“By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.”
Ezekiel 28:14
Perfect from the day he was created.
No human, except maybe the first human parents, was ever said to have been perfect from the day they were created. No...not even Jesus, he was "begotten", not made. Only this superhuman angelic being was said to have been created perfect. And his sin was saying, "I am god".
Why did Lucifer (Satan which means fallen) sin? Why choose this irrational rebellion against his creator? He's perfect among God's greatest creatures and yet he deceived himself. Even he, the father of lies has been misled. By his twisted logic, like so many atheists and agnostics, he sets up logical traps for himself and ultimately snares his own heart so firmly in his pride that he becomes hardhearted against the kingdom of mankind, those who God made in his image.
Many of the ministering angels mentioned in the Bible are good and do many positive things for God and for us. Satan, (formerly known as Lucifer), is never depicted as being a ministering angel. Except maybe to say he was said to be the music leader in heaven. But generally he is depicted as a guardian, a beautiful but threateningly fierce creature. Powerfully wielding a sword of lightning. Cleverly deceiving angelic beings and nations of humans. Scheming and rebellious he is not said to be ministering in any sort of good way. He seems to forever be looking for trouble. He wanted to corrupt Job, but God had put a hedge of protection around Job. He endlessly hunts human beings in order to devour them. He is the counter force to all that is good.
And yet it is said he was full of all wisdom. Wisdom is always the ability to make right decisions based upon your knowledge and understanding. Do not underestimate the cunning craftiness of this angel. So what happened?
Sin, envy...he hated these human creatures. They were made in God's image and God gave the earth to them so they will rule over it and multiple in their creation. This was his place, his earth, his kingdom and God threw him down and replaced him with these human beings. And in and through these beings God had ordained that the Anointed One would come and rule forever. He would become the high priest forever. His glory would shine brighter than any before. Never again would Satan be seen as the beautiful one. Before, Satan's covering was like the robes of the high priest, his light shining brighter than bright. Like gemstones he was brightly attended. Not only did Satan loose his home in heaven, and his place of honor as the cherubim worship leader, not only did he loose his place as guardian of the garden, but he lost his beauty. All that he was adorned with because darkness, and God replaced him in the earth with these human creatures. Total destruction. And finally Christ crushes his head. And to put a finally nail in it, God prophesied that Satan will no longer exist. He'll be unmade. Nothing left of him. Not even eternal punishment in hell for him. Just gone.
At one time he was an anointed one...now
He's the nowhere man.