Lucifer is a non-biblical name for Satan. Although the serpent who tempted Eve (Gn 3:1-6) is not called satan, many Jews and Christians have read that text as equating the two. Jewish apocryphal writings present Satan as the leader of a revolt in heaven and his banishment to the underworld (Sheol). In 1 Chr 21:1, the generic term satan becomes an individual’s name. Satan loses his wager with God about the depth of Job’s piety. Satan accuses Job of loving God only because Job has been richly blessed by God (1:6ff). The term’s basic meaning (diabolos in Greek) is an accuser in a court of law (for example, Ps 109:6) it can also mean a military or political adversary (1 Sm 29:4, 2 Sm 19:23, 1 Kgs 5:18). McKenzie, SJ, explains that the Hebrew word satan (accuser) became an individual’s name only late in the Hebrew Scriptures. In his Dictionary of the Bible, Father John L. The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.” The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. In Revelation 12:7-9, we read: “Then war broke out in heaven Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. Many of us learned that because Lucifer led an unsuccessful revolt in heaven, he and his followers were cast out. Is there some other book that contains this story? Where in the Bible can I find the story of Lucifer and the fallen angels? I’ve looked, but without success.
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