Who Or What Is The Devil
A Rabbi once told me he physically fought with the devil. Can you imagine this for a moment. The devil actually dropped everything he was doing and decided to go punch it out with this Rabbi. I dont know about you but what can I say I believed him. I never quite mustered the guts to asked him who won. He described this being as having two horn and parted hoves and a tail. Wait a minute! Isn’t this the typical fairy tale description you get from books and television and from most people especially the religious types. The devil is also said, thats what I’ve heard, to be omnipresent, that is the ability to be everywhere at the same time. I would say that is some serious power like that of God Himself. Yet he results to possessing little girls and boys and is greatly upset by some sprinkling of tap water. We also gather that in this fight against evil this Satan being seems to be winning. Why only a few are turning their hearts over to Jesus. What a bummer! The majority ain’t paying much attention to God and a mass exodus is on its way to hell. Sounds to me like God has a serious problem trying to get people to rally for Him these days.
Perhaps God has met His match and He is managing a damage control from heaven. But wait a minute, did not God create Satan? Ah yeah. So why does it seem He is not able to constrain him? After all the majority of souls are casting their votes for this Lucifer. Could it be this free will thing again. Doesn’t it seems just a little perplexing that most people would rather turn their hearts over to Satan and go to hell with him than to heaven with God? After all Lucifer and we have free will. Isn’t it also strange that you don’t hear much about this devil being in other religious circles, but he seems to be pretty busy with Christian folks. Well I’m just wondering out loud, so please excuse me. What I really want to do here is expose the truth about this Lucifer. Who or what he is and the mystery behind this infamous fellow.
This is one of those diabolical heresies theologians and religious extremes have blown out of proportion and Christians chew on like bluefish on a feeding frenzy. Another tool deployed to keep the mass abased. But look out extremist and have no more fear my misguided lambs for freedom from this mystery lies at the door in the pages that follow. Do you want the truth or sweet little lies? This is the blue pill my dear reader. Take a big gulp. This is not a small subject and I credit this great piece to Ray from Bibletruths.com. who so eloquently has pointed out the certain discrepancies and clarifying them in regards to this Lucifer. We will start with one point of the Bible which is widely believed and used in pointing out the origin of Lucifer. For once this is clear cut and dry in your mind as to the real truth as it truly reads, then you can watch this Lucifer personally poof! disappear. It probably will shock you at first so brace yourself. Just remember to keep an opened unbiased mind by leaving your former teaching behind. This is important because as I was in your shoes at one time, I also found it hard to believe. That such prominent speakers as I have heard all my life could be so decieved and worst, I believe them without checking things out for myself. Surely they couldn’t be wrong. As Golmer Pile would say “Suprise, suprise, suprise”, your minister might just be this being you are trying to run away from.
For those of you unfamiliar with this subject it goes like this. Satan who is called Lucifer was a great Archangel created perfect in all his ways. He was an angel of light and was cast down to the earth from heaven, after something went wrong with him mentally and supposedly became deranged for wanting to overthrow Gods throne. He now resides as ruler of earth in a perverted state of mind fighting to overthrow God’s creation. Thats it in a nut shell. So pick up your Bible, dust it off and pick up this story in Isiah 14:11:
ENTER LUCIFER
(Before you proceed please pick up your bible and read verses 1-10! We are starting half way thru the movie.)
” To whom is God talking on verse 4?
“That you shall take up this proverb against the KING OF BABYLON…” (Ver. 4)
We see God is speaking of, to and about, “the King of Babylon,” . Please keep this in mind for your minister does not tell you this as it really reads. It is talking about this King’s demise.
“Your pomp is brought down to the grave (Satan is not dead in the grave), and the noise of your viols [harps or lutes]: the worm [ maggots] is spread under you [can maggots eat a spirit body], and the worms cover you” (Ver. 11).
So how do ministers and theologians attribute these verses to Lucifer the Devil? Lets look at the infamous verse 12 where all of a sudden this Lucifer fellow appears. Is this translation true or have these high thinkers gone mad and the churches have fallen over the cliff like lemans with them?
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations”! (Ver. 12)
Do you remember verse 4? It talks about trees which symbolizes different people who are at ease due to this king downfall. Doe this Lucifer fellow fit in here?
“All they shall speak and say unto thee [king of Babylon], Art thou [king of Babylon] also become weak as we? Art thou [king of Babylon] become like unto us [mere mortals and not gods from heaven]. Thy [king of Babylon] pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy [king of Babylon] viols: the worm is spread under thee [king of Babylon], and the worms cover thee [king of Babylon]. How art thou [king of Babylon] fallen from heaven, O Lucifer…”?!?
Did you count that? Eight times the king of Babylon is made reference to than abracadabra this Kings turns into Lucifer. Where in the world did this fellow all of a sudden come from? And where else in the Bible is Satan called Lucifer? Why no where except here.
