Ironically, the inverted Cross is known as the Cross of Saint Peter. According to Church tradition, the apostle Peter elected to be crucified upside down because he did not feel he deserved to die in the same way that Jesus did. If there had been no Tree of the Knowledge and Evil in the Garden of Eden, there would have been no possibility that man could fall, nor would there have been any possibility that men could voluntarily choose right over evil. The teaching that the devil was a created, holy angel in heaven who morally fell, ignores the crucial role of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This teaching also ignores the fact that the appeal of the temptation is founded on three fundamentals. “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” * (1 John 2:16) Notice these three things: (1) the desire of the flesh, (2) the desire of the eyes, (3) the pride of life. Notice how they appealed to Eve. “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” * (Genesis 3:6) Here are the same three things which are not of the Father (God). Good for food—the desire of the flesh. Pleasant to the eyes—the desire of the eyes. Desired to make one wise—the pride of life. Now if Satan started out as a holy angel in heaven, he had no body, no flesh. There was no tree to appeal to his eyes, as the tree on earth did to Eve. Neither was there a tree and its fruit in heaven to be desired to make one wise. There is nothing in heaven to tempt God, the angels, or men who arrive in that wonderful place, for it is incorruptible ( 1 Peter 1:4).

2 Corinthians 11:14 And no wonder, for Satan himself

The title Lucifer is a Latin term that literally means “light bringer.” Its Hebrew counterpart ( heylel) is found in Isaiah 14:12, where it refers to the King of Babylon who is depicted as a star fallen from heaven. In the context of Isaiah’s prophecy, it refers only to the King of Babylon on whom God is declaring judgment. How thankful we are that we do not have to speculate! There is much of the origin of evil that we are not told in the inspired record, but we find that there is enough to give us an adequate foundation of understanding.

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The statement, “is become as one of us” is very clumsily translated in English. I will quote a little from Adam Clarke, a Greek and Hebrew scholar: “A very learned man has ventured the following paraphrase, which should not be lightly regarded: ‘And the Lord God said, The man who was like one of us in purity and wisdom, is now fallen and robbed of his excellence; he has added ladaath, to the knowledge of the good, by his transgression the knowledge of the evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live for ever in this miserable state, I will remove him, and guard the place lest he should reenter. Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden.’” It’s not because we can’t take vengeance that we should feel sorry. The real reason to feel sorry… is when one is hung up on revenge and can’t live their own life.”– Yoshimura

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You don’t need to blame yourself just because you’ve hurt someone, just like when you’re walking, you can’t really blame yourself to crush some ants.” — Shuu Tsukiyama Without a doubt these verses transcends the king of Tyre in its application. Therefore, we can conclude that Ezekiel was allowed to see the invisible yet powerful being whom the king of Tyre served. This passage describes how perfect and beautiful this evil angel was before his fall. This is significant in that it explains that God did not create evil, He created beauty and perfection. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Final ThoughtsConsider the following example: The people came to me, except for Zayd. In this sentence, “The people” is the antecedent of the exception “Zayd”, i.e the noun from which the exception is made. “Except” is the exceptive particle and “Zayd” is the noun which is excepted i.e. the noun succeeding the exceptive particle. To understand the same sentence within Arabic grammar consider the following: Away from Me, Satan!" Jesus declared. "For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'" Surely We created you, then shaped you, then said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did — but not (except) Iblis who refused to prostrate with the others. If the angels can fall and if some did, then what does it tell us about the character of God, in that we find no scriptural evidence whatsoever of a plan of redemption for them? Especially when this fact is contrasted with the mighty scriptural theme of a plan for the redemption of men, based on an outstanding characteristic of His character— “for God so loved the world.” * (John 3:16) Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.