WHAT is a “fallen angel”?
WHEN did this
happen and to
whom?
Luca Giordano’s painting
of the Archangel Michael
and Fallen Angels (for
the Franciscan church in
Vienna 1665)
Note the bat-wings
versus the goosewings
Did Satan “fall from Grace”?
That’s a very good question and it’ll take some time to answer.
We need a… A Brief History of Satan
Churchgoers have been taught the following (or something very similar):
In the beginning Lucifer, one of the top three (3) angels (archangels I was taught) in heaven (along
with Michael and Gabriel), had a fight with God and was cast out of heaven and fell to the earth
with a third of all the angels in heaven. He eventually became the snake that we find in Genesis 3
and was the one that tempted Eve to eat the apple and eventually morphed into Satan (same guy
we read about in Job who argues with God about making Job suffer and killing his wife and
children). Ultimately this evil “fallen angel” (aka – the Devil) tempts Jesus in the Gospels and Jesus
responds and casts out many of the demons that Satan has in his army on earth. This spiritual
entity is bothering Christians and non-Christians alike even today as the Devil/ Satan. He is assisted
by the aforementioned demons (usually this is equated with those third part of all the angels who
fell initially) that “possess” people and cause aberrant behaviors such as those we saw in the movie
The Exorcist.
Some of this is close…most of it is wrong; and knowledge is power.
Can’t know the
Program without
knowing the Players.
Cherub as opposed to Cherub…Genesis 3: 24
Were these the first angels in the Bible? No
versus
I know this one’s
silly, but….
It’s hard to find scary
Cherubim pictures on the
internet…I tried…
Hey Abbot:
Who’s on (stage) First? What’s on Second?
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The Sons of God: At the Beginning (Job 38: 7); one big happy family? Not so much…
The Dragon: The Beginning and at the End: Psalm 74, Psalm 89 and Job 26…Isaiah 21:1; Rev. 12
The Nachash: In the Garden…not alone (the “shining one”); OnionHeads can get a copy (write to me)
The Sons of God: Genesis 6 (you can’t make this stuff up…you can only read and believe)
The Sons of God: Genesis 10, 11 (Deuteronomy 32:8 DSS)
“the satan” in Job: Progressive Revelation (there he’s an “officer”)
Lucifer in Isaiah 14
1 Peter 3:18-22; Jude 1:6 ; 2
We need to read this together…tonight!
What’s in Ezekiel 28?
Peter 2:4
Jesus and Satan (or is that the Devil)? What happened in those “dark years”? Luke 10: 18???
What’s he doing during Paul’s time: The “god of this age” (2 Corinthians 4:4)
Spirits in Prison? What’s up with that? (1 Peter 3:19)
The day of the Lord: Somebody’s given a “time out” (For...a THOUSAND YEARS!!!) Rev. 20: 2
Who’s Toast at the Lake of Fire? Could it be “Satan”? Matthew 25: 41
Let’s fix Revelation 12 shall we?
Luke 10
Timing is everything
The Bible is not always straight up, chronological story-telling. One
must be particularly careful when reading that he or she does not
assume a time period unless ALL indicators are there to put it in a
particular period.
1. Genesis 1: 1, 2 and the next seven (7) days
2. The non-chronological sections of Matthew (fodder for a future
time); a parallel harmony of the Gospels show this.
3. Revelation 12 and it’s relation to the Lucifer story
Job 38: 7 – Look who’s at the beginning
Job 38:4-11 4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if
thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof
fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8Or
who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of
the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and
doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy
proud waves be stayed? {thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves}
• The “Us” sections: Genesis 1:26; 3: 22; Genesis 11:7; Isaiah 6:8
Enter and Exit the Dragon (Is it Satan?)
