Where would Satan get the idea to rebel against God?

Question

So there you are, up in Heaven with God, a "perfect angel" as God made you.

You're happy, 'cause you're with God and God loves you and you love God. You're doing the things God wants you to do and making God happy with you.

And all the other angels are doing the same.

And then one day, you decide "to hell with that" and you're going to be the big God yourself.

Huh???

Did Satan get a lobotomy?

He's going to -rebel- against the God he -knows- has the power to create a universe???

In God's perfect universe, with His perfect Heaven and His perfect love for His perfect angels, an angel gets an evil thought?

And it is an insane thought to think anything created by God could replace God.

How could an angel created to be perfect by God ever have such a thought?

Answer 1

Behold, all of this is fraud!

This is the reason why adult Christians cram this religion into childrens weak, young heads. Imagine this if you will? A mandatory law is passed where no one is able to study religion until they are eightteen years old. Now, could you imagine walking into some used bookstore and pick up a copy of The Holy Bible, and decide that this is the religion for you? Of course not! Christianity is absurd, and is nothing more that one big fairy tale. There is not one difference between Disney, and Christianity, not one.

Do yourself a favor.

Answer 2

In order for him to think it was even possible, it must have been. It's like fight for turf between to dons. Unfortunately he lost but he put up a fight and God's general, Michael was the only one to defeat him. The funny part about this is that this story is not found anywhere in the bible with Satan being a good angel and wanting God's throne or kingdom. It's either somebody made it up or there are writings missing from the bible making it incomplete.

Answer 3

This is speculative, but worth considering. The NT indicates that one of the purposes of the church is to show the angelic beings the wisdom of God. (Ephesians 1?) The NT also indicates that the angels are servants of those obtaining salvation. (Hebrews 1) Here's the speculation: God told satan that He had to serve a creature He was going to create called man. This lowly creature would be made of the dust of the earth and be lower than the lowest angel. Satan decided, "Nothing doing!" and declared war on God. After all, was he not the most beautiful and wonderful of all God's angels?

Tom

Answer 4

maybe God chose to test Lucifer. See God knows the knowlage of Good and Evil. Sense Lucifer was forced to be perfect, maybe God wanted to see if he gave Lucifer power would he rebell against him. This way he would know if the devil truly loved God. Obovosly he dosn't. Just my guess, but this is one thing I seek God for wisdom on...funny I guess maybe God is searching for someone to love him instead of being his slave in rightousness. Some one who will follow him willingly, not to be forced with fear.

Answer 5

devil did not insurrection hostile to "god" devil and god artwork mutually, they're companions. Lucifer is an completely diverse personality than "devil." Christians have their bibble mythology completely screwed up. so that you're calling your self "Lucifer" yet you do not actually have a 1/2 *** clue as to what you're even speaking about which makes you in simple terms as ignorant because the ignorant Christians and if you're a satanist you want to renowned that Stupidity is the Cardinal Sin.....

Answer 6

Nothing in religion makes sense ™

I don't think there's a single religious claim or belief or argument that stands up to more than the most cursory scrutiny. Stories like the one you mention above make no sense. The supposed properties of god make no sense. The idea that an intelligent entity is the source of all existence makes no sense. Any time you examine anything about religion you just find that it's all based on absurdity.

Answer 7

Consider this:

The pattern that God used to create souls was the pattern of God's own Spirit. The spirit is life. From the spirit, the mind builds patterns. From the mind, the physical creation is the result. This is how the spirit, the mind, and individuality, became the pattern for souls. This is how cause, action, and effect became the pattern for everything. First there was the spirit (the first cause); then there was the action which withdrew spirit into itself; then there was the resulting individuality of God.

The spirit of the individual existed before their soul was created. The spirit keeps the knowledge of its identity with God. The soul has the ability to experience the activities of the mind in a manner separate from God.

The soul consists of two states of consciousness: (1) the spirit which bears a knowledge of its identity with God, and (2) the soul which bears a knowledge of everything it experienced.

Certain souls became aggressive with their own power and began to experiment with it. They mingled with the dust of the stars and the winds of the spheres - feeling them - and becoming part of them. One result of this was an unbalance between the positive and negative forces. To feel things demanded the negative force. To express through things (and directing and managing them) required the positive force. Another result of souls becoming aggressive with their own power was the gradual weakening of the link between the two states of consciousness (i.e., spirit and the soul). Some souls became more concerned with and aware of their own creations rather than God's. This resulted in the fall of certain souls to an even lower consciousness. The Bible allegorically refers to this event as the Fall in the Garden of Eden and the revolt of the angels in the Book of Revelation. This event is also the basis for the cosmology of Christian Gnosticism and Jewish mysticism.

Answer 8

You have received a revelation on how abhorrent Lucifer's act of rebellion was. He started seeing God's glory reflected upon himself. He began to imagine what it would be like to be like Him, worshipped and adored. He started seeing himself as like God. He took the next logical step in that thought process. He knew there could only be one God, and look at him! It must be him! If I were God, things would be different. I don't like the way He runs things. I'll take over, and things will be run right! And off to the races he went...

Answer 9

who said angels didn't get a choice to follow God or not. i would hit up a pastor about this for further commentary. from what i've read, angels also chose to obey God or not. this one said, "this guy ain't no thing but a chicken wing, i'm gonna do what i want". apparently more felt like this and they left. then genesis starts :D.

Answer 10

First of all everyone in this world was originally in the spiritual Kingdom and envied Gods position. That is why he created the material world (for those who don't want to serve they fall to this world. only one fourth of the souls come here. He gives free will and fee will means choice to love and serve or not. He won't touch it. It is like a child - he just wants to see even though his father says that is not a good thing to do. He just wants to check it out. SO we all just wanted to check it out. And what a bad deal it was. every one has the propensity to fall to the lowest of evil. Look at Hitler. But God gives unlimited chances to come to him. One has to understand the original teachings of Jesus before Constantine change so many things. Like karma, reincarnation, vegetarianism and no one goes to hell eternally. for info google gospelofthenazirenes.com it's all there. for sincere seekers of truth.