I think that the part was written for Morgan Freeman because that's who Denzel Washington looked like at the beginning of the movie, before he converted to his more polished, clean shaven look towards the end. I went to see 'Safehouse' with Denzel Washington this weekend. This brings me to the purpose of this post. How can the created be equal to the Creator? He is a being, created just like we are created- only not flesh and blood, but spirit. What we get from this description is a clear picture that Satan is so deceptive that he has even deceived himself to think that he can be equal to God. A better way to state the previous would be to state that Satan was dismissed from the presence of God.

His desire to usurp the power of God and refusal to bow to God ultimately led to his demise and his dismissal from 'heaven'. The bible says of Satan in Isaiah 14:14 (see also 2 Thess 2:4) that in his loftiness and his pride, he said to himself, 'I shall ascend above the tops of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.' Satan is an ambitious fellow if there ever was one. His idea is that he and his cohorts would be 'free' in hell to do as they pleased. Satan says that in hell, they would reign secure- because God had not built there. In Book 1, line 260 of the 10 books of Paradise Lost, this is Satan's famous line in a speech that he was giving to fallen angels that rebelled with him. Nevertheless, Milton's poem gives us an illustration of the pride of Satan, the fall of man and the fall of everything not God, hence the title, Paradise Lost.

As a general rule, it is unwise to subscribe to extra-biblical accounts to shape theology- theology should be shaped by the bible, not the other way around. While it is a poem, it has shaped the thoughts of men and women of God for years. In evangelical circles, Paradise Lost has a significant impact on how the theology of God and the devil is understood. 'It is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.' is a line from the epic poem by John Milton, 'Paradise Lost'.

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