Did the LORD God Create Satan?

by Leonard V Johnson

Satan the Devil is doing all he can to destroy the nations of Israel ── Because he has great wrath, and because he knows that he has a short time left. But, truthfully, is there even a Satan after all? Is he real or is he only a figment of people's imagination? 

I just watched last night for the first time The Tender Bar, with Ben Affleck and Tye Sheridan. One of the professors in whose class JR is sitting one day begins talking about the Iliad and Paradise Lost, along with the Odyssey by Homer ── which brought about this subject matter. The onscreen professor began by stating that the Iliad was written in dactylic hexameter. Unfortunately, we only get about ten seconds of this scene before it ends and goes on to another. Stories like these have tried to pinpoint the origin of Satan, but Homer did not know the spirit and power of a spirit being known as Satan that has deceived the whole world. Because he is invisible to the naked eye. You can’t hear him. You can’t taste him. You can’t smell him. So, how are you going to know whether he truly exists? You can’t ── unless he is revealed to you.

Now, contrary to what many might think ── you can prove whether God’s living word is true. And, you can prove whether God exists. You can also prove that Jesus was (and is) the Son of God and that He is the Messiah. I have proved it to myself beyond any shadow of doubt. And I certainly hope and pray that you can prove it to yourself. I have also proved to myself that the Holy Bible is the LORD God speaking to us. The LORD God speaks to me through His living word ── and I have been graciously blessed to understand it. 

But Homer ── the ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of those epic poems ── knew nothing about spiritual things, spiritual knowledge. What he couldn’t see, what he couldn’t hear, taste, or smell – he knew nothing about. But Almighty God reveals His truth to us through His Spirit. And His living word reveals to us the truth concerning Satan the Devil. Sadly, the Holy Bible ── and let us never forget that it is Holy ── is the most misunderstood, misinterpreted, twisted, and maligned bible of any set of books on the planet! O’, multiple billions try to interpret it. And, Minister Fred R. Coulter has written that “a secular worldview has emerged over the past fifty years, gradually eroding the knowledge of the true God. As a result, a form of “Christianity without God” has developed. … Central to this removal of God from the public conscience is the destruction of the Bible itself. Indeed, the foundation of Christianity is being subverted and corrupted with new “easy-to-read” translations that ALTER THE WORD OF GOD …” 1 

God’s living word ── a word that is dynamic, powerful, and living, “sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit” ── reveals to us spiritual knowledge. And you can either accept what our Lord Jesus Christ reveals, or you either refuse to accept it or truly don’t understand a word that is being said. It’s surely one or the other.  

Now, did the LORD God (the Elohim, the family of God ── which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) create a Satan the Devil? Was he brought about just to torment us, to trouble us? In our article entitled “What is… God?” we go over the fact that the LORD God is Spirit. In John 4:24, our Lord Jesus Christ says to us, “’ God is Spirit, …’” The Authorized King James Version translates it as, “’ God is a Spirit, …’”

So, the LORD God is composed of spirit ── not physical matter. And, God’s living word tells us that “No one has seen God [speaking of God the Father] at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, HE HAS DECLARED HIM.” – John 1:18. In fact, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ came to Earth to represent and to reveal God the Father. So, throughout mankind’s history up to that time, NO ONE knew anything about God the Father! And here’s the tagline: ‘Believe It, Or Not!’ Even today, with our advanced sciences, education, and technologies, along with our plethora of religions, very few of our peoples know that it was Jesus Christ who was the God of the Old Testament. Sadly, in the epic movie Exodus: Gods and Kings (which I refuse to watch!), YHWH is shown as an 11-year-old boy named Malak. If you want to blaspheme God, that’ll do it! 

The YHWH of the Old Testament; the Word ── and is translated from the Greek language, “the Logos,” “became flesh and dwelt among us.” And, as verse 1 of the Book of John chapter 1 says, “In the beginning was the [Logos], and the [Logos] was with God, and the [Logos] was God.” ── notwithstanding what the New World Translation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses created. Let us testify to them of our LORD God’s living words, “For I testify to EVERYONE who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [this Biblia – this set of books]: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, …” – Revelation 22:18, 19. 

