Some may have a difficult time grasping this, especially if one is centered too much in fleshy things. But it's a warning I feel by The Holy Spirit that needs to be retold from Scripture as is, and not dressed up in fleshy thinking.
1. The Devil is a heavenly Cherub:
In Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14, God uses flesh kings to give a parable about Satan, and how he originally was perfect in his ways, serving our Heavenly Father, before he rebelled in coveting God's throne.
That was in the old world, prior to Adam and Eve. By the time of Adam and Eve in God's Garden of Eden, Satan is already is in his role as adversary, so we know his rebellion of old had already taken place, and now he was tempting Adam and Eve who were to be the start of the family Christ would be born through. Satan of course tried to stop Christ's birth several times by attacking the Seed of the Woman (Eve).
In Ezekiel 28:14 we are shown that Satan is the "anointed cherub that covereth". A cherub is a heavenly created being, not a flesh being. Ezekiel 28:13 says this one was in God's Garden of Eden. We well know the flesh king or prince of Tyrus never was in God's Garden of Eden, but Satan was, as that old serpent (Revelation 12:9).
The idea of a cherubim that covereth is related to Exodus 25 where God told the children of Israel to build the Ark of the Covenant with the covering cherubim on it spreading their wings over the Mercy Seat. This represented the pattern in Heaven regarding our Heavenly Father's throne. This reveals it was Satan's original job to guard God's throne, until he rebelled in coveting God's throne for himself.
This idea of Satan coveting God's throne is very important to remember. It is what Satan most wants, that along with our worship of him as if he were GOD. He so wants to be The GOD. And he wants us to serve him in place of GOD. That is how he drew one third of the angels ("stars" in Revelation 12:3-4) to earth with him when he rebelled originally in that time of old.
Did you know Satan created an earthly kingdom in that time of old when he first rebelled against God? This is shown in the Rev.12 Chapter...
Rev 12:3-4
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.
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.
KJV
That part in red is about the time of old when Satan first rebelled against God, prior to Adam and Eve. He then had a kingdom of ten horns, seven heads, but only seven crowns. Note that old kingdom is linked with the event of his tail drawing a third part of the stars (angels) to earth with him. In Luke 10:18 our Lord Jesus said He saw Satan fall as lightning from heaven. That was pointing to this time of old when Satan first rebelled.
In the Revelation 13:1-2 Scripture, the number of crowns is ten, instead of seven. The reference to a beast kingdom in Revelation 12:3-4 when Satan first rebelled is linked to the type... of beast kingdom in Rev.13. The difference is the one in Rev.13 is for our days, at the end of this present world.
(Cont..)
1. The Devil is a heavenly Cherub:
In Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14, God uses flesh kings to give a parable about Satan, and how he originally was perfect in his ways, serving our Heavenly Father, before he rebelled in coveting God's throne.
That was in the old world, prior to Adam and Eve. By the time of Adam and Eve in God's Garden of Eden, Satan is already is in his role as adversary, so we know his rebellion of old had already taken place, and now he was tempting Adam and Eve who were to be the start of the family Christ would be born through. Satan of course tried to stop Christ's birth several times by attacking the Seed of the Woman (Eve).
In Ezekiel 28:14 we are shown that Satan is the "anointed cherub that covereth". A cherub is a heavenly created being, not a flesh being. Ezekiel 28:13 says this one was in God's Garden of Eden. We well know the flesh king or prince of Tyrus never was in God's Garden of Eden, but Satan was, as that old serpent (Revelation 12:9).
The idea of a cherubim that covereth is related to Exodus 25 where God told the children of Israel to build the Ark of the Covenant with the covering cherubim on it spreading their wings over the Mercy Seat. This represented the pattern in Heaven regarding our Heavenly Father's throne. This reveals it was Satan's original job to guard God's throne, until he rebelled in coveting God's throne for himself.
This idea of Satan coveting God's throne is very important to remember. It is what Satan most wants, that along with our worship of him as if he were GOD. He so wants to be The GOD. And he wants us to serve him in place of GOD. That is how he drew one third of the angels ("stars" in Revelation 12:3-4) to earth with him when he rebelled originally in that time of old.
Did you know Satan created an earthly kingdom in that time of old when he first rebelled against God? This is shown in the Rev.12 Chapter...
Rev 12:3-4
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.
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.
KJV
That part in red is about the time of old when Satan first rebelled against God, prior to Adam and Eve. He then had a kingdom of ten horns, seven heads, but only seven crowns. Note that old kingdom is linked with the event of his tail drawing a third part of the stars (angels) to earth with him. In Luke 10:18 our Lord Jesus said He saw Satan fall as lightning from heaven. That was pointing to this time of old when Satan first rebelled.
In the Revelation 13:1-2 Scripture, the number of crowns is ten, instead of seven. The reference to a beast kingdom in Revelation 12:3-4 when Satan first rebelled is linked to the type... of beast kingdom in Rev.13. The difference is the one in Rev.13 is for our days, at the end of this present world.
(Cont..)