THE STORY OF LUCIFER’S FALL AND THE BATTLE OF THE AGES
God created a beautiful place called Heaven. He created angels and placed them according their rank. But the most beautiful one of all was called the Morning Star. He was the highest of all angels, and only God Himself was higher than him.
God created the angels with free will, and with this comes the responsibility of making choices. And the first angel who had to make a choice was the highest angel of all. A thought suddenly entered into his heart that he can be like God. He had to make a choice of what to do about this thought. He could dismiss it and proclaim the Most High as his God. But this beautiful angel started to think how he could be as God. Something happened in his appearance. He could not reflect the glory of God as he could before. All the angels could see the change. The beautiful angel felt humiliated. There was a time when he could come back in a humble spirit to Heavenly Father and restore his appearance, but instead this beautiful angel became angry. He left the presence of God and went to the northern parts of the heavenly place. There on a big mountain he started to make plans of becoming a god. He knew that an important part of being god is to have followers.  Then he started to tempt his fellow angels to follow him. One of the first angels he approached was the Archangel Michael. He asked him: "is it true that you are stronger than me? Come and let’s fight and see." This was the trap he prepared for Michael, because Michael was not sent by God to fight him at that point. And Michael the archangel did not fall into the deception, but said:"Let the Lord rebuke you! "

And so this beautiful angel became known as satan, the enemy of God. Satan tempted every angel in heaven. One third of the angels followed him, but the other angels found strength in the presence of God.
The battle began against satan and his followers. God Himself threw him out from the third heaven, and the rest of the fallen angels were cast out by the force of God’s angels from the third heaven to the second, where the stars and the moon and the sun are.

And then God created the Earth in the second heaven. He created new creatures to fill the Earth. He also created a man He named Adam. He gave to Adam the Garden of Eden and commanded to him to keep the Garden. Satan was furious, because a new creation that worshipped God was created in his domain. He knew it would be a matter of time when he would have to fight for his kingdom with the new enemy. He decided to take over humanity, through deception and sin. A snake that was of him and of his nature spoke satan’s words and was his instrument in the evil plot. The man fell away from God. Satan became the god of this world and the battle for the souls of humanity had just begun.
God loved the world, and He sent His beloved Son, so everybody who believes in Him, would have a chance to enter into His Heaven. God’s Son started to gather His people, and His Bride.
Over two thousand years have passed. The battle between satan and angels of God for peoples’ salvation is still going on. Satan is continuing to tempt angels and harass them when he has a chance. But through the resurrection of Yeshua, satan lost the keys of hell and death.
 He is ruthless in his hate. His anger towards God is like flames of fire that burned his beautiful appearance to the darkness of his scorched spirit. The fallen angels lost their original look and began to reflect satan’s darkness.
The appointed time for the liberation of the second heaven is coming soon. Like the battle for the Promised Land against the Canaanites, there will be a battle in the second heaven with the dragon and his angels. And Michael will cast them down to the earth.

Rev 12:7  And there was war in Heaven. Michael and his angels warring against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels warred,
Rev 12:8  but did not prevail. Nor was place found for them in Heaven any more.
Rev 12:9  And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev 12:10  And I heard a great voice saying in Heaven, Now has come the salvation and power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11  And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.
Rev 12:12  Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and those tabernacling in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and in the sea! For the Devil came down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a little time.

This war in heaven will be a very historical battle. It will be the Battle of all ages. Then the stronghold of satan and his entities in the second heaven will be broken down and the walls of evil will fall down like the walls of Jericho fell. The angelic army will gain their ground and defeat the enemy to the earth, satan’s last stronghold. And then there will be the last battle which is called Armageddon, when the army of satan will be completely defeated by the King of kings, by the angels, and by the saints.
Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.
Rev 20:3  And he cast him into the abyss and shut him up and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years should be fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed a little time.

And then there will be a time, when satan will have his last attempt to tempt the people on the earth against God.
Rev 20:7  And when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be loosed out of his prison.
Rev 20:8  And he will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of them is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9  And they went up over the breadth of the earth and circled around the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of Heaven and devoured them.
Rev 20:10  And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were . And he will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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