Sunday, April 6, 2014

why did satan get kicked out of heaven.and wat was his name in haven?i need to know

The name Satan literally means "the accuser." He appears
in the book of Job as accusing Job of worshiping God for purely selfish reasons. He is
commonly known as Lucifer, the name he presumably had in heaven, but has been given
other names such as "The Prince of Darkness," the "Deceiver," the "Prince of this
World," among others. In all instances, he is considered the Devil, the adversary of
God.


The story of Satan as a fallen angel is partially
based on verses from the Old Testament, but is more fully derived from John Milton's
Paradise Lost. Milton based his writing on verses from the prophet
Isaiah:



How
art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of
the clouds; I will be like the most
High.



Milton portrays Satan
as a fallen angel who, having led a revolt in heaven to overthrow God, was thrown with
those who assisted him into hell:


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Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile

Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
The Mother of Mankinde,
what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host

Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory
above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High,
If he
oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God

Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt.
Him the Almighty Power
Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie

With hideous ruine and combustion down
To bottomless perdition,
there to dwell
In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,
Who durst
defie th' Omnipotent to
Arms.



The story of Satan's
rebellion and subsequent exile is poetic and fascinating, but not Biblical. The verses
from Isaiah quoted above do not identify Lucifer as Satan, although the common
assumption is that they are one and the same.

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