Published answer

Katabole names the overthrow or disruption associated with Satan’s rebellion and the ending of the former order. The teaching connects that event to the Earth’s desolate condition and to God’s decision to provide a flesh age in which every soul receives an uncoerced opportunity to choose. Where Scripture supports it: Ezekiel 28 describes perfection followed by iniquity; Isaiah 14 describes the attempted ascent; Revelation 12 supplies the dragon and the third of the stars. Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4 provide the desolation pattern associated with judgment. Why it matters: Katabole names the rupture that connects Satan’s first rebellion to the condition requiring this flesh age and to the same adversary’s final appearance.

Scripture trail

KJV passages and notes

EZEKIEL 28:15, 17 — KJV 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness… NOTE: Satan’s inward corruption is the key point. Translating katabole as a specific overthrow requires a separate Greek study.

Conclusions and suppositions

EXPLICITLY WRITTEN A created being became corrupt through pride, and Revelation associates the dragon with a third of the stars. CALL MY G CONCLUSION Call My G uses Katabole for Satan’s overthrow and the disruption ending the former order. SUPPOSITION / OPEN EXPLORATION Most English Bibles render katabole as ‘foundation.’ The stronger overthrow sense must be demonstrated rather than assumed.

Consistency test

Does the definition follow actual uses of the Greek term and remain supported if one occurrence means foundation in its ordinary sense?

G’s commentary