WHO MADE SATAN? GOD OR MAN?

I can say this, that the authority you have can either be used to empower GOD for him to bless you, or to empower the devil for him to destroy you. GOD pronounced authority to man ever before he created man. It's time we know our enemy and understand what empowers him to cause havoc even in our lives.

I know some would say all I need to know is about GOD, I don’t need to know anything about Satan. But how can we say we have authority over an enemy that we don’t even know?

Even Paul said:

2 Corinthians 2:11

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. (KJV)

 Now permit me to start with the question, who made the anointed cherub?

Actually GOD made the anointed cherub. He was an arch angel created by GOD

Ezekiel 28:12-13

¹² Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. ¹³ Thou hast been in Eden the garden of GOD; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. (KJV)

The person being addressed here is the spirit behind the king of Tyrus, which is Satan. So In spite of all these qualities mentioned above, he became prideful and he rebelled against God. But we really need to find out what happened.

Now At this point, popular theology teaches that Satan convicted a third of the angels to follow him and to rebel against GOD. Together they attempted to over-throw GOD; and that they were defeated, and that they were all cast down to earth.

        And they base this teaching upon one scripture in the bible. Now it’s a wrong approach to biblical interpretation to create a doctrine out of just one scripture. 

Rev 12.1-4;

¹ And there appeared a great wonder 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. 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)

 Now if this is where they got it from, you'll agree with me that this scripture is full of symbolism, one could get possibly more than one meaning or interpretation to this scripture; Even the law of bible interpretation (hermeneutics), prohibits one from taking just one scripture and creating an entire doctrine out of it. This is what religion has taught me all my life and going back to search it out, I discovered that all I could find was just one scripture; And all of a sudden am realizing that something is missing, something is absolutely wrong with this.

        Secondly, another school of thought teaches that Satan ruled over a period called the pre-adamite civilization, and once he was thrown down from heaven to earth, GOD brought a cataclysmic judgment upon the devil and upon his kingdom and that the earth was completely destroyed, which is seen between verses 1 and 2 of Gen. 1.

     ¹ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (KJV)

Based on the teaching, this was the very beginning of creation but between verse 1 & 2, there is a cataclysmic judgment that falls on the earth; and in verse 2, we pick out after that judgment

² And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (KJV)

They call this the recreation.

        The teaching also said that Satan and his demons came from this pre-adamite civilization and that once Adam & Eve were created, God allowed Satan [with all his evilness] into the garden of Eden so that man would have a choice between good and evil.

If this is the case, then what happens to GOD's nature as regards his goodness? For GOD to allow Satan to come into the garden and to tempt Adam and Eve, someone said that this is comparable to letting your 2 year old child go out in the backyard and play, knowing full well that a hungry lion or bear is lurking around in the garden, and could destroy your child at any moment.

This doesn’t go together; it doesn’t work for me as far as GOD's nature is concerned. GOD is not the one bringing up circumstances that will destroy you on purpose, to see if you’re going to choose good or evil, or perhaps to see if you're going to trust HIM or not. That goes against HIS nature. Because GOD is good and GOD is LOVE. This can’t be the way it all happened.

        Now the bible doesn’t totally explain why God did what he did with man and it didn’t totally explain what happened between man and Satan in the garden, but I believe there are some clues. And we have to put together these clues because we are in a battle with an enemy who just want to lie to us. Religion has fed the church fables, and am wondering where did all that come from? And going back to the scripture I can’t even find it in the bible.

Well because this not just some theoretical write up, scriptures that backs up what am about to share will be included.

Now I believe that GOD sent the anointed cherub [this top angel] down to the Garden of Eden to minister to Adam and Eve. At this time, the anointed cherub had not rebelled against GOD, and he had not yet become Satan. But GOD sent him on a mission to minister to Adam and Eve. Is this in line with the scripture? 

Let’s see

Hebrews 1:13-14

¹³ But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? (KJV)

Was the anointed cherub an angel? Absolutely. Were Adam and Eve destined to be heirs of salvation? Absolutely.

So the anointed cherub was sent to serve and not to tempt.

(Now bear in mind that the event recorded in the bible do not occur in chronological order).

 Also let's see what the scripture says in

Ezekiel 28:12-15

¹² Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. ¹³ Thou hast been in Eden the garden of GOD; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. ¹⁴ Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of GOD; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. ¹⁵ Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (KJV)

Now many are wondering, what was the iniquity that was found in this anointed cherub, and we saw the result of pride; but what exactly did he do?

Here let me submit to you that what he did was not done in heaven; it was done in the Garden of Eden.

