When the 72 disciples whom Jesus had sent returned, they said:

Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name (Luke 10:17).

Then, Jesus said:

I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you (vv. 18-19).

The disciples went out and drove out demons in this world, but Jesus saw, in another word, Satan fall lightning from heaven. Satan did not fall willingly, but he was cast down.

Who is Satan? Did God create him as Satan from the beginning? Knowing how good God is, we know he cannot possibly make evil beings. That means Satan was not bad Satan at the beginning, but turned bad and evil by himself at a certain point after he had been created.

In the book of Ezekiel are found prophecies concerning the fall of the city of Tyre, the Phoenician seaport on the Mediterranean coast. Hiram king of Tyre helped David by supplying materials for building his palace in Jerusalem, and Solomon for building the temple. In his time, the whole city moved to a small island—only one kilometer off the coast in order to prevent the attacks from enemies. When Assyrian king Sennacherib besieged the city, it was able to stand for 5 years, and when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon besieged, it held off for 13 years (586–573 B.C.)

These oracles were given in Ezekiel’s time, probably right after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. and just before the time when Nebuchadnezzar began to besiege the city. But in them we find descriptions that do not fit the historical events well and are difficult to interpret simply as prophecies against the human king or the earthly city of Tyre. For instance:

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; … You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. … So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth…(vv. 12-17).

In the book of Isaiah, the following passage is found in the oracle against the king of Babylon:

How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit (Isa 14:12-15).

Again, the expressions seem to be extending beyond the human king or the city. Admittedly, in both cases, it was due to their pride that they were cast down.