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1 | Isaiah 14 - Lucifer's people? | Is 14:12 | mark d seyler | 142603 | ||
Hi Tim and Glenn, How does this describe the king of Babylon? Isa 14:13-14 And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. Everything I read of the king of Babylon, at Babylon's overthrow, says he had no regard for God, and the Babylonians rather worshipped their own gods. If I simply read this passage as the Bible presents it, it seems easy to understand. If we say that this passage is unable to be properly understood without bringing in extra-biblical mythology, do we do justice to the Word of God? Shall we say that we cannot properly understand the scripture by simply reading it, but that to really know what God is saying to us we must have both the Bible, and Canaanite mythology? For that matter, do we actually know that the Canaanite story does not also depict Satan's fall? If I see the fallen one as Satan, then this correlates to Luke 10:18 as Jesus says "I saw Satan fall from heaven. . ." Isa 14:24-25 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. This has often been understood to be a prophecy of the antichrist, indwelt by Satan, whom God will destroy in Isreal. The Babylonians were never destroyed in Isreal. Just some thoughts. . . Love in Christ, Mark |
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2 | Isaiah 14 - Lucifer's people? | Is 14:12 | Morant61 | 142604 | ||
Greetings Mark! To what mythology and extra-biblical sources are you referring? I was arguing that Is. 14 simply refers to a human king! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Isaiah 14 - Lucifer's people? | Is 14:12 | mark d seyler | 142605 | ||
Hi Tim, I'm sorry, I had also read Kalos' post, and I think I just assumed that what he had said about the Canaanite thing was also your reasoning of how these verses apply to a man. My bad! :( What I don't understand is how this 'taunt' of "You said 'I will be like the Most High'" and so on, would apply to a man who was "praising the gods of gold and silver and wood and stone." Love in Christ, Mark |
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4 | Isaiah 14 - Lucifer's people? | Is 14:12 | Morant61 | 142606 | ||
Greetings Mark! Many feel that Is. 14 refers to Senecrib (sp?). If you read Is. 37, he boasted to Ezekiel that no foreign god had been able to stop him. So, the taunt may have simply been refering to his desire to be over the God of Israel. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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