Satan derives from the Hebrew ‘ha-Satan’. ‘Ha’ means ‘the’
and ‘Satan’ means ‘opposer’ or ‘adversary’.

The name described his eventual function as the opposer of
God’s creation.

English ‘devil’, meant ‘accuser’, and ‘slanderer’, again
describing his role.

There is no verse in the Bible that describes Satan’s
appearance.

10 names

1. Roaring Lion

Meaning: One who looks for prey;
animalistic; predatory

2. The Day Star

Meaning: A lesser light, a lesser being, an
inferior source of light

3. The Tempter

Meaning: The person who presents a
challenge before someone to disobey God.

4. The Accuser

Meaning: The one who presents someone’s
violations of the law before a judge; the one who presents someone’s sin to
God.

5. The Serpent

Meaning: The snake in the garden, the
dragon in Revelation, the Leviathan.

6. Father of Lies

Meaning: The origin of deception, the first
person to tell a falsehood.

7. Murderer

Meaning: Killer, the one who ends life.

8. Prince of the Power of the Air

Meaning: The one with authority to
influence the world.

9. Beelzebub

Meaning: The prince of demons

10. Belial

Meaning: The spirit of evil personified;
lacking worth

Know your enemy!

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you
may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand firm” (Ephesians 6:11-13).

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Before iniquity

Ezekiel 28:14

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. By 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.

The traditional Hebrew conception of cherubim as guardians
of the Garden of Eden is backed by the belief of beings of superhuman power and
devoid of human feelings, whose duty it was to represent the gods, and as
guardians of their sanctuaries to repel intruders; these conceptions in turn
are similar to an account found on Tablet 9 of the inscriptions found at
Nimrud.

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face
of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face
of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

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After iniquity

Genesis 3:14-24 KJV

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast
done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of
thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception;
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy
husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I
commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and
thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the
field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return. And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed them. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as
one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take
also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God
sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was
taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the
tree of life.

Why did Satan fall?

The Five “I Wills” of Satan

Isaiah 14:13-14 For
you [Lucifer] have said in your heart:

‘I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;

I will also sit on 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.’

Satan rebelled against God because he loved himself more
than he loved God. His sin was that of
pride and idolatry.

Satan now dwells in the earthly realm. He is our adversary and he roams the earth
seeking whom he may devour

James 4:7

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you.