24 Elders number one is the 24 Elders the Bible describes countless creatures there that have intrigued many people over the years here are the 24 Elders beyond our understanding and perception that there is a magnificent throne room in heaven radiant with Divine Light and Power a truly extraordinary place it is where the most powerful being in the universe resides during Jon's Journey to the island Patmos and his subsequent Visions including those of the two Elders are one of the most fascinating episodes in the Bible series about the wonders of the supernatural world with only one
difference present stepped out into a circle of 24 Elders dressed in white with golden crowns on their heads the Thrones around the throne are these figures why are they here talking to the seven churches suddenly found himself in the very room where the Throne of God was he saw the gods sitting there a throne appeared like precious jewels around this Throne were 24 other Thrones and on them sat 24 Elders these Elders wear white robes trimmed with gold with crowns on their heads in this video I will explore all the most mysterious creatures recorded in
the Bible so I invite you to subscribe to the channel hit the like button and watch this video Until the End the elders and the four living creatures stood around the throne bowed down before God threw the crown down before him him and oh Lord I declare you worthy of glory honor and power for having created all things and by your will they exist and were created Revelation 41 nowhere in the Book of Revelation details the identities of the 24 Elders they are most likely representatives of the church however some believe they are angels this
is very unlikely they are clearly reigning alongside Christ by the fact that they sit on Thrones it is repeatedly stated that the church Church rules and reigns with Christ the Greek the word translated Elder in this context is never used to refer to Angels it is used exclusively to refer to men who have reached a certain age and are capable of ruling as ageless Angels the term Elder cannot be assigned to them although Angels may serve dressed in white but white is more common often associated with people of Faith because it symbolizes the righteousness that
Christ imputed to us in May the salvation of the elders wearing golden crowns shows that they are not Angels an creatures are the driving force for the 24 Elders to conduct worship such as the cherubim worship God every hour of the day and night the elders are considered representatives of God's people especially in the Old Testament they were crowned With Victory and turned towards prepared them for wheel number two at the neck the angels in The Testament are also mentioned 108 times in the book of Exodus by Moses what did the wheel encounter while wandering
in the desert the term wheel in ancient Hebrew refers to the wheel but is of particular interest the throne wheel mentioned in ezekiel's Vision God chose to Open Heavens to Ezekiel temporarily describes ezekiel's First Vision as one of the greatest challenges the passage is translated throughout the Old Testament where Ezekiel first recounts it when he saw the vision he tried to express in words what could not be clearly explained use similes to describe it compare it to other things to give ideas about what it was like when Ezekiel observed a dark menacing cloud of lightning
and the fire approached from the North in a four-light cloud beings who shine brightly before witnessing ezekiel's saw wheel creatures later identified as Angels after seeing the angel Ezekiel seeing Wheels like the wheels of a chariot is the best object to imagine what Ezekiel saw is a gyroscope Ezekiel is describing something that can move in any direction without having to turn back remember what Ezekiel is describing what is Indescribable now when I look at living creatures behold there is a wheel turning placed next to the living creatures for each of the four living creatures the
shape of the wheel and its shape the workmanship is like sparkling topaz and all four have the same shape appearance and workmanship are like a wheel without turning as they moved the rims high and impressive were full of eyes all around whenever the living creatures moved the wheels moved with them when the living creatures Rose from the earth the wheels Rose too they went wherever the spirit was about to go moving in that direction with the wheels Rising alongside them for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels whenever they moved stopped or
Rose from the earth the wheels did the same as Ezekiel remained constant among the wheels and the cherubim wherever the cherubim went the wheels went he reported that the spirit of God was manifesting in everything that was happening Ezekiel also perceived the omniscience of God the multiple eyes he saw represented the complete consciousness of God who sees and knows everything this great book begins with a vision in which Ezekiel receives a revelation from God about Angelic figures in this Vision God calls the prophet to be his spokesperson and Watchmen for the Hebrew Exiles this vision
is the first of four in the book and may be challenging to visualize what Ezekiel Saw or expressed the senses of exceptional knowledge and intelligence the ofum are also mentioned in a similar manner in Ezekiel 10 Ezekiel was to understand that the Chariot or Throne Chariot of God was in motion the image may seem bizarre to the modern reader but it should be remembered that this is a Visionary experience and surrealistic characteristics May predominate over realism imagine a terrifying 5ton African elephant running toward you with its trunk stretched out eyes dilated and massive legs pounding
