| If I ever heard an Old Testament story once, | | | | to this usurper, simply threw him back down |
| I have heard this one told ten thousand | | | | to the earth, or apparently so at least as we |
| times. It comes from Isaiah 14.12 "How art | | | | look on the horizon. After that rather |
| thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of | | | | unsuccessful endeavor the dethrone God Most |
| the morning! how art thou cut down to the | | | | High, we get stuck with him as Satan |
| ground, which didst weaken the nations!13 For | | | | compliments of the Church, who embellished |
| thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend | | | | the story and ta ta!...The mess the world in |
| into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the | | | | is explained and it isn't the fault of |
| stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount | | | | mankind for the most part. Forever more, we |
| of the congregation, in the sides of the | | | | can say, "Satan made me do it." You know, |
| north:14 I will ascend above the heights of | | | | the bright and morning star that tried to |
| the clouds; I will be like the most High.15 | | | | become God but lost.It was mostly the |
| Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to | | | | Catholic St. Jerome in the fourth century who |
| the sides of the pit.16 They that see thee | | | | mistranslated the Hebraic metaphor, "Day |
| shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider | | | | star, son of the Dawn," as "Lucifer," and |
| thee, saying, Is this the man that made the | | | | over the centuries an evolution of ideas took |
| earth to tremble, that did shake | | | | place. Lucifer the morning star became a |
| kingdoms;"This story was THE proof that Satan | | | | disobedient angel, cast out of heaven to rule |
| used to be one of God's good guys and then | | | | eternally in hell mostly waiting for all |
| all of a sudden, one day decided to be take | | | | Non-Catholics, but later all Non-Protestants |
| over everything and knock God off His throne. | | | | too. Now the Church had it's Prince of the |
| Local boy goes bad I guess. Well Satan, | | | | Power of the Air, the Prince of Darkness, the |
| which term is never mentioned here, former | | | | God of this world, The Roaring Lion, the |
| Light Bringer which is what Lucifer means, is | | | | Fallen Angel, the former Day star (because if |
| now the Prince of Darkness and the rest is | | | | you know where to look, Venus can even be |
| history.What's really going on with this | | | | seen in the daytime)...gone bad.Interesting |
| story. Did you know that you see this drama | | | | enough, even Jesus, well the Jesus of |
| literally take place multiple mornings and | | | | Revelation who bears no likeness to the Jesus |
| evenings of the year. Did you know that even | | | | of the Gospels, identifies himself as the |
| to this day, this Lucifer is mistaken for | | | | morning star, a term used as a central theme |
| UFOs or landing lights! Jesus said he saw | | | | in many Christian sermons. Jesus refers to |
| Satan fall as lightening from heaven as did | | | | himself as the morning star in Revelation |
| millions then and billions today if you know | | | | 22:16: "I Jesus have sent mine angel to |
| where to look. It's a very old story based | | | | testify unto you these things in the |
| on a very real observation by humans who made | | | | churches. I am the root and the offspring of |
| up a story about what they did not understand | | | | David, and the bright and morning star."So |
| at the time.First of all, let's understand | | | | here we have it. Humans could never quite |
| that Isaiah 14 is really not about a Satan | | | | explain why this bright "star" we know as the |
| the Devil as he has evolved into over the | | | | planet Venus, preceeded the morning Sun as if |
| history of the Church. A scripture can never | | | | to announce it's arrival, but then crashed |
| mean what it never meant, and this principle | | | | back to earth. Very strange! Let's make up |
| applies to Isaiah 14 for sure. In the | | | | a story! This bright light, an Angel, the |
| original Hebrew text, the 14th chapter of | | | | Lightbringer and minor deity compared to the |
| Isaiah is not about a fallen angel, but about | | | | SUN, really went bad and decided to knock the |
| a fallen Babylonian king, who had persecuted | | | | SUN GOD, and later the SON of GOD, off the |
| the children of Israel. Later in the context | | | | throne, which is where the SUN rises to when |
| we see he was a man, who died. Now we often | | | | it becomes the MOST HIGH at NOON. God, not |
| hear that this was a "type" but that's | | | | putting up with that, simply threw Lucifer, |
| slippery ground mostly. Metaphor maybe, but | | | | now Satan or the Destroyer, back down to |
| not a type, where we can change a man into a | | | | earth where he belongs and humans can get |
| Lucifer and then Lucifer into Satan, never | | | | stuck with him until the SON of the SUN God |
| mentioned, and then the whole thing into how | | | | comes back to destroy the works of the Light |
| Satan came to be the God of this world so | | | | Bringer now gone dark. Great story! In |
| send in your tithes and be safe with us. "In | | | | Isaiah 14, this haughty king was acting just |
