SATAN: This word is ‘transliterated’ or taken right out of the Hebrew language and it is the same word in the Greek as it is in our language. The meaning is: ‘an adversary’. The angel of the LORD ‘stood in the way’ or was an adversary of Balaam’s donkey in Numbers 22:22,. God is an adversary to King David in 1 Chronicles 21:1 cp 2 Samuel 24:1. Peter is a ‘satan’ to Jesus in Matthew 16:33 (just shortly after Peter confess that Jesus was the ‘Christ’.
Unfortunate again are those who misconstrue scripture to make a point: Isaiah 14:12 in reference to “how art thou fallen O Lucifer” and equate this to an angel fallen from heaven. This passage is clearly referring to the pomp of the King of Babylon (v4). Ezekiel 28:13 also is used because it reads: “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God”. V2 clearly puts the focus upon the city of Tyre which exalted it’s wealth over the things of God. One other passage that is misunderstood is: Revelation 12:7-9 links the references to ‘that old serpent, the devil and satan who are cast out to the earth! Once that happens, “Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.” This is not talking about war in heaven at the beginning of creation, but the end of the era as salvation is presented to the ‘saints’ in the Kingdom of God on earth. This is consistent with all the rest of the Bible message.