So just where did this proper name, “Lucifer” suddenly appear from in the middle of this sentence? Is “Lucifer” a proper name? Is it even a noun? Is “Lucifer” another name for the king of Babylon? Is “Lucifer” an English word? Is there a Hebrew word that can be translated “Lucifer?”
I am going to shine some LIGHT on this “O Lucifer, son of the morning star” business, and we can all watch Lucifer disappear in the dawn’s early light. It is but another heresy from the Dark Ages that crept into the hallowed halls of the Church. This is a little lengthy, but it is also one of the most intriguing bits of deception your will ever see exposed, so I will take the time to debunk it.
THE UNTOLD ORIGIN OF “LUCIFER”
From my American Heritage College Dictionary, Lucifer n. 1. The archangel cast from heaven for leading the revolt of the angels; Satan. < OE, morning star, Lucifer < Latin Lucifer < lucifer, light-bringer: lux, luc-, light” (page 821).
The very next word under “Lucifer” is, luciferase n. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin.” Hmmmmm. What have we here? “Lucifer + in.”
And the word that follows “luciferase” in this same dictionary is: ” luciferin n. A chemical substance present in the cells of bioluminescent organisms, such as fireflies that produce a bluish-green light when oxidized. [Latin Lucifer, light-bringing; see LUCIFER + -IN.]” (page. 821).
There it is! Lucifer is the ‘chemical bioluminescence’ in the cells of FIREFLIES! WOW! With that in mind, we should all sleep better tonight.
And for the sake of validity look at the below entomology of the word Lucifer
Lucifer: Old English Lucifer “Satan,” also “morning star,” from Latin Lucifer “morning star,” literally “light-bringing,” from lux (genitive lucis) “light” (see light (n.)) + ferre “carry” (seeinfer).
Belief that it was the proper name of Satan began with its use in Bible to translate Greek Phosphoros, which translates Hebrew Helel ben Shahar in Isaiah xiv:12 — “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!” [KJV] Because of the mention of a fall from Heaven, the verse was interpreted by Christians as a reference to Satan, even though it is literally a reference to the King of Babylon (see Isaiah xiv:4).
LUCIFER IS A CHRISTIAN HOAX
And so what do fireflies have to do with the King of Babylon or Satan the devil? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Was Satan once a “light-bringing firefly”? No, no he wasn’t. Then how in the world did we get this Latin word “lucifer” as part of Isa. 14:12, in so many English Bibles?
First, just who was it that fell from heaven, and does the phrase “fallen from heaven” prove that this person had to have been in God’s throne room, or at least in interstellar space in order for him to “fall from heaven” therefore proving that this must be a spirit being only? No, of course not. It is a figure of speech. Here is proof from none other that Jesus:
“And you, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down [from heaven] to hell [Gk: hades]” (Luke 10:15).
So here we have a whole city being thrown down from heaven to hades, their grave. And so it is with the King of Babylon whose “pomp is brought down to the grave” (Isa. 14:11). These two Scriptures are exact parallel thoughts.
Now then, back to “Lucifer.” Just what is the Hebrew word found in the manuscripts that the translators turned into the Latin word Lucifer? It is very interesting. All of you with a Strong’s Concordance, look up this word Lucifer. Right after the word Lucifer we are given a definition before we ever go to the Dictionary to find the meaning. Here is what you will find: Lucifer (lu’sif-ur) {1} Title applied to king of Babylon.
Clearly the editor of Strong’s Concordance realized that this word (whatever it means) is to be applied to the “king of Babylon,” and NOT TO SATAN THE DEVIL!
We are told that the word in question is Strong’s #1966 which is heylel, from 1984 [halal] (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star:–Lucifer.
Satan is NOT an angel of light, neither has he ever been! It is the “false apostles, DECEITFUL workers” Ver 13, that DECEIVE people into believing lies. Satan appears as an angel of light to the world; he is transformed into an angel of light, but it is an illusion, it is not true, it is a deception!
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is TRANSFORMED into an angel of light” (II Cor. 11:14).
Paul expels any such theory that Satan knows anything about “light”:
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against power, against the RULERS OF THE DARKNESS of this world” (Eph. 6:12).
Rev. 16:10 is but the continuation of the same Babylonian beast that we read about in Isa. 14:
“and the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast [Babylon] and his kingdom was FULL OF DARKNESS…”
So what is this heylel/halal of Isa. 14:12? Here is the problem-too many translations of previous translations without checking the Hebrew manuscripts first.
Lucifer is the Latin Vulgate translation of the word “xosphoruos” in the Septuagint, which is a Greek version of the Hebrew of Isaiah 14:12, which the King James translators then translated over into the English as “Lucifer.”
