Study of the Gap part 4b

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Where else could it have happened?

So far in our study we've seen quite a bit of biblical evidence for a Gap between Genesis 1.1 and 1.2.

From what we have read and studied, it's obvious that "something" happened after the perfect
original creation of the world in Genesis 1.1. It caused a terrible catastrophe that resulted in the
earth becoming without form, void, covered in darkness, and submerged in water.

That "something" that caused the ruin of God's perfect creation was the sin and rebellion of the
creation know before and Lucifer and known today as Satan and the Devil. There is absolutely no
other logical (or biblical) place to put the rebellion, fall, and subsequent judgment of Lucifer
other than the Gap of Genesis 1.1 and 1.2.

What happened exactly? What can we learn from Scripture about this being who thought he could
take over God's kingdom and reign on God's thrown? That's just what we want to find out in the
lesson.

There are basically two key passages that speak of Lucifer and his fall: Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14.

In Ezekiel 28.11-19 God gives us quite a few details about Lucifer in his original state. This
passage also mentions his sin, rebellion, and judgment.

Isaiah 14.12-17 deals more specifically with the rebellion of Lucifer and his later judgment.

I. Satan and His Original State

: Ezekiel 28

A. (v11-12) The context of the passage we are studying.

1. This passage is a prophecy of lamentation pronounced upon the "king of Tyrus," but as one

continues reading through what God says of this "king" it becomes abundantly clear that
He is not speaking of the human king but rather the spiritual power behind him.

2. The king of Tyrus (the man) could not have been "full of wisdom." All men are born in sin

and do not seek God without the Lord's direct intervention in their lives. This passage is
not speaking of a man; it's not even speaking of a fallen creature. It deals with something
(or someone) else that was full of wisdom when created.

3. The king of Tyrus (the man) could never have been "perfect in beauty." A simple reading

of Romans 3.10-18 is all that is needed to understand that fallen, sinful man is anything but
"perfect in beauty." We are like sows that love to wallow in the mud and muck of this
world, or like dogs that enjoy lapping up the vomit of sin.

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to
his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

[2Pet 2.22]

4. If we skip ahead in Ezekiel 28 and read verse 14, we can see that this passage speaks of a

"cherub," not a man--not a human being. God is giving us a description of a creature that
was made with incredible beauty, perfect in every way, and full of wisdom (he had a full
understanding of God's wisdom). According to Isaiah 14.12, his name before he fell was
Lucifer.

B. (v13a) This creature, Lucifer, was in "Eden the garden of God."

1. This garden may or may not be the same "garden of Eden" that we see in Genesis 2.
2. In Genesis 2.8-15 (especially the first and last verses of that passage) God calls the garden

in which He placed Adam "the garden of Eden." It was a garden in a region that the Lord
called "Eden." It is, though, never called the "garden of God."

a. The only other mentions of the "garden of God" are found in Ezekiel 31, a very

interesting prophecy we'll study briefly later, about Lucifer and his judgment.

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b. The Bible never says that God place Adam in the "garden of God," but rather in the

"garden of Eden."

c. It could very well be that "Eden" refers to a specific area on the earth (for example, the

Middle East), and that as a region on this planet it existed in Genesis 1.1, in the
original creation.

i. Ezekiel 28.13 says that the "garden of God" was located in this area called Eden.

ii. When God "renovated" the earth during the "six days of creation," He could have

then place a new garden in Eden, the "garden of Eden."

3. It could also be, though, that the "garden of God" is the same "garden of Eden," and that

God made it anew for Adam and Eve.

4. Because of the words used to refer to both of these gardens in the area called Eden ("the

garden of God" and "the garden of Eden"), I tend to believe that they are different. The
garden of God existed in Eden (the part of our planet we call the Middle East) in Genesis
1.1 and was later destroyed in the universal flood that stopped Lucifer's rebellion. The
garden of Eden was made in the same area of the planet--Eden, the Middle East--and that
is where God placed Adam and Eve.

5. Regardless, one this if for certain: This prophecy does not deal with a man, a human king

of Tyrus. After God removed Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden, no human being
ever set foot into that garden again. The subject of this prophecy was in a garden that God
made on this planet in the region called Eden.

C. (v13b) Lucifer, in his original state, was clothed with precious stones.

1. There are nine different stones mentioned, followed by "gold." It could be that all the

precious stones were "mounted" in gold (or it could be that God considers gold to be a
"precious stone").

2. The precious stones that the Lord gave to Lucifer resemble the stones in the breastplate that

adorned the high priest of Israel. It had 12 precious stones (each representing a different
tribe of Israel), all set in gold enclosures.

And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the
work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of

scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Foursquare it shall be being
doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth

thereof. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the
first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the
third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a beryl, and an

onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. [Exod 28.15-20]

3. The same divine purpose these precious stones can be seen in both Lucifer's covering and

the high priest's breastplate. They were for "glory and beauty."

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among

the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even
Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt

make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. [Exod
28.1-2]

4. Satan, in his original state as Lucifer, was the sum of all beauty. He was stunningly

magnificent to look upon!

D. (v13c) God made Lucifer with the ability to make music.

1. This is the first mention, chronologically, of music in the Bible. Remember that the

creation of Lucifer took place before Genesis 3.1, when he shows up as the fallen serpent,
Satan. Lucifer was among the angelic beings in Job 38.7 that existed before God ever

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created the earth. He was created in Genesis 1.1, and God made him with "tabrets" and
"pipes."

2. A tabret is a small tabor--a small drum that could be played with one hand while the other

held a pipe. A pipe in this context is a musical wind instrument similar to a flute or a
recorder.

3. Therefore, Lucifer was the first musician in God's creation. Music is made of three parts:

Melody, harmony, and rhythm. The pipe carries the melody, the tabret the rhythm, and
together (both making distinct tones) they create harmony.

