I am sure that you understand that God is talking here about Satan who was the leader of the attack that was mounted against God long before man was created.
Is it not clear how all of this fits together now, especially with those verses that we saw in Peter and in Jude; how clear it becomes when putting this together with Revelation 12, that what occurred was that God assigned the angels to the earth, that they were under their commander, Helel, who was the sum total of all that God could create by fiat and cram into a created being; that he was perfect in his ways until iniquity was found in him. We see a picture of a being of awesome beauty, of awesome power, of tremendous intelligence, also though a creature of free moral agency.
Something happened to that great being and he began a campaign of deceit. He began to separate from God a number of the angels, undoubtedly using the reasoning that they should have more; that God should treat them better; that God was being unfair; that they did not have the liberty, the freedom, or the power that was due them, because he said, "I will be like the Most High."
There are some commentators who say that what the Hebrew says in reality is, "I will be God;" not just like God, but I will be God. You can see what he wanted. He wanted to have complete power, authority, and control. He did not want to be under another. He did not want to be submissive. He did not want another being pulling his strings or controlling him.
He wanted to sit, as it were, on the mount of the congregation. So he said, "I will make war. I will ascend into heaven." So they left their first estate. They left the realm of their authority and they mounted up a war and attacked God, but were defeated and they were cast down. Their first domain became a place of restraint, a silo, a pit. They were now chained there, giving an indication that as a result of their rebellion, they no longer had the liberty that they had previously, but were now held in restraint. A great deal of their free moral agency was taken away from them.
Now, let’s think about Christ’s ascension as a contrast to another ascension—that of Helel, the covering cherub who became Satan. In Isaiah 14, God tells us what was in his heart. He said in his heart,
First, notice the similarities with Christ’s ascension. Christ’s ascension also involved a throne above the stars, which can be a reference to angels. Jesus ascended above the heights of the clouds, and He was seated at the right hand of the Most High.
But at the same time, the contrast could hardly be greater. Christ’s ascension was the Father’s doing, not done out of self will. Also, Jesus did not exalt Himself—He was exalted by the Father, as it says in Acts. And Jesus was not trying to be like the Most High in terms of trying to be the Most High. Instead, Jesus was and is like the Most High in terms of character and nature, but He readily accepted a position under the Most High, which Helel was not willing to do. Unlike Christ, Helel tried to ascend on his own terms and for his own reasons. But rather than exalting him, God says to him, “you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.” The question of supremacy has been settled. Jesus has been given a name far above every name, and above every principality and power.
Here we see God's indictment of Hillel, who was one of the angels that shouted for joy at the creation of this world but now weakens the nations. His weakening of the nations comes in the determination of his pride to violently take rather than to produce and enhance. It is this infection that he spread throughout mankind. It is in this world we find ourselves set apart to live unleavened lives in a way totally opposite of Satan's way of get, that only produces division, war, and destruction.
