Bible Question:
If God ordained goats as clean animals, and they were used for sacrifices, when did the goat become the symbol for satan, and why? Kelkat |
Bible Answer: In occult circles, Lucifer is depicted as a man with the head of a goat, with a 5-pointed star between his horns. This symbol is also called the "Light Bearer" which is an obvious perversion of the "Light of the World". It has been around since at least 200 A.D. and probably a lot longer. This is also probably where the "guy in the red garb with horns", depicting Satan comes from too. It would seem possible that it was Satan's spin-off of the sacrificial goat and the scapegoat, both of which were literally fulfilled by the true Messiah, Jesus Christ. The 5-pointed star between the horns of the goat head is also an occultic symbol of pagan gods (Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43), which was later modified to a 6-pointed star and became known as the Star of David, even though biblically and historically, David never used such a symbol. |