| the Hebrew text the expression used to | | | | like that in thinking he could knock Israel |
| describe the Babylonian king before his death | | | | out of the picture, he lost, was thrown down |
| is "Helal, son of Shahar", which can best be | | | | and died, just like that planet Venus every |
| translated as "Day star, son of the Dawn." | | | | morning. So don't mess with God's chosen |
| The name evokes the golden glitter of a proud | | | | ones!19 But thou art cast out of thy grave |
| king's dress and court (much as his personal | | | | like an abominable branch, and as the raiment |
| splendor earned for King Louis XIV of France | | | | of those that are slain, thrust through with |
| the appellation, "The Sun King"). | | | | a sword, that go down to the stones of the |
| | | | pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.In the |
| {Craig Lyons-Bet Emet Ministries.} The | | | | real story of the real human king of Isaiah |
| King here was a man, plain and simple, and | | | | 14, we see he dies like all mortal men and is |
| for his cocky attitude, he got to die like | | | | not well thought of for thinking he could |
| everyone else.Lucifer means "Light Bringer" | | | | challenge Israel. In verse 19 we read, "But |
| and is a term used by Roman astronomers to | | | | thou art cast out of thy grave like an |
| describe the planet Venus. Venus has always | | | | abominable branch, and as the raiment of |
| been the light bringer as it always precedes | | | | those that are slain, thrust through with a |
| the early morning sun. It is very bright and | | | | sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; |
| very noticeable, such that it has been | | | | as a carcass trodden under feet. 20 Thou |
| confused, as noted, for the landing lights of | | | | shalt not be joined with them in burial, |
| non-existent airplanes. It is bright, but | | | | because thou hast destroyed thy land, and |
| not as bright as the sun of course. In | | | | slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall |
| mythology, humans noted this 'god" that | | | | never be renowned." Graves, carcasses, pits, |
| preceeded the sun and seemed to be racing to | | | | burials and oblivion are all features of what |
| the zenith, which in astrotheology is called | | | | happens to humans, not Angels or |
| the place of the "Most High" or plainly put | | | | mini-gods.It's interesting, Venus also rises |
| for us today, NOON! Noon is God's throne in | | | | evenings wonderfully bright after the sun |
| astrotheological terms. In Isaiah, this | | | | sets, and then falls back to earth too. |
| "Lightbringer" went before God, the Most | | | | Perhaps Satan just coming out from the |
| High-The SUN. The highest point in the sky | | | | underworld of darkness for a peak and to let |
| where the sun or anything that shines outside | | | | us know he still rules it before going back |
| the planet can rise, from our perspective. | | | | an hour or so later after "Sun Set" where |
| When mythology and even the Bible speaks of | | | | even the Most High Sun goes every night, in |
| God as "the most High", one can see the | | | | Eqyptian history to challenge "SET" God of |
| deeper meaning that hints at sun worship. | | | | the Underworld. Makes you wonder about |
| The Bible promotes a similar yet different | | | | stories about Sons of the Sun preaching to |
| form of Sun/Son worship but that has been | | | | spirits in "prison." But that's another |
| lost on most Christians today.The planet | | | | story.So when you see Venus early in the |
| Venus proved to be an enigma for mankind. | | | | morning when you drive to work and think |
| It's job seemed to be to go before the | | | | either a train if low enough or a plane |
| morning sun and announce, if you would, it's | | | | looking for place to land is coming right at |
| coming forth. But then, bright as it was and | | | | YOU, know that's only the Light Bringer, |
| still is, it falls from the sky and descends | | | | Lucifer, later your arch nemesis Satan, |
| into the ground, or in mythology, seems to be | | | | announcing "But unto you that fear my name |
| thrown down. Strange! Not knowing that | | | | shall the Sun of righteousness arise with |
| Venus was an inner planet and all inner | | | | healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, |
| planets that rotate with the earth around the | | | | and grow up as calves of the stall" Malachi |
| sun can never pass over us, east to west as | | | | 4:2. Notice it doesn't say "Son". Think of |
| do the outer planets and stars, they had to | | | | wings more like rays and you'll get the |
| explain it. Thus we have the the "fact" that | | | | picture. That planet Vensus, so beautiful is |
| this lightbringer, this Lucifer soon be | | | | explaining a phenomenon that we take for |
| called Satan, MUST have become discontend | | | | granted to human beings long ago who feared |
| with just announcing the Sun God, so MUST | | | | such things and simply had to come up with a |
| have said in his heart, "I will become the | | | | theology to explain it. Now you can say you |
| MOST HIGH." Well that was it for him! The | | | | saw Satan fall as lightening from heaven |
| Most High, not willing to give up his throne | | | | too...how cool is that! |