the Earth there is nothing between you and it except flat grass and your heart is beating wildly how do you escape what do you do know that animals much more fearsome and powerful than African elephants once roamed in the Book of Job it all started with a wealthy man named J residing in oo with his extended family and he was upright and correct always striving to live a moral life he had a very disciplined relationship with God God exalts the virtues of job to Satan but Satan argues that job is righteous only because God has
blessed him Satan challenges God saying that if he were given the green light to inflict suffering job would change and curse God God allows Satan to torment job to test this bold claim but prevents Satan from taking 's life job receives four reports in one day each informing him that his sheep servants and 10 children died due to Invaders thieves or natural disasters in the midst of his suffering job tears his clothes and shaves his head but in his prayers he continues to praise God Satan reappears in heaven and God gives him another chance to
prove job's worth testing job he curses his birthday comparing life and death to light and darkness he wishes he had never been born born and that his birth had been veiled in darkness feeling that life only adds to his Agony he wonders why God evaluates People based on their actions when God can quickly amend or forgive their actions job is perplexed about how a human being can fully satisfy the justice of God given that God's ways are mysterious and Beyond human comprehension job is brought to his Breaking Point by the ordeal and as a result
becomes resentful anxious and terrified he laments God's Injustice in letting Wicked people Prosper while he and many other honest men suffer job wants to confront God and protest but he cannot physically find God he thinks that wisdom is hidden from Humanity but resolves to pursue it fearing God and avoiding evil job prayed to God to have a conversation with him and his wish was granted the occasions when God communicates with job occur in the midst of a storm there is much humor in the way God addresses him God reminds job that he is the creator
of everything going through his magnificent activity of creating and sustaining the world asking job if he could match that work he ends by asking if job is capable of judgment telling him it is presumptuous for job to believe that God should explain himself to him job is made to feel very small eventually job responds I am unworthy how can I reply to you I put my hand over my mouth I spoke once but I have no answer twice but I will say no more in the second round God doesn't speak about himself as the Creator
but about his creatures the speech is filled with humor once again he asks job for his opinions on the Behemoth as if these Fantastic Beasts held the answers to significant life questions look now at the Behemoth which I made along with you it eats grass like an ox behold its strength is in its loins and its power in the muscles of its belly it moves its tail like a cedar the senu of its thighs are tightly knit its bones are like tubes of bronze its limbs like bars of iron it is the first of the
ways of God only its maker can approach it with his sword previously the focus was more on the mystery of animal creation but now the focus has shifted to fear and still the magnificence of God's creations the identity of the Behemoth is one of the few biblical creatures that historians have long debated the academic Community is still trying to reach a consensus on many aspects of this creature but they know two things it was huge and had a navl the evidence of a navl shows it's not an egg laying animal it eats grass like an
ox and its power is in the stomach muscles God seems to Delight in describing the Wonder of this extraordinary creature pointing out its size appetite and behaviors along the way the image is clear if job cannot compete with his fellow the Hebrew word behemoth has the same form as the plural of the Hebrew word BMA which means Beast it's possible such a beast roam the Earth with people was the Behemoth a hippopotamus many people think that God had in mind what we call a hippopotamus one of the largest most powerful and dangerous land animals in
the world the hippopotamus was definitely known in biblical times especially in Egypt the Romans reduced their population because of the damage they caused to crops although called a river horse the hippopotamus is more closely related to pigs than to Horses The Open Jaw of a hippopotamus provides a compelling image or was the Behemoth an elephant according to most biblical apologists Behemoth in Hebrew refers to a four-legged Beast which they believe to be an elephant those favoring hippopotamuses do so because job 40:23 talks about the creature's huge mouth drinking up the rushing Jordan River based on
verse 19 it seems the creature described in job's story was too large for people of the time to defeat these descriptions cannot be attributed to any current animal throughout recorded history humans have hunted and killed elephants and domesticated them for various purposes such as labor and War when the Book of Job described the Behemoth as the foremost of God's ways so powerful that only he who made it can bring his sword near it it was not an exaggeration the Leviathan compared compared to the terrifying uncontrollable power of the Leviathan man's pride and Grandeur were nothing
to boast about the more humble is man in the presence of God and that's the point neither job nor anyone else has the right to critique God's work the Leviathan is a large aquatic creature of some kind the Bible describes it as a fearsome Beast with monstrous ferocity and great power the Hebrew word for Leviathan has the root meaning of coiled or Twisted is Isaiah 27:1 speaks of the Leviathan on that day the Lord with his sore great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan The Swift serpent Leviathan The coiling Serpent and he shall slay the
