“The Doctrine of Satan” Part 1

I would first like to clear up an error I had a couple of weeks ago. I said that the best I could see Cherubim’s were not angels. With the study of Satan I must conclude that they are. There is some disagreement on exactly what Cherubim’s actually are; some believe angels, other believes they are the living creatures, and others have other ideas. I have not had an extended study on the subject but for now conclude that they are angels.

The reason for this change is that Satan was a Cherubim before the fall and since he is it leads me to believe that Cherubim’s are angels. As we look more into whom Satan is we must first learn who he was; Satan was without a doubt an angel but not just an angel but a high leader of angels. If we look at Ezekiel 28:12 – 18 we will see Satan before the fall in verses 12 – 15 and after the fall in verses 16 – 18. We will notice in verse 14 “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.” That he was an appointed Angel of God that was on the “Holy Mountain” of God is the Holies of Holies were God’s throne is and Satan was the chief angel, he had a large following and he himself protected Gods throne. He was simply one of a kind. Verse 15 tells us “Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” He served God well until he got pride and wanted to be God; this is where “…iniquity was found in thee.” Satan became jealous of God and wanted to take His throne and that was his sin.

Secondly let us focus on Isaiah 14:12 – 17. In verse 12 we find that his heavenly name was Lucifer and that he is a fallen angel. (12.) "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! In verse 13 - 14 we find his sin and it was his jealousy of God. “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: (14.) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” In verse 15 God describes his punishment “Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” In verse 16 God tells us when we see his he will only remind us of what happened in the Garden and sin. “They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;” Every time Satan is mentioned or remembered it is not what God created him for or the blessings that God gave him in his blessed rank; but we remember sin and the condemnation.

Thirdly, I also believe when he fell he was so powerful and followed so closely that he carried with him to hell a third of the angelic population. Revelation 12:3 - 4 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (4.) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born." There is no doubt that this "great red dragon" is Satan notice verse (9.) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." And these are his demons. Sorry about the short article and we will look at more next week.