Is Lucifer one of satan’s names, or are they different entities?

Question

If you could document your answer, please do.

Wow, what a bunch of great answers. I usually get one or two. Picking the best one will be difficult.

Answer 1

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! 13 For thou hast
Isaiah 14:12-13 (KJV)

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:2 (KJV)

Lucifer was his first name, followed by the great red dragon, the red dragon, the dragon, the serpent, Lord God", the Lord*, the Lord thy God*, almighty God*, I am that I am, the devil, Satan, the father of lies, the father of the tares, the enemy, the strongman, Beelzebub, the deceiver. These are just some of his names.

The names followed by an * are the names he used to deceive men into thinking he was God the Father. Doing this is referred to as taking the name of God in vain.

Note: "the word of God" is the only Words spoken by the one true God that has not been corrupted by words of Satan being mixed in.
Satan mixes truth with lies to deceive you, this is why Jesus told us to believe and trust in only His Words (believe in the Gospel). When Jesus speaks of the one true God, Father is always captialized, when he speaks of the false christ it is always small letters.

The false christ has already been here, and his name is Moses, the throne and the temple (666) was built by Solomon with six hundred threescore and six talents of Gold

Answer 2

actually, 1.) Lucifer is translated from Hebrew which means " shining one" and was used in the book of Isiah as an expression used for the Babylonian King. Therefore, Lucifer and Satan (which means "resister") are not one in the same as people may think. 2.) We were created as free moral agents (angels included) and he basically went bonkers cause he wanted undue worship clearly, he was watching the established relationship between God and adam. Genesis 3: 1-6 is where Satan told the first lie. 3.) Chaos and evil were rampant during Noah's day and you must remember He did something about then and will again. (Revelations 21: 3,4)

Answer 3

Same dude. He has many different names. Lucifer was his first name before he fell from grace. He fell from grace when in the first earth age he started a rebellion (see web address below for documentation). Lucifer and Michael were both angels that were raised to the position of Cherub. This word Cherub is translated as " the one that covereth" . By that it means nothing more than to guard something. What did they guard? They guarded Christ's throne. But satan decided he was too cool just to guard the mercy seat (throne) , but actually wanted to sit in it (take it over). Some have speculated that satan and Lucifer were different entities. Won't wash. Other names for Lucifer include Abbadon, appolyion, abomination, Beelzebub, wicked one, devil, satan, beast.
http://www.god-is-awsome.com/satans-rebellion

Answer 4

The name Lucifer occurs only in one place in the Bible and only in the KJV - Isaiah 14:12. Read it.

"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!"

Look at the context of the passage, particularly v. 4.

"That thou shalt take up this proverb against the KING OF BABYLON, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!"

This verse has nothing to do with Satan. In this passage, Lucifer is Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.
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Answer 5

"11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms {MAGGOTS} cover thee.

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!

13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;"

Isaiah 14:11-16 KJV.

If Lucifer is not the devil, but rather the literal king of Babylon, during the time of Isaiah's writing ... how could it possible this literal king made the EARTH to tremble and the kingdoms? Did he make North America to tremble? Or South America? If one takes the verses literally, the context would not harmonize, literal king and figurative partial earth. Likewise, the Babylon of Revelation 14-18 is a prophetic city; highly spiritual stuff which can only be understood by comparing scripture with scripture (cf. 1 Corinthians 2:12-14).

Please compare:

Isaiah 14:12 - w/ Ezekiel 28:2,3
Isaiah 14:13 - w/ Daniel 8:10 & 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

Answer 6

Lucifer is literally the "light-bearer," and originally referred to the planet Venus, the "Morning Star." Hence he is sometimes called "Son of the Morning."

"Satan" means "adversary" in Hebrew. It started out as a generic term rather than an individual. The angel who stopped Balaam's donkey is called a "satan," that is, an "obstacle."

The two were completely different ideas that became identified with one another, just as people have identified the Serpent in Genesis with "Satan" although there is not the slightest ground for doing so in the text itself.

See Elaine Pagels' excellent "The Origin of Satan."

Answer 7

Satan is known by many names and Lucifer is just one of them. The Scriptures indicate that the creature known as Satan did not always have that name. Rather, it was given to him because of his taking a course of opposition to God.

Answer 8

Same guy.

Documentation: one verse in Isaiah somewhere that was ostensibly referring to the King of Babylon, that the Church has traditionally understood to refer to the devil.

Then Dante came along with his epic poem "The Inferno" and made Lucifer (light bearer) another name for Satan.

Documentation: The Inferno.

Answer 9

Lucifer is one of many names for Satan.
I concur with Weird Darryl's assessment of this question!

Answer 10

Lucifer is one of many names for Satan, like the devil, the god of this age, god of this world, Beelzebub, Belial, the serpent, the dragon, the evil one, the wicked one, the father of lies, the deceiver and many others but they are all the same entity.