Shalom brothers and sisters, I have a very informative and good lesson for you this week.  We will look at the nature of the devil, and find out why Yahoshua had to come and destroy the works of Lucifer.  Christianity has never given us the full history and identity of Satan.  I know for some of you the title of this lesson appears quite odd.  Lucifer the Anointed, how about this title Lucifer the Messiah.  Uh oh, have brother Obadiyah totally lost it, by calling Lucifer the Messiah?  I haven't lost it brothers and sisters, as we shall see from scripture, Lucifer held this position before he was cast down.  

The deception of Satan is very deep and heavy. It's not small at all.   Satan has set his deception to run side by side with the truth; he changes a few things, that to the unlearned are not even noticeable. But those to whom Yah has given understanding, they can see the difference. Lucifer the adversary is very slick; he hides behind men and many disguises.  The goal of this lesson is to inform you of who Lucifer / Satan/The Adversary / Devil is.  What his position in the higher realm of heaven was.  Why he hates us and his deception.

Let me get you acquainted with who Satan is and where he came from.  There is a reason Satan states in Isaiah 14; he wants to be like the Most High.  He has seen first hand, the greatness of Yah, he has seen first hand the authority of YAH, he has seen first hand the honor and praise the heavenly host gives YAH.  He got puffed up and thought he (the created) could be more powerful than the creator.  This is the same attitude Satan has passed down to the sons of men (Humans).   Satan was one of the highest ranking angels, lets look to scripture to get the identity of the angel Lucifer.

Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith YAH Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of YAH; 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 You were  the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of YAH; 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.

These scriptures are speaking about Satan; it says he was in the Garden of Eden.  We know from Scripture who all were in the Garden (YAH, Satan, Adam and Eve) Yah is the one speaking and he is not talking to Adam and Eve.  

Next it mentions in Verse 14 that Satan was the anointed Cherub angel that covered.  This is very interesting.  The Cherub angel that covers, is reference to the two Cherubim angels that covers the mercy seat or throne of YAH.  When Yah gave Moses the instruction on building the Ark of the Covenant, he told him to place two cherubim angels on top.  In between those two angles was the mercy seat.  The Mercy seat represents the throne of YAH; the ark was pattern after Yah's throne in heaven.

Exo 25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubim's of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

Exo 25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim's on the two ends thereof.

Exo 25:20 And the cherubim's shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim's be.

Exo 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Whenever Yah communicated with the children of Israel, in the wilderness, he descendant down between the cherubim above the mercy seat.

Exo 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim's which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Yah dwells between the two Cherubim angels.

Psalms 99:1 YAH reign; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

As we have just read, Satan is called the anointed Cherub that covers.  Satan was one of the two Cherub angels that covered the throne of YAH.  But lets go farther, not only was he that, but Ezekiel calls him the ANOINTED CHERUB.  DEEP.  ANOINTED IN HEBREW IS MOSHIAKH OR MESSIAH,

Ezekiel 28: 13 mention several stones Satan was covered in.

Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of YAH; 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. 

These are the same stones that the Israelite High Priest wore in the breastplates of Judgment.

Exo 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

Exo 28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

Exo 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

Exo 28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

Exo 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

Exo 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.