dragon that is in the sea whatever the sea beasts glorified by God the Old Testament contains several mentions of the Leviathan according to most of these passages the Leviathan is a real creature that people knew of although they kept their distance and knew of it by reputation and not by sight in Psalm 104: 25-26 God is praised as the one who created the habitat for the Leviathan to combat job's inflated image of himself God wanted to demonstrate to this man how small he was in the grand scheme of things using job as an example job
41 gives the most detail about the Leviathan as a real Marine creature in that chapter God describes the Leviathan emphasizing the size strength and ferocity of the animal job 4 411 to5 asks can you pull in Leviathan with a fish hook or tie down its tongue with a rope can you put a cord through its nose or Pierce its jaw with a hook will it keep begging you for Mercy will it speak to you with gentle words will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life can you
play with it as with a bird or tie it on a leash for your young girls this creature was first mentioned in job 3:8 May those who curse days curse those who are ready to Rouse Leviathan in this context job refers to how Sailors and fishermen cursed the threatening creature known as Leviathan in the same way with intense emotion job cursed the day he was born generally Leviathan is considered a mythical sea monster or dragon that terrorizes Sailors and fishermen however in the context of job 41 God does not seem to consider Leviathan mythical there
are diverging opinions on the description of ithan some suggest it could be an ancient dinosaur similar to a dragon that may have survived until job's time or remained in human memory serving as an example for God to refer to on the other hand in this context God's purpose in providing job with this account of Leviathan is to demonstrate to job how powerless he is before this creature there is nothing job can do to stop this powerful creature job stands no chance the cherubim are a group of celestial beings created by by God they are the
first in the Angelic hierarchy to appear in the Bible immediately after the fall of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 cherubim records the events in the Garden of Eden having violated God's command not to eat from the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil it was likely that Adam and Eve would extend their hands and also take from the Tree of Life and live forever as a result they were expelled from their Earthly Paradise but what would prevent Adam from returning to the garden and disobeying God again the answer is given in Genesis 3:24 so
God banished man and placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and the Flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the Tree of Life from these two sources in the Bible it appears that the primary responsibility of the cherubim is to declare man's sinfulness and protect God's presence from sinful men as much as Adam longed to return to the Garden of Eden the cherubim reminded him that he had broken God's law the high priest of Israel was allowed to enter the holy of holies once a year to
gaze upon The Mercy Seat I'm sure he must have felt on each occasion I do not belong here in the Holy presence of God for I am a sinner the cherubim are real and Powerful beings however cherubim in the Bible often represented Heavenly things they were integrated into the design of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle by God's command the cherubim shown in Ezekiel 10 not only have wings and hands but are also full of eyes surrounded by Wheels within Wheels yet Ezekiel also paints a grim tone in chapter 10 the cherubim did
more than protect God's holiest place from those who had no right to be there they also ensured the right of the high priest to enter the holy place with blood as the mediator of the people with God the cherubim will not deny access to the throne to the humblest Christian they assure us that we can come boldly because of Christ's work on the cross the veil in the temple was torn the Morning Star the book of Isaiah 14 introduces us to a being known as Lucifer Lucifer literally means lightbringer in Latin the word is translated
as Morning Star in Hebrew Lucifer was portrayed as a bright resplendant and wonderful deity in all languages madc now we discuss the only human on our list a character in The Bible more mysterious than the person of melchisedek when we first meet him he is living in the time of Abraham even the name melchisedek carries an air of mystery he makes a quiet entry into the scripture Cannon who is he why is there so much discussion about him he is mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments our epic Story begins with a man named
Abraham true to his name many of us are not familiar with how names work in Hebrew and in the Bible names in the Bible are not just descriptive they also carry Authority for example the name God gave to Adam meant from the earth describing what Adam was made of a name can sometimes relate to the role of the named in the biblical narrative as in the case of nabal a foolish man whose name means fool so what is the meaning of the name melkisedek the name melchisedek has significant meaning in Hebrews 7:2 it means king
of righteousness or or the king is righteous this name implies that the person with this name is just and correct in their actions it is an appropriate name for a ruler or leader who upholds Justice and righteousness in their realm melchisedek is used to explain the mysteries of Jesus just as melchisedek is the king of Peace Jesus is also the king of Peace in the prophecy of Isaiah about the coming Messiah he says the second information about mesc that can be discovered in Genesis 14 is that he presented Abraham with Bread and Wine priest of
