THE CONSPIRACY THEORY OF THE AGES AND STRONG DELUSIONS (CONTINUED).

The logical outcome of Lucifer’s lies, unbridled ambition, and nefarious activities was open violence. He and his followers wanted to revolutionize Heaven’s divinely appointed order, and since they weren’t obtaining the cooperation they needed to effect the desired changes. They resorted to the use of force. How shortsighted and foolish of them all. The Trinity knew all about Lucifer’s secret ambition,

“For you 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 On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Highest.’” Isaiah 14:13-14 (NKJV).

Things however just didn’t work out the way that Lucifer planned them. He was about to receive a rude awakening. All that he enjoyed, his position, his talents, his beauty, and the society of Heaven, weren’t gifted to him by himself as he had surmised. All were gifts bestowed upon him by his Almighty Benefactor. He didn’t foresee it but his position was about to be drastically changed since he would receive a severe and humiliating demotion. All because of his ingratitude and grandiosity. As we read in scripture,

And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought,  but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:7-9 (NKJV).

When Lucifer and his coconspirators arrived on planet earth to which they had been suddenly and forcibly exiled. This world had not yet been improved by creative power as it would be at some point in the future, in anticipation of man’s arrival. The earth was at that time a dark and dreary world enveloped in water and universal darkness. Accordingly, Lucifer lamented his plight.

“Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime,
Said then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat
That we must change for Heav’n, this mournful gloom
For that celestial light? Be it so, since He
Who now is sovereign can dispose and bid
What shall be right: farthest from him is best
Whom reason hath equaled, force hath made supreme
Above his equals. Farewell happy Fields
Where Joy forever dwells: Hail horrors, hail
Infernal world, and thou profound Hell
Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings
A mind not to be changed by Place or Time.
The mind is its own place and in itself
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.
What matter where, if I am still the same,
And what I should be, all but less than He
Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least
We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n.“

(Paradise Lost, Book 1, John Milton, 1608-1674)

Even after the world was supernaturally upgraded by divine power, during creation week, and made a beautiful home for man and a wide variety of creatures. The hatred of God by the great apostate, and his deep envy of the two human beings bearing God’s own image, and enjoying the divine approbation. Was so toxic. That Adam was warned by Christ Himself to beware of Lucifer, and Eve was counseled never to wander away from the side of her husband. The arch deceiver would not be permitted to follow them around with temptation. He would only have access to them beneath the branches of the forbidden tree. Accordingly, they were warned to stay away from it. How, however, is it possible that Lucifer was able to deceive so many? Not only Eve our first mother but also angels and thereafter the entire human race. Deception is not only subtle but also insidious in nature. In order to be deceived, one must first relinquish logic. One must also abandon rational thinking. Resorting instead to feelings and emotions. The angels that were thrown out of heaven loved Lucifer and consequently, they ignored the powerful evidence of their own senses. Choosing rather, to believe the lies of the handsome creature whom they loved. Instead of God’s word of truth. Their decision was catastrophic. Because not only did they lose Heaven they also lost eternal life.

We are warned in scripture against simplistic thinking,

The simple believes every word,
But the prudent considers well his steps. Proverbs 14:15 (NKJV).

We are also warned in scripture to trust in God alone,

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV).

That the Jews, the remnant of God’s chosen people, were seduced by the Devil into rejecting The Saviour of the world. Is one of history’s great mysteries. That the whole civilized world in Noah’s day was deceived into rejecting Noah’s message is a powerful testimony to Satan’s mesmerizing influence. It has all happened before and it will happen again. The Jews rejected God’s grace. In time to come, the whole wide world under satanic leadership will reject God’s sacred law. We are warned in Scripture,

 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (NKJV).