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The Fall of LuciferThe Fall of Lucifer

The Fall of the Christian Church

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To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the

heavenly places. (Ephesians 3:10 NKJV)

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What we do is observed in heavenly places, and the

manifold wisdom of God is made known there by what we

do here.

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In other words, we are like a spectacle or something to be

watched:

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for

we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to

men. (1Corinthians 4:9)

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So the universe is looking down on us to see how we

uplift God before others and how we live as Christians, but

we also have the great privilege of looking into

heavenly places.

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God has given us information that takes us back in time.

The universe and we can see what is going on at this moment, but we can also look backwards to things

that happened long before we were born.

We can look back past the Wright brothers first flights, for example:

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and past the time of the first automobiles

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past the time of the Revolutionary War

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and past the time of the seven churches of Revelation

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God has given us information that takes us through space past the time of the creation of

man...

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to the time when Lucifer abode in heaven.

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In heaven, Lucifer wasIn heaven, Lucifer was

•a high and exalted angel, next in honor to Jesus himself.

•His countenance was mild and expressive of happiness.

•His forehead was high and broad, showing a powerful intellect.

•a high and exalted angel, next in honor to Jesus himself.

•His countenance was mild and expressive of happiness.

•His forehead was high and broad, showing a powerful intellect.

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•His form was perfect, his bearing noble and majestic.

•A special light beamed in his countenance and shone around him brighter and more beautiful than the light around other angels.

•he was envious of Christ and gradually assumed command which was Christ’s alone.

•His form was perfect, his bearing noble and majestic.

•A special light beamed in his countenance and shone around him brighter and more beautiful than the light around other angels.

•he was envious of Christ and gradually assumed command which was Christ’s alone.

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•had the pre-eminence of all the angelic host,

•and he was one with the Father before the angels were created.

•had the pre-eminence of all the angelic host,

•and he was one with the Father before the angels were created.

However, JesusHowever, Jesus

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the Father (called the great Creator in The Story of Redemption)

the Father (called the great Creator in The Story of Redemption)

•gathered all the angels together and in their presence conferred special honor on Jesus.

•Jesus was seated with the Father on the throne.

•The Father told the angels that he had decided that Christ, his Son, should be equal with him, so that wherever the Son was present, it was as if the Father were present.

•gathered all the angels together and in their presence conferred special honor on Jesus.

•Jesus was seated with the Father on the throne.

•The Father told the angels that he had decided that Christ, his Son, should be equal with him, so that wherever the Son was present, it was as if the Father were present.

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•The word of the Son was to be obeyed as readily as the Father’s own word.

•The Father had invested his Son with authority to command the heavenly host,

•and his Son would work with him in the creation of earth and every living thing on the earth.

•The word of the Son was to be obeyed as readily as the Father’s own word.

•The Father had invested his Son with authority to command the heavenly host,

•and his Son would work with him in the creation of earth and every living thing on the earth.

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•His Son would carry out his will and his purposes and would do nothing of himself alone. The Father’s will would be fulfilled in him.

•this made Lucifer jealous, envious, and full of hate for Jesus because

•His Son would carry out his will and his purposes and would do nothing of himself alone. The Father’s will would be fulfilled in him.

•this made Lucifer jealous, envious, and full of hate for Jesus because

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•he was not taken into special counsel with the Father about his plans, but Jesus was.

•Lucifer did not understand, and was not permitted to know, the purposes of God, but Jesus was.

•Why should Christ be so honored above him?

•he was not taken into special counsel with the Father about his plans, but Jesus was.

•Lucifer did not understand, and was not permitted to know, the purposes of God, but Jesus was.

•Why should Christ be so honored above him?

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Lucifer concealed his real purpose (remember he is

the father of lies) and called the angelic host together. He told them

their sweet liberty was at an end because now a

ruler had been appointed over them.

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And he, Lucifer, was not going to stand for it; he would never again bow

down to Christ. Instead, he would take the honor that was due him and would be the commander of all who would submit to him and

obey his voice!

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Amazing! He had just said their liberty was at an end because they had a ruler (Jesus) appointed over

them, and now he said that he should be their commander and that they should submit to him and obey

his voice!

Couldn’t the angels understand that his reasoning was illogical and that he was proposing, in principle, the

same thing he had just condemned?!

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Nevertheless, many of the angels listened to and

agreed with him.

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They were not happy because they could not look into the

Father’s wisdom and understand his purposes in

exalting Jesus and in endowing him with unlimited power and command. So they rebelled

against the authority of Jesus.

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And there...

was war...

in heaven.

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•Lucifer denounced the loyal angels as slaves

•and promised a better government for them, full of freedom.

•He flattered himself that all the angels would eventually side with him and that he would be equal with God himself.

•Lucifer denounced the loyal angels as slaves

•and promised a better government for them, full of freedom.

•He flattered himself that all the angels would eventually side with him and that he would be equal with God himself.

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Every angel had to choose on which side to fight—the side of Christ or the side of

Lucifer.

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Jesus and his angels won the battle, and Satan and the angels who sided with

him were cast out of heaven.

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When Satan was cast out of heaven, his happiness

disappeared. The wicked angels cast out with him became

gloomy and despairing. They argued with one another. Satan

realized the terrible results of his rebellion. He shuddered and

trembled as he thought about what he had done. His mighty

frame shook as tree in a storm.

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He asked Jesus to let him back into heaven, but Jesus could not

do that because even though Satan was sorry for the

consequences of his actions, he was not sorry for having done them in the first place. He was not sorry for rebelling against

God’s law.

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What he did next shows his heart of rebellion had not

changed and that he wasn’t really sorry.

He could not go into heaven, so he stood at the gates of

heaven, and made fun of the good angels as they went in and out of heaven and tried to get them to argue with him. He also decided to destroy the happiness of

Adam and Eve.

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And we know the rest of the story, but Satan

did not stop with Adam and Eve. He continues his war

against us, and he has fought against the

Christian church since its beginning.

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The Jews and the Romans attacked the Christians in

the early years of Christianity, and since then

other religions have denounced and persecuted Christians even to this day.

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Why?

Satan is behind it all. His hatred of God began

in heaven and has only grown more intense

and mean since then.

Abel was the first martyr for God.

Do you know who is next mentioned in the Bible as dying for

his or her faith?

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