the most high God Genesis 14:18 tells us he was Priest of the most high God according to the holy scriptures there is only one God who is the most high this title belongs to the god whom Abraham worshiped he alone ruled over all gods and was the one before whom all gods should kneel the priesthood that melkisedek possessed came before the priesthood of Aaron and the Levites melchisedek blessed Abra Abraham by the most high God melkisedek acknowledged in Genesis Genesis 14:20 records that the most high God had given Abraham the ability to defeat his enemies
the order and mystery of melchisedek are used to explain Jesus the man who had no beginning and no end the interesting view about melkisedek is that he has never given a beginning or an end this priesthood of melchisedek is a priesthood that would continue to the end of time in the New Testament the reference to melchisedek is in Hebrews this chapter draws comparisons between the priesthood of the Old Testament and the priesthood that the Lord Jesus now possesses Hebrews 6:20 states that Jesus entered as a forerunner for us having become a high priest forever according
to the order of melchisedek Hebrews 7 provides us with more information about melchisedek than any other passage in the Bible the writer focuses on a specific incident during the meeting of Abraham and melchisedek Hebrews 71-4 States for this melchisedek king of Salem priest of the most high God who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the Kings and blessed him to whom Abraham gave a tenth of everything first by translation of his name he is king of righteousness and then also king of Salem that is king of peace without father without mother without genealogy having
neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like the Son of God remains a priest perpetually now pause and consider how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils Abraham is considered the father of the Israelites God's people and he held melchisedec in high esteem because of his role despite this Abraham submitted to the authority of melchisedek and gave him a tenth we learn in verse three that melkisedek was without father mother or genealogy having neither beginning of days nor end of life it should also be
noted that melkisedek resembled the Son of God this is a very significant Point demonstrating that he is a type of an even greater priest the Lord Jesus his city the city of Peace prophetically depicted in the work of the Lord Jesus who brought us peace Abraham demonstrated his acceptance of melchisedec's priesthood by presenting a tenth of everything he had it is clear from verses 9 and 10 that Abraham was a type of the future levitical priesthood that was about to be established the angel of death perhaps we have heard of the angel of death but
what about an angel of death there is a distinction between the two we see this chapter appear in Exodus for those familiar with the angel of death because the Egyptians refused to release the enslaved Israelites God sent various plagues upon them the worst of which was the last plague the last plague involves the angel of death Exodus 111:2 then the Lord said to Moses I will bring one more plague on pharaoh and on Egypt after that he will let you go from here and when he does he will surely drive you out altogether speak now
in the hearing of the people and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor articles of silver and articles of gold Moses returned to the Royal Chambers for one last interview with the King Exodus 11 4:5 so Moses said this is what the Lord says about midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die from the firstborn of pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the mill and all the firstborn
of the cattle there were wars in the past and there will be in the future Egypt had just experienced nine plagues and more national disasters were on the way but there would never be another wave of mourning like this one as in the previous disasters the Hebrew population would be spared there will be an exodus said God tonight I will visit Egypt I will invade every house where there is no blood on the door but There Will Be Blood on the doors of my people and they will be spared that night history was made because
the people believed in the man of God and followed God's plan as a result the Lord told them Pharaoh refused to comply and as a result exposed himself and his people to the Wrath of the Lord the night no one slept Exodus 12 29-30 and it came to pass at midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of the cattle Pharaoh rose up at night he and
all his servants and all the Egyptians and there was a great cry in Egypt for there was not a house where there was not someone dead he fulfilled his word the destroying Angel spared no one who was not prepared not even the king the word of God tells us there was not a residence in Egypt where someone had not died think about it what a shocking night that was my mind cannot fully conceive that night a great multitude marched through the streets toward the Border while the whales and cries of the mourning Egyptians echoed in
the darkness the angel of death is another name for the destroying Angel God used Angelic beings Celestial messengers of some kind on various occasions to bring judgment on Sinners on Earth this being is referred to as a destroying angel in various biblical translations there are no clear biblical evidences that a single Angel was designated as a destroying angel or an angel of death the most we can say is that references to a destroying angel in the Bible are to a Celestial being or being who came to destroy those under God's judgment instead of Destroyer some
