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Story of Lucifer His OriginTo find the origin of Lucifer, we
turn to the Old Testament.
In the Hebrew, the name Lucifer is translated from the Hebrew
word helel, whichmeans brightness. This designation, referring to
Lucifer, is the rendering of the morning
star or star of the morning or bright star which is presented in
Isaiah. How you are
fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut
down to the ground, you
who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, I will ascend
to heaven; I will raise mythrone above the stars of God; I will sit
on the mount of assembly on the heights of
Zaphon; I will ascend to the tops of the clouds, I will make
myself like the Most High
(Isaiah 14:12-14, NIV). The context of this passage is a
referral to the king of Babylon aspresented in his pride, splendor
and fall. However, it is to the power behind the evil
Babylonian king that this is actually addressed. No mortal king
would claim that his
throne was above that of God or that he was like the Most High.
The power behind theevil Babylonian king is Lucifer, Son of the
Morning.
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Story of Lucifer His HistoryLucifer is just another name for
Satan, who as head of the
evil world-system is the real, though invisible, power behind
the successive rulers ofTyre, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, and
all of those evil rulers that we have seen come
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and go in the history of the world. This passage goes beyond
human history and marks
the beginning of sin in the universe and the very fall of Satan
in the pristine, sinless
spheres before the creation of man. We also see this same motif
in Ezekial: Moreoverthe word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, raise
a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and
say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: You were the signet of
perfection, full of wisdom
and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone wasyour covering, carnelian, chrysolite, and
moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire,
turquoise, and emerald; and worked in gold were your settings
and your engravings. On
the day that you were created they were prepared. With an
anointed cherub as guardian Iplaced you; you were on the holy
mountain of God; you walked among the stones of fire.
You were blameless in your ways from the day that you were
created, until iniquity was
found in you. In the abundance of your trade you were filled
with violence, and you
sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of
God, and the guardiancherub drove you out from among the stones of
fire. Your heart was proud because of
your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your
splendor. I cast you to the
ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
By the multitude of your
iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade, you profaned
your sanctuaries. So Ibrought out fire from within you; it consumed
you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all who saw you. All who know you among the
peoples are appalled atyou; you have come to a dreadful end and
shall be no more forever (Ezekiel 28:11-19,
NIV). This passage seems to be addressed to the king of Tyre. In
reality, it goes beyond
the king to the one who is behind the evil king of Tyre. This
passage also has near and farprophecy about Lucifer/Satan because
although his final end is already sure, it has not
happened yet and it occurs after the final judgment (Revelation
20:7-10). In both the
Isaiah passage and the Ezekiel passage, the representation is
not of Lucifer/Satan as
confined to his own person but his working in and the
consummating of his plans throughearthly kings and rulers who take
to themselves divine honors and who, whether they
actually know this or not, rule in the spirit and under the aims
of Satan. For our struggle
is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the
rulers, against the authorities,against the cosmic powers of this
present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12, NIV). Satan is the
principality behind the powers
of this corrupt world system. Notice the statement that is given
in the passage in Ezekiel,the anointed cherub. These statements
could never apply to a human king but, they do
apply to Lucifer/Satan who is behind the human king. This angel
is the highest creature
the LORD ever created. The LORD says of him, You were the seal
of perfection, full of
wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Satan was the wisest creature God
ever created. No otherangel, no other being was created with the
intelligence that God gave to this creature.
God says that this creation is perfect in beauty. Apart from the
Holy Trinity; Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, this creature is today the highest being.
In verse Ezekiel 28:14 itsays, You were the anointed Cherub. This
tells us we are not talking about a human
king. The word cherub is singular for cherubim. The cherubim are
symbolic of Gods
Holy presence and His unapproachable majesty. These cherubim
occupy a uniqueposition. The anointed cherub who covers is the
picture given to us in the Garden of
Eden after Adam and Eve had been sent out and God had placed
cherubim to guard the
way of the tree of life. Also, when Moses made the mercy seat
and placed it into the
tabernacles Holy of Holies, Gods glory came and dwelt between
the cherubim. They
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covered the mercy seat with their wings. So we now see that
Satan was a cherub and
his position was to guard the very throne of God. His position
was that of protecting the
holiness of God. Satan had the highest of all positions, a
position which he despised andlost. We have here in Ezekiel a
picture of the highest of Gods creatures, perfect in
wisdom, beautiful beyond description, a musician and on top of
all that, he was given this
high, exalted position. But, this creation, with all of these
wonderful attributes also had afree will. One day, God says to this
marvelous creature, Iniquity was found in you.
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Story of Lucifer His StatusWhat kind of iniquity was found of
him? In the book ofEzekiel, God has let us stand with Him at the
very beginning, to see the origin and the
creation of Satan. But, why does God say this? What is this
iniquity? We must look back
to Isaiah 14:12, which tells us of Lucifer/Satans choice. I will
ascend to heaven; I willraise my throne above the stars of God; I
will sit on the mount of assembly on the heights
of Zaphon; I will ascend to the tops of the clouds, I will make
myself like the Most
High. Did you notice in this passage all of the I wills. He said
he would exalt his
throne above the stars of God. The word stars here does not
refer to what we see in thenight sky. It refers to the angels of
God. In other words, I will take over heaven, I will be
God. That is Lucifer/Satans sin and that is the iniquity that
was found in him. He does
not want to be Gods servant. He does not want to do what he was
created to do. Hewants to be served and there are millions who have
chosen to do just that; serve him.
They have listened to his lies and chosen to follow him. Eve
believed the lie that she
would be like God. The reason Lucifer/Satan tempted her with
that was because it is thevery thing that he wants to be God.
