God created a beloved and magnificent being to serve Him at His very throne. The cherub’s name was Lucifer. God gave him everything, and every quality that Lucifer possessed, but it was not enough. Lucifer rebelled again God in an attempt to become God himself. He failed but he took 1/3 of the angels with him. Lucifer became God’s adversary (Satan) and the rebellious angels became demons. Rather than dealing with Satan’s rebellion immediately by casting him into a spiritual prison, God took this painful negative event and used Satan to complete His plan of good character development. He has allowed Satan to be an agent of resistance for all humanity, and for the Children, He has called throughout the ages.

Greg Thomas

United Church of God Pastor

Greg Thomas is the part-time Pastor of the Cleveland, Ohio congregation. Ordained in 1981, he has served in the ministry for 43-years and assumed the role of Pastor in January 2011. As a certified leadership consultant, Greg is the founder and president of weLEAD, Inc. Chartered in 2001, weLEAD is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization and a major respected resource for free leadership development information reaching a worldwide audience. Greg also founded Leadership Excellence, Ltd in 2009 offering leadership training and coaching.