translations use angel of death in Hebrews 11:28 this being is referred to as the destroyer of the firstborn surprisingly the original Hebrew text of Exodus 12:23 does not mention an angel simply stating that the Destroyer the one who causes harm or the one who inflicts damage will kill the firstborn of Egypt Psalm 78 describes the plagues in Egypt and summarizes them as the unleashing of a band of destroying Angels the Hebrew word for Angel is used here but it does not refer to a specific Angel God also sent a destroying Angel a Celestial messenger who
brought destruction to judge the Israelites as a result of David's sin in numbering the people from that morning until the end of the appointed time the Lord sent a plague upon Israel and 70,000 people died when the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem the Lord relented from the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people enough withdraw your hand the angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Arana the jebusite when David saw the angel striking the PE seraphim what are seraphim the seraphim are Divine beings created by
God to serve and worship these six-winged Angelic creatures are constantly present at the Throne of God the prophet Isaiah tells us that seraphim are six wings burning angels that surround God as he sits on his exalted throne and continually worship Him Isaiah 6 the seraphim also minister to the Lord and serve as his agents of purification as demonstrated by the cleansing of Isaiah's sins before he began his prophetic Ministry the term seraphim appears in the Bible only in Isaiah chap 6 Isaiah 6 is the only passage in the Bible that uses the term seraphim which
means the burning ones Isaiah describes his intense vision of God's Heavenly Court in that biblical chapter the prophet specifically saw God Seated on an exalted Throne surrounded by flying angels known as seraphim the implication is that these assisting angels are delighted with God the seraphim appear to be human as Isaiah describes them having faces hands and voices Isaiah 6 1-2 in the year of the death of King Uzziah I saw the Lord Seated on a high and exalted throne and the Hem of His robe filled the temple above him were the seraphim each had six
wings with two they covered their faces with two they covered their feet and with two they flew these angels may appear as burning flames the term seraphim derives from the Hebrew verb saraf literally to burn with fire or more specifically to destroy with fire the name might also allude to the function of the seraphim as agents of purification God created the seraphim as sinless creatures yet they are not to to be confused with God the importance of the seraphim's proximity to God combined with their revealing praise cannot be underestimated when the seraphim say the whole
earth is full of his glory they are giving a firsthand account of what comes from the Apex of heaven we can see from the seraphim Supernatural perspective that God's glory is infinite indescribably valuable and so powerful that it cannot be contained in a single realm his glory bursts through heaven unfolds across the spiritual realm and overflows throughout the Earth this revealed Glory allows us to glimpse a holy God to be holy means to be distinct and revered this three-fold invocation of the word holy to describe God's sacred nature appears if someone is transported in Vision
to the throne of God and if the pure and holy seraphim show such reverence in the presence of the Lord how much more should we sinful creatures approach him with reverence the Angel's reverence for God should remind us of our own arrogance when we rush thoughtlessly into his presence as we often do because we do not understand his Holiness in Revelation 4 John's vision of the Throne of God was similar to Isaiah's in reverence and awe the living creatures gathered around the throne exclaimed holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty the seraphim also ministered
to God and served as his agents of purification when Isaiah realized ized the celestial seraphim covering themselves before God to admit their unworthiness before the Lord he became conscious of his own mortal sin and feared for his life at that point one of the seraphim took a live coal with tongues from the altar brought it to Isaiah and touched it to his lips the seraphim assured Isaiah that his guilt was T it is clear that demons possess personality attributes both Christ and the demons themselves use personal pronouns I me and yours when referring to each
other the Demonic Spirit within the possessed man and not the man himself was responsible for the demonic possession demonic possession occurs when a spirit resides within a human body and Exhibits its own personality through the host body's personality supposedly harmless practices of occultism spiritism and others open the door to deception for believers and real demonic danger for unbelievers people often engage in occultism or demonic things because something there seems to work work unfortunately it is not something in action but someone in Action a demonic Spirit we can say that demons wish to occupy bodies for
the same reason a vandal wants a a spray can a body is a weapon they can use to attack God demons also attack men because they despise God's image in man so they try to disfigure that image making the man loathsome demons have the same purpose in Christians which is to ruin God's image but their tactics are limited regarding Christians demonic spirits were disarmed by Jesus's work on the cross though they can deceive Christians trapping them with unbelief demons also have personal names Jesus asked the demon what is your name Luke 8:30 Jesus likely asked
the Demon's name to understand the full scope of the problem knowing the man was filled with many demons not just one we should note that Legion is not a name it was evasive threatening and intimidating speech and communication demonstrate personality demons spoke with Christ and Christ spoke with the demons They begged him not to send them into the abyss the demons inhabiting this man did not want to be imprisoned in the abyss which is the bottomless pit described in Revelation 9 verse1 appearing to be a place of confinement for certain demonic spirits demons exercised will
