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Since Lucifer's sin mainly consists of self-deification, some Gnostic sects identified Lucifer with the creator deity in the Old Testament. [103] In the Bogomil and Cathar text Gospel of the Secret Supper , Lucifer is a glorified angel but fell from heaven to establish his own kingdom and became the Demiurge who created the material world and ...
Mitigated dualists are closer to Christianity, regarding Lucifer as an angel created (through emanation, since by rejecting the Old Testament, they rejected creation ex nihilo) by God, with Lucifer falling because of his own will. On the other hand, absolute dualists regard Lucifer as the eternal principle of evil, not part of God's creation.
John 16:7–8 promises that the Holy Spirit will "accuse the World concerning sin, justice, and judgement", a role resembling that of the Satan in the Old Testament. [84] Jude 9 refers to a dispute between Michael the Archangel and the Devil over the body of Moses.
Belial (/ ˈ b iː l i. ə l /; [1] Hebrew: בְּלִיַּעַל , Bəlīyyaʿal) is a term occurring in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament which later became personified as the devil [2] in Christian texts of the New Testament. [3] Alternate spellings include Baalial, Balial, Belhor, Beliall, Beliar, Berial, Bylyl and Beliya'al.
Michael is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7–12, where he does battle with Satan and casts him out of heaven so that he no longer has access to God as accuser (his formal role in the Old Testament). [13] The fall of Satan at the coming of Jesus marks the separation of the New Testament from Judaism. [20]
In the Testament of Solomon, Beelzebul (not Beelzebub) appears as prince of the demons and says [13] that he was formerly a leading heavenly angel who was [14] associated with the star Hesperus (the normal Greek name for the planet Venus (Aphrodite, Αφροδíτη) as evening star). Seemingly, Beelzebul here is synonymous with Lucifer.
O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!" [14] "Fallen from heaven": see Luke 10:15, 18 for the words of Jesus regarding the War in Heaven. "Lucifer" or "Daystar" (Hebrew: הילל, romanized: hēlēl, from Hebrew: הלל, romanized: hālal, "to shine").
There are warnings against false prophets in the Old Testament of the Bible. An anti-Messiah figure known as Armilus , said to be the offspring of Satan and a statue, appears in some schools of Jewish eschatology , such as the 7th century CE Sefer Zerubbabel and 11th century CE Midrash Vayosha .