// May 19th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blogs, Featured Articles
Having gone this far, I should take time to ensure you know just how crooked and arrogant it is to try and superimpose your own interpretation upon God’s Word, the Bible. To read and examine God’s Word with the intention of making it teach what you want it to teach, is to align your will with the devil’s will.
Satan was created by God, as an angel to worship God. God named him Lucifer and he led heaven’s angels in adoration of the Lord. The Bible describes Lucifer as a beautifully adorned angel. At some point, Lucifer made the horrific decision of being so enamored with himself that he led a rebellion against God. He became jealous of the attention given to God and preferred to receive the adoration of heaven for himself. One third of the angels of heaven followed Lucifer in the rebellion. God judged them for their arrogant rebellion and cast them down to earth, hence they are called “fallen angels,” having fallen from heaven to earth. Lucifer’s name was changed to Satan. The New Testament frequently refers to fallen angels as demons. (more…)