The expressions used by the Hebrew prophets are slightly different;
they are Leviathan (Job 3:8; 41:1; Psalm. 74:14; 104:26; and Isaiah
27:1), Rahab (Job 9:13; 26:12; Ps. 40:5; 87:4; 89:11; Isa. 30:7; 51:9), the
twisting or coiling serpent, and the dragon. And words mean things…
• Psalm 74: 7-17 (Leviathan)
• Psalm 89: 5-18 (Rahab)
• Job 26: 12-14 (Rahab)
• Isaiah 27:1
• Exposition of Revelation 12 and 20 (Later in this teaching)
Psalm 74
YLTPsalm
74:7-17 7 They [your “enemies” [from verse 4]] have sent into fire Thy sanctuary,
to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name [the Temple], 8 They said in their hearts,
'Let us oppress them [the people, Israel] together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God
in the land. 9 Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one
knowing how long. 10 Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise
thy name for ever? 11 Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the
midst of Thy bosom remove it.
And God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou hast
broken by Thy strength a sea-monster, Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by [in]
the waters, 14 Thou hast broken the heads of Leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the
people of the dry places. 15 Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream [“torrent” or “flood”],
Thou hast dried up perennial flowings. 16 Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast
prepared a light giver -- the sun. 17 Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and
winter Thou hast formed them.
12
Psalm 89: 5-18
Psalm 89:5-18 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the
congregation of the saints. 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of
the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to
be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto
thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 10 Thou hast
broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong
arm. 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast
founded them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy
name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are
the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the
joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the
day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy
favour our horn shall be exalted. 18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
9
Job 26
Job 26:12-14 12 "He (God) quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. 13 "By His
breath [spirit] the heavens are cleared; His hand has
pierced the fleeing serpent. 14 "Behold, these are the
fringes of His ways; And how faint aa word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?"
Isaiah 27:1
NAU Isaiah
27:1 In that day athe LORD will punish Leviathan the fleeing
[or “gliding”] serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even
Leviathan the twisted serpent; And cHe will kill the dragon who lives in
the sea.
Not Blowin’ Kisses…
Isaiah 27:1 “In that day (what
day?), the LORD will punish
with his sword, his fierce,
great and powerful sword,
Leviathan the gliding serpent,
Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster
(dragon) that is in the sea.” -
When is a Snake not a snake…when it’s shiny!
• Nachash: means “shining one” – See Bullinger’s appendix 19 in the
Companion Bible
• I will send anyone a good article by Michael Heiser titled: The
Nachash (vx'n") and his seed (Some Explanatory notes on why the
“Serpent” in Genesis 3 wasn’t a serpent)
The Divine Council (More Evidence)
Yahweh, God par excellence
• NIV Psalm 97:9 For you, O LORD (Yahweh), are the Most High over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods (elohim).
•
• KJV Psalm 86:8 Among the gods (elohim) there is none like unto thee, O Lord;
neither are there any works like unto thy works.
•
• KJV Psalm 95:3 For the LORD (Yahweh) is a great God (Elohim), and a great King
above all gods (elohim).
•
• KJV Exodus 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD (Yahweh), among the gods
(elohim)? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
• KJV Psalm 82:1-8 1 God (Elohim) standeth in the congregation (assembly) of the
mighty (el – God); he judgeth among the gods (elohim).
Genesis 6 – the “sons of God”
• You know this story…book of Enoch places the touchdown point on
Mount Hermon (Mount Zaphon of the Hebrew Scriptures)…
• Zaphon in Hebrew means “north”…does the term “sides of the north”
bring anyone to mind…we’ll see this in Isaiah 13 and 14 when we get
to Lucifer (Isaiah 14: 13)
Genesis 10, 11 with Deuteronomy 32:8
Why the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are important for Biblical research (cf. –
Deut. 32: 8 in multiple versions). It says “sons of God” not “sons of
Israel”.
The Tower of Babel is where God gives the “sons of god” the nations of
the world and later (as Deuteronomy points out, BTW) He takes the
single nation of Israel for Himself.
Hmmm….why is that important?
“the satan” (an officer in the Divine Council)
Job 1 and 2: This is a good place to talk about “progressive revelation”.
