Satan - What We Know

SATAN

LUCIFER

1. Wise and Beautiful Cherub

Ezekiel 28:11-15

The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

“Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus (represents Satan)

and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says;

Seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

You have been in Eden the garden of God;

You were covered with every precious stone,

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 your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you

in the day that you were created.

“You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so:

You were on the holy mountain of God;

You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.

You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created…

2. Sinned

a. From the beginning

The devil sinned from the beginning. 1 John 3:8

b. Ezekiel 28:15-18

-- Iniquity was found in you.

-- By the multitude of your merchandise they have filled the middle of you with violence, and you have sinned:

-- Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness:

-- You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your traffic;

c. Isaiah 14:12-16

-- You weakened the nations

-- You have said in your heart,

“I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:

I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;

I will be like God, the most* High.”

3. Cast Out of Heaven

a. Satan

There was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and did not prevail, neither was their place found any more in heaven. The great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:7-9

Jesus said, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." Luke 10:18

…Therefore, I will cast you out of the mountain of God as profane:

and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.

…I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may see you.

…I will bring forth a fire from the midst of you, it will devour you,

and I will burn you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.

…All those among the people who know you will be astonished at you:

You will be a terror, and you shall never be any more. Ezekiel 28:16-19

-- How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weaken the nations!

-- Yet you will be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

-- Those who see you will look on you through narrowed eyes, and consider you,

And they will say, “Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms?” Isaiah 14:12,15-16

b. One-third of the Angels

The tail of the great dragon (Satan) drew the third part of the stars (angels) of heaven, and cast them to the earth. Revelation 12:4

In the Garden of Eden

1. Satan Tempted Eve

Genesis 3:1-6

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

Serpent (to the woman): Has God indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" (God's Word is questioned.)

The woman (to the serpent): We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die."

The serpent: You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. (God's Word is contradicted.)

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,

that it was pleasant to the eyes,

and a tree desirable to make one wise,

she took of its fruit and ate.

She also gave the fruit of the tree to her husband with her, and he ate.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked;