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Why did Satan become a fallen angel? How does this explain his current activity in the world?
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Satan wanted to take the place of God.
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Satan was full of pride and wanted to be god himself, now on earth, he wants to be the god of this earth. He does things to try to seem more attractive and powerful than God, but he will never win.
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Satan was full of pride because of his beauty. He thought that he could overtake God. He believed that he could do it, again, when Christ died on the cross. At Christ’s resurrection, however, Satan was defeated for all time. He knows that his time is short, and so he seeks to wreak havoc on people and cause them to spend eternity in Hell.
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Satan rebelled against God and so he was cast down from heaven to earth. He is the prince of this world and is our accusser to God. He is in enmity with God and seeks to keep people from coming to a saving knowledge of God.
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Satan was an archangel, and resided in the very presence of God. He became consumed by jealousy, and determined to become a god himself in order to overcome the God of creation. Satan convinced Eve to take an apple, eat and hand it to Adam to eat through twisting the command of God himself. In Genesis 3 we learn of the fall, and of our Lord’s response to it. Satan has done all he can to tear apart; to kill, steal, and destroy everything of God.
