Was Satan Created as an Adversary?
Updated March 16, 2010
Hi B____,Hello Mike,
I need your help! Please, if you have the time, read and respond, and I will be very grateful. It's a bit lengthy, but you'll enjoy helping me out.
My parents and I got into a huge argument about the origins of Satan, and how Satan was never an actual angel. They have been brought up in the historical orthodox way of thinking, and believe that Lucifer was an actual Archangel who turned against God, and subsequently became Satan the devil. My mom even told me that a third of the angels in heaven were cast out for "attempting to overthrow" God, as if he were the president of a country.I pointed out to her that Isa 14:12 was addressing the King of Babylon and not Satan. I told her that because that is the only scriptural reference to Lucifer and was addressing the king of Babylon, it was mere heresy to create a doctrine of an Archangel named Lucifer who turned against God.
I asked her to show me the scripture where a third of the angels were cast out of heaven, she told me she could find it immediately, but after about two hours, she still could not find it. She went on to say that even though she could not find it in the bible that it was in there somewhere, and was just common knowledge to Christians. She even told me to "get behind me Satan." It was a joke of course, but nonetheless, she thinks I'm of my father the devil for not embracing the lies of Christendom.
Finally, to my question, with your expertise as well as the spirit of God that I see in you, can you give me scriptural references to show that God created Satan, and that Satan was never an angel of God. I would really appreciate it.
Thanks so much, Mike,
Your friend, and brother,
B____
Thank you for your question. Sure, I can show you where God created Satan as a crooked serpent at the very beginning. But I could never convince your parents of this truth. Truth is seen only by those whose eyes have been opened by Christ Himself.
Now we know from the gospel of John that it was through Christ that all creation was done:
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him [Christ]; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
"Without Him was not anything made [including the Adversary, that Old Serpent the Devil] that was made. According to Genesis 1, the serpent was created on the sixth day with all the rest of the 'beasts of the field'. So there are verses which tell us that God through Christ, "made all things" including "the serpent." Look at these verses:
Isa 45:5 I am the LORD, and, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Isa 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and [there is] none else.
Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
"I the Lord do all these things." So God tells us that it was He, through Christ, who made all things. Are we to believe that God is simply telling us that it was He who created snakes and snails? "The crooked serpent" is Satan.
Isa 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.The dragon is in the sea - he is not the sea.
And God tells us plainly that it was His hand which formed all things including Satan. But just in case someone still thinks that Satan was first formed as a good spirit who has gone bad, we have yet another scriptural witness to the contrary for all who have been given eyes to see:
Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.And who is it that has come to destroy?
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Who is it who Christ tells us is the original murderer, who was created to "steal to kill and to destroy?"
Joh 8:44 Ye [You Jews which believe on me] are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. 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.
Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
So let's just ask the question, 'how long has Satan been a murderer? Did he start out as a good angel who went bad, or what did Christ just tell us? What Christ has just told those with eyes to see, is: He ["Your father, the devil"] was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
The scripture your mother was looking for is:Luk 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luk 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
But your mother does not know what or where Heaven is. Read the paper What or Where Is Heaven and notice that Christ had just sent his disciples out to cast out demons, among other assignments. The fact that the demons were being cast out is Christ's reference when He made the statement 'I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven'. In that very context He goes on to say:
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
There is simply no denying the Truth that Satan was a murderer from the beginning. He was "created...[a] waster to destroy," and that it was "by [God's] spirit [that Satan was] formed the crooked serpent." It is all right there before the eyes of those who have been "given...eyes to see and ears to hear." But not everyone has been given the ability to see and to hear. And you can slap a blind man in the face and point to God's Words, and he still will not see those words. When God blinds a man, only God can heal that blindness.
So go easy on your parents and any others who cannot see "the things of
the spirit."
I hope this at least confirms to you the truth of God's Word on
this subject of the origins of Satan.
Mike
