WARNING this will be a controversial
article. Before you dismiss it as blasphemous or garbage; do as Proverbs 18:13 says. Hear the matter out before you
respond.
When we read Isaiah 14:12, which
says in: How art thou fallen from heaven
O Lucifer,
son of the morning!…. We always
think of Satan. This is true in part.
The fact is there is more than one Lucifer. The word Lucifer is a Latin word which
means light bearer or bearer of the light. The actual word Lucifer only appears
in scripture one time in this latin form. The Hebrew word for Lucifer is H1966
hay-lale, which also means light bearer. It also means shining one, morning
star, and Lucifer; Lucifer can also mean Day Star. Notice I have
italicized morning star. These two words are essential for knowing what
and who a Lucifer is and is not. Basically Lucifer is a transliteration of the Hebrew word Hay-lale which means morning star.
Let’s see where else we see these
two words morning star in scripture. Yep you guessed it in the book of Job!!! Job 38:7 says: When the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? The word God in sons of God is the Hebrew word H4300 elohiym, which means rulers, judges,
angels, gods, and divine ones. When the word
elohiym is used it can be a man, an angel, or Almighty God it depends on the
context of the scripture. In this particular instance it can’t be man because
God is asking Job where was he when he made the foundations of the world. It is
not God Himself. The only entity it could be is angelic host. So the morning
stars and sons of God are indeed angels.
To get a little more in depth let’s
take a look at Job 1: 6-7 which says: Now there was a day when the sons of
God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7And the
LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and
said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Notice the sons of
God here in this scripture it refers to angels in this passage which was
also mentioned in Job 38:7. Satan is no longer in the same class with them. In
Job 38:7 the morning stars are called sons of God.
Again Isaiah 14:12 is the only
place Satan is called a Lucifer or a morning star although Ezekiel 28:
12-19 is speaking of the same events concerning Satan. When Satan was a Lucifer
he was in his anointed state. Ezekiel 28 called him an anointed cherub, which
is a class of angel. Every other
place in the bible Satan is called various names: adversary, deceiver, dragon,
serpent, thief, ruler of this world, etc. Nowhere else is he called a light
bearer, shining one, morning star, or Lucifer. The
ONLY PLACES were Satan is mentioned
in his anointed state is in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28!!!
This
may be a shock to many people’s belief system. We have to be like the Bereans
who searched the scriptures daily. Study like 2 Timothy 2:15 says. Let’s go
even further on this topic. Who is the true Lucifer or
in other words the true light
bearer? He is none other than the
Messiah Jesus Christ. We will see that Jesus Himself said He is the true Lucifer or morning star.
In
Malachi Chapter 4:2 Jesus is referred to as the Sun of Righteousness. Yes the SUN!
We saw earlier that Lucifer can mean Day Star. The star that rules the day is the Sun. Is this the literal
sun, no. It is symbolic of Jesus being The Light. When everything is restored
Jesus will be the source of light as Revelation 21:23 and 22:5 indicates.
Let’s
take a look at John 1:1-5, which says: In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All
things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him
was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and
the darkness comprehended it not. We
all agree the Word is Jesus. Jesus
was with God and was God in the beginning he created everything and He created
everything. Our very life was in Him and He is the Light. He lights our spirits. John 1:6 says: 5And the
light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Jesus Christ shines in darkness. The darkness is the evil in
this world. Ephesians 6:12 says12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Jesus Christ shines in this darkness.
The darkness or the “devil” and his
kingdom does not comprehend Christ. Satan and his kingdom are master deceivers
and they have fooled the masses into thinking Satan is the true Lucifer.
So
we have established that Jesus Christ is light and the light of men. We are
told in 2 Peter 1:19 to let the day star in the KJV or morning star in the NKJV rise in our heart. The words day star in greek is G5459 or phosphoros which means: light
bringing, giving light, the planet Venus, the morning star. This is
speaking of Christ who shines in a dark place, which is this world, and in men
who are saved but were once in darkness. Jesus said He is the light of the
world in John 8:12. 12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall
not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Right before Jesus died the world or Jerusalem went dark for three
hours. Mark 15:33 says: And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over
the whole land until the ninth hour. In
my opinion this darkness happened because the Light of the world Jesus was
about to die. Satan is not the light!!! He can only be light for instances as 2
Corinthians 11:14 says: And no marvel;
for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. He is an imposter
brothers and sisters.
Now
the final nails in the coffin are Jesus saying He would give us a Lucifer or
Morning
star and He also called himself a Lucifer or morning star. Revelation 2:26-28
says: And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works
unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a
potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28And I will give him the morning
star. Now is He going to give us Satan? No, He is going to give us
His light and allow us to be light bearers. Lastly, Revelation 22:16 says: I Jesus have
sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root
and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Case
closed!!! Satan is no longer a Lucifer. Jesus Christ is THE LUCIFER or THE BRIGHT and MORNING STAR.
