LUCIFER

Lucifer who are you any way? Well the answer seems to be simple, but is it?

Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascent 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:
This is the only time that the name Lucifer is mentioned in the Bible. Satan is mentioned 49 times. Devil is mentioned 106 times.

Isaiah though is speaking of the King of Babylon, Lucifer was the translation incorrectly given for Day Star a name associated with the King. The Latin translation of the Hebrew term Hedel is Lucifero which means light bearer. When the King James translators rendered the Hebrew term into English, they kept the popular term "Lucifer" for the Devil. The use of the word "Lucifer" in the 1611 KJV instead of a word such as "Daystar" ensured its continued popularity among English speakers.

"David Grinspoon comments on the historical aspects of the word as follows: "The origin of the Judeo-Christian Devil as an angel fallen from heaven into the depths of hell is mirrored in the descent of Venus from shining morning star to the darkness below. This underworld demon, still feared today by people in many parts of the world, is also called Lucifer, which was originally a Latin name for Venus as a morning star." Actually, Grinspoon should just refer to the "Christian Devil" since the Jews never believed in such a creature and still don't to this day.'

'Lucifer is a Latin word (from the words lucem ferre), literally meaning "light-bearer", which in that language is used as a name for the dawn appearance of the planet Venus, heralding daylight. Use of the word in this sense is uncommon in English, in which "Day Star" or "Morning Star" are more common expressions.'

In the English language Lucifer refers to Satan, although the name is never applied to him anywhere else in the Bible. Though it is applied it is in fact not Satan that is being wrote about. In post-New Testament times the name Lucifer has often been used as a name for the devil, both in religious writings and in fiction.

The name Lucifer then has never been used in the Bible as a name for Satan. In fact the name Lucifer was only used once incorrectly.

Just something for you to think about.

God Bless Indeed
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