“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”
Lucifer. Satan. Baphomet. prince of darkness, prince of power of the air, god of this world, Beelzebub, are some of the names and titles given to the Devil, the worst creature of Christ’s creation. A being that has been involved in the corruption of other beings since the brewing of the first war of the creation. In this work I consider Lucifer and look to, in part, answer the following questions : who is Lucifer? what does Lucifer do? Why is Lucifer able to do what he does? What is the fate of Lucifer?
Who is Lucifer: My understanding is that Lucifer was once the chief angel in the heavens. Was it that Lucifer was created by God to be a splendid being with shining beauty and with heart, mind, soul, and strength of it’s own? From within his heart I consider be a seed of evil. As written in Isaiah, he said in his heart that he will be as the most high. I consider this was a perverse desire of Lucifer’s heart. I consider that Lucifer’s own evilness affected other beings and in turn some of the affected beings did what was evil as well.
The Bible says, “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.” Given that there had been a war in the heavens, I consider that Lucifer’s perverse desire led to him having the bad goal of trying to achieve becoming like God. I consider that Lucifer had been proud in his effort to be like God and in his pride Lucifer looked to be worshipped by the Lord’s creation. I consider other beings erred along with Lucifer, by taking part in his evil agenda against the good Lord. This is some of who Lucifer is; a bad being that perversely seeks to be worshipped in a creation where only the Lord should be worshipped.
I see that written in the New Testament that Satan tried to tempt Christ to worship him. Regarding one of Satan’s failed efforts to tempt the Christ, the Bible says, “Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
The Bible is clear that angels are not to be worshipped. The book of Revelation teaches “And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.”
The Christ taught others of Lucifer’s person. Jesus spoke, “He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Lucifer is a bad being with perverse desires. He is a fallen angel and there is no good to his person. He is a cursed being and a damned person. Lucifer has warred against God and is hopeless with respect to Jesus Christ, his Creator.
Some of what it is that Lucifer does: Lucifer is a deceiver. What does the Bible teach about Lucifer and the origin of sin amongst humans? The woman was first to be deceived. The Bible teaches that the fruit of the tree she was not supposed to eat from, given Satan’s effort to deceive her, was seen by the first woman, “to be desired to make one wise.” After eating of the fruit the Bible teaches that God asked the woman, “What is this thou hast done?” She reported back to God that she had been “beguiled” by the serpent.
Before the creation of Adam and the first woman, was Lucifer beguiling the angels in heaven to join him in his effort to be like the most high? I think Lucifer at that time was deluded in his own pride and thought that he actually could be as the most high. Was it that he appealed to the hearts of the other angels and thus appealed to their desires as was it he did with the woman who became known as Eve?
By deception and in his pride he looks to involve others in his bad will. Be they angels or humans, I consider since Lucifer desired to be like God and acted upon the desire that he has had no good influence on other creatures. The Bible teaches that, as a deceiver, Lucifer is involved in trying to keep as much of mankind in darkness as he is able to. 2 Corinthians teaches, “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” Satan is a wicked creature and it’s been of his work to deceive people into going to eternal damnation. Satan knows of his damned fate and wants other creatures to have to exist in eternal damnation as well.
Lucifer has been called the god of this world and how is it he has not had great influence over much of human cultures that were void of good as well as technological development that is considered not good as well. The Bible teaches in the book of Romans that there were those that invented new ways of sinning. How much of new technology qualifies as ‘new ways of sinning’?
How much of that which is of the world and void of God is of the Devil? From government agendas to text books in school to arts and entertainment, how much of would it be so much of what we consider to be ‘normal’, ‘educational’, or even just ‘helpful’ is actually of Satan? Would it be a surprise to find out that one’s favourite novel series or self-help book is actually of satanic design? Should it be a surprise? Consider that the Bible taught, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
With all that said, is it that the questions that are begged are as follows: how is it that God allowed such an abominable creature to be god of this world? What good comes out of a world that is so wicked that the Bible teaches that the whole world lieth in wickedness? To answer these questions I consider next some of what God may be accomplishing with allowing Satan the freedom that it has had with respect to the world that it has been god of.
Regarding Why has Lucifer been able to do what he has done: I consider that the Lord has made good use of His creature Satan. For example, consider that Lucifer was used in the life of Job. Job, a child and servant of the holy, was greatly affected by Satan’s suggestions to God of what it would take to get Job to curse God to his face. Satan failed to get Job to curse God and the Lord rewarded his servant Job. The Bible holds detailed record of testings of Job in the Old Testament and in the New Testament the believer is told to remember the patience of Job.
I consider that many a believer has been inspired by the life and patience of Job. I consider that Satan’s person has been used wisely by God and that the Lord’s children can benefit in knowledge as well as in development of character by God’s use of Satan is their lives.
Satan has been involved with men as they wrestle against him and his minions. In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul writes, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Lucifer and his minions have been involved in many battles against children of God while the Lord develops His good family, giving His children opportunities to prove to be faithful to Him and thus earn rewards in His kingdom of heaven.
As battles between good and wicked play out in real life, heroes and failures in the Lord are made. Real victories and tragedies occur. While life occurs including: men and women marrying, children being born, people passing away, people’s life stories are lived out and real judgements are passed. As mentioned, both victories and shames occur. ‘Dramas’ unfold on ‘the stage of life’ and sometimes severe penalties are dealt. The so-called ‘stage’ has at times been a killing floor and there testings and wars have taken place. Such tests and clashes are of life which is all under the governance of the Almighty Christ.
Under Christ’s governance, the believer can faithfully rest assured that the Lord’s allowance of a form of freedom for Satan and His use of the creature is ultimately of the good and for the good. It’s for the believer to become more knowledgeable with respect to his God, being the holy Lord of hosts and His Word and to grow in the faith and gain in understanding that Jesus Christ means good for him regardless of how dark and satanic the fallen world can appear at times.
Concerning the fate of Lucifer: The Bible speaks of a terrible fate for Lucifer. The Word teaches: “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” How many people has Lucifer deceived into being blinded of the light of the glorious gospel of Christ? How many people has Lucifer the abominable tried to have sent to Christ’s lake of fire that was created for the Devil and his angels to go to? How is Satan cast into the lake of fire not justice unto the creature but once there is it simply good riddance to it?
My understanding is that the lake of fire is not where Satan spends eternity. There is a place even worse than the lake of fire and that place is the bottomless pit. How is it worse? It is more painful for one to spend time in the bottomless pit than it is for one to spend time in the lake of fire. Both places are unimaginably terrible though.
Consider if you will that the Bible also teaches “And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”
It is my understanding that Satan will be sent to the bottomless pit for eternity and thus suffer the worst fate there is for a being to suffer. My understanding is that an eternity in the bottomless pit for Lucifer is a fate of ever increasing unbearable pain for the Devil.
In conclusion, Lucifer was once an adorned angel of the Holy God and thus a member of the holy host. He had a heart, mind, soul, and strength as other angels did and in his case he had a perverse heart’s desire to be like the most high. He misused his mind and strength with respect to the perverse desire and did what was truly bad with respect to the only being that is truly good and that is God. Lucifer’s consequential fall and subsequent role as Satan the Devil has been involved in influencing many lives that have played out on the Lord’s planet earth. Many of the lives Satan has affected end with the people going to eternal damnation. Some of the lives that have experienced satanic interference are the lives of the fortunate that came to believe upon Christ and go to be with Jesus Christ in His kingdom. As for the fate of Lucifer, he of the abominable pride that wanted to be as the most high will suffer the worst fate of all.
