LUCIFER THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS !

The earth before Lucifer revolt

Before we begin our Bible study Let us recite this verses:

A.“ Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path”. ( Psalm 119:105)

B.“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” ( John 4:24).

If you are new to the Bible then recite this verses:

A."For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

B.“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him" (John 3:36).

KING of Jeshurun Devotions on Gen 1:2 (KJV)

“And darkness was upon the face of the deep…”

“ve·cho·shech al-pe·nei te·ho·vm”( Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex Transliterated).

We have studied that the earth was formless and void and in the second portion of the Gen 1:2 we see darkness was upon the face of the deep.Darkness was everywhere and penetrated on the depth of the face of earth.”Hoshech” is the Hebrew word used for darkness.Darkness had been seen over earth.How can a good God see darkness pervading over the surface of the earth.What  was the cause for the darkness to be overwhelmed?

The Bible says : “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all” ( I John 1:5).

"And the darkness was upon the face of the deep" (Gen 1:2)

There was a prehistoric Angelic conflict existed prior to the creation of this universe and mankind.Like man the angels have been bestowed with free volition and God has tested the free volition of the angels whether they serve Him ,obey Him or choose to rebel against God.Here we see the wonderful attribute of God’s bestowing angels and mankind with free volition.God didn’t make us to be animals or even slaves He has given us free volition so that we may choose our directions to choose good and ignore bad.Today the free world and free thinkers rather than choosing good are being taking part in evil.This is the abuse of negative volition.God is watching every aspect of the human deed because he is omniscient God.Mankind and angels cannot be deceived for misusing their free volition.

Coming to the prehistoric angelic conflict it was the Lucifer the most powerful and brilliant of all the angels, who arrogantly lusted to be like God.

The creative history of earth

Isaiah 14:13-14 says: “You said in your heart,I will ascend to heaven;

Lucifer the main revolter desired to be like God

I will raise my throne above the stars of God;I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,

on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High.” 

The fall one-third angels from  heaven

The Lucifer’s desire was to become like God rather than serving and worshipping God.Lucifer was the creation of God he was created to serve and worship.Today mankind is following on the footsteps of Lucifer.Man is created to serve and worship God but we see today mankind is being worshipped as God there are many false deities,false Babas, False Gurus and False prophets claiming themselves as God and incarnation of God and deceiving mankind by robbing the true worship of God.Lucifer desired to become like God.No matter No angel or man can never become God only we transform into the image of God by serving and worshipping Him.

God came to know this evil desire of Satan and Satan made a revolt in the heavenly realms.As we have seen the angels are created with free volition but 3/1^rd of angels joined the revolt against God in heaven with negative volition.As the leader of this revolt Lucifer became Satan, the adversary of God.We see Satan is an adversary of God’s justice and also accuser of brethren. The word Satan derived from the Hebrew word meaning “adversary accuser”

“Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?” (Zech 3:1-2).

Satan duty is to accuse and abuse the believers of christ

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night” ( Rev 12:10).

Satan has many names...

Because the Lucifer and fallen angels decided to revolt against God,God cast down Satan along with His fallen angels on this tiny planet earth in this universe.

“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.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” (Ezel 28:17-18). 

Thus the planet earth became a state of battle field in the angelic conflict.

God in the eternity past convened a trail to judge the fallen angels.In perfect justice and righteousness God condemned Lucifer guilty and sentenced him and all his minions to eternity in the lake of fire.

The history of satan from beginning to the end

“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” ( Matt 25:41).

Satan the first radical against Justice of God

Because of God’s judgement the lights  have been extinguished on the universe the battle field of angelic conflict.Absence of light means absence of heat .Without heat functioning on earth the waters covered the surface of the earth and was frozen.After Satan hordes cast on earth they destroyed the earth and God flooded its surface and ice packed the earth as a judgement.

“Darkness” and “Deep” connote the dangerous events throughout this battle field.Darkness is often used as an example of evil and spiritual darkness .