 Genesis 3:1-5

¹ Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD GOD had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath GOD said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? ² And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: ³ But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ⁴ And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: ⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (KJV)

Now a question arises at this point which is, why did he do what he did? What was his motivation behind entering the body of a serpent, and for trying to deceive Eve? What moved this perfect angel, the anointed cherub, that was full of wisdom to do this?

This anointed cherub saw something about Adam and Eve that he didn’t have. Because as an angel, his authority was conditional; there were restriction on his authority. 
Let me also submit to you that angels have freewill.

2 Peter 2:4

⁴ For if GOD spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (KJV)

They had to make a decision whether to sin or not. And based on this condition when angels would sin, they would lose their authority. They were restricted to not sin.

But the authority that GOD gave man has no conditions and no restrictions,

Genesis 1:26-27

 ²⁶ And GOD said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ²⁷ So GOD created man in his own image, in the image of GOD created he him; male and female created he them. (KJV)

 Now the only way to imbibe this authority is that you have to be a man with a body, because this authority was given to human beings in the earth. GOD placed zero qualification on this dominion that he gave man.

        Now this anointed cherub heard this, and looking at what GOD did for man, he became envious. What was he thinking?  If I can get hold of what GOD gave man, then with it, I will ascend into heaven, look at

 Isaiah 14: 12-15

¹² 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! ¹³ 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: ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. ¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. (KJV)

But He was not created to be like the most high, so where did he get this concept from? It’s clearly spelt out in

Gen. 1:26

²⁶ And GOD said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (KJV)

        This anointed cherub said I want an authority that is unconditional and with zero restriction and the only way I can get it, is to get who He gave it to, to submit themselves to me, so I can have use of their unconditional authority. So since am a spirit, I have no ability on the earth without a body; ultimately I need a body. And the readily available body he could possess was that of a serpent.

Now GOD has pronounced dominion to man already. After this incident HE could have destroyed man and this anointed cherub and then start all over again. But there was something this anointed cherub knew about GOD; that whatever GOD says, that’s exactly what He'll do, and since HE has pronounced dominion to man, HE can’t turn back on His words.

Psalms 89:34

³⁴ My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (KJV)

Psalms 138:2

² I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. (KJV)

The sovereign GOD is bound by His words. Even at the risk of limiting His authority in the earth HE gave man authority to operate on this realm called earth as  god.

Psalms 82:6

⁶ I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. (KJV)

 Although He created the earth, but he authorized man to live as though man created it.

Psalms 115:16

¹⁶ The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. (KJV)

        This was what the anointed cherub envied. So here is the plan, get man to yield to him and rebel against God, and then he could become the god of the world.

Romans 6:16

¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (KJV)

        GOD is a spirit, the anointed cherub is a spirit, and they both need your body to be empowered to operate.

So understanding how GOD’s kingdom works, the anointed cherub knew that if he could trick Adam and Eve into yielding to and obeying him, then he can become the master, then he can take the authority that has been given to mankind and use it to throttle the kingdom of God, and bring it down to his level where he can start receiving the praise, adoration and glory that he so desired; and so Satan needs submission. And the day that man submitted to the anointed cherub, was the day he became Satan. The day that man submitted his authority to this arch angel, was the day that he became Satan. And all the time we’ve thought that God created Satan; NO, God created the anointed cherub, but when man turned over what God gave him to this anointed cherub, man created Satan.

        The bible refers to him as "the father of lies", "that old serpent" and also a "murderer". And all this can be traced to the scenario that occurred at the Garden of Eden. Satan is not using a superior power or authority to oppress mankind. The devil and his demons are spirit beings, they could have no power or authority on the earth except for the fact that a human being has to yield it to them.

Whom do you submit to, as touching every aspect of your life? Would you allow an enemy lay claim to your authority and then use it to destroy you? Or are you going to maximally utilize the authority that GOD has given you, at the place of prayer?

Let me conclude with this scripture

Luke 8:31-33

³¹ And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. ³² And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. ³³ Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. (KJV)

Even pigs have enough sense to not let a devil reside in their body. Take a lesson from a pig. Don’t let any devil reside in you.

        Your physical body is what gives you the right to command or use this authority. Satan can’t do anything without somebody yielding to him.

One of the greatest weapon of deception in this earth concerning this, has been the church, because the church has taught that Satan is a superior power, and he isn’t; he’s actually using nothing but human power and human authority acquired through co-operation.

        

My charge to you is this

James 4:7

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (KJV)

GOD BLESS YOUR HEART!