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Lucifer is not Satan

cfer

cfer

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I was looking at some articles on the Internet and came across this really interesting one about how the translation of the ancient Hebrew into Latin has caused a mixup on the name, Lucifer.

Lucifer is a Latin name. When the name Lucifer first appears in the Old Testament, it does so in a Hebrew book, specifically Isaiah 14:12. According to this article, the actual Hebrew references a Babylonian king who persecuted the children of Israel throughout his life.

I'm sorry to do this, but I'm not very good at summing up articles and such, so I'm going to post the link so if you want to read it, you may.

http://www.lds-mormon.com/lucifer.shtml

I just found it very interesting. The article also shows how Christians believe that Satan is the morning star, a fallen angel. But there also appears to be a contradiction because Jesus also refers to himself as the morning star in Revelation 22:16.

Now I'm really confused. :banghead3
 
t3gah

t3gah

Well-Known Member
Deut 32:8 posted a link off of another thread on this forum that has an excellent explanation of Isaiah 14:12. I often get that set of scriptures confused with the fallen angel depicted in Revelation. IT's not about that fallen angel it's about someone entirely different.

And just as a note, satan is not this angels name, nor is devil. Both are descriptions of the angel. The demons are referred to as satans and devils. The apostle Peter was said to be satan at one time. The traitor Judas Iscariot was reported to have turned into a satan too. And then there is an earthly name some old culture gave the chief fallen angel and that name is Beelzebub. Not to be confused with Baalzebub.

Confused? So is the whole world! Kinda...
 
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may

Well-Known Member
cfer said:
I was looking at some articles on the Internet and came across this really interesting one about how the translation of the ancient Hebrew into Latin has caused a mixup on the name, Lucifer.

Lucifer is a Latin name. When the name Lucifer first appears in the Old Testament, it does so in a Hebrew book, specifically Isaiah 14:12. According to this article, the actual Hebrew references a Babylonian king who persecuted the children of Israel throughout his life.

I'm sorry to do this, but I'm not very good at summing up articles and such, so I'm going to post the link so if you want to read it, you may.

http://www.lds-mormon.com/lucifer.shtml

I just found it very interesting. The article also shows how Christians believe that Satan is the morning star, a fallen angel. But there also appears to be a contradiction because Jesus also refers to himself as the morning star in Revelation 22:16.

Now I'm really confused. :banghead3
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There is no contradiction because lucifer is not satan


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Lucifer a name that the Bible uses for Satan?


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The name Lucifer occurs once in the Scriptures and only in some versions of the Bible. For example, the King James Version renders Isaiah 14:12: "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!"​

The Hebrew word translated "Lucifer" means "shining one." The Septuagint uses the Greek word that means "bringer of dawn." Hence, some translations render the original Hebrew "morning star" or "Daystar." But Jerome’s Latin Vulgate uses "Lucifer" (light bearer), and this accounts for the appearance of that term in various versions of the Bible.​

Who is this Lucifer? The expression "shining one," or "Lucifer," is found in what Isaiah prophetically commanded the Israelites to pronounce as a "proverbial saying against the king of Babylon." Thus, it is part of a saying primarily directed at the Babylonian dynasty. That the description "shining one" is given to a man and not to a spirit creature is further seen by the statement: "Down to Sheol you will be brought." Sheol is the common grave of mankind—not a place occupied by Satan the Devil. Moreover, those seeing Lucifer brought into this condition ask: "Is this the man that was agitating the earth?" Clearly, "Lucifer" refers to a human, not to a spirit creature.—Isaiah 14:4, 15, 16.

 
Linus

Linus

Well-Known Member
I have heard of this before. Lucifer was an ancient Babylonian King who fell from his position of power or something. I only heard it once though and it was a very brief and passing mention of it. Good to know.
 
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may

Well-Known Member
Linus said:
I have heard of this before. Lucifer was an ancient Babylonian King who fell from his position of power or something. I only heard it once though and it was a very brief and passing mention of it. Good to know.
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Yes i think you are right , lucifer was a babylonian king who fell from power
 
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