The Agonies of Satan (part 5)

We had to argue the Bible to bridge the gap.
The chemistry was building up but Eric was always trying to spoil it with his
'God talk'. I got so annoyed over it that I decided to jolt him a little. Maybe he
would shut up.
"Okay Eric, since you keep insisting that someone whom the Bible clearly
referred to as the Son of God is God, what then do you think of Lucifer and
Satan? Are they the same?" I have never referred to the Grand Foe by name;
the closest I could come was to call Him Jesus, I never liked adding the other
part. I was amazed Eric hadn't noticed it yet.
"Well dear, according to the Holy Bible, Lucifer was referred to as the
Morning Star and he was one of the most beautiful of God's angels. I believe
he was an Archangel in the likes of Michael until iniquity was found in him
and he was cast out into Hell. While on the other hand Satan was also a
powerful Arch Angel that followed Lucifer in his rebellion against God and
they were all cast out with other fallen angels to earth. While Satan roams the
Earth, Lucifer is in Hell."
"Okay, so who do you think is greater amongst the two?"
"Well I think they are both equally powerful but Lucifer is more like number
one and Satan his deputy or vice."
He was close to the truth, "So why do we Christian pray against Satan but
rarely against Lucifer?" I prodded.
"Because Satan is the one that is here while Lucifer is in Hell. The other
reason is that ninety-five percent of Christians think they are one and the
same."
"But you don't? May I ask why?"
"That is because it was revealed by God to me."
"Hmm, I see, so where do you think Hell is and who do you think the fallen
angels try to emulate?" I asked him. He didn't know I was leading him on with
my questions.
"Hell is somewhere beneath the earth. As for who the fallen ones emulate,
they are trying to copy God," He said.
"Okay, if they are trying to copy God that means they are trying to replicate
whatever is in Heaven, right?"
"Yes, that's true."
"Okay, don't you think that they will also try to replicate the Trinity: A triangle
that comprises God as the head, Jesus as the second with the Holy Spirit as the
third?"
"So what point are you trying to make?" He finally asked.
"Let me tell you a story that is right in the Bible yet we don't see it or fail to
truly comprehend it. The story of Lucifer is recorded only once in the Bible.
Let me recite that passage for you. Isaiah Chapter 14 verse 12 said: How you
are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down
to the ground, you who weakened the nations!
"Lucifer was in Heaven as an Arch angel, He was the Fourth. God was the
first."
"Can you please use is," Eric corrected me.
"You are right God is the first, Jesus the second, Holy Spirit the third, Lucifer
the fourth, Michael the fifth, Gabriel the Sixth, Samael, another fallen angel
was the seventh."
"Who is Samael? The Bible never recorded any Samael," Eric pointed out.
I had slipped. I covered quickly, "If you read the Gnostic texts you will
encounter Samael."
"That's one thing about you Catholics; you read a lot of trash. I don't read the
Gnostic scriptures. But where is Satan?"
"I was coming to that. You see while Lucifer was in Heaven as the Arch angel
with the most beautiful and powerful voice which made him the conductor of
the Heavenly Choir, he was not the most beautiful Angel as portrayed by
many. Satan was actually the most beautiful of the Angels or Stars of Heaven
but his duties were not in Heaven. His duties were on the lower realms, the
universe where earth and the other planets are."
"How do you mean? These beings had been created before man was made."
"You are right but Ezekiel 28:13-17 tells us the story of Satan and his duties.
Let me recite the verses for you:
"Ezekiel 13 said, thou hast been in Eden (note that it didn't say Heaven) the
garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz,
and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald,
and the carbuncle, and gold; the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes
was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. It went further to say 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.
"Satan was a Cherub with wings and He sat on God's mountain overseeing the
universe which is far below the realm of Heaven. Then verse 15 continued,
thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till
iniquity was found in thee. Now note that this iniquity was after Lucifer had
fallen and recruited him.
"In verse 16 the Bible went further to clarify this saying, by the multitude of
thy merchandise (which means buying into the plans of Lucifer) they have
filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will
cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God (keep in mind that God never
used Heaven): and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of
the stones of fire.
"Then in chapter 17 God placed the worst punishment ever on Satan, the
judgement was worst than Lucifer's own that actually started the rebellion. It
reads: Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy
wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lie
thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
"You will notice that from the above passage, Satan was never in Heaven, he
was in our realm doing the covering work God had mandated him to do until
Lucifer, who was the first to fall and cast out of Heaven by God, fell to His
realm of operation and with His sweet voice recruited the most beautiful of
God's creation into an act of disobedience against God which was to tempt
man into disobedience and giving man wisdom. But after God said He will lay
Satan before kings so they can behold him and trample on him, Satan led a
rebellion as the head of an army of angels that Lucifer had deceived when He
fell to attack Heaven in an attempt to overthrow God and takeover Heaven.
"God ordered Arch angel Michael to lead the counter attack and the war in
Heaven raged for a while until the invasion was defeated and Satan with His
armies pushed out.
"Remember that Job chapter one verse six told us that there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came
also among them. This goes to show that Satan used to visit Heaven because
he was not there but has access to Heaven.
"So Satan came back here to be second in command in His own realm to
Lucifer because the fallen angels were deceived by Lucifer and He had their
allegiance. Besides, Lucifer is a great talker because His voice can charm
anyone. What they then did was to replicate the hierarchy of Heaven; Lucifer
as head and Satan as vice just like God is the Head and Jesus is the Second."
"That means Satan is Lucifer's Son because Christ is God's Son," Eric
reasoned but he was wrong.
"No Eric, Jesus has been in existence right from the beginning as God's
number two until He was made to be born of a woman in the physical realm.
That is one thing Lucifer has not been able to achieve," I replied.
"How do you know he has not been able to achieve it?"
"Because if He had there will be another war in Heaven and we the children of
God will be able to see it. Even the spiritually blind will notice the rumble in
Heaven.
"Another thing is this, Satan's kingdom is not below the earth, it is above the
earth but below Heaven that's why the Bible said we wrestle with powers and
principalities in high places. It is Satan's kingdom but Lucifer is the President
and Satan the Vice President because Lucifer came with a higher authority
from Heaven when He fell."
"Wow! I'm impressed by your spiritual discernment," Eric said, "Now am
certain that you are a true servant of God for only God could have revealed
such mysteries to you."
That was the first time he kissed me. I could hear the shouts of joy in the
Thirteenth Realm. I smiled...to be continued

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