6. What did Lucifer’s desire for self-exaltation lead to? Revelation 12:7.
NOTE: ‘We need not try to understand the motives that prompted the being next to Christ in the heavenly courts to bring envy and jealousy into the ranks of the angels. To many he communicated his disaffection, and there was war in heaven. . . . We need not puzzle our minds for a reason that Satan acted as he did. Could a reason be found, there would be excuse for sin. But there is no excuse. There is no reason human beings should travel over the same ground that Satan travelled.’ Christ Triumphant, page 19.
7. What was the outcome of this war in heaven? Revelation 12:8.
NOTE ‘The evil continued to work until the spirit of disaffection ripened into active revolt. Then there was war in heaven, and Satan, with all who sympathised with him, was cast out. Satan had warred for the mastery in heaven, and had lost the battle. God could no longer trust him with honour and supremacy, and these, with the part he had taken in the government of heaven, were taken from him.’ Selected Messages, book 1, page 222.
‘It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven. Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus? Why not magnify His power and His love?’ Ministry of Healing, page 94.
8. Where did God expel Satan and his angels to after they were cast out of heaven? Revelation 12:9.
NOTE: ‘So “the great Dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” The prophet Isaiah saw this long before John did, and he said: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, Son of the Morning! how art thou cut down to the ground.” And Jesus said: “I beheld Satan as lighting fall from heaven.”’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, June 28, 1900.