Who is Satan really?

Is Satan really a fallen angel who was once called Lucifer? Was he in the beginning the most beautiful of all GOD’s angel but because of his arrogance cast from the throne of GOD in Heaven to the earh below?

This common teaching comes primarily from Ezekiel 28.In verse 2 it says, In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas."
And continuing on in verse 12-17: "You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden, the garden of GOD; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
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.
Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. 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; I made a spectacle of you before kings.”

Let’s look at this scripture carefully to discover and understand the true meaning. [comments to the scripture are in brackets]

In verse 2 it says, In the pride of your heart you say, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas." and continues on to say: But you are a MAN and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.
[Satan was never called a man by GOD. When creating humanity, GOD said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.]

Eze 28:3 Are you wiser than Daniel ? Is no secret hidden from you?
[Satan is by knowledge, wiser than Daniel. GOD was saying Adam was not.]

Eze 28: 4-5 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
[Satan is not interested in gold and wealth. Increasing and amassing wealth is only an interest of man. So if it is not Satan that these scriptures are referencing, who are they speaking of? The answer is Adam, the father of mankind. Every man in the world has taken the stand that they are GOD; that is why there are wars.]

Eze 28:6-10 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god, I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor.
They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Will you then say, "I am a god," in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a man, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.
You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken,” declares the Sovereign LORD.
[This is the beginning of the death of mankind; the entrance of the curse of death upon the world. This passage is not speaking of Satan because it says “ruthless foreign nations” will come against you and kill you with the sword. Satan is not killed by any man, therefore once again we know this passage is not talking about Satan, but about man.]

'Eze 28: 12-17 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
[In Gen 1:26 GOD said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. Man is the only being that was made the model of perfection, full of wisdom and beauty. Even the pure creation of the earth with mountain, trees animals was not to be compared with the creation of man.]

You were in Eden, the garden of GOD; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you.
[Satan was never the keeper of the Garden. Adam was the keeper and should have immediately reported an intruder in the Garden. Adam was not only the keeper of the Garden but also the protector of Eve. But Satan did not introduce himself to Adam, therefore Adam did not know who talking to him. He did not know the serpent was a liar.
John 8:44 says Satan, the devil, he was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

If Satan started out good, GOD would have mourned him turning bad. GOD says He now mourns for man. GOD never mourns for Satan. JESUS didn’t die for the salvation of Satan. GOD knew we could not see the true worth, beauty, and majesty of ALMIGHTY GOD without an alternative, therefore He created evil in order to give us an honest choice. But that doesn’t mean that GOD is evil in any way shape or form; not even a particle; nor does GOD ever want us to take the evil choice. GOD didn't want robots or puppets who only respond with a jerk of a string or the push of a button, so that is why He created us with the free will to choose. But in order to choose there must be choices. Since there only one GOD, He made another choice, Satan, the evil force. Here in these verses of Ezekiel, GOD is lamenting our sin. He knew we would fail. The Gospel is the only rescue from sin.]

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.
Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of GOD, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
[We were created blameless and upright to walk on the Holy Mount of GOD but GOD wanted to give us a choice to freely choose Him, so an alternative had to be made. Evil only exists to serve GOD’s purpose of giving us that choice. Once that is done all evil will be destroyed.
A cherub is to be a representative; a picture; an image of something real, — like a photo is a representation of a the person shown. A cherub is to be a badge or representative of something much greater. The word “anointed” means “to cover over” or “cover with” and also means “with out-spread wings.” Adam (representing all humankind)) was created perfect and the cherub or image of GOD who is so awesomely much greater. Adam was appointed as the Annointed Cherub.]

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.
[As side note, scientists have often wondered, what the purpose for the sholderblades are? Could it be that that in our original creation, they were the mounts of wings? And before man sinned, he had wings which allowed him to not be bound to the earth?
After the fall of man GOD said He threw him to the earth, but not just to the ground (not able to fly anymore) but to the place of groveling. Now instead of being the master of earth and sky, the
keeper of the garden and everything in it, we must grovel; we must toil and work and slave to live.
Gen 3:17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, You must not eat of it,Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
[Notice that GOD did not curse man but the ground which man inhabited. The reason is that if GOD had cursed man, there would be no way for us to be saved through CHRIST.

Gen 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

And in Genesis 3:14-15 to the serpent in which Satan indwelled GOD said, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers (which is CHRIST); He will crush your head, and you will strike His heel."]