FIRSTBORN

This page is about the origin of Satan, who was once called the Firstborn and god of this world; the Sumerian god Enlil.

There is a pattern seen throughout biblical history of younger brothers being chosen over their firstborn brother. Abel/Cain, Isaac/Ishmael, Jacob/Esau, Joseph/Reuben.

Enlil, the first breath, Lord of the wind, (thunder, storm and lightning) Lord of the ghosts, (Similar to the Hebrew word "ruach", the Sumerian word "Lil" both stands for wind and for ghost.) was the first of the Anunaki and was chosen leader among them and knew that he was firstborn and King. When the Gods met for assembly on Earth, they met at Enlils court in Nippur, the city dedicated to Enlil. When the Gods met in Heaven however he sat beside his Father Anu who presided the heavenly court. He was the only god living permanently on Earth.

In Jewish eyes, outside God The Father, all the ancient gods really are (mostly fallen) Archangels, worshipped as gods by nations around the world. Since Enlil was the firstborn god, let’s see what is told about this first created angel.

JESUS said, "My chosen one, Peter! Hear what I have to say to you: First we created heaven and after that the angels. The Father prepared the Aeons. We created seven archangels, to allow them to sing us perpetual hymns, me and my father the Holy Spirit. "The first whom we created we named Saklataboth, which means 'the one who disturbs the heaven and earth.' We established him in command of all the armies (hosts) which we created, and they all obeyed him. Seven Cherubim were with him and sang hymns with him in honor of the holy Trinity, which is perfect. I, my father, and the Holy Spirit while the angels called him: 'the first born of the hands of God.' Enthronement of the Archangel Michael

Sumer was the cradle of civilization. Before the flood, Enlil was considered king in heaven and king of all the lands;

You are lord! You are king! Enlil, you are lord! You are king! Nunamnir, (Great Mountain; Enlil. Seat of power.) you are lord! You are king! You are supreme lord, you are powerful lord! Lord who makes flax grow, lord who makes barley grow, you are lord of heaven, Lord Plenty, lord of the earth! You are lord of the earth, Lord Plenty, lord of heaven! Enlil in heaven, Enlil is king! Enlil and Ninlil 143-154

"Sumer, (Shomer in Hebrew means watcher, the name Sumer could refer to the watcher angels that descended in Sumer.) Great Mountain, land of heaven and earth, trailing glory, bestowing powers on the people from sunrise to sunset: your powers are superior powers, untouchable, and your heart is complex and inscrutable. Enki and the world order 192-209

But even though Enlil was considered 'the King of the Gods', in his youth he was banished at one time to the world of the dead by the assembly of the gods for having raped the grain goddess, Ninlil, (Mul-liltu) his intended bride.

Enlil was walking in the Ki-ur. As Enlil was going about in the Ki-ur, (Earth city) the fifty great gods and the seven gods who decide destinies had Enlil arrested in the Ki-ur. Enlil, the ritually impure, left the city. Nunamnir, the ritually impure, left the city. Enlil, in accordance with what had been decided, Nunamnir, in accordance with what had been decided, Enlil went. Ninlil followed. Nunamnir went, the maiden chased him. Enlil and Ninlil 54

This was way before the human race existed. He managed to return, but then the gods started threatening Enlil because of the hard labor they had to perform each day.

They [wearied, complained, [grum]bled in the workpits. "Let us confront the throne-bearer that he may remove from us our [hea]vy labor. Atrahasis 22

A council was held in which Enki proposed to create a “Lullu” man, a race of humans to take over the work..

Enki opened his mouth and said to the great gods: "At the new moon, the seventh day, and the full moon, I will set up a purifying bath. Let them slaughter one god. Let the gods be purified by immersion. With his flesh and blood let Nintu mix the clay. God and man- let them be inseparably mixed in the clay;…We-ila, who had wisdom, (a god of wisdom or rationality) they slaughtered in their assembly. With his flesh and blood Nintu mixed the clay. (In later myths named Kingu.) Till the end [of days they heard the drum]. From the flesh of the god there was spirit. Atrahasis

After a few attempts the result, being able to raise high above the animal state had so much potential, that God called on the Firstborn (Enlil; the animal soul) to prostate himself before man, in whom was put the spirit of the god, being created after the image of God, which made him rise in intelligence above the animals;

'The angels beheld the likeness and image of God in Adam and they fell down and worshipped him and gave him glory as the likeness of God. But Mastêma, which is Sataniêl, saw the honour that was given to Adam and he was greatly jealous. He stiffened his neck before the Lord and said unto the angels: "it befits not us to worship Adam, for he is virgin (parthenikos) of earth; but we are angels (formed) of flames of fire and honourable, (made) from the elements (hyle pl.) of fire, while he is earth from the earth." Coptic encomium on Michael, attributed to Chrysostom, (Paris 131(1),43)
From W.E. Crum, "Texts Attributed to Peter of Alexandria" Journal of Theological Studies 4 (1903) p. 396-97 n. 3.