4. God made a creature and gave him instruments to make music. What was the purpose?

What's the purpose of everything God makes? The glory of God. Music was created by the
Lord with the specific purpose to praise Him, please Him, and thereby glorify Him.

5. Lucifer is the "father" of music and musical instruments. This become more than

interesting (it becomes very important) when we observe that the first mention of music in
the Bible (in the order of the books of the Bible) occurs in the context of Cain and his
descendants (Cain was "of that wicked one" according to 1John 3.12). Music is anything
but "neutral" and we must always exercise great discernment in our choices of music,
especially in our worship of the Lord.

E. (v13d) Lucifer is a direct creation of God.

1. There was a day in the past history of our creation when God made Lucifer from nothing;

He created him.

2. In this sense, Lucifer is a "son of God." The term "son of God" is used in the Bible to refer

to those creatures who are direct creations of God, not those that come into existence
through procreation.

a. The fallen angels are referred to as "sons of God" for just this reason. They are not

called such because they are "good" (like the Son of God, Jesus Christ). They were
direct creations of God, not sons through procreation.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took

them wives of all which they chose... There were giants in the earth in those
days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of

men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were
of old, men of renown. [Gen 6.2-4; according to 2Peter 2.4-5 and Jude 6-7, these

"sons of God" are fallen angels--demons]

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
the Lord, and Satan came also among them. [Job 1.6]

b. The only human being called a son of God until the coming of Christ is Adam. He was

the only man that was a direct creation of God. The rest of us are procreations; we are
born in Adam.

Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of
Adam, which was the son of God. [Luke 3.38]

c. This is why all those who are born again (all Christians) are "sons of God." We are

new creations--God makes us new in the moment of our salvation.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor

of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. [John 1.12-13]

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new. [2Cor 5.17]

d. Obviously, the Son of God Jesus Christ is not to be confused with a direct creation of

God. The phrase "Son of God" is a title that is given to the second Person of the

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Godhead. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God eternal and infinite. He is not a created
being; He is the Creator.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was

God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made. [John 1.1-3]

3. Therefore, since Lucifer was a direct creation of God, he is a "son of God." This helps us

place the day of his creation because, according to Job 38.4-7, the sons of God existed
before God created the earth. They watched the whole process and praised God when He
finished!

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast
understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath

stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or
who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all

the sons of God shouted for joy? [Job 38.4-7]

4. This means that Lucifer had to have been created in Genesis 1.1, even before God created

the heaven and the earth.

a. Before Genesis 1.1 there was no creation, only the Creator. God's creative acts begin in

Genesis 1.1, and when we compare that verse with the passage in Job 38.4-7, we can
clearly see that before the earth was created, the sons of God existed.

b. This means that God made Lucifer and the angels in Genesis 1.1 before He made the

heaven and the earth.

5. Some critics of the gap try to use Ezekiel 28.13 to "prove" that Satan had to have been

created during the six days of creation following Genesis 1.1.

a. Because Ezekiel 28.13 and 28.15 say that God created Lucifer on a "day," they insist

that there were no "days" until Genesis 1.3-5, because that was the "first day." So, if
that is the first day, then there we no other days before it (because it was the first).

b. Here are the exact words of Dr. Kent Hovind (from his booklet "The Gap Theory,"

page 13): "If Satan was created on a 'day' and the first day, according to the gap theory,
only included Genesis 1:3-1:5, how could Satan have existed between Genesis 1:1 and
1:2 prior to the first day?"

c. Frankly this kind of reasoning is ridiculous (if not childish). The numbering of the days

in Genesis 1 and 2 is to show progression--they are consecutive days. It is like saying,
"the first day of the renovation," and then "the second day." We do the same thing
today when we speak of the "first day" of school for our children. What? Did school
not exist before the first day my son attended kindergarten? Of course it existed! But,
we refer to the "first day" as the "first day" in the context of a school year. The use of
"first, second, third, etc." in Genesis 1 and 2 does not limit time (i.e. that there were no
days before Genesis 1.3-5), but rather is show chronological succession and the
division of time as God renovated His creation.

d. It is more than obvious to even the most casual reader of Job 38.4-7 that the sons of

God (including Lucifer) existed before God created the earth. They watched the whole
process (from the measuring and laying of the foundation until the glorious and praise-
inspiring finish). Therefore, they had to exist in Genesis 1.1, because that it where God
created the earth.

e. Lucifer, just as all the other sons of God, was created on a "day" (a specific point in

time), and that "day" was before the "first day" mentioned in Genesis 1.3-5. To teach
differently is to contradict Scripture (Job 38.4-7).

F. (v14a) Lucifer (Satan, in his original state) was a cherub.

1. He was the "anointed cherub that covereth." There was none other like him.

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2. Cherubims are mentioned in the context of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden of

Eden.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden

Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of
the tree of life. [Gen 3.24]

3. God instructed the Israelites to make two golden cherubims for the top of the ark (the "lid"

of the ark of the testimony was called the "mercy seat"). This was a picture of the actual
cherubims that are in God's presence, because the Lord would manifest Himself to Israel
above the mercy seat.

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make
them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And make one cherub on the one end,

and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the
cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their

wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall
look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt
put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I

will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two
cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will

give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. [Exod 25.18-22]

4. The actual cherubims that dwell in God's presence in heaven are described in detail in

Ezekiel and mentioned again (apparently) in the Book of Revelation.

a. Ezekiel 10 (the entire chapter) mentions these cherubims 15 times and, in verse 15,

references their detailed description in Ezekiel 1.4-28. See also Ezekiel 11.22-23 for a
similar description of these creatures.

b. It could very likely be that the four cherubims that Ezekiel mentions are the only

cherubims left after Satan's fall. That would explain the mention of only four of these
creatures in the Book of Revelation

And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst

of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before
and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,

and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying
eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were

full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.[Rev 4.6-8]

5. This would mean that there were originally five and Lucifer would have been the "fifth

cherub."

a. According to the description in Ezekiel 1.22-26, the four existing cherubims are

positioned (at least at times) at the four corners of the throne of the God, as if carrying
the Lord's throne upon a platform.

b. If we carry this analogy another step, we can see that the fifth cherub "that covereth"

was the one who covered the throne of God--he was above it just as the others are
below it and around it.

