Why Was Lucifer thrown from heaven?

Answer 1

It is mentioned a few times.

Revelation 12:7-9 says:
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 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.

Isaiah 14:12 says:

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Luke 10:18 says:
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

Answer 2

Luke 10:18: Jesus gives witness that he saw Satan fall. This must have happened after Job 1:7, ( NKJ )

for he was asked byGod where he was 'coming from", Satan relpied 'going to and from the earth'...

Answer 3

Revelation 12:9 talks of Satan, rather than Lucifer, being cast out of 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." This is probably based on a misunderstanding of Isaiah chapter 14, which talks of the king of Babylon, who laid the nations low, and of his pomp and splendour, how he had ruled the nations in anger, and his fate after his overthrow by the king of Persia. He had compared himself to the Morning Star (and was thus derisorily called 'Lucifer') and had thought that he would ascend into heaven and sit among the stars, but was now himself persecuted. Christian scholars misunderstood this text and assumed that it referred to Satan or the devil being cast out of heaven.

Answer 4

A:This is nowhere to be found in The Bible. It does however refer to a misunderstanding of Isaiah chapter 14, which early Christians thought was a story of God casting Lucifer out of heaven, but this refers to the king of Babylon, who laid the nations low. It talks of his pomp and splendour, how he had ruled the nations in anger, and his fate after his overthrow by the king of Persia. He had compared himself to the Morning Star (and was thus derisorily called 'Lucifer' - lucem ferre, which mean "light-bearer", a name for the dawn appearance of the planet Venus) and had thought that he would ascend into heaven and sit among the stars, but was now himself persecuted. Christian scholars misunderstood this text and assumed that it referred to Satan or the devil. Medieval traditions elaborated on this basic story, providing various stories of angels who were cast out with Lucifer and of Lucifer's exalted role in heaven, but these are pious creations.

Another Answer:

Lucifer is not mentioned, however, the now ha Satan as is commonly thought to be the angel the Latin Vulgate translated as Lucifer is mentioned by Jesus:

Luke 10:18New International Version (NIV)

18 He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Answer 5

The king of Babylon is sarcastically referred to as 'Lucifer' (morning star) in Isaiah 14:4-22, after his defeat by the Persians. He was not so much thrown out of heaven (although the text may look as if it is saying this) but deprived of his dream of living with the gods, among the stars, in his afterlife. This passage was misunderstood by Christian translators, resulting in the widespread Christian view that Lucifer is another name for Satan, rather than this being a reference to the hated king of Babylon. Luke 10:18 is strangely incongruous in context, but shows that the fall of Satan may have already a Christian tradition in the first century: "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven."