who kicked satan out of Heaven, the Archangel Michael or God.?
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Hello!\n\nThis is a good question and am glad you asked it.\n\nThe Bible says,\n\n"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:7-9).\n\nAccording to this Bible verse, it seems that it was Michael who cast the devil out of Heaven (of course, we're not setting aside what Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 say about this theme). At least we know He fought against the devil and defeated him.\n\nThe question is, who is Michael?\n\nMany things have been said about this Archangel. One of the most mysterious Characters in the Bible, for sure.\n\nThe word "angel" is the greek word for "messenger". The word "arch" means "chief". So Michael is the Chief of the angels (it's very possible it was Him who appeared to Joshua). The Name of this Archangel gives us another clue too: the Name "Michael" means "Who is like God"; it might be a question too: "Who is like God?". By studying what is said about Him in the Scriptures, we conclude that Michael is actually Jesus Christ. Let's go to the Biblical evidences:\n\n(The following was quoted from this webpage:http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/Biblequestions/jesusothername.htm)\n\n\nWhat biblical evidence supports the teaching that Michael is another name for Jesus?\n\n      The name Michael is used five times in the Bible to designate a celestial being (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9; Rev. 12:7). He is nowhere explicitly identified with Jesus, but some Christian writers have equated the two by carefully comparing the role played by Michael with that of Jesus. Any comparisons yield not only similarities but also dissimilarities, and both should be taken into account. We'll start with the passages in which Michael is mentioned and then broaden the horizon to include several passages that are conceptually related to His person and experience.\n      1. He seems to be an angel: Michael is identified as "one of the chief princes" (Dan. 10:13), "your prince" (verse 21), "the great prince" (Dan. 12:1), and "the archangel" (Jude 9). "Archangel" implies that He is the prince of the angels, suggesting that Michael cannot be another name for Jesus because He is divine and angels are created beings. \n      Part of the problem is that the noun "angel" is taken to designate a creature, while in the Bible it designates a function. In other words, an "angel" is a being who functions as a "messenger" of God. In most cases they are created beings, but there is an exception.\n      In the Old Testament there are several references to the "angel [messenger] of the Lord" in which He is equated with God (e.g., Ex. 3:2, 4; Judges 6:12, 14). It is not that the Messenger is identified with the One who sent Him as His representative, but rather that the Sender functions at the same time as the Messenger. Many Christians have identified the Angel of the Lord as the preincarnate Christ. This Christological interpretation seems to be biblically valid.\n      2. He is leader of the angels: The phrase "one of the chief princes" (Dan. 10:13) could give the impression that He is one among many princes. But according to Revelation 12:7, Michael is the supreme leader of the heavenly angels, or "the great prince." When necessary, He personally assists angels in their assigned tasks (Dan. 10:13), yet the angelic hosts are under His command (Rev. 12:7). He is indeed the "archangel" (Jude 9). This title is mentioned in one other place in the Bible: 1 Thesselonians 4:16, in the context of th
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Fallen angels are demons that went with Lucifer- otherwise known as the angel of light,father of lies, satan- when God cast them from heaven into h-ll. God sent them their because Lucifer wanted to be god, he was the most marvelest of all angels, and his pride took him too far. All of those angels that supported lucifer went with him into the lake of fire "H-ll".
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Satan was once an angel that wanted more power than God. There came evil.\nDemons do exsist and if you leave the door open they'll come in and take you over.\nStay armed with the armour God gave us all. The demons will not win. God loves you.
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Satan in the Garden of Eden...and he wasn't authority...he is just the Master of Deceit!
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Because he thought he was greater than God. Humans that are not saved will be banished from heaven and sent to Hell with you SATAN!
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Satan has dominion on earth to sway humans away from God.\n\nGood luck and God Bless!!
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God had a choice. he chose to send them to Hell
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By God's own account of it all Lucifer was guilty of was looking for a little democracy. Then God unleashed is "Shock and Awe" all over Lucifer's *ss and found out that the D man had no weapons of mass destruction at all.\n\nOff to Guantanamo with no trial and a sentence of all eternity for Lucifer.\n\nSeems a little harsh for the God that loves everything doesn't it?
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Lucifer was the Anointed Cherub. Anointed means to be set apart for Gods Divine purpose. It also means "bestowal of Gods divine favor", and "appointment to a special place or function."\n\nGod had given Satan a certain amount of power and authority. But he perverted that power. Lucifer wanted to exalt himself above God... rather than "just" being the Angel of God.
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There is only one Angel Michael and so the answer to the first question is yes.\n\nI just did a word-search in the Apocrypha and the Archangel Michael is not listed.  I'm not Catholic but I have the Apocrypha in my Bible search program so I was able to get you that much information.  The answer to the second question is no.  Jude mentions that dispute because, as the Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16, all scripture is inspired by God.  \n\nMichael is always a proper name, if God were talking about the Archangel Gabriel (the Messenger) then He would have said Gabriel.  Michael isn't a word that is used interchangeably with "angel".  The answer to your third question, therefore, is no.
