WHY DID SATAN BECOMES A FALLEN ANGEL?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Why Did Satan Become a Fallen Angel?
a) Pride is the short answer. Satan was so full of pride about his own beauty and position that he wanted to become ruler of heaven. He said that he “will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars [angels] of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation. On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High” (Isaiah 14:13-14).
b) Not only did Satan want to rule heaven, he wanted to be “like the Most High” or be in the place of God and to be “above the stars“ which means to be over the angels in authority or rule them. To “sit on the “mount of the congregation” means to be in charge of or rule over.
c) A mount or mountain almost always refers to a dominion. When Jesus said that He saw “Satan fall like lightning” He may have been referring to the time that he was cast down from heaven (Luke 10:18).
d) Apparently Satan has access to God (Job 1, 2) because he is the accuser of the brethren (Revelation 12:10) but eventually he will be expelled from heaven altogether (Revelation 12:7-9).
e) What a great fall this was. From the one who was once a powerful and glorious covering cherub over the very throne of God to his eventual plunge into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10). How the mighty have fallen as Isaiah appears to say in chapter 14 verse 12, “How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations” and he will be “brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit” (Isaiah 14:15).
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1. Why Did Satan Become a Fallen Angel?a) Pride is the short answer. Satan was so full of pride about his own beauty and position that he wanted to become ruler of heaven. He said that he “will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars [angels] of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation. On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High” (Isaiah 14:13-14).
b) Not only did Satan want to rule heaven, he wanted to be “like the Most High” or be in the place of God and to be “above the stars“ which means to be over the angels in authority or rule them. To “sit on the “mount of the congregation” means to be in charge of or rule over.
c) A mount or mountain almost always refers to a dominion. When Jesus said that He saw “Satan fall like lightning” He may have been referring to the time that he was cast down from heaven (Luke 10:18).
d) Apparently Satan has access to God (Job 1, 2) because he is the accuser of the brethren (Revelation 12:10) but eventually he will be expelled from heaven altogether (Revelation 12:7-9).
e) What a great fall this was. From the one who was once a powerful and glorious covering cherub over the very throne of God to his eventual plunge into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10). How the mighty have fallen as Isaiah appears to say in chapter 14 verse 12, “How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations” and he will be “brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit” (Isaiah 14:15).
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