6. The fact that this covering cherub, Lucifer, is called the "anointed cherub" shows us that

God had set him apart as ruler.

a. Just as God would anoint kings in the Old Testament, and just as Jesus is the "the

Anointed" (Messiah in Hebrew and Christ in Greek are titles that mean "the
Anointed"), so Lucifer was God's anointed. He was set apart by God to rule.

b. The proximity to God's throne (he was the cherub that covered God's throne) and the

fact that he was the "anointed" cherub give us very good indications that Lucifer was
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c. Just as Pharaoh, king of Egypt, put Joseph in command of his kingdom, God put

Lucifer in charge of His.

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be

ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. [Gen 41.40-41]

d. This explains why Lucifer had a "throne" that was a little lower than God's, a throne he

would later try to exalt to the level of God's.

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! 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:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.[Isa
14.12-14]

G. (v14b) God put Lucifer, the anointed and covering cherub, "upon the holy mountain of

God".

1. This "holy mountain of God" is the universe (shaped like a mountain, larger at the bottom

than at the top, like a cone).

a. The first mention of the "mountain of God" is Exodus 3.1, which refers to Mount Sinai

in Horeb. This "mountain of God" is called the "mount of God." It is Mount Sinai, the
mountain upon which God revealed Himself to His people.

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he
led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God,

even to Horeb. [Exod 3.1]

And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses
into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God. [Exod 18.5]

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in

the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. [Exod 19.11]

b. There is another "mount" of God mentioned in the Bible that is also a picture of the

"mountain" that is the universe. It's "Mount Zion."

i. The city of Jerusalem was located on the top of a hill, and that hill was called

"Mount Zion."

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes,
the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in

Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out
of the city of David, which is Zion. [1Kg 8.1]

ii. When Christ comes back to reign, He will reign from Mount Zion, from the city of

Jerusalem

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of
hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients

gloriously. [Isa 24.23]

iii. This physical Mount Zion in Israel is a type and picture of another "mountain" (the

universe) upon which the city of God (the heavenly Jerusalem) sits. It is located
"on the sides of the north" and it is the city of the great King, the Lord our God.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the

mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. [Ps

48.1-2]

c. All of this is a type and picture of the true "holy mountain of God," the universe, the

"mount" upon which God's throne sits within the city of the great King.

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2. Lucifer was placed "upon" this holy mountain of God. He was at the top of the universe.

a. This anointed and covering cherub--the cherub that ruled as "second in command" of

God's kingdom--was place "upon" the holy mountain of. He was on top of God
creation, at the top of the mountain.

b. (v13) This means that the earth was at the top of the universe in Genesis 1.1. Lucifer

was placed in Eden (a physical area on the earth), in the garden of God. His throne was
there, and from there he reigned and ruled over God's creation just as Joseph reigned
and ruled over Pharaoh's kingdom.

c. Only God was higher than Lucifer in the original creation of Genesis 1.1. Everything

else was "below him" in relation to his throne (authority) and even his physical
location ("upon" the mountain of God; at the very top).

3. At this point in our study it might be important to note the use of the phrase "sides of the

north" in the Bible.

a. When Lucifer rebelled, he wanted to exalt his throne upon the mount of the

congregation, the "sides of the north."

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! 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: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
[Isa 14.12-14]

b. In Psalm 48.1-2 we just saw that the city of God is in mount Zion, "on the sides of the

north."

c. The "north" refers to the "top" of God's "mountain," the universe. Before the rebellion

of Lucifer, there was no "top" (or "lid") on the second heaven like we see in Genesis
1.2. After the fall of Lucifer there is a "face" upon the deep; there is a layer of frozen
water (Job 38.30) now where there was none before.

d. When Lucifer reigned over God's creation, there were only "sides" to the north. There

was no "top." That is why we see the use of this phrase in some very key passages that
have to do with original creation of Genesis 1.1.

4. Lucifer reigned from the top of the universe.

a. Lucifer reigned over God's creation as the second in command, the "anointed" cherub.

There was none like him in power, beauty, or authority. He was unique.

b. He reigned from Eden, the garden of God, which was upon the planet earth, and earth

was located at the top of the "mountain of God," the universe. It was on the sides of the
north.

[See graphic on following page.]

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H. (v14c) Lucifer, in his original state, walked "up and down in the midst of the stones of

fire."

1. Obviously it's next to impossible to thoroughly determine what exactly these stones of fire

are or were. But, if we compare Scripture with Scripture we can get a good, general idea.

2. Remember that Jesus Christ is called a "Stone" just as we Christians are, too.

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen

of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus

Christ. [1Pet 2.4-5]

3. The redeemed of Israel in "that day" (the Day of the Lord) will be as "stones of a crown."

And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for

they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
[Zech 9.16]

4. The Book of Job mentions "stones of the field" and the verse in question says that Job will

be in "league" (in agreement, covenant, pact) with these stones.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field
shall be at peace with thee. [Job 5.23]

a. Will a man be in league with rocks and pebbles? No. Therefore, there is more to these

"stones of the field" than meets the eye. They are not "rocks and pebbles."

b. These stones of the field are mentioned in the same context at the "beasts of the field."

c. The serpent is a "beast of the field" and God cursed him above every "beast of the

field."

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God
had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of

every tree of the garden? [Gen 3.1]

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art
cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt

thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. [Gen 3.14]

d. Whatever else we may conclude about the "stones of the field," they seem to be related

to beasts that are in turn related to Satan.

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5. Job also mentions "stones of darkness."

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of

darkness, and the shadow of death. [Job 28.3]

a. Darkness in the Bible always has to do with a division from God, Who is light.

b. "Outer darkness" in the Scripture is the place of eternal torment (hell and the lake of

fire).

