WHERE DID EVIL SPIRITS COME FROM?

1. Where did evil spirits come from?

a) God created everything for His glory? Some of His creatures have free will. Angels and men can choose to do what is right or what is wrong.

b) Some of these free beings used their freedom to disobey their Creator. We know this because there are creatures such as Satan, fallen angels and sinful men. God did not create them that way.

c) There are two important passages in the Old Testament which seem to speak of the fall of Satan. In Isaiah 14:12-20 is written first of all against the King of Babylon, verse 4.

d) Ezekiel 28:11-19 was said to the King of Tyre. But in Ezekiel 28:2, the Spirit through Ezekiel speaks to the prince of Tyre. So the words in verses 11-19 are for the power behind the throne, Satan himself.

e) No doubt the enemies of Israel (Babylon and Tyre) were controlled by Satan. In these two passages the kings of Babylon and Tyre are seen as pictures of Satan. Many points could not refer to any man. (This is often true in other passages also which first tell about the godly man, but on closer study are seen to be speaking about Christ.)

f) We learn the following things about Satan: He was called Lucifer, or Day Star, Isaiah 14:12. He had high position of trust, and was filled with beauty and wisdom, Ezekiel 28:12-15. Satan was given charge of part of the creation.

g) Sin entered God's creation for the first time when pride filled Lucifer's heart. He said, "I will go up, I will set my throne on high, I will sit, I will make myself like the Most High," like God Himself, Isaiah 14:13-14.

h) Many angels sided with Satan and fell with him. They were at once driven from the presence of God who cannot allow sin in His presence for a moment. Their final judgment is still future, but certain, Isaiah 14:12, 15; Revelation 12:4, 9. 

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