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Sin is insanity of the highest order. It makes the finite creature believe he can rebel against the creature's infinite Creator, I AM, the eternal God.
Satan was known by another name, Day Star, before he went insane from sin; afterwards he is known as Slanderer (Satan).
The bible uses stars to represent angels. Below is a brief metaphorical depiction, in Isaiah, of the angel known as Day Star, also known as Satan (Slanderer):
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
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.’
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
who did not let his prisoners go home?’
All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
each in his own tomb;
but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
You will not be joined with them in burial,
because you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people."
(ESV)
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Satan fall from heaven.
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!"
The cause of Satan's fall is sin.
"You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;"
Satan said in his heart that he will ascend to the highest position in heaven, above all other angels, setting his throne besides God's throne.
"I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;"
This part means Satan said in his heart he will rule the saints.
"I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
Again, Satan said in his heart he will make himself like the Most High, the eternal God. Satan desired to rule and make himself like the Most High, the eternal God.
John 1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (ESV)
Satan wanted to rule instead of Jesus Christ, the Word, God the Son. Satan chief sin is his pride in himself, his own beauty, power, and abilities. Satan chief sin is pride in himself, even though Satan was created by the eternal God through the Word, Jesus Christ, God the Son.
The lesson we need to learn from Satan's fall is that we should take pride in God alone and not our self. We should have pride that God is our creator in the Word. God gives us our life, all the good we have, and all the good we do.
Satan was known by another name, Day Star, before he went insane from sin; afterwards he is known as Slanderer (Satan).
The bible uses stars to represent angels. Below is a brief metaphorical depiction, in Isaiah, of the angel known as Day Star, also known as Satan (Slanderer):
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
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.’
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
who did not let his prisoners go home?’
All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
each in his own tomb;
but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
You will not be joined with them in burial,
because you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people."
(ESV)
_______________________
Satan fall from heaven.
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!"
The cause of Satan's fall is sin.
"You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;"
Satan said in his heart that he will ascend to the highest position in heaven, above all other angels, setting his throne besides God's throne.
"I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;"
This part means Satan said in his heart he will rule the saints.
"I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
Again, Satan said in his heart he will make himself like the Most High, the eternal God. Satan desired to rule and make himself like the Most High, the eternal God.
John 1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (ESV)
Satan wanted to rule instead of Jesus Christ, the Word, God the Son. Satan chief sin is his pride in himself, his own beauty, power, and abilities. Satan chief sin is pride in himself, even though Satan was created by the eternal God through the Word, Jesus Christ, God the Son.
The lesson we need to learn from Satan's fall is that we should take pride in God alone and not our self. We should have pride that God is our creator in the Word. God gives us our life, all the good we have, and all the good we do.