The Latin and the Greek, as well as a supposed form of a “Hebrew” word in verse 12 mean “bright shiner” or “shining one.” The problem is, however, that Isa.14:12 was not written in Latin or Greek, but Hebrew. And I assure you that “Lucifer” is not a Hebrew word, nor is it an English translation of a Hebrew word. Lucifer is Latin, and is related to a group of Latin derived English words including lucid, luciferin and luciferose, as we saw defined above, all of which suggest brightness or shining. Likewise xosphoros in the Greek derived English words such as, fluorescence and phosphorescence.
But, there seems to be no Hebrew or Aramaic text in which there is a word in this verse to correspond. What we find in all such texts is the word “hehlehl,’ eill, which is a form of the Hebrew stem “yah-lahl,” ill. And what is the meaning of “ill”? Are you ready? It means HOWL. That’s right, “Lucifer” turns out to be nothing more than a “howl” (maybe of ‘hot air’)!
It has been suggested that the translators of the Septuagint (Hebrew into Greek) could have overlooked the smallest of the Hebrew letters or been using a copy in which it had been inadvertently omitted. Thus if the form of the world eill, as it occurs in this particular text, were shortened to ell its meaning would be derived from a different root, in fact would be itself a different root, and the sense given in the Septuagint and the Vulgate would be at least understandable, with one giant exception. There is still absolutely no reason or rule of grammar for turning this word into a personal name! It could possibly mean “a shining one,” but not a personal name such as “Lucifer.” Doubtless the translators followed the Vulgate as they did in most of their translating.
Even such an eminent translator as Rotherham seemed to follow the Septuagint in this verse, however, from his comments within parenthesis, it is clear that he was fully aware of the fact that whatever this word meant, it was referring to none other than the context of these verses which is Babylon and not Satan:
“How has thou (Babylon-see context) fallen from heaven, O Shining One (O howl)-Son of the Dawn! (Babylon conspicuous as Venus). Hewn down to the earth, O crusher of nations.”
Clearly the reference is to Babylon and none other. It was Babylon which was exalted to heaven (as conspicuous as Venus, the brightest star of the morning) in her wealth, power, and glory. Yet just as Capernaum, God says she is brought down to the earth, the one who was a “crusher of nations.”
I don’t believe one has to be a Hebrew scholar to see at a glance that “Lucifer” is totally out of place in this list. The meaning of this word is clear; eill is a verb that means “HOWL”, and not a noun than can be twisted into a personal name such as “lucifer”!
Is there no end to the religious lies fostered on the naïve Church? I assure you there is an end, and that end may be soon in sight!
And notice carefully that the Hebrew verb eill in Isa. 14:12 is the identical form of the first verb eill in Zech. 11:2. Now try substituting the personal noun “Lucifer” in place of the verb “howl” in the two places it occurs in Zech. 11:2. Here as in many Scriptures, the trees are likened to people who are crying out because of the death and destruction:
“Lucifer, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: Lucifer, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the ventage is come down.”
Such a translation would be nonsense. Or let’s try it back in Isa. 14 where we find the word Lucifer in verse 12, but notice how this word is translated in verse 31: Instead of “Howl, O gate; cry, O city…” We would have, “Lucifer, O gate; cry, O city…” Again, such a translation would be nonsense, as it is also nonsense in Isa. 14:12.
Kittel in a footnote informs us that it is only the Septuagint (which, remember, is the Greek Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures) that we find this word ell instead of eill. This word was translated into eospearos, which Jerome translated into Lucifer with a capital “L,” which the King James translators carried over into English without checking the HEBREW manuscripts, which would have solved this dilemma. All Hebrew manuscripts have eill in Isaiah 14:12, and remember that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, NOT Greek or Latin!
Well, there you have it. There ain’t no Lucifer who was supposedly perfect before he supposedly turned into Satan. Lucifer is a Christian hoax! What a difference a Hebrew “yode” (‘i’-iota) makes. We dare not LEAVE OUT THE IOTAS.
“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in NO WISE PASS from the law, till all be fulfilled” (Mat. 5:18).
A “jot” is a Greek “iota” and in Hebrew a “tittle” is a “yod,” which is the very smallest stroke in a Hebrew letter. And just how important are those little iotas? The difference between the absence of “i”, or the presence of “i”, is the reason why, we have the Lucifer LIE!
Now back to Isa. 14. With “Lucifer” out of the way, let’s read a couple versions other than the KJV and see how they dealt with this strange word ell which comes to us by way of the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate:
“How you are fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!” You are hacked down to the earth, destroyer of nations” (New International Version)
“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! (New Revised Standard Version)
There is absolutely no reason to capitalize “day,” “star,” or “dawn” in this last version.