A DIRE AND GRAVE WARNING!

Some Angels Tried A Coup d'état 

I spoke some concerning angels in a couple of sermons lately ── and I know that I need to return to this important subject ── but let’s turn in your Bible to the Book of Hebrews, there’s something concerning angels. 

The LORD God created angels. And they were created before anything else ── including mankind. We can learn of this in the likes of the Book of Job, where the LORD asks, “’ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? … Surely you know! … To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, …’” – Job 38:4, 5, 6, 7. There was no mankind ── and by “mankind” I am not speaking of the Sahelanthropus, the Neanderthals or the Denisovans, or even the Homo heidelbergensis. I’m speaking essentially of Homo sapiens, Adam and Eve ── in existence until after the angels had been created. Angels are spirit.

And again ── as I have said before, we learn from God’s living word that angels were never created with the intent to have any rulership (past or present) over the earth or the universe, or the world to come.

“For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.” – Hebrews 2:5.  

“For to which of the angels did He ever say: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You’? … 6) But when He again brings the FIRSTBORN into the world, He says: ‘Let all the angels of God worship Him.’” – Hebrews 1:5, 6. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN. Because our Lord Jesus Himself is God.

“And of the angels He says: ‘Who makes His angels spirits …” – Hebrews 1:7.

So again, angels are spirit ── they are not physical matter. You cannot see angels ── unless they desire to be seen (cf. Hebrews 13:2). We speak of angels as being holy, righteous, and perfect like the LORD God. But, notice 2nd Peter, the second chapter and verse 4 ── “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, …”

Angels that sinned. Yes, some angels sinned against the LORD God. In fact, God’s living word indicates to us that a third of all the angels sinned and brought about a coup d'état against the kingdom of God!

The Apostle Peter continued, “ … the angels who sinned, but cast them down to [Tartaroo] and delivered them into chains of darkness, …” 

Now, I speak of the meaning of this Greek name Tartaroo in our PDF article, “Hell or No Hell?” We also have a sermon entitled, “Is There A Hell?” Many of your loved ones - right now - are in hell! But don't be alarmed, you probably have never heard the TRUTH about just what “hell” really is - and where this world's idea about the subject actually came from. Just what does God's living word teach about “hell”? Tartaroo – referring to the place of restraint for demons. And that place being EARTH.

“ … and delivered them into chains of darkness [chains of darkness being knowledge and understanding ── and even “logic 101”], to be reserved for judgment.”

So, imagine that ── these angels are going to come to a judgment. These sinning angels. And it will be true and faithful followers of the LORD God that will ultimately come to judge these angels ── because the LORD God’s born family members will have become God’s ── here as an example, I give you 1st Corinthians 6:2, 3 ── “Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? … 3) Do you not know that we shall judge angels? …” WOW! And here are angels (known as demons now, because they rebelled against the LORD God) ── powerful spirit beings wholly composed of spirit ── and we, God willing, will come to judge them!

Let us turn to the Book of Jude ── 

Verse 6 ── “And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, …” Now, recall, we just read that the LORD God had cast them down to Tartaroo – down to the Earth. But they left their own abode. “ … He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.”

Just this morning, my wife had asked me, “Why does it appear that the Democratic Party wants to destroy the United States of America?” And, the answer I gave her involved this very spiritual being we are speaking about here in this article ── Satan the Devil. In fact, I quoted her the latter part of Revelation 12:12. It truly appears as if the majority of Democrats have lost their critical thinking! It is not logical to want to have biological males compete with biological females in sports. It is not logical to want to have known illegal MS13 gang members brought back to the United States of America after they have been removed.    

But I digress.

This is truly Satan the Devil’s world. And it’s mighty important to know your adversary! 

