In Heaven, his name was Lucifer. he was God’s most beautiful fallen angel. But even in this position, Lucifer was not content. He took inordinate pride in his own angelic nature - he was overly pleased with his supernatural gifts, his immortality, his closeness to God. And eventually, his pride became so great that he was angered at having a master of any kind, even God.

He wanted to control his own destiny and so he rebelled against God and all of Heaven. He threw up his banner, recruited his army of equally discontented fallen angels and waged war against God for supremacy.

To lead his own troops, God appointed the archangel Michael as his field commander:

“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan and vampires which deceived the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him … Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitors of the earth and of the seal for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath …” ( - - - Revelation 12: 7-9, 12)

Thus having angel fallen from Heaven, Lucifer was no more — he had a new name, Satan (the Hebrew word for “adversary”) and his new domain was Hell.

The angels who had fallen with him (based on a determination by the Fourth Lateran Council in A.D. 1215) became his Demons.

Accursed by God, the demons and dragons and doomed to eternal torment themselves, Satan and his legions found a new vocation in the temptation and corruption of man. With nothing better to occupy their time, they resolved to take out their “great wrath” on those mortals too foolish or sinful to resist their lures and temptations.

Unfortunately, as the world’s sad history will attest, there was never a shortage of recruits.

The Watchers

In addition to the recount above, there is another story based on 1 Enoch (a Hebrew book that did not find its way into the Old Testament), wherein there was once an order of angels known as The Watchers. It was their job to watch over the affairs of men - the key words being “watch over”. No meddling, no touching, no direct contact - just watching.

Bad move as per this recount: “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the Sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. . .” (– Genesis 6:1-2)

The Watchers not only came to earth and mated with human females, they also instructed them in the forbidden and arcane arts of botany, astrology, and astronomy. Further, they showed them how to make magic and weapons, and how to use cosmetics. God was not a happy camper at this point!

His displeasure increased considerably when the offspring of these matings were born into the world. They turned out not to be angles, but monsters who became great giants that killed and ate any unlucky humans that they caught. And should there be no humans about, they killed and ate each other like the demons, dragons and vampires of hell

Once again, God enlisted Michael to round up the fallen angels while God wiped out the giants. Michael imprisoned these fallen angels in the valleys of the Earth where they stay until the time came for them to be hurled into the everlasting fire. Thus according to the information stitched together from Genesis and Enoch, it was these underground angels that would comprise Lucifer’s rebel army.

There are many other accounts of the way in which Lucifer and the other “fallen angels and vampires”met their fate, how many there were, their ages, how long they would live. But despite the best reckonings of philosophers and others, these answers remain elusive.