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NASB | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! |
Bible Question:
I read in Gen. 1:31 "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good." Everything God created was very good. There was nothing bad about anything He created. I believe that! I also believe God created Lucifer and God didn't create Lucifer into a sinner. However the the first sin is attributed to Lucifer. So what EXACTLY caused Lucifer to commit the first sin, who later tempted Adam and Eve to sin, since we know that God is not the originator of sin and does not tempt anyone? How did the temptation of Lucifer come about or originate? James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: |
Bible Answer: New Creature: In Isaiah we read of the fall of Lucifer. Lucifer is a created being by God It began in his thoughts "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God" Isaiah 14:13 In v. 14 we read "I will be like the most high" Lucifer was not content with the sphere in which he was placed by God. He wanted to be like God. Were not these his words in his temptation of Eve. You will be like gods knowing both good and evil Gen. 3:5 You are correct that God did not make lucifer a sinner. The verse which you have referred to in James 1. In v. 14 we are given the pattern "But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and is enticed. Then when lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth death. This is the LDS of scripture. I believe that lucifier is the originator of evil in the universe and introduced humans to it on earth resulting in the disobedience of man, thus plunging the whole world under sin. Your brother by his grace Robert |