The Bible says: “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.” (Exo 10:21-23).

“Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.” (Psalm 35:6; Joel 2:2).

“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up” ( Matt 4:16).

“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil”( John 3:19).

if you rebel against God's authority you end up in Hell

The darkness was deep the Hebrew word used is “tehom” was symbolic of great chaos and death as in the first verse Tohu and Vohu symbolizes how the darkness was pervaded after Satan fall on the earth.

Lucifer as a adversary challenged the divine verdict of casting him and his followers into the lake of fire.Satan point of defense was how could a just and loving God cast His creatures in the lake of fire.Satan resisted God’s justice.We see God is justice even though He pronounced the verdict regarding the punishment of Satan God didn’t instantly punished them but kept it as pending and granted Satan's appeal to show His grace and righteousness to the angels for all eternity.Thus God would restore planet earth which was became dark by the entrance of Satan by creating free volition human race to resolve this angelic conflict.

Jesus gives the eternal life

Satan, not content to be merely a spectator to the unfolding events of human history,rallies his demons.He goes on the offensive to influence and win the allegiance of mankind.In his first attack Satan tempted Eve in the Garden to commit the initial human sin of rebellion.Adam chose to join Eve and followed Satan.Adam’s disobedience condemned all mankind.

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” ( Rom 5:12).

Even though human race is condemned,God has not abandoned mankind.God’s love and magnificent grace is the plan of salvation for mankind.God the Father knew in eternity past that Adam would sin and plunge the human race into condemnation.So God became in Jesus to be ransom and substitute for the sins of every person.

Thus mankind volition determines a person eternal destiny to be with God or to be with devil in Hell.

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son” ( John 3:18).

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” ( John 3:36).

Are you still rebelling against God?

We see the darkness on the face of the earth was the result of Satan revolt still his judgement his pending in the eternal court meanwhile Satan and his angels trying their level best to lead millions of souls to the lake of fire because they knew they were going to Hell and want to fill the hell with millions of mankind.

Satan loses his appeal trial when just one person believes in Jesus Christ.But the faith of millions of people magnifies the love ,grace and sovereignty of God and continually establishes the justice of His perfectness.thus a person believing in Jesus becomes a testimony and witness of God’s grace and love for the prosecution against the accusation of satan.

Satan the ruler of this world deceiving mankind

Few people realize that the world is in the conflict of this endless invisible warfare.It is a fight between good and evil a fight to the end (Eph 6;10-17).Earth is the battlefield between believing humanity and the despising armies of Satan and his followers.In the conflict, Satan the :ruler of this world” (John 12:31; 14:30;16:11) uses every trick,every ruse at his command, to neutralize or destroy the plan of God for the human race.

“Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out” ( John 12:31).

“Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” ( John 14:30).

“Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” (John 16:11).

You need to choose carefully whom do you serve

So dear Reader now it is your time to take a decision to be with Jesus in eternal life or to be with Satan and his armies in the eternal lake of fire.God’s love is always available to you if you miss the chance you will have to end up in the Hell.You have not come to this world to stay permanently.You are going to stay permanently either in Heaven or Hell.Your free volition will to decide on where your eternity  is going to spend.

Let’s pray: Our Heavenly Father! We thank you for creating angels and mankind with free volition.Satan was an angel but revolted against you and now planning to lead mankind away from your plan and perfect will.We pray that enable us to be your side in every darkest hour and situation believing in Jesus who gives us the victory over accuser of the brethren.Make us to be an effective witnesses for your love,grace and enable us to extend your kingdom throughout the battlefield on this earth.You are the God of light and let your light be continually  shone upon us and the whole world to be delivered from the darkness of the evil one for now and forever.In Jesus Name we pray! AMEN!

Selected Bibliography: (Satan and Demonism page 3-4,Creation Chaos and Restoration pages 10-11 by RB Thiem Jr)