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I did not know this. I am Christian, and actually that is quite a conerning teaching. falesy and twisting of the Lords truth, are the first thing that come to mind. Jesus Christ is the Saviour, our Lord and Christ, not michael the archangel. concerning.
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Definately Adam!  At least when Eve ate the fruit of the forbidden tree she had a valid reason.  Satan had disquised himself as a serpent and TRICKED her.  However, Adam ate it because his wife said so?! Typical!!
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Angels were created 4 His pleasure. To worship Him and praise Him. They were here before we were.Satan it says in the Bible was the praise & worship leader of Gods heavenly choir. His angelic name was Lucifer.\n\n One day satan started to wonder why he wasn't considered an equal to our Creator. Then he started to question Gods authority over him and over the other angels and he began to rally them against God. One third of the angels he convinced to war against God. And the way satan became evil was a little sin called Pride. Through out all of this God never interfered.\n\n I think God was waiting for Lusifer to repent. God loves all his creations until He cant reach them anymore. He waited until satan & his followers came agaist Him ready to battle. Ofcourse God won and cast him down to the earth.\nAll of this occurred before man was created. \n\nI belive that the reason GoD gives us all free will,angels included, is because He is a good parent. I am a mother and I know that I have to let my children make mistakes so that they will, with my guidence, become the kind of adult that I can be proud of & welcome into my home forever. But when they choose not to be good, and I know that I cant reach them anymore, I will cast them out of my house. It will break my heart but I must do it to show the others in my house or the other ones that want to be a part of my house, that that sort of bahavior will not be tolerated. \n\nBecause a parent must love all thier creations, we let them have free will. Understand? Read the Bible and you will see many ways that He has loved us.
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Lilith. \nBut she was too strong a female figure for the church to be comfortable with.\nA lot of changes have been made in the Bible over time for political reasons. \nFor example the archangel who guarded the gates of Eden was removed when people started praying directly to him (Uriel - hope my spelling is correct) since he was thought to be responsible for earthquakes, floods and other natural catastrophies. People said why pray to God to tell his angel to spare us when we can ask him directly.\nNow you hear about a flaming sword hovering in front of the gates...\nJust liek the catholic church actually announced "disarming" the heavenly host for the new millenium just to be on the safe side in case the second comming was imminent and their teachings hadn't been loving enough.
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I'm not sure how I'm gonna answer this, but here goes.\nLet's see: God created Lucifer (now known as Satan) as His second in command. Lucifer then saw how much better than all the other angels he was and thought to himself, "If I'm so much better than them, why can't I be better than God himself?" No one knows where this thought came from, seeing how God only makes perfect creations. The only logical place that it could have came from is freedom of choice that God gave them when He created the Angels. This freedom also explains why 1/3 of the Angels chose to follow Lucifer in his rebellion against God. After Lucifer and his demons (fallen angels) were cast out of Heaven, God seperated His angels so far away from Lucifer's that the demons know that they can never get back. Lucifer is free to come and go as he pleases in God's throneroom (as evidenced in the first chapter of Job), but he can never return to what he once was. This fact has angered him so much over the millenia that he's esentially declared war on humanity, God's most prized creation. The first battle in this war was waged on the day of Adam and Eve's temptation and fall away from God when Satan successfully decieved them to eat of the tree that God explicitly said not to eat from. The victory was prophesied not even a day later when the Spirit of the Lord walked through the Garden looking for Adam and Eve to felowship with them as He normally did, only to find them hiding from them, dressed in fig leaves. God asked them why they were ashamed of themselves, and then they went through the whole "it's his/her fault" routine, blaming each other for what one did. When the truth finally did come out (not like God didn't already know), God pronounced consequences on humanity (a series of hardships which can be read in Genesis 3), and cursed the serpent (as this was the creature Satan used to decieve Adam and Eve). The curse on the serpent also held hope for the redemption of Mankind, as it fortold of the defeat of Satan through the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The war was over before it begun! \n\nSo, to answer your question: Yes, Satan invented the concept of sin. He then successfully marketed this concept to himself, his demons, and ultimately to humanity. He even tried to get Jesus to sin, but since Jesus is God in the flesh (and God is perfect), he couldn't do it. Jesus was the only man who ever lived here on earth that lead a perfect life, one completely without sinning.
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Having answered your previous question on Where's God, and you choosing an answer THIS AFTERNOON saying that he was arsene wenger, as your best answer, and adding this to the fact that you are quoting directly from the words Mary spoke at Fatima, I am guessing u r takin the mick....very clever, and I wonder how many people will actually answer you without a clue what your talking about although they are Christians....?
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Saint Satan.  Or was it Saint Lucifer?