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Isaiah 14:12-15
Excerpted from: Satan (Part 1)

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.

Isaiah 14:12-15
Excerpted from: Lessons From Unleavened Bread

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.

Articles

Genesis 1: Fact or Fiction?
Ingratitude
Should We Obey the Laws of Our Government?
Stalked by Satan
Stephen and the New Deal
Swear Not at All!
The Binding of Satan

Bible Studies

Basic Doctrines: Eternal Judgment
Basic Doctrines: Satan's Origin and Destiny

Essays

All About Attitude
Are These Your Feasts? (Part One)
How Human Nature Came to Be
The Price of Arrogance

Sermons

The Problem with Pride
Think Soberly (Part One)
Who Do You Trust? (Part Three)
Agape: Does Not Envy
Faith (Part Six)
Honor Before Love
What Is the Work of God Now? (Part One)
The Adversary
Thou Shall Not Covet
Eternal Security (Part 1)
Living by Faith: Human Pride
No Failsafe Needed
Leadership and the Covenants (Part Twenty-One)

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