Soriku said:
Oh wait...God is omnipotent according to the Bible. Why doesn't he just do that? |
Because He can not lie, Lucifer is all lies, God is all truth.
2 I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.
Psalms 138:2.
When the fall came, God said to Adam: do not eat the fruit, or you will die. And He did not lied, Adam was immortal, and we are no longer immortal. He always keeps His promisses, that is why Lucifer wants to prove him a liar, at least once, because God made His word greater than his own name: there is no lie in Him.
The fall is when Lucifer was cast out of heaven:
14 And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Genesis 2.
The seed of the woman (Jesus) was hurt by Satan, the crucificion, but He (Jesus) will destroy Satan in the end (hurt his head). God predicted everything in that very day and He never lies, that is why He did not destroyed Satan there, he was a god, a son of God, he was loved by god:
You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15"You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16"By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, Ezekiel 28:15.