Where in the Bible does it say that the devil was once and angel of light?

Question

This includes the religious-fiction of him ever waging war in heaven with God and loosing; etc.

In looking over the answers and rereading my question, I may have accidently given the wrong impression.

I was not referring to how he comes off to others. I was referring to the so-called period of time when he was supposed to have been some great angel in heaven.

Answer 1

12 “ How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!


The "shining one" comes from a play on words in the Hebrew for serpent in Gen 3.1 . The word actual means "shining one" and means serpent also. The curse comes AFTER the fall and the "shining one" becomes the serpent.

Answer 2

In 2Corinthians 11:14 It states that Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Luke 10:18, Ezekiel 28:13-19,Isaiah 14:12-15 Give reference to the devil desent from heaven because of his pride in wanting to be like the Most High
With a good study bible with a concordance you can look up a word and it will give you all scripture that have that word in it. Ex.Looking up light or angel or Satan would give you the verse that you are looking for.

Answer 3

The devil is an angel of light, but the light he casts is that of himself. The war in heaven is not fiction. Satan was at one time known as Lucifer, God's most anointed Angel. To get the information you desire, read Isaiah 14:12-17. Ezekiel 28:13-19 and Revelation 12:7-9.

Answer 4

Revelation 12:7. And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
8. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
9. The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.


(2Cor.11:14-15
14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

Answer 5

2 Corinthians 11:14

Answer 6

Only once.

2 Corinthians, chapter 11

14: And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Answer 7

Revelation 12,Isaiah 14 ,Ezekial 28.

Answer 8

I don't think it does.

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

Answer 9

One of his names in this Bible is Lucifer, which means "angel of light." As far as the war goes, that was mentioned in the New Testament. However, a lot of modern-day people's views on the devil, hell, angels and demons was influenced by books such as Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Dante's "Inferno."

Answer 10

2Co 11:14
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.