Why did Satan fall?Didn’t you ever wonder? Oh I know, the Bible says his pride lifted Him up, but WHY? Why wasn’t he satisfied where he was? For that matter, where WAS he? And what did he hope to gain by being “Like the most High”?These questions are ALL reasonable, and ALL answerable with a Bible, some basic facts about the earth you live on, and a bit of thought. So let’s answer them, shall we?

In the beginning, God created the angels. He did this before the physical universe was created. This is proved by…

Job 38:4,6-7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? … or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Obviously, to be singing and shouting at the creation of the earth, they had have been made before then. As proof that God created the being who became Satan, and that he was among these angels, we offer…

Ezekiel 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

So Satan, or Lucifer as we will call him for the time being, was perfect from the day he was created(!), until something triggered his rebellion. I’ll get into the reasons he rebelled later, so for now suffice it to say that the reason he rebelled involved the earth. Therefore it is logical that he hadn’t rebelled before it was created… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by natnee, filed under Intermediate. Date: February 20, 2010, 10:58 am | No Comments »