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away,
and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

[Mat 22.13]

c. The shadow of death has something to do with darkness, also. In Job 10 we see both

darkness and the shadow of death in the context of hell and God's judgment upon sin
and sinners.

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the

shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of
death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. [Job 10.21-22]

d. In this outer darkness, in the shadow of death, there are appear to be "stones." What

kind of creatures might they be?

6. Jeremiah mentions some stones that he calls "the stones of the sanctuary."

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of

the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of
Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the

work of the hands of the potter! [Lam 4.1-2]

a. Notice that the "gold" mentioned in verse 1 refers to the "sons of Zion" in verse 2.

They have become "dim," they have changed; they are not "golden" anymore, but
rather "as earthen pitchers." Whoever they are, they were judged by God and lost their
"shine."

b. But, who are (or were) the "stones of the sanctuary"? Are they the same "sons of Zion"

or does it refer to someone else?

7. Lucifer (Satan in his original and perfect state) walked up and down in the midst of the

"stones of fire."

a. What are these stones? Who are these stones?

b. We may never know until we get to heaven, but one this is certain: They aren't rocks!

I. (v15) From the day of his creation (a day we can place in Genesis 1.1, a day even before

the earth was created), Lucifer was perfect in all his ways.

1. How long was it before iniquity was found in him? How much time passed during which

Lucifer was perfect in all his ways (all his thoughts, words, and deeds)?

2. Was it one week, one year, a thousand years, or a million years? We don't know exactly

because the Bible doesn't say (or at least we haven't dug deep enough to find out what the
Bible says about it).

3. It very well could be that the reign of Lucifer over the sons of God in the perfect original

creation lasted about 2,000 years.

a. It appears that God has a certain number of Gentiles that He desires to form part of the

Body of Christ (although "fullness" could simply mean "complete": When God
"completes" His work among the Gentiles).

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel,

until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [Rom 11.25]

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b. If this is true, and God is counting the number of Christians, then it could be that we,

the new "sons of God," are replacing the other "sons of God" that fell with Lucifer.

c. This does not mean that we will become angels.

i. Each one of us, as human beings, has been made a little lower than the angels.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou

visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and
hast crowned him with glory and honour. [Ps 8.4-5]

ii. And, yet, as sons of God we are new creatures in Christ, and as He is higher than

the angels, it seems that so will the members of His Body be in the future (born-
again believers are sons of God and members of the Body of Christ). As we rule
and reign with Christ, it may be that we will be a little "higher" than the angels.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of

God should taste death for every man. [Heb 2.9]

But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I
make thine enemies thy footstool? [Heb 1.13]

iii. This could be why Paul refers to Christians sitting in judgment on the angels that

sinned--the sons of God that rebelled with Lucifer. In Christ we are made a little
"higher" than the angels, and therefore can judge them.

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain
to this life? [1Cor 6.3]

d. We will not become angels, but we could be replacing some fallen angels.

i. The current dispensation of grace (the Church Age) is a unique dispensation in that

all those who are saved are born again by the Spirit of God. We are made new
creatures by Him in Jesus Christ, something that never happened before.

ii. One could say, then, that our Age is the "dispensation of the sons of God" because

no other saints are called "sons of God."

iii. If God is indeed counting the number of Gentiles who enter into the Body of

Christ, it could be that the sons of God of our dispensation are meant to be a
replacement for the sons of God of another dispensation.

e. This could imply that Lucifer's reign in Genesis 1.1 was about 2,000 years long.

i. Where in the Bible could we find another "dispensation of the sons of God"?

Where would there be a period of time when the sons of God were predominant in
the plan of God? According to Job 38.7, that dispensation would be the original
creation of Genesis 1.1, the period of time when the "anointed of God" (the
anointed cherub) reigned and ruled over the sons of God.

ii. It could very well be that, because our dispensation runs about 2,000 years, that

Lucifer's dispensation lasted about that long, too.

iii. This would fit perfectly well with what we know about the dispensation of the

Church and God's plan for Israel.

[a] Remember that when Christ came the first time, He came to offer the kingdom

to Israel. They rejected Him and His offer, and eventually crucified Him. But,
on the cross, the Lord asked forgiveness for Israel saying that they did it in
ignorance (Luke 23.34).

[b] God gave Israel a second change to receive the kingdom during the first seven

chapters of the Book of Acts (Acts 1.6 cf. 3.19-21), but with the stoning of
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[c] Up until then, no one knew anything about the Body of Christ among the

Gentiles. That was a mystery that God didn't reveal until the Apostle Paul (Gal
1.11-12; Eph 3.1-7). Why didn't He reveal it? Because His offer of the
kingdom was a valid!

[d] If the Jews had repented and received Jesus as their Messiah, there would not

have been a "Church Age" (understanding, of course, that God is omniscient
and He always knew that they would reject Him; but for the sake of argument
and analysis, let's look at this from man's point of view). If Israel had
responded positively to Christ and the Apostles, Jesus would have returned in
the second coming seven years after His ascension in Acts, chapter 1
(according to the prophecy of Daniel 9.24-27).

[e] If that would have happened, we would "need" another 2,000 years in order to

make the "seven days of creation" work.

[1] God says that for Him a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years

as a day.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is
with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one

day. [2Pet 3.8]

[2] Therefore, just as we see "seven days of creation" in Genesis 1 and 2, we

see "seven days of creation" throughout history (7,000 years of history
until the end of our creation).

[3] According the chronology of Scripture (following events and ages given in

the Bible), Adam was created in 4004 BC. That means that from Adam to
Christ there are "four days" (four "days" of 1,000 years each).

[4] From Christ until now (I am writing this in 2008), there have passed

another 2,000 years. That means a total of "six days" have passed in our
creation.

[5] The seventh day is a day of rest. The seventh "day of a thousand years"

will also be a day of rest. It's the Millennium.

