Angels and Women (1924)

252 ANGELS AND WOMEN
"Lucifer, son of the morning." (Isaiah 14:12)
him it was said by the prophet Ezekiel, "Thou sealest
up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every
precious stone was thy covering. . 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. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day
that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee."
--Ezekiel 28:12-15.
Of how Lucifer came to be Satanas or Satan we
read briefly from Isaiah’s prophecy: "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 ! 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: I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
the most High."---Isaiah 14:12-14.
The Bible asserts that Satan began the rebellion
against the Divine law, and seduced our parents
through his own ambition for power. Satan was ereated
perfect and upright; but to be created perfect
and to remain upright are two entirely different propositions.
God has been pleased to create his intelligent
creatures with perfect liberty to follow the right, or
to alter their course and become rebels. Satan voluntarily
chose evil, and Jesus said of him that "he was
a murderer from the beginning [of man’s life upon
this planet]. . ._ He is a liar, and the father of
it."---John 8:44.
Of the ultimate end of Satan there can be no doubt.
He is to be completely destroyed. (Hebrews 2:14)
The language "never shalt thou be any more" (Ezekiel