Did the prophet explain EVERYTHING about the “seed” of the woman
or the “seed” of the Nachash in Genesis 3:15? No!
Why was Satan such a rounded out personality by the time Jesus
came?
How long did it take for the explanation to round itself out…can you say
millennium?
Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28: What have you been
taught? It’s probably wrong…Let’s read it.
Exposition Paper on Isaiah 13 and 14
Exposition Paper on Ezekiel 26-28
“day of the Lord” is the “Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10); similar to “host
of heaven” (Daniel 4:35) and “heavenly host” (Luke 2:13)
Jesus and Satan (or is that the Devil?)
Progressive Revelation: So many people assume that the time period
between Malachi and Matthew are “dark years” (i.e. – there were no
prophets or there was no revelation).
This cannot be further from the Truth!
Still the “god of this age” – 2 Corinthians 4:4
KJV2
Corinthians 4:3-5 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that
are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world [age]hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for
Jesus' sake.
The End Times (that’s all, folks)
Day of the Lord
The very end (telos
- te,loj ) see
Matthew 24:3
Book of Revelation 1:10
“This age”
“age to come”
The “things of the end”
(sunte,leia) – see Matthew 24:3
This Age and that Age (or the Age to come)
“This age” - Matt. 12:32; Lk. 16:8; 20:34; 1 Co. 1:20; 2:6, 8; 3:18; Eph.
1:21
“that age” – Luke 20: 35
“age to come” - Matt. 12:32; Mk. 10:30; Lk. 18:30; Heb. 6:5
Spirits in Prison? What prison?
1 Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto
the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the
days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like
figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the
answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and
is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Jude 1:6-8 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved
in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. {first estate: or, principality} 7 Even as
Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and
going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. {strange: Gr.
other} 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Explain Τάρταρος, from τάρταρον "tartar encrusting the sides of casks“.
They “kept not their first estate; but left their habitation” (KJV) – “habitation” (oivkhth,rion – used in 2 Cor 5: 2)
NAU 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them
to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a
preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Psalm 104:3 - “Who layeth
the beams of his chambers
in the waters: who maketh
the clouds his chariot: who
walketh upon the wings of
the wind:
ANE Cosmic Geography
The Big Picture
The
Highest
Third
Heaven
2 Cor 12:2
Heaven #2
Genesis 1:8;
sun, moon
and stars “in”
the
firmament
Psalm
148:4
Genesis 1:
7-9 Exodus
20: 4
Sheol/ Hades
Heaven #1
2 Sam 21:10;
Revelation
19:17
Tartaros
in Denis Lamoureux’s
Evolutionary Creation:
Bob’s Notes
Who gets a “time out” in the Apocalypse?
“all of the above” – Revelation 20:2-3 2 And he laid hold of the
dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him
for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it
and sealed it over him, so that he would cnot deceive the nations any
longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he
must be released for a short time.
What is the Lake of Fire?
• I have no idea…all I know is THAT’S WHAT I’M SAVED FROM…
Let’s fix Revelation 12 in our brains…
KJV Revelation
12:1 - 10 And there appeared a great wonder [sign] in heaven; a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Virgo
3
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having
seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. {wonder: or, sign} 4 And his
tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child
as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations
with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the
woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should
feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Draco
7
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more
in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels
were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
“Clothed with the sun; Moon at her feet”
A crown of 12 stars upon her head
Mercury, Mars and Venus
Leo ‘s nine
The sun
The
moon
The Great Red Dragon – this is spiritual, BTW
The seven (7) headed dragon has its roots in Psalm 74: 13, 14, but it is
interesting that the Palestinian culture surrounding Palestine (in this
case that at Ugarit) had a seven-headed “sea-monster” named Lotan
(the orthographic equivalent of Leviathan) who battled with their headgod.
Remember Isaiah 27:1?
AND we see “stars”.
Draco and Virgo in the Celestial Dance
Let’s now fix Luke 10: 18…because of what we have learned
Luke 10:17-19 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying,
Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he
said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.