What led to Lucifer’s fall?

Ezekiel 28:11-18 completely x-rays the fall of Lucifer. Verse 17a says, “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness.”

So, we see that the fall of Lucifer began when he first looked at himself.

All things were created for God’s pleasure (Rev. 4:11). All things were created to serve the interest of God—just His and none other. The beginning of a fall is a deviation of anything created from this purpose. Despite how beautiful and bright God framed Lucifer to be, he was still expected to serve the interest of God wholeheartedly.

One would need to be dead to his own interest to completely serve the interest of another, but the first time, we saw an angel who had not completely died to his own interest.

Thus, it was difficult for him to serve God’s interest. Because he had his own interest at stake, he could not relish the thought of why everything was all about God or why God received (and still receives) all the worship of creatures; or why God deserves all the glory; or why He was and is still always mentioned on the lips of everyone.

So, we saw that there arose a multitude of trafficking within him (Vs. 16 and 18) – thoughts; buying and selling of thoughts.

“Why are we never noticed in our service to God? Why is this? Why is that?” He considered some thoughts, took some and dropped some. He had times when he considered the gravity of what he was doing.

He had times when he thought it through and thoroughly. He had times when he strengthened himself and his will against God. The fear of departing from God must have gripped him at some points, but he defied all. His will was involved; he was not ignorant.

So, for the first time, we saw a creature give birth to a life which could no longer tolerate or stay in the presence of God.