The Story of Lucifer
A long time ago, even before God made Adam and Eve,
God made the angels. The most beautiful angel that
God made was named Lucifer. His name means "light
from heaven". He sparkled with incredible brillance.
He was in charge of leading all of the praise and worship
in heaven. The Bible tells us that thousands of angels
and other creatures worship God at His throne. Heaven was
full of glory and celebration was going on all the time.
Lucifer knew that it was great, and since he was the one
leading he became very prideful and thought that he should
be praised instead of God. He was jealous and decided that
he should take God's place on the throne. He gathered one-third
of all the angels in Heaven, and led them into battle against God.
Lucifer and his angels were badly beaten. God cast them out of
heaven and they fell to earth. Lucifer's name was changed to
satan, and his angels are known as demons.
When God created Adam and Eve, He placed them in the Garden of Eden. There was no sadness, sickness or disease. It was full of God's beauty, peace, joy, and God's presence. Adam and Eve were made in the image of God. Adam was given authority and power to rule over all the earth.
When satan saw Adam with the keys of power and authority he decided that he wanted that power. So he came slithering into the Garden of Eden as a sneaky snake. He lied to Eve and told her that God did not want them to eat from the Tree of Good and Evil because they would become as smart as God if they ate from the tree.
Eve believed the lie and she and Adam disobeyed God and ate from the tree. As soon as they did they realized they had made a big big mistake by not trusting and obeying God. Adam and Eve had given away the keys to the enemy. The devil now had the power to kill, steal, and destroy all that God had created on earth. Now Adam and Eve were under the authority and power of the devil. The battle between satan and God began in heaven, but now the battle is being fought on the earth. That means that all of us are caught in the middle of this horrible spiritual war. Satan, in all of his hatred and anger towards God is attacking us with his lies and evil ways every chance he can.
God still loved His people very much so He had another plan. He wanted His people to rule over the earth. He sent His own Son Jesus to die for our sins. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior God does not see our sinfulness, but He sees the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. When Jesus died on the Cross and was raised from the dead, satan was defeated. Jesus took back the keys of power and authority. The devil lost again!
Satan was defeated and lost the keys, but sin is still in the world. Disease, sickness, poverty, fear, wars and hate are still on earth because of sin. Satan still tries to spread his lies, but you should never take your eyes off God. You are God's royal children. You have been given treasures of God's peace and goodness. You have the power and authority to share these treasures with others when you share the Good News about what Jesus did for us. Like a royal knight or princess, you have been given an important mission. You are to spread the Kingdom of God wherever you go, and bring Heaven to earth. The closer you get to God the more power He will give to you.
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For more information about Lucifer falling from heaven read Ezekiel 28:12-17, and Isaiah 14:12-14.
This story was inspired by the book HERE COMES HEAVEN Chapter Two "A Royal Mission" by Bill Johnson & Michael Seth, and THE GREAT WAR God, Satan and You by Dawson McAllister and Rich Miller.
