The name "Lucifer" means "Light Giver" or "Light Bearer." Light giver referring to morning or evening star, Venus. The name in all actuality was meant to mean the "brightest star." In mythology he is the son of Aurora (the Roman personification of the dawn) and the father of Ceyx (Greek). Contrary to popular belief, Satan and Lucifer are two separate fallen angels. His banishment was because of his complete egotism and pure malice--his sin, pride. This then indicates that Lucifer, not Satan was indeed the first angel to have sinned.

Lucifer has been equated to Satan due to a misreading of the passage Isaiah 14:12 that was applied to the King of Babylon--

"How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, You who weakened nations!"

The actual name "Devil" was applied to Lucifer when early theologians identified him with the falling star in the passage from Isaiah, hence how Satan and Lucifer started to become interchangeable. This will be evident if you have already been to my Fallen Angels page. It does stir up a lot of confusion when you are trying to decipher who is whom. One must point out that writers of the time, did not know of fallen angels yet, though some passages point to the behavior of angels as less then "holy" from time to time throughout the Old Testament.

Lucifer was a "great" Archangel, Prince, and the anointed Cherub (7th Dimension-Cherubim). Even after his fall he still seems to retain some of his power and ancient title. There are many different variations of stories and legends on Lucifer.

Which leads us to the fallen angel, Satan. Satan's name is believed to originate from the term satan which connotes the idea of opposition or adversary. Before his fall, he was one of the Ruling Prince's of the Nine Celestial Orders (specifically Seraphim, Cherubim, Powers, and Archangels), Chief of the Seraphim, and Head of the Order of Virtues.

Instead of being depicted as a six winged Seraphim, he was shown as having twelve wings. It has also been written by authors that Satan was created on the 6th day of Creation. Representing more of an abstract entity then an evil one. He was in charge of testing a "humans integrity", though God had the power to set limits on what he [Satan] could and could not do.

The traditional theory/account is that Satan was the angel that betrayed and then led the revolt against God. It boils down to Satan was very jealous of the love that God felt towards Adam. Either by transforming into a snake or just using the snake as a tool, Satan tempted Eve with the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. By 3rd Century A.D. it was fully established by the Christian philosopher Origen the association between the snake and Satan. In following centuries, the snake has been believed to be the incarnation of Satan. Early pictures of Satan showed him to be "snake like."

More modern pictures depict Satan with scorched wings, presumably from the beautiful and illuminated feathers being singed off by lightning when he was banished. The Halo was replaced by two horns on either side of the top of his head. And the iron "fork" it is believed to be used to torture lost souls.

God then banished Satan from the Heavens...or did he? He banished him to Earth, but the working theory is that Hell is actually located within the northern boundaries of the third heaven. Within the second heaven, the fallen angels are imprisoned awaiting final judgment in complete darkness.

So it is here that Satan walks between Heaven and Earth. Primarily staying here on earth, seeking to destroy the lives of human beings and to keep them separated from God. Here is when Satan is now known by his other name, The Devil.