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word sapient, which means wise. Furthermore, we have this description of the serpent.

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which Yahweh God
had made.

The word cunning speaks of wisdom that has been corrupted and has been turned to
evil purposes. The first appearance of Lucifer in the re-created earth of Adam and Eve
reveals that he has already fallen, iniquity has been found in him. Lest some should
question whether the serpent is actually Lucifer, we will add the following scripture.

Revelation 12:7-9
And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon.
And the dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and
there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was
thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the
whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down
with him.

When was Satan thrown down to the earth? It was after iniquity was found in him. It
was after he rebelled against Yahweh. It was then that he was referred to as Satan (the
adversary), and as the serpent. This is the only description we have of him in Genesis.
When did Lucifer exist in his perfect state in the Garden of Eden, as Ezekiel records?
It was in a prior earth. It was the earth of Genesis 1:1, before the earth was judged, made
formless and void and covered in darkness. In his perfect and beautiful state Lucifer (the
Light Bearer) was in the Eden of God.
But something happened to cause Lucifer to fall from his once unblemished state and
to become corrupted. Something occurred that led Yahweh to judge him and to cast him
down to the earth along with the angels that followed him in rebellion. Something occurred
which led Yahweh in His wrath to destroy the earth and make it a wasteland and to seal it
in darkness as a judgment, awaiting a day when He would re-create it.
We find the account of Lucifer’s transgression in two passages of scripture. One is in
the book of Ezekiel. Let us look at the remainder of this passage.

Ezekiel 28:15-18
"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. I cast you to the ground; I put
you before kings, that they may see you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the
unrighteousness of your trade, you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have
brought fire from the midst of you; it has consumed you, and I have turned you to
ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.”

We see a further description of Lucifer, and the account of his transgression in the