Hey everyone!
If someone was to ask you this question, "Who is Satan?" then how would you explain it?
I understand for many of us, we only focus on God, but who really is Satan and do we need to care about his existence?
(PS. Shout out to my brothers and sisters in the land down under! )
Ezekiel 28 helps define who Satan is, but it is given in parable form.
Satan is a heavenly cherub. Originally it was his job to guard God's Throne. That's what the idea of a 'covering cherub' in Ezekiel 28 means. If you saw the Raiders of The Lost Ark movie, the model of the Ark of The Covenant is shown with two winged creatures outstretch over the top of the cover. Per Exodus 25, the Mercy Seat was in between.
Ezekiel 28 reveals that Satan was originally created 'perfect in his ways', until iniquity was found in him. Satan originally was perfect in following God, then he sinned in coveting God's throne and thus became evil. Apostle John said the devil sinned from the beginning, and he meant that literally. Satan committed the very first sin against God in coveting God's throne and wanting to be God.
Ezekiel 31 is also pointing to Satan in the time of old before he rebelled, and then after he rebelled, and it is given as a parable about Pharaoh and the king of Assyria.