Here is how the Concordant Literal Old Testament translates this verse by following the Hebrew Manuscripts rather than the Catholic Latin Bible:
“How you have fallen from the heavens! Howl, son of the dawn! You are hacked down to the earth, defeater of all nations.”
It is the king of Babylon who elevated himself to high heaven in the heavens of his own mind, and it is the same king of Babylon who has “fallen from the heavens,” and it is the same king of Babylon who is “hacked down to the earth,” and it is the same king of Babylon who was the “defeater of all nations,” and not a “perfect Satan.”
GOD GIVES US THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO ‘HOWL’
We will now see what every single verse of Scripture that uses the word “howl” has in common with Isa. 14:12: “Howl, son of the dawn.” There is a reason why God tells the people in thirty some verses, “To HOWL…” And it is the very same reason that the “…son of the dawn” is to “Howl” rather than to “lucifer” or light up like a firefly or some other silly unscriptural nonsense! Let’s look at just a few:
Isa. 13:6, “Howl ye [why?]; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a DESTRUCTION from the Almighty [that’s why]”!
Isa. 14:31, “Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou; whole Palestina, are DISSOLVED…”
Isa. 23:1, “The burden of Tyre, Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is LAID WASTE…”
Isa. 23:6, “Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle” [why?] “…the Lord has given a commandment against the merchant city, to DESTROY THE STRONG HOLDS THEREOF” (Ver. 11).
Isa. 23:14, “Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is LAID WASTE.”
Isa. 65:14-15, “Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. And you shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall SLAY YOU…”
Jer. 25:34 & 37, “Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the day of your SLAUGHTER and of your DISPERSIONS are accomplished: and ye shall FALL like a pleasant vessel… And the peaceable habitations ARE CUT DOWN because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
Jer. 51:8-9, “Babylon is suddenly FALLEN and DESTROYED: howl for her… for her JUDGMENT REACHES UNTO HEAVEN…”
Amos 8:3, “And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, says the Lord God; there shall be MANY DEAD BODIES IN EVERY PLACE…”
Micah 1:8-9, “Therefore I will wail and howl I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. For her WOUND IS INCURABLE…”
If you wish, you may check every single Scripture that contains the word “howl,” and you will find the same declarations of death and destruction.
Now then, is there anything in Isaiah 14 that is similar to what we have found in these 30-plus Scriptures that use the word “howl”? In other words, is it not obvious that the word “howl” fits perfectly in verse 14, whereas lucifer/firefly does not make the least sense.
Isa. 12:4, the subject is, “the king of Babylon,” and not Satan or some Lucifer of man’s imagination. An interesting point: In Zech. 11:2 when the destruction comes upon God’s people, God says,
“Howl, fir tree; for the cedar IS FALLEN; because the mighty and spoiled; howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest [of people] of the vintage is COME DOWN.”
But when the shoe is on the other foot, and it is Babylon who is brought down because she did,
“weaken the nations” and “did shake the kingdoms” (Isa. 14:12 & 16)
We read just the opposite:
“Yea, the fir trees REJOICE at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no feller [tree cutter-destroyer of people] is come against us” (Verse).
In a few of the above verses using “howl,” we saw the following: destroy, destroyed, destruction, fall, fallen, judgment reaches heaven, cut down, laid waste, dissolved, etc.
And in Isaiah 13 & 14 we find the following words and phrases regarding the destruction of Babylon:
Howl ye… for the day of the Lord is at hand… it shall come as a DESTRUCTION from the Almighty… every man’s heart shall melt… they shall be afraid, pangs and sorrows… they shall be in pain… cruel… wrath… fierce anger… desolate… destroy the sinners… I will punish the world for their evil… shake the heavens… remove the earth… day of His fierce anger… flee every one… thrust through… fall by the sword… dashed to pieces… their wives ravished… dash the young men to pieces… no pity… as when God overthrew Sodom… never be inhabited… their houses shall be full of doleful [pain causing] creatures… brought down to the grave… cut down to the ground… brought down [from visions of heaven] to hell [Heb. sheol/grave]… cast out… thrust through… go down… slaughter… cut off… besom [the clean sweep of a broom] of destruction… etc., etc.
Anyone see why God would suggest that the king of Babylon should, “howl”?
And you think maybe these verses are talking about the fall of a heavenly firefly, do you?
No, Babylon, the greatest kingdom of nations in the history of the world is COMING DOWN TO THE GRAVE! Just like Capernaum, Babylon was EXALTED TO HEAVEN, but is being brought down to HELL (the grave of death and destruction). And theologians and translators would try to deceive us into believing that all this is a statement about “How art thou fallen from heaven, O lucifer [firefly].” Does everything spoken of in these two chapters sound like it refers to some chubby cherub (named firefly) who lost his chubby wings when he got kicked out of heaven?
