Subject: Lucifer kicked out of heaven |
Bible Note: I am mindful of your feelings. Here is a scripture to take into account in regard to Satan's fall from heaven. NASB: Luke 10:18 And He said to them, I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. KJV: Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Reading Revelation 12 it does make it difficult to determine what happened when. Reading Matthew 4 Jesus being led to the wilderness to be tempted... I think I just found the answer. I see what you are saying of Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. I think they serve a dual purpose. Luke 10:18 is past tense. Jesus seen Satan fall from heaven. Now lets look at Isaiah 14:12 Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Notice fallen is past tense. Just as Luke 10:18 Ezekiel 28:16 however is future tense Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. I will cast out, future tense. Fall from heaven, past tense. I would have to conclude falling from heaven and being cast out from heaven as being two different events. Satan's fall from heaven has aleady happened, but Satan has not yet been cast out from heaven. Praise the Lord! Norm |