Just the mention of the name Lucifer makes people
automatically think of the Devil or Satan. That is too bad because Lucifer
really means “Light Bearer” in Latin and “Son of the Morning” means “Day Star.”
Lucifer was a beautifully created angel perfect in every way. Just by the description,
it sounds like he was so majestic and glorious to look at. Because he knew that
he was prefect and beautiful, he became full of pride. He thought he was better
then God and he wanted to be exalted higher then God. God loved Lucifer because
he was one of His creations, but the arrogant, shallow, vain attitude Lucifer
had is what got him cast out of Heaven because it is consider sin. Because
there is nothing more important or higher then God.
God did not create hell for anyone other then the Devil. The other fallen angels that exalted Lucifer were cast out as well. God did not create hell to send people there. The sad thing is there are many people who believe that if God were such a loving God He would not send people to hell. First of all, good or bad, it does not matter. Anyone who is not forgiven of his or her sins will go to hell. I cannot imagine how it breaks God’s heart every time a person who is one of His creations dies and goes to hell because they have not heard the truth about Jesus dying on a cross for their sins or have heard and did nothing with that knowledge or truth. That is the last thing He wants for anyone who is living and breathing on this earth.
Those who believe that God sends people to hell have not read the Bible or if they have do not have the whole picture or the story correct. Sin sends people to hell. Hell was originally created for an angel who got a big ego and got a whole lot of other angels to worship him instead of God. God is loving towards those who love Him but Satan caused a divide between himself and God because of his sin. And do not think for one minute that God is a mean, terrible, hateful God who likes when people go to hell because that is the farthest thing from the truth. Our sin and unwillingness to ask for forgiveness is what causes Hell to multiply. There is only one true God and He deserves all our love and gratitude for what He did for us. Giving us a way to escape an eternity of torment through His son Jesus.
Exodus 20:3 (NKJV)3. “You shall have no other gods before Me.
Proverbs 15:3 (NKJV)
3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 16:5 (NKJV)
5. Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV)
18. Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 14:12-15 (NKJV)
12. “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13. For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.
Ezekiel 28:13-17 (NKJV)
13. You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14. “You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
15. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till iniquity was found in you.
16. “By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.
17. “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.
Matthew 25:41 (NKJV)
41. “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 10:18 (NKJV)
18. And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
2 Peter 2:4 (NKJV)
4. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
2 Peter 3:9 (NKJV)
9. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us,
not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Jude 1:6 (NKJV)
6. And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
Revelation 12:7-9 (NKJV)
7. And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
8. but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
9. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
