I have allwayes been curious about this part of the Bible.So far I have been unable to find it.
2006-10-30 17:17:31 · 6 answers · asked by blackbolt 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Satan’s fall from heaven is described in Isaiah 14:12-14 and Ezekiel 28:12-18. While these two passages are referring specifically to the king of Babylon and the King of Tyre, they also reference the spiritual power that was behind those kings - Satan. In regards to when Satan fell, these passages describe why Satan fell, but they do not specifically say when the fall occurred. What we do know is this: the angels were created before the earth (Job 38:4-7). Satan fell before he tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden (Genesis 3:1-14). Satan’s fall, therefore, must have occurred somewhere after the time the angels were created and before he tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Whether Satan’s fall occurred a few minutes, hours, or days before he tempted Adam and Eve in the garden, Scripture does not specifically say.
Why did Satan fall from Heaven? Satan fell because of pride. He desired to be God, not to be a servant of God. Notice the many "I will..." statements in Isaiah 14:12-15. Ezekiel 28:12-15 describes Satan as an exceedingly beautiful angel. Satan was likely the highest of all angels, the most beautiful of all of God's creations. Satan was not content in his position. Instead, Satan desired to be God, to essentially "kick God off His throne" and take over the rule of the universe. Satan wanted to be God, and interestingly enough, that is what Satan tempted Adam and Eve with in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1-5). How did Satan fall from Heaven? Actually, a fall is not an accurate description. It would be far more accurate to say that God cast Satan out of Heaven (Isaiah 14:15; Ezekiel 28:16-17).
2006-10-30 17:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ezekiel 28:11-19
2006-10-31 03:01:32 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ezekiel 28:12-15
Isaiah 14:12-14
Revelation 12:7-9
2006-10-31 01:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by bethybug 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah 4 and Ezekiel 28 say about him. He is called as the King and Prince for he was the King and Prince of the unseen realm of Babylon and Tyrus.
In Daniel 10: Gabriel said to Daniel, the prince of Persia with held him till Michael the Arch Angel came and helped. This also refer to the Ruler of the unseen realm over Persia.
2006-10-31 01:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Jac Tms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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’s 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
2006-11-01 21:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the bible it speak of the devil not him being an angel god created him for a purpose and that was to decieve the and then be destroyed. he was never beautiful and when u speak of him falling it means he fell from the heavens upon the earth meaning the whole world is in sin becuase of him not because he literally fell from heaven u cant understand the bible by jsut reading u have to understand the concept its like a metaphor use ur head jump from verse to verse to get understanding. its called a precept. and in ezekiel its not speaking of the devil itsm speaking of price tyre
2006-10-31 01:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by supermann1488 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