[6] But, what would have happened if the Jews had repented and received

Jesus as their Messiah? The Church Age would never have happened! We
would not have had our "dispensation of the sons of God." Where can we
find another dispensation of the sons of God? Genesis 1.1.

[7] It could be that since our dispensation is about 2,000 years long, so was

theirs. It could be that Lucifer reigned and ruled over God's creation for
about 2,000 years. If that were the case, the "seven days of creation"
would work with or without our dispensation.

[8] And since Lucifer fell with a third of the sons of God (a third of the

angels), God could be "replacing" his dispensation with ours. He could be
"replacing" the sons of God that fell with us, the sons of God in Christ.

4. All speculation aside, there is one thing we know for sure. However long Lucifer existed in

his perfect state, there came a day when iniquity was found in him.

J. (v16) Lucifer's sin and his rebellion had something to do with "merchandise."

1. Lucifer sinned when he was filled with violence by the "multitude of they merchandise."
2. The same Hebrew word translated "merchandise" in verse 16 is translated as "traffick" in

verse 18. Lucifer was "selling" something; he was "trafficking" something.

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3. He offered something to someone and expected to receive of them something in return. He

wanted to make a mutual exchange with someone else, and that formed the basis of his sin.

4. He did the same thing with Eve in Genesis 3. He offered her something (he said she would

be like God, wise and knowing good and evil), and he expected something in return (her
rebellion against God).

5. Lucifer "cut a deal" with one-third of the angels of heaven. He promised them a place in

"his" kingdom if they would but help him get rid of the current and reigning King.
(Observe that Revelation 1.20 says that stars are angles)

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. 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.[Rev 12.3-4]

6. How many rebelled with him? The Bible doesn't say. All it says is that "by the multitude of

they merchandise"... he made a "multitude" of deals with a multitude of angels.

7. When he did this, Lucifer, who was before "full of wisdom" (v12), became full of violence

and sinned against God.

8. God cast His "anointed cherub that covereth" out of His presence, out of the mountain of

God. He was cast down from his lofty position atop the universe. Lucifer fell and it could
be that it was at this time that God also removed the earth from her lofty position atop the
universe and "quarantining" it far from the presence of God.

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. [Job
9.6]

K. (v17-18) Lucifer's sin.

1. (v17a) Everything started with pride. His heart was "lifted up" because of his beauty. Like

Absalom, David son who tried to take over the kingdom by force, Lucifer thought too
highly of himself and it became his ruin.

2. (v17b) He corrupted his wisdom. In verse 12 of this chapter, we learned that Lucifer was

full of God's wisdom when he was created. But his pride and sin twisted that wisdom--it
corrupted it and made it diabolical and satanic.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not
against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,

devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
[Jam 3.14-16]

3. (v17c) Because of this sin (the pride and the corruption), God brought judgment upon

Lucifer.

4. (v18a) Though we know that the sin of Lucifer was the first and "original" sin, God says

that it was made up of a multitude of iniquities (and again we see that those iniquities had
something to do with "making deals"--Lucifer was "trafficking" rebellion).

5. (v18b) The ultimate end of this once anointed cherub will fire.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. [Mat 25.41]

6. (v15) Lucifer's sin was not God's creation. God made Lucifer just as He has made us, with

the will and the capacity to choose either good or evil. Iniquity was "found in thee," says
the Lord in verse 15. God didn't create it; He didn't put it there. I was of Lucifer's design.
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L. (v19) Lucifer's ultimate end is eternal destruction in the lake of fire, an eternal "public

execution."

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,

where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever. [Rev 20.10]

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have

transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be
quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. [Isa 66.24]

II. Satan and His Rebellion

: Isaiah 14.12-17

A. (v12a) Lucifer's Fall

1. The first thing spoken of Lucifer in this passage dealing with his rebellion is that he fell.

The Bible says, "How art thou fallen... O Lucifer."

2. When did that happen? When did Lucifer rebel? When did he fall?
3. One thing we know for sure is that he fell before Genesis 3, because in Genesis 3.1 he

shows up in his fallen state, as the serpent who tempts man to sin against God. Therefore,
he had to have fallen sometime during the first two chapters of Genesis.

4. We also know from Jesus' words that Lucifer fell sometime after the beginning of creation

in Genesis 1.1. The Lord said that Satan was a "murderer from the beginning," which
means that sometime after "the beginning" (Gen 1.1), Lucifer rebelled.

Ye 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. [John 8.44]

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [Gen 1.1]

5. From the evidence in Scripture, the most reasonable place to locate the fall of Lucifer

would be in a "Gap" between Genesis 1.1 (the original and perfect creation of God) and
Genesis 1.2 (a creation ruined, dark, and buried beneath fathoms of water).

6. There is virtually no other place before Genesis 3.1 to place such a heinous sin and the

obvious results it would have caused. If the sin of man (eating one bite of one piece of
fruit) caused so much death and destruction, how much more would the original sin of the
original sinner have caused, especially considering that his desire was to throw God off the
throne of the universe and reign himself. Only the Gap of Genesis 1.1 and 1.2 accounts for
such sin and destruction.

B. (v12b) Lucifer's Name

1. "Lucifer" means "star, luminary, bright light, heavenly body that appears big and bright."
2. The name comes from a compound word in Latin. "Lux" means light and "fero" means

"bearer." Lux-fero (Lucifer) is the "light bearer." In his original state as the fifth and
covering cherub he bore the light of God; he shined with God's glory because he was made
perfect and full of God's wisdom.

3. Before we go on with our study of Lucifer and the implications of his name, we should

take a minute for a personal application.

a. Just as Lucifer was the "light bearer" before he sinned, so are we now after being made

new in Jesus Christ. We bear the light of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,

lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine unto them. [2Cor 4.4]

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as

children of light. [Eph 5.8]

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b. If we are faithful in our duty to bear the light of the Gospel to the lost (those still in

darkness), then we will shine with the glory of God in the Millennium and eternity.

