What was Satan's rank as an angel?

Answer 1

First answer:

In the beginning, Satan (called Lucifer) was God's most trusted angel, but he eventually rebelled against the Lord and thought that he could be a better king.

An Islamic answerNo Satan is the Djinn . Before the birth of Adam and eve, God created Angels and Djinns, Angels from Bright Light and Djinns from Smokeless Fire. Then God sent djinns to the earth and Angels to the Heaven , Because Djinns were made of fire that's why were lack of IQ level and they start Disobeying God's Orders, But some of them were quite intelligent , Satan (IZAZIL the old name of Satan) was one of them , IZAZIL requested God to punish Idol ones , God Sent his army and Satan Lead that army and killed all the bad one , then Angels in Heaven requested God to Promote Satan to the 7th Sky in heaven coz of his Kindness and His love of God . God accepted Angels request and Promoted Satan to the 7th sky, There Satan (IZAZIL) start preaching Angels that how to obey God. But When God made first Man and woman, God ordered all angels and Satan to bow in front of Adam and Eve, everyone did except IZAZIL, from then GOD changed his name to Satan and kicked him out of Heaven. Another AnswerGod created Satan like he has created everything else. Satan was one of God's greatest angels. When God told his angels that he was going to make a new race called 'Humans.' Some angels rebelled against him, but none were as determined to stop the human race as much as Satan so he then created his own land filled with fire and in the center which would be Satan's home which was pure freezing ice. He did this in 6 days which God made Earth in 7 days. That is why the number 6 or 666 is known as the cursed number. Yet Satan did not make 'Hell' by himself he made it with the help of angels that disliked God's ideas of Humans. When God found the horrible burning land he immediately took Satan and the rest of the angels out of his kingdom of Heaven. When Satan made the forbidden fruit an apple he gave it to his men and they took one bite and turned into demons. Their beautiful wings turned into bat-like wings with horns on each end their skin turned to a darkened color but was not described well. They lost their hair and had horns on their head. When Satan took a bite he turned almost the same he still had his beautiful golden hair with horns and with evil wings but with the same skin color. So he was an angel and still is since created by God. But he classifies himself as The Devil. It's said whoever has left their life in an evil path will end up seeing him when they die. Many religions such as Christianity say that Satan is pure evil. Yet that's not true if they say everything god makes has good in them. Then there must be some good inside of Satan....The Fallen Angel. Another Answer

Satan was an angel, he was called Lucifer, and he was a very important angel he tried to be better than God, kind of like take his place so he and his followers were for lack of a better term "kicked out" of heaven. Isa 14:12-15, Eze 28:12-15.

COG7 answer

For most Jewish and Judeo-Christians (COG7) these are the beliefs according to Satan. Satan was never an angel of G-d.

Why?

1.Nothing impure, dirty, unclean, sinful or corrupt can come into G-d's presence-The consequence of disobeying this, is death. If Satan was ever an angel, the instant he thought of anger and jealously, G-d would exterminate him right away.

2. Angels were created only to serve G-d, listen to G-d, and to serve humanity. (Col 1:16-17)(Heb 1:14)

3. The Bible never describes Satan as an angel of G-d.

4. The verses in Ezekiel 28:12-19 is a prophecy given to the King Tyre and never describes the fall of Satan. Read the context to understand!

5. The verses in Isaiah 14:12-14 is a prophecy to the king of Babylon and doesn't describe the fall of Satan. Read the context to understand!

6. The Bible verse in Luke 10:18 never describes the fall of Satan. Read the context to understand!

Another Answer

1. Satan could have never been an Angel. God made the Angel's to praise him, if Satan was an Angel then God is not perfect and God is perfect. God is perfect and God created Satan for a purpose. Who are we to question him, he knows all.

2. No where in the bible does it say that Satan was ever an Angel. Nowhere.

Lucifer is not Satan, Lucifer is only mentioned one time in the bible (Isaiah 14:12) and for the record, if you read chapter 14 you will understand that Isaiah is referring to the Babylonian king. (Lucifer means day star or morning star) In Roman astronomy, Lucifer was the name given to the morning star (the star we now know by another Roman name, Venus). The morning star appears in the heavens just before dawn, heralding the rising sun. The name derives from the Latin term lucem ferre, bringer, or bearer, of light." In the Hebrew text the expression used to describe the Babylonian king before his death is Helal, son of Shahar, which can best be translated as "Day star, son of the Dawn." The name evokes the golden glitter of a proud king's dress and court (much as his personal splendor earned for King Louis XIV of France the appellation, "The Sun King").

3. Finally, just ask yourself this question, if Satan was ever an Angel, then who tempted Satan?

Satan has been Satan from Genesis, Satan used the serpent as a tool to tempt Eve. (Gen 3:1)

If you read the Bible you will never find that Satan was ever an Angel. I challenge you to find that scripture.

Another Answer

‎"Satan" means "opposer", and was usually a title for anyone who didn't agree with Yahweh's supposed ways. All according to the "divine" plan:

Isaiah 45:7

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things".

Joshua 23:15

"Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things".

Judges 9:23

"Then God sent an evil spirit".

1 Kings 9:9

"therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil".

Jewish_Answer">A Jewish Answer

No, he isn't. Satan in Hebrew is HaSatan (literally The Enemy). The belief that Satan was an Angel comes from Christian-Pagan doctrines. In Judaism this is not the case. Judaism never holds such beliefs. G-d is The One Who created light and darkness, and created good and evil (Isaiah 45:7)

Another Answer

Indeed verses about kings of the Middle East referring to light and jewels etc are being falsely abused and misused to fit charismatic and medieval superstition. When Jesus refers to Satan as "falling from heaven like lightning" it refers to Satan losing his role as the "prosecutor" of "souls arriving" before God as Judge after their deaths. Btw, Satan means "adversary" (enemy), or, more specifically, "prosecutor" as we find him in Job. This is the role he loses because Jesus already took the punishment of the accused (us) on himself when he was "punished on the cross" unto death. The fine has been paid, the accused may go free - the prosecutor has no role before God anymore!

Answer 2

He was the highest servant of God.

Another answer:

He was the second highest servant of God. Christ is the highest.

Answer 3

For some time, yes. But that was before he rebelled against god.