Lucifer, the highest of the angelic host, had previously rebelled in heaven (Isa. 14:12–17; Ezek. 28:12–19) and enticed one-third of the angels to revolt against God (Rev. 12:4). Satan was cast out of heaven to the earth. In Genesis 3, this once-exalted angel slithered onto the stage of human history and continued his solicitation of others to sin, tempting Eve to lure Adam into rebellion against God. Martin Luther writes, “But this temptation—when Satan attacks the Word and the works of God—is far