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they

that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. [Dan 12.3]

c. But, if we rebel against the will of God as did Lucifer (if we don't live according to

God's will; if we aren't "light bearers"), we will fall right into the hands of the enemy
by doing exactly what he wants us to do: Nothing! We must be about the preach of the
Gospel, regardless of the opposition and regardless of the results. Our duty is be light
in this world, and the only way to do that is by preaching the Gospel to every creature.

C. (v12c) Lucifer's Nations

1. Observe that Isaiah 14.12 says that in his rebellion, Lucifer "weakened the nations."
2. Though this could be a "prophetic reference" to the weakening of the nations that

proceeded from Adam and Eve, it seems likely to point to the population of the original
creation before Lucifer's fall.

3. These "nations" would have included the "morning stars" and the "suns of God" that are

mentioned in Job 38.7 in the context of the creation of the earth (Gen 1.1).

4. We also have strong evidence in Genesis 1.28 for creatures populating God's perfect

creation of Genesis 1.1. God told Adam and Eve to "replenish" the earth, exactly has He
would tell Noah later, after the flood (Gen 9.1).

5. (v16-17) These "nations" that Lucifer weakened formed "kingdoms" which were destroyed

because of the rebellion, and many of the inhabitants were taken as prisoners.

6. (v17) There was a whole "world" before the rebellion and fall of Lucifer. There were

heavens, an earth, cities, nations, kingdoms, and creatures that populated them. That world
of Genesis 1.1 became the "wilderness" of Genesis 1.2 (remember that "without form and
void"--tohu va bohu--is also translated "waste howling wilderness" in Deuteronomy
32.10 and "wilderness" in Job 12.24 and Psalm 107.40).

7. There were "nationes" at the time the "light bearer" rebelled against God, and those nations

were destroyed.

D. (v13-14) Lucifer's Five Sins

1. There were five sins in the heart of Lucifer when he rebelled against the Lord.

a. That's where sin always begins: In the heart. And then it, after it is conceived in the

heart, is brings for the act of sin which always results in death.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,

bringeth forth death. [Jam 1.14-15]

b. Be careful with your hearth and with your thought life.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. [Prov 4.23]

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he... [Prov 23.7]

c. Each of Lucifer's five sins are stated beginning with "I will..." showing that pride

entered before anything else. Lucifer was thinking only of himself and what he could
gain by his actions. He wanted to be exalted, he wanted control, he wanted to be as
God. That's pride, the original sin and still the root of all man's problems.

2. "I will ascend into heaven..."

a. Lucifer wanted to asend into heaven because he was upon the earth.

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b. (Ezek 28.13) Remember that Lucifer, the anointed cherub, was in Eden the Garden of

God, an area located on the planet earth--most likely the area that today we called the
Middle East.

c. Since he was "the anointed" and had a throne (see the next point), the location of his

throne was probably the same location as the throne of the Anointed One, Jesus Christ.
According to 2Samuel 7.13, the eternal throne of the Messiah is David's throne. It
appears, then, that Lucifer reigned as God's second in command (His "anointed) from
Jerusalem, which in Genesis 1.1 was located in the area known as "Eden the Garden of
God."

3. "I will exalt my throne above the stars of heaven..."

a. Lucifer had a throne, just as all the other "anointed ones" in the Bible (the kings). He

reigned as God's "second in command" over something and someone (more than likely
over all God's creation and all God's creatures).

b. He wanted to exalt his throne above all the "stars of heaven."

i. Although this may be a reference to the actual "stars" (the heavenly bodies that

burn and give off light in outter space), it's more likely a refernce to angels.

ii. Angels in the Bible are called "stars."

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the

seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven

churches. [Rev 1.20]

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for
joy? [Job 38.7]

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they

saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the
young child was. [Mat 2.9]

iii. Lucifer wanted to rule over everything, and to do that he had to exalt his throne

over the angels that would defend heaven and God's presence.

4. "I will sit also upon the mount of the congregations, in the sides of the north..."

a. The "mountain" which is situated "in the sides of the north" is "Mount Zion" atop

which is the city of our God.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the
mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is

mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. [Ps 48.1-2]

b. The "moutain" is the universe (shaped like an upside down cone).

[See graphic on following page.]

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c. The "north" (the direction of God's dwelling; Ps 75.6-7) had only "sides" when Lucifer

rebelled because the "cap" of frozen water (the "face of the deep"; Job 38.30; Rev
4.1-6) did not exist until the universal flood (the flood of the universe; Job 38.8-11)
that resulted in the catastrophe of Genesis 1.2.

d. There was no division between God and His creation in Genesis 1.1. It was a perfect

creation exactly like the new heavens and new earth will be. In eternity future God
takes us back to His original plan--the plan He began in the beginning, in Genesis 1.1.
There will be no division between the heavens (there will be no more "sea"--no more
waters in the univerese, no more "face of the deep") and God's light will again fill all
of His creation.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more sea. [Rev 21.1]

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the

sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
[Rev 22.5]

e. Lucifer wanted to sit upon the highest point of the universe; he wanted to sit in the

sides of north where God dwelled.

5. "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds..."

a. Lucifer wanted to ascend above the heights of the "clouds." How could that be if there

weren't clouds in the atmosphere of the earth until Genesis 9?

i. Before the flood of Noah, it never rained upon the earth. God watered the earth

with a mist that sprang up from the ground.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the

field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the
earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist

from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. [Gen 2.5-6]

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ii. It's only after the flood of Noah that a rainbow could form because there was no

water in the atmosphere before. Before Noah's flood, there were no rainbows
because there was no rain. There were no clouds.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant

between me and the earth. [Gen 9.13]

iii. Light refracts off of the water in the air to make a rainbow. Only after the flood of

Noah do we see the cycle of rain and evaporation which makes clouds.

iv. If there were no clouds around the earth until Genesis 9, how is it that Lucifer

would "ascend above the heights of the clouds"?

b. There are "clouds" in heaven--in the presence of God, round about Him.

