DavidT
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The Word of God is written using allegory, analogy, parable, etc., and I'm not exaggerating with those things trying to move Scripture outside its written context. The written context is often times truly symbolic, an analogy, which all languages use. For example in 2 Cor.11, Apostle Paul uses the idea that he wants to present us as "a chaste virgin" to Christ, our true Husband. That does not mean we are literal virgins, but that we are to be faithful LIKE a virgin betrothed in marriage to Christ waiting on His return.
So learn about Satan's original fall... even though God uses allegory and analogy in parable form. This is something I find that many brethren are just totally illiterate about. And that should not be.
The following Ezekiel 28 passage God speaks of the "king of Tyrus", a flesh king of Tyre. But we find out that God describes some features and a place that cannot apply to any flesh-born man. And this forces... us to understand that God is not actually speaking of a flesh king of Tyrus, but about Lucifer instead. (Note: I use his name Lucifer for the time before he rebelled, and the name Satan for after he had already rebelled)
Ezek 28:12-19
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, "Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Perfect in beauty? What flesh-born man is perfect in beauty?
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
We know for sure that no flesh-born king of Tyre was ever... in God's Garden of Eden.
So once again, this forces... us to understand that God is not simply pointing to a flesh king of Tyre, but to Lucifer as "that old serpent" of Rev.12:9 that was... in God's Garden of Eden.
And by the way, the word "Tyrus" means 'rock'. Recall Deut.32:31 for their 'rock' is not as our Rock. Lucifer wanted to be The Rock (God), as he coveted God's Throne for himself.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
NO flesh-born man is ever... an "anointed cherub that covereth". A cherub is a heavenly specie of being, not flesh-born. That idea of Lucifer originally being an anointed cherub that covereth was about his original position and duty of guarding God's Throne.
That was when Lucifer was "perfect" in his ways from the day he was created. So bye bye to all of those silly theories some have that God created Lucifer evil, for He did not. Lucifer became... evil and rebelled, because he wanted to be God and sit in His Throne which was Lucifer's original job to guard. (That points to God having created Lucifer and the angels also with free will to love and follow Him, or not.)
If you've seen a picture of how the Ark of The Covenant looked, with two winged cherubim stretched over the Mercy Seat, as described in Exodus 25 by God, then Lucifer originally was one of those covering cherubim.
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.
The rock island of Tyre, off the coast of Lebanon, was once a place of world commerce. It had double walls 150 feet high, and was impossible to conquer by sea. Alexander the Great conquered it, but it took a while, as he had a land bridge made out to it, from dirt moved to form the bridge, which still stands today.
But Lucifer was not the flesh "king of Tyrus" at that time of Alexander. So why... would this idea of "multitude of thy merchandise" be used by God here pointing to Lucifer, for the context of Scripture here since verse 13 for certain, has been about Lucifer, and not about a flesh king of Tyrus? There does exist other Bible Scripture that points to Lucifer's control over merchant trade before he rebelled.
One could easily claim God is simply speaking of a flesh king of Tyrus here because of how the rock island of Tyrus was once a major world commerce center. But was there ever a flesh king in God's Garden of Eden? God is giving us a two-way interpretation with this, just depends on what one chooses to believe. I choose to believe God is pointing to Lucifer here, and of a time before Lucifer fell when God had made Lucifer perfect in his ways, and he was in God's Garden of Eden which Genesis 2 reveals His Eden was originally upon this earth. Then Lucifer coveted God's Throne for himself, and thus sinned in the beginning, being guilty of the very first sin. And God then assigned the power of death to him (Hebrews 2:14).
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
That idea of "brightness" is tied to the meaning of Lucifer's name (light bearer). Per Isaiah 14:12, God calls him morning star (Hebrew heylel translated as "Lucifer" in the KJV), but that was with God mocking him using Lucifer's own claims, for he wants... to be the True Morning Star Jesus Christ.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
KJV
That above is God having already judged and pronounced Lucifer's sentence into the future "lake of fire". We know that is NOT about some flesh-born man, simply because no flesh-born man goes into that "lake of fire" until AFTER God's Great White Throne Judgment after Christ has returned and reign with His elect for the "thousand years" of Rev.20.
