Revelation Chapter 12 and Satan

Fallen Angel

As discussed previously, Revelation depicts the struggle between good and evil from the beginning of time. Rev 12:7-9 talks about a war between the dragon (Satan/the devil/Lucifer) and Michael (the archangel). This passage reminds us of the origin of the devil which happened at the beginning of creation according to Jewish tradition (it's not in the Bible). Lucifer (a created angel) became a devil because when God created man in his own image and likeness, Lucifer refused to acknowledge the dignity granted to man. Michael obeyed, but Lucifer and some other angels rebelled against God because they regarded man as beneath them. As a result the devil and his angelic followers were cast down to earth to be imprisoned in hell, which is why they ceaselessly tempt man, trying to make him sin so as to deprive him of the glory of God.