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the

habitation of his throne. [Ps 97.2]

Ver también: Exodus 24.16-18; 1Kings 8.10-12; Psalm 18.11-12;

c. "Clouds" in the Bible also refer to the heavenly host--the glorified saints and God's

elect angels. This host will return with Christ in the second coming and, in the
brightness of their glory, they will appear as a great white cloud.

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and
a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward

heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same

Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as
ye have seen him go into heaven. [Acts 1.9-11]

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the

clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near
before him. [Dan 7.13]

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the

tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [Mat 24.30]

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also

which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even
so, Amen. [Rev 1.7]

And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto

the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp
sickle. [Rev 14.14]

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,

clothed in fine linen, white and clean. [Rev 19.14]

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud,
and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst

thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire... As the appearance of
the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the

brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of
the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that

spake. [Ezek 1.4-28; a vision of the second coming of Christ]

d. Lucifer wanted to enter into the very presence of God and thereby ascend above the

clouds in heaven.

6. "I will be like the most High..."

a. This is the exact same thing he promised Eve.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth

know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gen 3.4-5]

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b. Lucifer wanted to reign and rule over everything. Even though he was second in

command, he was not satisfied. He wanted more--he wanted it all. He wanted to be
God, the final authority over all creation.

c. That is the perfect picture of sinful man. "How much is enough?" It's never enough

because sin and the sin nature are never satisfied. Even if we "had it all," we'd still
want just one thing more: We'd want to be God. That's exactly what happened to
Lucifer.

d. Lucifer wanted five specific things, and they all culminated the greatest sin of all. He

wanted to be like the most High. He wanted to be the final authority.

E. (v15) Lucifer's Final Destiny

1. Satan's destiny is hell and the lake of fire.
2. During Christ's thousand year reign of the Millennium, Satan will be bound and locked up

in the bottomless pit.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,

which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him
into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should

deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after
that he must be loosed a little season. [Rev 20.1-3]

3. And though he'll be released for a short season afterward, he'll not escape the punishment

God prepared for him and for his angels (the demons).

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: [Mat 25.41]

4. Satan will never rise again once God throws him into the lake of fire at the end of the

Millennium. He will be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit, and from there he'll
never rise again.

F. (v16a) Lucifer's Gender

1. It's interesting to note that in this verse Lucifer is called a "man." We know, of course, that

he was a cherub and now he is "the serpent" called Leviathan. He's not a "man" in the
sense that Adam was a "man" and that we are "men." He was not a human being. But he
was a "man" in the sense of being "male."

2. Satan has a "seed" and is able to reproduce (to procreate).

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and

her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. [Gen 3.15]

a. In Genesis 3.15 God is speaking to the serpent (to the devil) and He says that there will

be enmity between him and the woman, between his "seed" and her "seed."

b. Just as the woman has the ability to procreate and produce a seed, so does the devil. He

is a male with "seed."

3. Many like to refer to Matthew 22.30 and say that angels are sexless beings and therefore

we will be sexless in the resurrection. This, however, is not what the verse says.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as

the angels of God in heaven. [Mat 22.30]

a. This verse does not say that angels are sexless. It says that they are not given in

marriage. Angels don't marry other angels, but they aren't sexless (genderless).

b. Angels don't marry other angels because they are all males. There are no female angels

mentioned in the Bible. Everytime an angel appears, he appears as a male--a man of
about 30 or 35 years old (neither a "youth" nor a "man of many years").

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4. The fact that angels can reproduce is seen very clearly in an honest ready of Genesis 6 and

the cross references in the New Testament.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and

daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men
that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.... There

were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God
came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same

became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. [Gen 6.1-4]

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and
delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And

spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of
righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; [2Pet 2.4-5]

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he

hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great
day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner,

giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. [Jud 6-7]

a. The "sons of God" in Genesis 6.1 are the angels that sinned by fornicating with the

daughters of men. The had relations with women and their offspring were the giants.

b. Angels are not "sexless" (genderless). They are "men" in the sense of being males.

They are more than capable of reproducing as is quite clear from the above passages of
Scripture.

5. Satan is also a "man" in the sense of being a "male." He has "seed" and is able to procreate

just like the other sons of God in Genesis 6.

G. (v16b-17) Lucifer's Fruit: The Five Results of Lucifer's Rebellion

1. Just as there were five sins in Lucifer's heart that led him to rebel against God, there were

five results of that rebellion, too.

2. (v16) He "...made the earth to tremble..."

a. This is likely when the earth was moved out of her place.

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. [Job
9.6]

b. God moved the earth out of her original position above the universe (at the "top of the

cone") and "quarentined" it at the bottom.

c. The earth "trembled" because of the sin of Lucifer--it was shaekn out of her place at

the top of the universe.

3. (v16) He "...did shake kingdoms..."

a. There were "kingdoms" at the time of Lucifer's rebellion.

b. That means that there we some sort of creatures that formed those kingdoms (for

example: the angeles and sons of God mentioned in Job 38.7).

4. (v17) He "...made the world as a wilderness..."

a. The world became as a wilderness--the fruitful place of God's creation became barren

and lifeless. It became a "void," a waste howling wilderness.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. [Gen 1.2]

b. If the "world" is the combination of "heavens and earth" (as is stated in 2Peter 1.5-7),

then the heavens and the earth became as a wilderness--lifeless and void.

c. This cannot be said of Noah's flood which only affected the earth, not the heavens.

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5. (v17) He "...destroyed the cities thereof..."

a. There cities at the time of Lucifer's rebellion (cities, nations, and kingdoms).

b. God created the earth in Genesis 1.1 habitable and with the purpose of being inhabited.

It appears that it was!