and appealed to Christ not to cast them into the abyss but to allow them to enter the pigs Christ's authority over them is essentially a demand of his will over theirs a command they had to obey demons have intelligence they were aware of the identity of the Lord Jesus one of them recognized Paul and the ministry he was leading to a slave girl the spirit also allowed her to discern confidential information through divination or soothsaying acts 1616 to17 demons Are Spiritual Beings they are disembodied Spirits completely devoid of any material form demons belong to the
spiritual realm and their only manifestation is the problems they cause some are more evil than others the Bible speaks of degrees of wickedness among demons Jesus said he was casting out a demon when the demon left the word of God tells us that although Satan had bound people Jesus Lucifer a personality referred to as Lucifer appears in Isaiah 14 the Latin root of Lucifer means the lightbringer while the Hebrew translation is Morning Star Lucifer was depicted as a radiant bright and Majestic being in any language he was a high-ranking angel one of God's Chief Angels
alongside Michael and Gabriel in God's Heavenly hosts however at some point Lucifer made a grave mistake he challenged God in Luke 108 it is said I saw Satan fall from Heaven like lightning as a master of slander or defamation he continues to seek to undermine various forms of authority that God has established both in the church and in the world when Lucifer was expelled from Heaven he did not stop his Rebellion but continued to establish his own kingdom in opposition to God's kingdom Lucifer's heart was lift what was Lucifer's initial motivation what was the original
sin Pride the original sin was committed in heaven not on Earth it was not drunkenness not adultery nor even lying it was a matter of pride pride still is the deadliest sin of all many Church scers would never dream of committing adultery or getting drunk but they are easily seduced by Pride without recognizing how harmful it is Lucifer was so beautiful that he took pride in himself his pride completed the transformation of Lucifer to Satan God had given Lucifer his Power Authority Beauty and wisdom but Lucifer's wrong attitude turned those gifts into instruments for his
own destruction I'm shocked to realize that men and women called and equipped by God still today make the same tragic mist mistake that Lucifer did Isaiah 14: 12-5 examines the motive behind Lucifer's Rebellion Lucifer's desire was to be on the same level as God he imagined himself to be so intelligent beautiful and Majestic that he supposedly thought I could be God according to the scriptures Lucifer undermined the Loyalty of a third of God's angels and Drew them into his rebellion and fall biblical Scholars generally agree that Lucifer was in charge of orchestrating worship in heaven
he was a musical master who continues to use music to enchant people today Lucifer was in charge of God's sanctuary in heaven responsible for religious Services he was the Cherub that covered the place where God's presence was manifested he was responsible for music he was an artist he was very successful then he rebelled and fell Pride the battle lines are drawn he was expelled from the presence of God after taking pride in his wisdom and beauty and after plotting his Rebellion against God his treacherous Angels were also expelled with him Lucifer was perhaps the wisest
and most beautiful of all God's creatures but the scriptures say his heart was lifted up the fall of Lucifer Satan began from within before leading to his downfall Satan the Fallen Angel enemy of God and man retaliated he had a particular enmity against man for two reasons first he could attack the image of God in man as man visibly represented God to the rest of creation Satan could not touch God but could wage war against God's very image in man his Delight was to profane that image to destroy it to humiliate it and for this
purpose he worked tirelessly Satan's action aimed to disfigure and degrade the image of God in man seeking to make man repugnant he tried to destroy not only the physical image but also the moral and spiritual character that reflects God Satan has a special hatred for Christians because through them God's image is restored and reflected in the world his strategy is to try to corrupt and divert in response to Satan's fall God did not remain passive he intervened sending Jesus Christ the perfect expression of His Image to redeem and restore Humanity through the life death and
resurrection of Christ there is salvation and the opportunity to be transformed into the image of his son this transformation is a continuous process in the Christian Life where we are gradually shaped into the likeness of Christ this happens as we submit to the Holy Spirit and live according to the teachings of Christ by doing so we reflect God's image more clearly and brightly in a world in desperate need of his light and Truth Satan aware that he cannot destroy God directs his Fury and deception Against Humanity trying to divert people from God and the truth
of the Gospel however the final victory belongs to God through Christ's sacrifice on the cross Satan Was Defeated and those who place their faith in Christ have the promise of eternal life and complete restoration to God's image this ongoing spiritual conflict between good and evil between God and Satan is a central theme in the biblical narrative it reminds us of the importance of staying faithful to God and resisting Satan's Temptations and deceptions knowing that in Christ we have the Victory and the promise of a glorious future with God