What is actually spoken of in these two chapters of Isaiah 13 & 14 is the history of world religion and government from the creation of man, through the destruction of man, and the realization of God’s spiritual Mt. Zion filling the universe. All the religions and governments of the world in the history of the world are personified in these two chapters. Isa. 13:1 begins with, “The burden of Babylon…” (organized religion and government against God), and ends with Isa. 14;32b, “That the Lord has founded Zion…” (The spiritual capital of the Universe governing all mankind). It’s all right here for those who have “ears to hear and eyes to see.”
Let me give you the history of the world including all future prophecies, in one sentence:
God perfectly planned and recorded His creation of the heavens, angels, the earth, and carnal humanity, who sinned wickedly and were all drowned (save a few); who then reached for their own heaven at the tower of Babel in rebellion to the God Who then scattered them (save a few); who later built Babylon into a great pagan empire which God destroyed (save a few); who have since built many wicked and fornicating Babylons collectively called, Mystery Babylon The Great, whom God warns before utterly destroying again (save a few); and of ‘the Few’ God is creating a New Spiritual Humanity of Son-and-Daughter Saviours like unto Jesus, in New Jerusalem on spiritual Mt. Zion, were ALL will be redeemed (NOT just a few); that God may be “ALL in All”!
Maybe I could shorten it down a smidgen, but there it is. The reality of most of the symbolism of Revelation is contained in that one sentence. “But Mr. Smith, I don’t see ‘666’ anywhere in your sentence.” You don’t? I do. I see 666 followed by 777 in nearly every phrase of that sentence. “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches!”
So far then there is no sign of Satan in the verses covered in Isa. 14. Let’s proceed with verses 13-14:
“For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation [appointment] in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High”
This language should not surprise us seeing that this is a continuation of Babylon, the same system that started at Babel, where they first thought to build “a tower whose top may reach unto heaven” (Gen. 11:4).
Now verse 15:
“Yet you shall be brought down to hell [sheol-the grave], to the sides of the pit [cistern, hole, dungeon, or possibly crypt]”
The only time that Satan will be put in a prison is during Christ’s reign. This is speaking of the demise of the king of Babylon, not the death of Satan.
Let’s see if we see any sign of Satan in verse 16
“They that see you [no man has ever seen Satan!] shall narrowly [gaze] upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man [‘man’? This is no Satan, but a ‘MAN’] that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms.”
Just like the Pharaohs and many many rulers of nations who taught and thought that they were “gods” represented in the stars of heaven, and who exalted themselves and their throne to heaven, likewise, this king of Babylon is nonetheless only “a MAN.” And God Almighty tells him to “HOWL” because God is going to bring him “DOWN TO HELL.” And that is just what God did, and the archeological digs in Iraq prove it!
The fictitious story of Lucifer is a Christian hoax that needs to be relegated to the likes of the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa Clause.
No, Isaiah 13 and 14 are not a description of the some fabled fall of Satan; only a pompous king who dies in infamy without even a proper burial.
MAYBE THE PRINCE OF TYRUS IS SATAN
Ezekiel 28:12, “Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus says the Lord God; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.”
Although theologians tell us that Ezekiel 28 also records the fall of Satan from a perfect cherub, it is the king of Tyrus and not Satan who is being addressed in this lamentation. The fact that he was called full of wisdom and perfect in beauty by no means suggests that this is speaking of Satan. Perfect is used in a relative sense when not speaking of deity. God is merely shoving this in the kings face, as it was Tyrus who earlier attributed to herself this claim of perfect beauty, not God!
“Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; And say unto Tyrus, O you that art situate at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus says the Lord God; O Tyrus, YOU HAVE SAID I am of perfect beauty” (Ezek. 27:2-3).
This is exactly the same situation as our Lord dealt with in the city of Capernaum. In fact He says it will be more tolerable for boastful Tyre in the day of judgment than for Capernaum:
“But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell [hades/grave]” (Luke 10:14-15).
Notice in both cases it is not God Who believes Capernaum or Tyrus is perfect and heavenly, but the carnal-minded people of these two city states. The word “perfect” is used many times in Scripture to mean that there is no outward imperfections (as in a perfect animal for sacrifice, without any outward blemishes). Inside, however, the one who may appear perfect outwardly, can be totally corrupt. It certainly does not mean “sinless.” Here is Scriptural proof:
The Scriptures say that Noah was perfect in his generation, (but need I remind you of a slight imperfect problem he had with the grape juice after the flood?) And God said that Job was perfect in Job 1:8 (which makes us wonder why Job had to abhor himself and “repent in dust and ashes,” Chapt. 42:6). And David said of himself that he was perfect in Psalm 18:32, (perfect maybe if we forget about his numbering of Israel in rebellion to God, and perfect if we forget that little incidence with Bathsheba and her husband Uriah).