For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the

earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it
to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else. [Isa 45.18]

6. (v17) He "...opened not the house of his prisoners..."

a. We are not ignorant of Satan's devices--his methods of operation (2Cor 2.11). He is a

deceiver. That is what he did to Eve, and that is what he did also to a third of the
angels. He tricked them into rebelling with him.

b. (Ezek 28.16, 18) This appears to be what is referred to as his "merchandise" or

"traffick" in Ezekiel 28. He "cut a deal" with somebody and "did some business." But,
his business was underhanded and dirty. He deceived them and made them his
prisoners. Those prisoners that he took that day have never left his control (he "opened
not the house of his prisoners"). They are still "his" prisoners.

c. There is another prophecy of Satan in the book of Ezekiel, and it helps us to

understand a little about these prisoners of Lucifer: Ezekiel 31.1-18.

i. (v2) Just like the prophecy in Ezekiel 28 was pronounced on the king of Tyrus, this

one is pronounced upon Pharaoh king of Egypt. But, it's obvious that God is
speaking of the spiritual power behind the man--he is speaking of Satan, the great
dragon that controlled Pharaoh.

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his

rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for
myself. [Ezek 29.3]

ii. (v3) God makes a comparison between the man and a cedar in Lebanon (it could

be "the Assyrian" is another man, or that an assyrian became king of Egypt and
took on the title of Pharaoh). Regardless of who the man was, the spiritual being
behind him was the same: Satan, and he was big and strong as a cedar tree.

iii. (v4) This "cedar" took care of all the smaller "trees of the field." (And note that the

serpent is a "beast of the field" in Genesis 3.1; God uses the same phrase--"of the
field"--to describe both these trees and the serpent).

iv. (v5) His influence and control grew over the other trees of the field.

v. (v6) Under the watchcare of this great being "dwelt all great nations" (just like the

nations we saw in Isaiah 14.12).

vi. (v7) He was "fair in his greatness". The word "fair" means beautiful, just like the

anointed cherub was "perfect in beauty" (Ezek 28.12).

vii. (v8) This great, grand, and powerful "cedar" was in the "garden of God" and the

other "cedars" could not hide him because he (Lucifer) was the biggest, tallest, and
most powerful of all. He was unique in greatness, power, and beauty. None was
like him; he was "head and shoulders above the rest."

viii. (v9) Trees don't envy, but there are other creatures that do.

[a] Here we see the problems that sprang up in Eden, the garden of God. It began

with envy--someone wanted something that wasn't his.

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[b] The other cedars (some of the other sons of God that existed when Lucifer was

still Lucifer, en Genesis 1.1) envied. They wanted more than what God had
given them. They wanted what Lucifer had.

ix. (v10) Here God speaks of Lucifer's problem (the problem of the great cedar): It

was pride! He was lifted up in his heart, and thought more highly of himself that he
ought.

x. (v11-13) Because of his pride, the great cedar (Lucifer) fell. Just as the human king

(Pharaoh, king of Egypt) fell, so did the Lucifer.

xi. (v14) His end (just as it will be the end of the other trees, too) is a place called

"death" in the nether (bottom) parts of the earth. He will be cast down into the pit.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the
bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon,

that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand
years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal

upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand
years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

[Rev 20.1-3]

xii. (v15) When Satan is bound and cast into the grave--into the pit--God will cause a

great mourning for him, even though he was his enemy.

xiii. (v16-18) Those other "trees" (the cedars) that followed Lucifer in his rebellion will

also be cast into the nether parts of the earth--into hell.

[a] They shall go to the same place as their master, but the Bibles says that they

"shall be comforted" there.

[b] They shall not be comforted in the sense of pain and punishment because they

will be in the eternal fires of the wrath of God.

[c] They will comforted in the sense of finally being free from the prison of their

slavery to Satan.

[d] (Isa 14.17) He lied to them. He deceived them. He took advantage of their

envy and maniuplated them into rebelling with him (one third of the angels;
Rev 12.4). He took them, enslaved them, and "opened not the house of his
prisoners". He has never let them go.

[e] It seems that once it's all over and Lucifer is locked up in the pit of hell, these

fallen angel will be "comforted" in the sense of finally being free of his
control. They will, though, burn forever in God's prison, the lake of fire.

CONCLUSIÓN:

There are two key passages that speak of the rebellion of Lucifer, the creature who because the
cursed serpent known as Leviathan, the Devil, and Satan.

Ezekiel 28.11-19 gives many details about Lucifer's original state. He was God's anointed, the
cherub that ruled as God's second in command.

Isaiah 14.12-17 gives us more details of his rebellion and subsequent judgment.

There is no other place in Scripture where such a rebellion could have taken place.

If Adam's sin with the forbidden fruit has cause such pain, death, and misery for 6,000 years, how
much more would the original sin of the rebellion of Lucifer have caused. If there is no Gap
between Genesis 1.1 and 1.2, then there is no place for the rebellion, fall, and judgment of Lucifer
and his angels.

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God created the world perfect and beautiful in Genesis 1.1. Isaiah 45.18 says it was made to be
inhabited and Isaiah 14.12-17 says it was inhabited (it had cities, nations, and kingdoms).

The world in Genesis 1.2 is dark, void, dead, and underneath millions of tons of water.

What happened between Genesis 1.1 and 1.2? The fall of Lucifer, of course.

If you would like to study more about the devices of our enemy, God has provided a "full mention"
chapter for just such a study: Job 41.

The entire chapter deals with Leviathan, who he is and how he operates. Since it's a out of the
scope of this study, we will not take the time to analyze it.

The author, though, can recommend the Commentary on Job by Jeff Adams as a good resource to
help in the study of Leviathan in Job 41. [Job: Adventures in the Land of Uz. Hardcover,
published by Reality Living Pub. (www.realityliving.org) in January 1994. Author: Jeff Adams.
ISBN-10: 0964302136. ISBN-13: 978-0964302136.]