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2007-01-03 02:44:57 · 13 answers · asked by 1saintofGod 6 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Read

CAREFULLY,

that whole proberb In chapter of Isaiah,

and tell me who Lucifer is.

2007-01-04 02:44:57 · update #1

13 answers

"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming…How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer…thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

2007-01-03 02:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by jood_42 2 · 3 3

You ask a very interesting question.

If you have a very old King James Version then you will find Lucifer mentioned in Isaiah 14:12. If you are looking in other bibles you won't find it. There's a long explanation for this, but the short story was that when St. Jerome made a translation of the Bible into the Latin, he translated "morning star" or "light bearer" into Lucifer. The term was a reference to the planet Venus and was referring to a Babylonian king.... not the devil..

However this misinterpretation has be carried down through tradition into mainstream Christian thought. For more information see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

2007-01-03 10:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 0 2

Isaiah 14 Ezekial 28

2007-01-03 10:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0 1

In Isiah 14:11-12, it says:

"Brought down to the nether-world were your pride and the tumult of your stringed instruments; maggots are spread out under you, and worms are your covers. How have you fallen from the heavens, O glowing Morning Star; been cut down to the ground O conqueror of nations?"

'Morning Star' in this verse refers to a person. In the original Hebrew, it was הילל בן שחר which translates as Helel son of Shahar. Helel was a false diety of the morning, so when Virgil translated that into Latin he used the Latin word for 'morning star', which is Lucifer. So most literally, Lucifer is a reference to Helel, god of the morning.

HOWEVER, since in this passage Helel is a FALSE diety, one must ask who Helel is that he would mislead people so. It can only be one entity - Satan, the Adversary, Lucifer, or Bob. Whatever you want to call him, he's the same guy.

2007-01-03 10:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Hate Boy! 5 · 0 1

It means Light Bringer, but it has become one of the devils names because it was kept as the devils name even after he fell from grace with God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

2007-01-03 10:46:53 · answer #5 · answered by Jordan B 2 · 1 1

Isaiah 14:12-15 (New International Version)

12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!

13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [a]

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."

15 But you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the pit.

2007-01-03 10:52:35 · answer #6 · answered by Noka 3 · 1 2

I don't think that it does.

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

2007-01-03 10:49:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

I found this online by using Google. I knew I had read it, but couldn't remember the scripture.

When Lucifer was cast out of Heaven, one third of all the angels were cast out with him. (Rev.12:4,9)

Lucifer became Satan, and the fallen angels became Demons.

2007-01-03 10:51:41 · answer #8 · answered by M 2 · 1 2

I believe that Lucifer is actually the son of the devil

2007-01-03 10:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by str_atKnowledge 2 · 0 3

the old testament. Lucifer is Satan.That was his name when he was an angel, before he was kicked out of heaven

2007-01-03 10:48:11 · answer #10 · answered by Tammy G 3 · 2 2

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