Continuing with verse 13:
“Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God… in the day that you were created.”
Here we are told is even more proof that this is speaking of Satan. After all, wasn’t Satan in the garden of “Eden” and wasn’t Satan a “created” being?
The word translated “Eden” in this verse is the same word or root translated Eden 20 times in the Hebrew Scriptures. Sometimes it has reference to the “garden” that God planted in the area of the country called Eden. Sometimes it has reference to other lands near the area of Eden, and not the garden of Eden. Sometimes it refers to the “children of Eden” as in II Kings 19:12. And I think everyone is aware of the fact that Adam and Eve had NO CHILDREN in the “garden of Eden.” Amos 1:5 speaks of the “house of Eden”-very same Hebrew word translated “Eden” in every occurrence of this word in the Hebrew Manuscripts. And Eden is also the name of several persons in Scripture.
Now back to verse 13 and Eden the garden of God.” And so, we see that “Eden” can mean various things, even though Eden is always translated from the same Hebrew word, which is Strong’s #5731, Eden, ay’-den; the same as #5730, eden, ay’den; from #5727, pleasure. #5727, adan, aw-dan’; to be soft or pleasant… to live voluptuously.
And so we find that this is a word that has a meaning, and that this word does not need to be capitalized. Neither is it capitalized OR translated “eden” in other Scriptures:
WAS ABRAHAM’S WIFE, SARAH IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN ALSO?
“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure [Hebrew translated ‘pleasure’ here is eden, ay-den’] my lord being old also?” (Gen. 18:12).
“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you shalt make them drink of the river of your pleasures [Hebrew translated ‘pleasures’ here is eden, ay-den’!]” (Psalm 36:8).
So why should it be capitalized in Ezek. 28:13? It shouldn’t. Here are a couple of translations that don’t (1) Capitalize it, or (2) Translate it “eden.”
“Thou wast in the pleasures [Heb. eden, ay-den’] of the paradise [or garden] of God” (Ezek. 28:13, The Holy Bible, Douay Confraternity)
“In the luxury [Heb. eden, ay-den’] of the garden of Alueim [God] you come to be” (Ezek. 28:13, The Concordant Literal Old Testament).
Although the KJV often italicizes words in a verse that were not in the original manuscript, but that are often needed to make the English read better, they do not always do so. Here are the actual translated words for which there is an Hebrew equivalent in verse 13 of Ezek. 28:
“In luxury of garden of God you come be.”
“In the luxury of the garden of God you come to be.”
Now if we retain that word “of” and insert it into the KJV, we would have this:
“Thou hast been in Eden of the garden of God.”
If, as the KJV translation suggests, eden IS the “garden of God,” then it cannot ALSO BE “OF” that same garden!
Furthermore don’t think that “has been” is necessarily correct either (suggesting that this is speaking of an event long ancient to the lamentation being presently given to Ezekiel), seeing that the Hebrew language, strictly speaking, has no verb forms which express either past or future.
Now please don’t think that I am inserting all this detailed information to make my paper more complicated and boring. I am not. I am considering the spiritual welfare of some of you who will, undoubtedly, be challenged by so-called “experts” in the field of translation, grammar, and language. I want you to be prepared.
But isn’t this verse speaking of a “created” being, and therefore couldn’t it mean Satan, as opposed to the King of Tyrus who was “born” rather than “created” as was Adam and Satan? Not at all!
ARE BABIES BORN, OR DOES GOD CREATE THEM?
Whether one is born of a woman or created directly out of the dust of the ground as was Adam, they are both “creations of God.” Here is Scriptural proof that created can be applied to those born of a woman:
“But now thus says the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed you, O Israel…” (Isa. 43:1).
“…bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Even every one that is called by My name: for I have created him; yea, I have made him” (Isa. 43:6-7).
“Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites… I will judge you [Ammonites] in the place where you were created…” (Ezek. 21:28 & 30).
“Have we not all one father? Has not one God created US [ALL mankind]” (Mal. 2:10).
So much for that part of the theory. Verse 14:
“…your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
Well, there it is! What further use of arguing? Surely this is not a human, but a cherub. This verse clearly proves that this is speaking of Satan and not some human, doesn’t it? Wrong paleface! It proves no such thing. Actually it proves to be a very bad translation. Let’s notice a few variations:
“On the day you were created, I placed you beside the kherubs on the sacred hill of God; you walked amid the flashing thunder-stones” (A New Translations by James Moffatt)
“In the day of your creation they established the anointed cherub’s booth. And I bestow you in the holy mountain of Alueim [God]” (Concordant Version of the Old Testament)
“With an anointed cherub as guardian I place you; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the stones of fire” (The New Revised Standard Version)
“With the Cherub I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God, walking among the fiery stones” (The New American Bible)
Two things should be abundantly clear from these translations: (1) These verses are certainly a challenge to translate, and (2) The prince of Tyrus was NOT the cherub, himself, but rather the cherub was placed as a guardian BESIDE OR WITH the prince of Tyrus. A further proof that the prince of Tyrus cannot be, himself this cherub, is found in the grammar. Where KJV translates, “Thou art the anointed cherub…” the word translated “Thou” is the Hebrew word “ath” which can be either a pronoun or the object of a verb. But in Ezek. 28:14, it can’t be a pronoun because it is not the same gender as “cherub.” The Hebrew word ath is feminine while the Hebrew word kruwg translated cherub, is masculine.
