1) God presumably gave heavenly beings free will. What might have caused a third to
follow Satan. Or is a third symbolic and not a real third.
The Bible says that Lucifer was created perfect in his ways, until iniquity was found in him, so the angels had a choice, and some rebelled.
Then his name was changed to Satan to identify with his new character of evil, like Abram was changed to Abraham to identify his new character of following God, and Sarai to Sarah, and Jacob to Israel, and Simon Barjona to Peter, and Saul to Paul.
Which these name changes of the people were big game changers.
Like Abraham that is the father of many nations, and we are saved by the same faith as Abraham, and Sarah that gave birth to Isaac, which came Jacob, Israel, and the nation that would kick it off concerning the promises of God, and Peter that was given the keys to the kingdom, and preached the first message to the people, and Paul that was sent to the Gentiles to get the ball rolling there.
I believe it was a literal third of the angels, or close to that number, but I do not believe Gabriel, and Michael was over a third each, but there is no way to collaborate that.
But the Bible does not say that Lucifer was the greatest angel, or that he was the head of the heavenly choir, but seeing he is the foe of God it would seem like he would of been the greatest angel, or at least on the same level as Michael, and Gabriel, which that seems more like it.
For when Michael and his angels fight Satan and his angels, the fallen angels lose, and are cast to earth, which this is future when the devils deceive those that do not love the truth, but of course Michael would have two thirds of the angels on his side.
What caused a third to follow Satan is probably because he was that convincing that they could exalt themselves, and not be put down by God, the same temptation that Satan used on Eve that if she, and Adam ate of the tree they would be as gods knowing good and evil, that they would have an elevated status, and possibly that God could not put them down.
Also we have the word of God to tell us how awesome God is that He is an omnipresent Spirit, and an
omnipotent Spirit, and nothing can hurt him, and He cannot blow up, cannot fall apart, cannot dissolve, cannot disassemble, cannot shatter, cannot disintegrate, so we have an advantage to know that we do not want to mess with a God like that, but better do as He says,and the word of God, and prophecy of it testifies that He is the true God, as He told us what is going on today, and what will go down in the future.
Jesus is the visible relationship of the invisible God to the saints, for the throne in heaven is the throne of God and the Lamb, God in the glorified body of the man Christ Jesus, His visible image to the saints.
The Bible says that God was manifest in flesh, seen of angels, for angels cannot even see God unless He shows them a visible image of Himself.
But what did the angels have by way of understanding how great God really is, and I do not believe God disclosed that information to them as He did us, but would have to have a relationship with them, which would have to be visible, which God was probably in an angelic body for His relationship to the angels, like God is in a human body, now a glorified body, for His visible relationship to the saints.
So since Satan did not have information to how great God really is, and only seen an angelic image of Him sitting on the throne, Satan probably thought is that all there is to God that image I see before me, so he probably thought that he could overthrow God easily, especially with the angels that followed him, and thought that God could not stop him from exalting himself.
But of course it probably set Satan back when he realized that only a third of the angels followed him, so then he had to contend with two thirds of the angels, being outnumbered, plus God, which he could of thought he made a mistake, but it was too late, or maybe he was so arrogant he thought he could still overcome, but he realized he could not when he was kicked out of the dwelling place of God, and knew he could never be as great as God, which when he is cast to earth in the future he is mad for he knows his time is short, and the devils believe there is one God, and they tremble, so the fallen angels with all their arrogance know they are defeated, and cannot overcome.
Eze 28:12 Son 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.
Eze 28:13 Thou 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.
Eze 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.
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 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.
Eze 28:17 Thine 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.
Eze 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; 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.
Eze 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
But maybe Lucifer was the greatest angel, and he influenced the king of Tyrus living through him to enjoy the things of earth, and riches, and praises of people, like he will influence the New Age Christ in the future, and live through him to enjoy worship, and praise, and ruling the world, but he will also use the man of sin to deceive the world, for the king of Tyrus would not be as influenced as the man of sin, for nobody was in strong delusion at that time, but when the fallen angels are cast to earth then the wicked will be in strong delusion, and lose their will to resist, especially after they take the mark of the beast for then they will have a nature of a devil, and the human will gone.
2). Why didn’t God come up with a plan for the angels to be saved?
The Bible says that in the flesh dwells no good thing, and Paul said when he does good, evil is present with him, for the flesh is sinful even when we are living for the Lord, that is why we are tempted, so with the flesh we serve sin, but it does not necessarily mean we are sinning, but with the mind we serve Christ.
Since all sin resides in the flesh, and those with Jesus have their sins forgiven, they will put off the flesh with the sin, and the soul is preserved in a glorified body for eternity to be with Jesus, their true essence, for the soul will live on forever whether with God or not, which Jesus was made a quickening spirit, but Adam was made a living soul, although the man Christ Jesus has a soul.
We do not retain the spirit in the afterlife, for all spirits go back to God who gave them no matter how the person acted on earth.
The angels only have one essence, and not two, and since they only have one essence, when they sinned they tainted their whole being with no way to put off the flesh.
So God did not give them a chance to be saved if they sinned, for they are completely corrupt, and cannot put off the sin, where a saint can put off the sin, by putting off the flesh, which is like a scapegoat for the saints.
While the flesh can condemn us if we do not come to the truth, the flesh also saves us because we can put off the flesh.
Continued,
