Devil

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The prince, or chief, of the fallen angels, the great opponent of Christ and God. For his history read Ezek. 28:12-1912Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14Thou 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. 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. (Ezekiel 28:12‑19). He fell through pride, wishing to be as God, and caused the fall of man by the same means. He was morally overcome by Jesus in the wilderness, but his power was completely broken for all that are Christ’s when the Lord died and rose again (Heb. 2). Knowing this, we have nothing to fear, but must be watchful against his wiles. He is now the god of this world, the prince of the power of the air; he has access to the heavenlies where he accuses the saints to God day and night. Our great Advocate, however, answers all his charges. He will be cast down (Rev. 12.), bound for the 1,000 years of Christ’s reign, and afterward cast forever into the lake of fire.