WHAT ARE CHERUBS?
Aren’t cherubs those cut little cubby babies with tiny wings holding bows and arrows with which to shoot people in the heart and make them fall in love? Actually, they are not.
Cherubs or cherubims are spirit creatures of great power with wings. God placed cherubims at the garden of Eden to guard the way of the tree of life. Cherubim were carved and made of gold, then placed on the cover of the ark of the covenant. Their wings were to be outstretched over the ark casting a shadow over it. Their wings were to touch signifying that the divided messengers of God will ultimately be united into one. Also they were to face each other with their eyes looking down at the shadow-cast ark, signifying that they desire to look into these deep spiritual things, but can as yet not comprehend any more than the shadow.
“And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be” (Ex. 25:20).
They desire to know the mysteries of God, but as yet, they do not:
“Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us thy did minister the things, which are now reported unto you in them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; WHICH THINGS THE ANGELS DESIRE TO LOOK INTO” (I Pet. 1:12).
It is an interesting fact the messengers deliver messages on many occasions in the Scriptures, but they DO NOT TEACH! That is because it is we that shall teach them and judge them: “Know ye not that WE shall JUDGE ANGELS?” (I Cor. 6:3).
There are now two groups of spiritual messengers. One group is obedient to God and the other is not. One group carries out acts of good while the other carries out acts of deceit and wickedness. That is why we find in I Kings 22:19 that the host (a huge number, a heavenly army of innumerable beings; ‘cherubim’ in Hebrew means, ‘AS-MANY’) of heaven is divided on God’s right side (the good) and His left side (the wicked). But ultimately they will all be ONE.
“That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in ONE all things in Christ, both which are in HEAVEN [the heavenly host which is now divided], an which are on earth; even in Him” (Eph. 1:10).
Cherubim are associated with the mercy seat, the decorations of the tabernacle and later the temple, and are associated with the Throne of God in Ezekiel. The possibility that there is cherubim associated with the throne of world leaders also seem plausible. Whatever their earthly function, there was a cherub associated with the king of Tyrus. He was with or beside the king, but he was not the king, himself, neither was he Satan.
Next we read a remarkable thing in the KJV in the last part of verse 16 of Ezek. 28:
“By the multitude of thy [king of Tyrus] merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O COVERING CHERUB [??], from the midst of the stones of fire.”
Wait just a minute. This is nonsense! God is going to destroy the king of Tyrus, not the SPIRIT CHERUB! Spirits can’t be destroyed. WHY WOULD GOD DESTROY HIS CHERUB WHEN IT IS THE KING THAT SINNED, NOT THE CHERUB?
The king wasn’t the anointed cherub, neither was Satan the anointed cherub. Satan is nowhere mentioned in these Scriptures. There was iniquity found IN THE KING (Verse 15). It was THE KING that got rich by trading merchandise (Verse 16), not the Cherub. Cherubs don’t trade merchandise. God is casting THE KING out of His mountain (high position of government), not the cherub. God will destroy THE KING (Verse 16), not the cherub. God will bring to “ashes” THE KING, not the cherub. Spirit creatures cannot be turned into ashes as human flesh can. And all the people that knew THE KING will see this happen to him. The people didn’t know the cherub.
And finally we read this, “…and never shall you` be any more” ( Verse 19). Think how absurd it would be to say that Satan would “never be any more.” Satan is still (27 centuries later) alive and well on planet Earth.
Well, there you have it. Satan was ALWAYS Satan. He was never an archangel/cherub/light-bringing/Lucifer/firefly. Here is what the Scriptures teach:
So was Satan the devil really “perfect in his ways until iniquity was found in him?” NO:
“He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins FROM THE BEGINNING…” (I John 3:5).
But the Church teaches us that there was a time when Satan the devil was righteous and would have never thought to murder anyone. So didn’t Satan the devil change into a murderer at some later date? NO:
“You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer FROM THE BEGINNING…” (John 8:44).
Maybe it’s time we give this all up. There is no “Lucifer,” and there never was a “Lucifer.” There is no righteous light-bringing Satan, and there never was a righteous light-bringing Satan. Lucifer the light-bringing sinless Satan is a Christian Hoax!
