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Satan was given a very high and glorious position as the Covering Cherub who stood in the
presence of Yahweh. Nevertheless, he came to view his role as detestable. He wanted to
ascend higher. Pride and conceit corrupted his wisdom and led to his rebellion. The apostle
Paul recognized the source of Satan’s fall as he was giving counsel to Timothy regarding the
appointment of church elders.

I Timothy 3:6
And not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation
incurred by the devil.

The prophet Ezekiel describes the fall of Satan in greater detail.

Ezekiel 28:12-17
"You had the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the
garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the
diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the
emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, was in you. On the
day that you were created they were prepared. You were the anointed cherub who covers,
and I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of
the stones of fire. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until
unrighteousness was found in you. By the abundance of your trade you were internally filled
with violence, and you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of
God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Your
heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your
splendor.”

Despite the high and glorious position assigned to him by Yahweh, Satan desired more. He
wanted to ascend. He wanted to be equal to God. He wanted to do his own will rather than
serve the will of Another. Consider the great contrast between the attitude manifested by
Satan, and that revealed in the life of the Son of God. The apostle Paul tells us:

Philippians 2:5-8
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Yahshua, who, although He existed
in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied
Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of
death, even death on a cross.

Christ existed in the form of God. We are told that Yahshua is the firstborn of all creation.
He was the first exhalation of the Father. He was the word of Yahweh given form. He fully
expressed the image and likeness of His Father. Yet, Christ did not demand to be equal in
authority, to choose His own way, nor to do His own will. He freely SUBMITTED to
Yahweh, and was willing even to take upon a form that was humble and lowly. He stooped
to serve, willingly laying aside the glory He had with the Father to walk about in the form
of fallen mankind.