Lucifer

God created many wonderful things before He created heavens and the earth.  Among them were the angels – spirit beings whose purpose is to fulfil God’s will.  Angels worship God and serve Him continually (Rev 5:11-14).

However, when Lucifer one of the great leading angels, understood about God’s plan to create man, be rebelled against God.  He wanted to be above God’s Throne.  He wanted the position and authority God had planned for mankind.  He wanted to rule all creation from above God’s Throne in Heaven.

When Lucifer rebelled, God cast him out of Heaven.  At the same time, one-third of the angels joined in his rebellion and were cast out with Lucifer (Rev 12:4).

“How you have fallen from heaven,O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth,you who once laid low the nations! 13 You said in your heart,“I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throneabove the stars of God;I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.^c 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.” (Isa 14:12-14)

Lucifer was cast to the earth, where he is now known as “Satan” or “The Devil”.  Separated from the glory of the Creator God, he has lost the beauty and light he had once had and became evil an full of darkness.

The angels who fell with him also lost their glory and became evil spirits in God’s newly created world.  But Satan’s evil ambition did not change and so he set about with another plan to try and usurp God’s Throne...he went after the man God created.