So learn about Satan's original fall... even though God uses allegory and analogy in parable form. This is something I find that many brethren are just totally illiterate about. And that should not be.
The following Ezekiel 28 passage God speaks of the "king of Tyrus", a flesh king of Tyre. But we find out that God describes some features and a place that cannot apply to any flesh-born man. And this forces... us to understand that God is not actually speaking of a flesh king of Tyrus, but about Lucifer instead. (Note: I use his name Lucifer for the time before he rebelled, and the name Satan for after he had already rebelled)
Ezek 28:12-19
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, "Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Perfect in beauty? What flesh-born man is perfect in beauty?
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
We know for sure that no flesh-born king of Tyre was ever... in God's Garden of Eden.
So once again, this forces... us to understand that God is not simply pointing to a flesh king of Tyre, but to Lucifer as "that old serpent" of Rev.12:9 that was... in God's Garden of Eden.
And by the way, the word "Tyrus" means 'rock'. Recall Deut.32:31 for their 'rock' is not as our Rock. Lucifer wanted to be The Rock (God), as he coveted God's Throne for himself.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
NO flesh-born man is ever... an "anointed cherub that covereth". A cherub is a heavenly specie of being, not flesh-born. That idea of Lucifer originally being an anointed cherub that covereth was about his original position and duty of guarding God's Throne.
That was when Lucifer was "perfect" in his ways from the day he was created. So bye bye to all of those silly theories some have that God created Lucifer evil, for He did not. Lucifer became... evil and rebelled, because he wanted to be God and sit in His Throne which was Lucifer's original job to guard. (That points to God having created Lucifer and the angels also with free will to love and follow Him, or not.)
If you've seen a picture of how the Ark of The Covenant looked, with two winged cherubim stretched over the Mercy Seat, as described in Exodus 25 by God, then Lucifer originally was one of those covering cherubim.
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.
The rock island of Tyre, off the coast of Lebanon, was once a place of world commerce. It had double walls 150 feet high, and was impossible to conquer by sea. Alexander the Great conquered it, but it took a while, as he had a land bridge made out to it, from dirt moved to form the bridge, which still stands today.
But Lucifer was not the flesh "king of Tyrus" at that time of Alexander. So why... would this idea of "multitude of thy merchandise" be used by God here pointing to Lucifer, for the context of Scripture here since verse 13 for certain, has been about Lucifer, and not about a flesh king of Tyrus? There does exist other Bible Scripture that points to Lucifer's control over merchant trade before he rebelled.
One could easily claim God is simply speaking of a flesh king of Tyrus here because of how the rock island of Tyrus was once a major world commerce center. But was there ever a flesh king in God's Garden of Eden? God is giving us a two-way interpretation with this, just depends on what one chooses to believe. I choose to believe God is pointing to Lucifer here, and of a time before Lucifer fell when God had made Lucifer perfect in his ways, and he was in God's Garden of Eden which Genesis 2 reveals His Eden was originally upon this earth. Then Lucifer coveted God's Throne for himself, and thus sinned in the beginning, being guilty of the very first sin. And God then assigned the power of death to him (Hebrews 2:14).
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
That idea of "brightness" is tied to the meaning of Lucifer's name (light bearer). Per Isaiah 14:12, God calls him morning star (Hebrew heylel translated as "Lucifer" in the KJV), but that was with God mocking him using Lucifer's own claims, for he wants... to be the True Morning Star Jesus Christ.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
KJV
That above is God having already judged and pronounced Lucifer's sentence into the future "lake of fire". We know that is NOT about some flesh-born man, simply because no flesh-born man goes into that "lake of fire" until AFTER God's Great White Throne Judgment after Christ has returned and reign with His elect for the "thousand years" of Rev.20.
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