The devil is the father of lies an apposing understanding. The spirit of error. The spirt that challenges the authority of God and tries to turn it upside down as if the doctrines of God were not inspired from above but rather earthly inspired of the devil .
The doctrine of God come down . . . . . Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:Deuteronomy 32: 1-2
The doctrines of devils as the wisdom of this world.
James 3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
The Sky is one place He describes as a shadow of his glory.
Psalm 68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Again the spirit of error the counterfit…
For thou hast said in thine heart, "I wil"l ascend into heaven, "I will" exalt my throne above the stars of God:" I will" sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north "I will" ascend above the heights of the clouds; "I will be like the most High".
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Isiah 14:13-15