e North. I willascend above the tops of the clouds; I will be like the most high.’ Yet down tothe nether world you go, into the recesses of Sheol! (Isaiah 14:12-15)St. Thomas Aquinas agreed with this tradition and wrote in his master work, Summa Theologica,that the angel Lucifer sinned against God in seeking to be God. Lucifer did not desire to besubservient to anyone. He did not want happiness through the grace of God, but wished to getfor himself, by his own power, that happiness that only God can give. That is to say thatSatan wanted control of his final destiny.It is also said that the fall of Satan and his angels was caused by simple sexual lust. When men began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them, thesons of Heaven saw how beautiful the daughters of man were and they took fortheir wives as many of them as they chose. (Genesis 6:1-2) This passage of refers to ancient Jewish myths and legends omitted from the Bible that describethe origins of “giants” and “demons”. These giants/demons called the nephilim or “ fallen ones”were said to be the offspring of this union between the angels and their human wives, who spreadevil about the world. This particular tradition about the fall of the sons of God was particularlypopular during the first century.Another theory of Satan’s rebellion against God is that of sibling rivalry. It is said thatthe angel objected to the creation of man and God’s order to protect him. Lucifer was insultedand annoyed by the idea of what he considered a brother lesser than himself and the other angelsand enraged that this lesser brother was the favored child. For his open defiance to God’s willon the matter of mankind the prince of angels was banished and wreaks his revenge on hisdespised younger brother to this day.Along the same vein of the last theory as to the cause of Satan’s fall i...