My father said to him, Come, bow before the first man, whom we have created after my image and my likeness, the work of my hands. The firstborn answered, I will not bow down, for he is a man and I am earlier than he, and I am greater than every angel. When the firstborn said, I will not bow down before him, he immediately seduced many other angels and kept them from bowing before Adam. My father said to him, Come pay homage to my image and my likeness. But he answered, I will not pay homage to him, and these other angels will I keep from bowing before him. My father said to him, What is the reason which prevents you from bowing before him? "The firstborn said to him, I will never pay homage to him who is less than I. My father answered, Come, pay homage to him. Do not bring destruction upon yourself, so that your evildoing shall descend upon your head. He answered, I will not bow down. Today evil is fulfilled in you, O evil Mastema. (enmity) See my witness is fulfilled in you, which will abide for eternity and become law for all future generations. It will be said, Every statement stands through two or three witnesses. (cf. Deut 17:6, 19:15) See, the first testimony has happened. My father said, Because you have been unreasonable and disobedient, no more shall you be called "Firstborn" but Saklas. (Latin direct object; Saklam.) the one who strives with the Lord. My father commanded a Cherub, who lifted him up on his wing and cast him below onto the earth. Enthronement of the Archangel Michael

This conflict sadly enough had to culminate into a fight. All of this didn't happen at the same time, but during the evolution of Man from primitive ape-like beings into civilized Homo Sapiens. The (so far) recovered Sumerian myths (so far) do not speak of such a fight, but later stories do, and here's where they fight.

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war, And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan,
by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him. Rev 12;7

"My Father changed his appearance because of his pride, and the light was taken from him, and his face became unto a heated iron, (red) and his face became wholly like that of a man: and he drew with his tail the third part of the angels of God, and was cast out from the seat of God and the stewardship of the heavens." Book of John the Evangelist

"At that moment he took a great, strong angel named Michael. He enthroned him on the throne in place of the Firstborn. And the entire splendor which had been taken from Mastema was given to Michael: the diadem of the light of joy was placed on Michael's head. The staff of righteousness was given to Michael. The shoes of peace were placed on his feet. He was invested on the evening of the twelfth of Hathor. He was established above the heavenly world of light and above the earthly world on the twelfth of Hathor." Coptic encomium on Michael, attributed to Chrysostom, (Paris 131(1),43)

Which didn’t mean that Enlil fell to his misery, or splattered against the Earth. He was degraded, thrown out of heaven; he lost his Kingship in heaven but kept his kingship as king of the lands. (provisionally)

Throughout the heavens; the Cosmos, the number of of enlightened souls; the lot of Enki/Michael, was growing to the point of the Kingdom of Heaven being taken over from Enlil/Satan. This is why Enki/Michael, though Lord of the Day, Lord of the Light came to power after Enlil/Satan. First a kingdom of nature had to be established; the realm of Enlil, Lord of animal souls. This was a necessity. Through evolution of the brain; the intellect, individual souls gradually evolved to a higher level. From that point on, the natural world with its natural but lower urges became an obstacle for intelligent souls to reach enlightenement, and Enlil became the Satan, the adversary of ascending souls.

Enki was given the right of firstborn and was put in Enlil's place as the steward of heaven and Earth, as Michael, who is like God.

Enki, the king of the Abzu (Portal of Wisdom), justly praises himself in his majesty: "My father, the king of heaven and earth, made me famous in heaven and earth. My elder brother, the king of all the lands, gathered up all the divine powers and placed them in my hand. I brought the arts and crafts from the E-kur, the house of Enlil, to my Abzu in Eridug. I am the good semen, begotten by a wild bull, I am the first born of AN. I am a great storm rising over the great earth, I am the great lord of the Land. I am the principal among all rulers, the father of all the foreign lands. I am the big brother of the gods, I bring prosperity to perfection. I am the seal-keeper of heaven and earth. I am the wisdom and understanding of all the foreign lands. With AN the king, on AN's dais, I oversee justice. With Enlil, looking out over the lands, I decree good destinies. He has placed in my hands the decreeing of fates in the 'Place where the sun rises'. I am cherished by Nintud. I am named with a good name by Ninhursaja. I am the leader of the Anuna gods. I was born as the firstborn son of holy AN. (lit. Holy Spirit)" Enki and the world order, 61-80

Satan, outcast in heaven, didn't leave it to that and thought up a plan to have angels descend to Earth in order to rule over man, instead of bowing before him. They were the Anunaki, who came from heaven to Earth, or the Nephilim, the fallen ones.

Then were they known to men by various names, and various idols through the heathen world. Milton, Paradise Lost 1.374-5

Satan took up the plan to create a crossbreed between humans and angels, so they could inhabit human bodies and walk the Earth as spiritual giants ruling mankind instead of the other way around.