A Few Symbols In Revelation

If you haven’t listened to our series of articles entitled “Revelation ── A Book of the Past and the Future,” I encourage you to do so. It talks quite a bit about the different prophecies spoken about by our Lord Jesus ── especially about “a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns.”

Revelation 13:2 ── “Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The DRAGON gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.”

And no ── this dragon is not a diminutive dragon named Mushu voiced by actor Eddie Murphy. This “beast” represented world kingdoms that had dominated throughout world history. A succession of kingdoms starting with the Babylonian kingdom. This “dragon” that gave him his power, his throne, and great authority is none other than Satan the Devil. And we know this because ── as an example, Revelation 12:9 ── “So the great DRAGON was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; …” It can’t get any clearer than that! 

So, both “dragon” and “serpent” are but slang terms, epithets. It’s like saying that a person is a “snake in the grass.” It's often used to describe someone who has betrayed your trust or acted dishonestly.

So, it was Satan the Devil who gave these world kingdoms their political systems, their seat of power, and great authority. 

Let’s get to the crux of the question ── Did the LORD God Create Satan?

The Prophet Isaiah ── under divine inspiration of the Spirit of God ── speaks of this. Isaiah 14:12 ── “’ How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! …’”

Now, the name Lucifer is a Latin name ── in fact, it should have been translated Hêlēl, which is Hebrew for “shining one,” or “morning star.”

“ … ‘How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!”

Verse 13 ── “For you have said in your heart; ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; …’” 

So ── even today ── Satan the Devil has a throne. He is a ruler. And he gave these earthly kingdoms their power and authority. And he is the one who deceives the whole world.

It was truly Satan the Devil who was ruling over the ancient Babylonian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Greco-Macedonian Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire. And it is he ── even in this 21st century ── that is ruling over the overall majority of the Gentile nations!

Verse 14 ── “’ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’”

So, he left his throne here on Earth, and with a third of his angels, ascended above the heights of the clouds to try a coup d'état against the very kingdom of God! He wanted to be a son of God. He wanted to overthrow the kingdom of God. He wanted to be God over everything. 

Notice the Book of Ezekiel, which speaks of this very thing ──

Beginning in chapter 28, verse 1 ── “The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, 2) ‘Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, …’” – It was not uncommon for a king to also be called a prince within Hebrew thought. The king spoken about here was King Ithobaal II. An eighth-century BC Phoenician king of Tyre.

Now, understand ── in modern terminology, this would be the same as the Prophet Ezekiel speaking to the United States of America. We must understand this passage figuratively. Therefore, the context of this passage is rather addressing “the prince of Tyre” as a type, or a representative of Satan the Devil.

Verse 12 ── “ …’ You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13) You were in Eden, the garden of God; …’”

So, it wasn’t King Ithobaal II who had been in the garden of God ── rather, it was the one that this Phoenician king truly represents. Satan the Devil. 

Verse 14 ── “’ You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; …’”

So, notice that Satan was an anointed cherub. His massive wings had literally covered the very thrones of the LORD God! We read of this very thing in the Book of Exodus, chapter 25. 

Verse 15 ── “’ You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.’”

So, here is the created being. Sealed with perfection, full of wisdom, perfect in beauty! This was not a devil. This was a perfectly created cherub, perfect in his ways from the day that the LORD God created him. But, he wasn’t a robot ── he wasn’t like Optimus. A general-purpose robotic humanoid that will one day be sent to explore Mars. This created perfect spirit being had a mind and was created with FREE MORAL AGENCY. He had a mind that could think, reason, and plan. A created spirit being with emotions and attitudes ── certainly being able to choose love or hate.

God’s living word goes on to show us that he had an excessive amount of pride, of wrong competition, and jealousy ──

Verse 17 ── “’ Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, …’”

So, no ── the LORD God didn’t create Satan the Devil. In a sense, Lucifer himself created the powerful spiritual being that we know today. □