POWER TUSSLE : WHO MADE THE GOD OF THIS WORLD (SATAN )?
Have you ever heard about how the devil formed a coup de tat against God while he was in heaven?
Although this might not generally be a myth but the way the tale had been told has often make me wonder and thus create a desire in me to investigate.
The popular belief was that Satan took one-third of God's angels in a quest to dethrone him.
Even though their was a desire to be like God, I suppose taking one-third army to fight against God who doesn't only have two-thirds of the angels on standby but also the All powerful God would have ended in automatic defeat.
The devil would have been wise enough to know the futility of this plan
Luke 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Satan wouldn't have charged against God unless he is sure he would accomplish his sole purpose which is to be like God
Another thing that makes me wonder and put a lot of thought in my mind is the fact that it was told that God threw the devil into the world after defeating him and pronounced woe to all who dwells here, if this fact holds true, then why would a loving God do this to his own creation
Even nature teaches us that no responsible father will expose his child to harm.
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Satan is evil and their is no way he could have been the plan of God for him to harm his creation
In view of all this, I want to examine the scenario with facts laid out as evidence in the scriptures
In The Beginning
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD.
The repeated phrase in Genesis is "and God saw that it was good"
He created the fish, sea, heaven, earth, man and angels inclusive. God created them all and he said that they were all good
If God creates good things alone then where did Satan come from?
The holy writ presented us some personality created by God called angels and one which is worth taking note of was named Lucifer.
Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden 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.
28:14 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.
28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
This was the description of the angel created by God, he was an emblem of beauty, and was perfect, he was in the garden called Eden. Of course he tempted man, but I suppose the sole purpose of him being in Eden was not to tempt man but to be a ministering spirit unto man
Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits (talking of angels) , sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Lucifer was meant to be a blessing to Adam but he hath his own desire to be like God. And in Adam he found a way
Authority Of The Man God Created
God's creation of man placed man in a position of authority over every other creation in the earth domain (Genesis 1:28-30)
Adam was a god to this earth, God gave him that authority. The giving of this domain to him was without condition, at such if anything must happen in this earth then man must foremost agree to allow it to happen
The Fall- From Lucifer To Satan
Isaiah 14:12 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!
14:13 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:
14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
The sole desire of Lucifer was to become like God. He also wants to have rule as a God.
Since he was placed in eden, he must have observed that Adam was a prototype of whom he loves to become. If he cannot dethrone God, he must find a way via which he can become the god of this world. Lucifer saw an opportunity in man.
If only Adam can give him the authority which he possess, then he also will become like god. What a great strategy
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
All Lucifer needed to do is find a way to make Adam become his servant at such he would have the delegated authority given to Adam
Genesis 3:1 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?
3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Man yielded to Lucifer's craftiness and Lucifer became the god of this world
Satan specifically told Jesus that he is now the god of this world and Jesus did not deny the fact because it was true
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Jesus retorted by affirming my kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36)
The creation of God was Lucifer but the making of the god of this world(satan) was done by man.
God gave man the authority, man handed it over to Lucifer and at the end he became the god of this world.
Written by Adedayo Ayoola (pleasantvik@gmail.com)
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