We believe that God created an innumerable company of sinless spirit beings. One of these, although created holy by God, sinned through pride, thereby becoming Satan, the Devil, the enemy of his Creator. He became the author of sin, leading a host of angels in rebellion against God. He became the god of this age and the ruler of all powers of darkness and is destined to the judgment of an eternal punishment in the lake of fire. (Ezekiel 29:12-17; Matthew 25:41; II Corinthians 4:3-4; Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 12:7-9;
