what good did satan do when he was in heaven ?

Answer 1

He advocated health benefits for the angels, and a 60 hour work week. Instituted a 'replace the last roll yourself' policy in the celestial commode. Lobbied for casual Fridays, got the cafeteria to start serving buffalo wings and beer, and taught the choir of the heavenly host all the words to 'inna gadda davida'.

Answer 2

Satan WAS the guardian of the Mercy Seat. By the way, Satan still is in heaven. He is being held by Michale The Arch Angel untill he is cast out. I know the Book of Revelation says Satan was cast out of heaven, and Christ said that He saw Satan fall as an Angel of Light. Remember when John wrote Revelation he was in the Spirit on The Lords Day, and Christ was prophesying about the last days.

Answer 3

I think they left that part out as part of the "winners write history" law. From what I've read about Lucifer (not Satan, they're apparently different, even different types of angel - Satan was Seraphim, Lucifer was Cherubim) he would not worship humans despite them being made in God's own image. His refusal triggered the same reaction in about 30% of the other Angels within Heaven and they were cast out. Actually, that might just by in Paradise Lost.

Answer 4

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 5

Before he got conceited, Lucifer was a very beautiful angel, probably one of the most good looking ones. But then he got cocky about it. he was one of the top angels. and he let everyone know it. he worked himself up just to find himself in Hell. thats what happens when we aren't humble before God.

Answer 6

Talking about satan...

"Eze 28:14 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."\

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

"Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. "

Answer 7

Lucifer was God's worship leader. he wanted to be like God and that's what got him cast out of heaven.