occasion of Ethbaal's fall to describe the original condition and fall of Satan. And the Lord said to Satan, The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil., Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. However, the application of these passage for clues to Satans origin and fall have long precedent in Jewish thought before Christ and in the church, and they are perfectly consistent with what we ALREADYknow from other explicit scriptural teaching. Edwards, Miscellanies No. And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. What Does Scripture Say about the Fall of Satan? I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.. We see the result of that act of rebellion in Ezekiel 28. The covering cherub refers to those angels whose wings covered themercy seat on top of the ark of the covenant. Note the terms used: model of perfection, you were in Eden, you were a guardian cherub (a name for an angel), you were blameless, mount of God. (Ezekiel 28:11-19). It was the very excellency and greatness of Lucifer, according to Edwards, that became the occasion of his fall from heaven. 358, in Works, 13:366. So now we know that the golden covering cherubs made for theearthly tabernacle are pictures of real cherubswho cover theglory of God in the Heavenly tabernacle, and thefirst and most glorious of those cherubs originally wasnone other than Satan himself. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 17 Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. VERSE BY VERSE The Jews began to draw inferences from this one bit of revelation. Isaiah 14:12-15 illustrates the process of Satan's thinking that led to his fall. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.. The story of Lucifers fall is described in two key Old Testament chaptersEzekiel 28 and Isaiah 14. The sin that corrupted Lucifer was self-generated pride. Yet, Edwards quickly pointed out, as the second person of the Godhead, Christ is exalted supremely higher than Lucifer. Thus we can infer a lot from just these two passages: that Satan must have been one of Gods creations, one of his angels and his rebellion happened in prehistory and he was not alone in his rebellion, taking many angels with him. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. Trade is a term in Hebrew meaning merchandise, and in this context it refers to Satans trade as the covering cherub. Apparently, this represents the actual beginning of sin in the universepreceding the fall of the human Adam by an indeterminate time. Gods grand design was to demonstrate the creatures emptiness in itself, and then to fill it with himself in an eternal, unalterable fullness and glory. [14] We can rest assured that the final punishment of the devils is certain. The role of angels in Heaven prior to the Creation seems to be to praise the Lord singing before His throne. Jonathan Edwards, Miscellanies No. He was the angel closest to the glory of God. He . Some debate whether this war takes place before human history, or during the end times drama that John is describing, or around the time of Jesus birth. S Here they are: He replied, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. NIV, And there was war in heaven. 210.319.5055 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. After that he must be released for a little while. President of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministries. He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 11. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. In the absence of other clear Biblical teaching regarding Satan's fall, it would be a very unwise course of action fraught with questionable hermeneutics to declare this scripture as a description of the fall of Satan. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. God will pour out His righteous wrath on them for their proud rebellion in the courts of heaven. 320, in Works, in 13:401402. For example, Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 which Ill comment on later. 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