“He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.”
I BEHELD SATAN AS LIGHTNING FALL FROM HEAVEN
Now for one of the most amazing symbol identifications found anywhere in the Scriptures. What did Jesus mean when He said: “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven” (Luke 10:18)? Did Jesus see Satan fall from the sky? Did Satan fall from outer space? Did Satan fall from the throne of God’s heaven? From what “heaven” did Jesus see Satan as lightning FALL FROM? If only we can believe the Scriptures.
GOD’S HEAVEN IS HIGHER THAN MAN’S HEAVEN
Satan is the god of this world (I Cor. 4:4). Satan possesses ALL the kingdoms of the world (Matt. 4:8-9). Satan appears to the heads of his nations as an angel of light (I Cor. 11:12). It was Satan who appealed to the heaven of Eve’s mind. It was Satan that caused the people to build a tower that would reach MAN’S concept of heaven. The heaven of the minds of those conceiving of such lofty things. It was Satan who caused the king of Babylon to be lifted up in his own heaven, his own mind. Listen to his own words:
“At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, is not this GREAT BABYLON, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of MY power, and for the honour of MY MAJESTY?”
The king of Babylon had a dream, and in the dream his kingdom was likened to a tree:
“The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached into HEAVEN…” (Dan. 4:11).
The kingdom of Babylon didn’t grow into GOD’S heaven, that’s for sure. No, Daniel identifies who the tree represents:
“The tree that you saw… It is YOU, O king, that are grown and become strong: for your greatness is grown, and reached unto HEAVEN…” (Dan. 4:20a & 22).
The king of Babylon reached the same heaven that the city of Capernaum reached:
“And thou Capernaum, which art exalted to HEAVEN, shall be thrust down to hell [hades/death/the grave]” (Luke 10:15).
Sinful Capernaum was never exalted to GOD’S heaven, but to their OWN HEAVEN, the heaven of their own minds. Their city never left the surface of the earth, but IN THEIR MINDS they thought they had reached “heaven.” Now then, with this in mind, let us move ahead two verses and see how all these Scriptures tie in and harmonize together. Verse 17:
“And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the DEVILS are subject unto us through your name. And he said unto them, [I know] I BEHELD Satan as lightning fall from heaven [when and as it was happening through the commands of His disciples].”
Christ’s disciples were filled with JOY over the power that Jesus had given them so that even spirits were subject to them. Jesus had just said that He would thrust Capernaum down from THEIR HEAVEN, their high place in their own mind. Next the disciples report back that they were able to cast down spirits (demons) from men’s minds, from their own heavens. They were excited to tell Jesus what they had done. They had the power to cast down DEMONS from men’s heavens, from out of their MINDS. And Jesus answered them back by saying, YES, I KNOW, I BEHELD Satan (prince of the devils and demons), fall from the heaven of men’s minds while you were doing it! And then even Jesus “rejoiced” (Verse 21).
God has a heaven. It is a SPIRIT REALM. It is where God lives and has His Being. Men too have a heaven. It is likewise, the REALM where they live and have their being-they spiritually live in their own minds, their own heavens.
Notice Prov. 23:7, “For as he THINKS in his heart, SO IS HE.” The ‘heart’ is the innermost seat of our deepest emotions, but it is accessed through the MIND. It is what one thinks that determines what one is. When the king of Babylon THOUGHT that he had ascended into heaven in his mind, then that is where HE WAS, “so IS he.” But … BUT, it was man’s heaven and not God’s. No ‘man,’ no ‘carnal man’ has ever ascended into God’s heaven of spirit,
“And NO MAN has ascended up to heaven [God’s heaven], but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man WHICH IS IN HEAVEN [right at the very time He was speaking these words]” (John 3:13).
Jesus could live “on earth” and “in heaven” at the same time! But carnal men live in the heaven of their minds all the time. Man’s heaven is a place of spiritual delusion; whereas God’s heaven is a place of spiritual enlightenment.
“And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the EARTH [of man] and the HEAVEN [of man] fled away; and there was found NO PLACE FOR THEM… And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. And I saw a NEW heaven and a NEW earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” (Rev. 20:11, 16 & 21:1).
It would be mind-boggling enough to think that the entire UNIVERSE could “flee away,” but it would be quite another to then suggest that, “there was found NO PLACE FOR THEM.” That would be absurd if taken literally. ALL THESE THINGS ARE SPIRITUAL! In the white throne judgment there will be no more a place for the flesh, for the carnal mind, for man’s heaven. There will truly be no place found for them. They will be annihilated in God’s “CONSUMING FIRE” (Heb. 12:29 & I Cor. 3:15)!
God will give man a new earth and a new heaven, and as for the great sea of carnal, God-defying humanity, “…and there was NO MORE SEA.”
Amen.
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