What is Lucifer’s ultimate goal in the fight against God his creator. In Ezekiel 28:12-15 God describes the beauty of Lucifer, You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz and diamond, beryl, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship off your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created. You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you.” Isaiah 14:12-14, How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations.! For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Lucifer was prideful and jealous and wants to be even greater than his creator. Sin is rebellion against God and Lucifer was the first. He wants to be worshipped and anyone he can take away from God is a victory for him. God gave him dominion over the earth until the return of Jesus. Jesus proclaimed his kingdom is not of the earth in the Gospels. Jesus was offered the kingdoms of the world by Satan when he was tempted in Matthew 4. Lucifer currently is the God of this world. 2 Corinthians 4:4, In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the lift of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God (CSB version).
In Revelation 13, Lucifer gives power, his throne and great authority to the antichrist. The Holy Spirit is holding back from this occurring, but will one day will allow these events to happen to fulfill the prophecy and the 2nd coming of Christ. The antichrist is pretty much what Jesus is to believers. Lucifer tempted Jesus to become his antichrist but we all know that did not happen. The world will worship this false Messiah, and the dragon (Lucifer) gave authority to the beast (antichrist). He will be allowed to do great things and blasphemies for three and a half years (Jesus ministry was three and a half years). He will make war with the saints and win for a time and will the leader of the unbelievers. Who ever does not have the name written in the Book of Life will worship him. 1 John 2:22, Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. The spirit of the antichrist is already in this world and is spreading the message of his father (Lucifer) to the world. It seems this beast will be mortally wounded but this wound would be healed and the world would marvel. The antichrist is Jesus in this unholy Trinity. In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.
In Revelation 13:11 we see another beast coming up out of the earth. He seems to be the prophet of Lucifer. He is given the same authority of the first beast and performs greats signs to the world. He deceives those on the earth, forces everyone to worship the first beast and tells those on earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. This person will even reign down fire from heaven. The prophet is given power to bring this idol to life and whoever does not worship it will be killed. He forces everyone who believes in the beast to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead. We as believers have nothing to fear about this seal. This seal is for those who believe in the antichrist and forsake the One True God. 2 Corinthians 2:21-22, Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed us. He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. Ephesians 1:13, In him you also. Were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of. Truth, the gospel of your salvation and when you believed. We as believers will already have the seal from God and “No weapon formed against shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgement you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord (Isaiah 54:17).”
Lucifer wants to make us rebel and war with the children of God. He hates believers more than anyone else, because unbelievers don’t need his attention. But believers have a direct relationship with God through prayer/fasting/obedience. Lucifer does not want you to believe or read Genesis (specifically Chapter 3) or Revelation. He hates these two books probably the most in the Bible. It shows in Genesis how Lucifer tries to convince Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. It shows even then how he wants to try and convince you that you will be like God. Lucifer things he should be greater than God himself. It is even ironic because he literally copies God’s plan. From him wanting to be God, his antichrist (Lucifer’s version of Jesus) and the prophet (Lucifer’s version of John the Baptist/Or Holy Spirit). I John 3:8-9, He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose of the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. Lucifer hates Revelation because it gives away his plan and end and the true believers will not be deceived. Revelation 20:10, The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
“Your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (I Peter 5:8).” We can not take the devil lightly, he and his demons will continue to test our faith and obedience. The huge difference is that the devil is not omnipresent-everywhere, omnipotence-all powerful, omniscience-all knowing, only our God is! Lucifer will use his Anti-Trinity to cause many souls to fall into the lake of fire. God, Jesus, Holy Spirit and the True Gospel Church are his adversaries. We can not be neutral in this fight. Matthew 12:30, Jesus says it clearly, “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.” Prayer is a powerful weapon against Lucifer (Prayer Dilemma on the next blog). Our prayers go into the air and then to the heavens to our Fathers’ ears. The devil is the prince of the air (Ephesians 2:2) and it probably passes his domain which infuriates him. Our God will never fail us and he knows what we need even before we ask. In Jesus’s sample prayer in Matthew 6, “He prays Deliver Us from the Evil one.” The devil is real and we need to pray to God to deliver us from Lucifer. He will tempt us everyday of our lives and it is the love and blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit that protects us. We forget that Lucifer/antichrist/prophet and the fallen angels have no chance of Repentance like the rest of us and their fate has already been written. The Anti-Trinity will fail and will be defeated by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ upon his return! We must endure and continue to have faith in the one true Trinity!
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