Who was "Lucifer" of Isaiah 14:12?

By Mahlon Wickey  January, 2013

 

We have all heard the name "Lucifer" mentioned countless times in our modern "christian" environment.  It is generally believed that Lucifer was a powerful pre-historic wicked angel that rebelled against God, and therefore was cast out of heaven and a third of the angels followed in this rebellion.  It is also believed that after his "supposed" rebellion Lucifer then became a "fallen angel" that appeared in the Garden of Eden as the "serpent".  Yes, our beloved KJ Bibles "seem" to talk about a PERSONAL "Lucifer", but is this the CORRECT biblical truth about this "supposed" pre-historic wicked angel?  We shall see.

 

It may seem frivolous for me to bring up the subject of Lucifer as a CAUSE to all "political" evils and deceptions, but as we shall see, the subject of Lucifer could explain WHY all human governments are set up to deceive and to CONTROL people.  We are all aware that our nation seems to always VOTE for a government that functions under certain deceptive evils, but the true CAUSE of these certain deceptive evils is IGNORED. 

 

Our nation with its elected government attempts to "solve" only the symptoms of its many evils and NOT the CAUSES, simply because our nation ignores the CORRECT truths of the Bible!  By ignoring correct biblical truths explains WHY our government aimlessly attempts to "solve" only the SYMPTOMS of its many evils, division, and confusion with political policies of INSANITY and stupidity!  Please understand, the absence of correct biblical TRUTHS creates a VOID in the human heart and soul, and when the "heart and soul" of our nation and our government is DEVOID (empty) of correct biblical truths then insanity and stupidity will FILL THAT VOID! 

 

We are a nation of churches, and as our churches "go" so "goes" our nation.  Centuries old "christian" traditions and beliefs are religious "distractions" designed to ignore or reject CORRECT biblical truths.  This is WHY most modern churches have FAILED in their DUTY to teach correct biblical truths; which directly determines HOW our nation (of churches) is governed!  This article will attempt to explain the CORRECT biblical truth about "Lucifer"; which will then unravel and EXPOSE other major doctrines that are taught as correct biblical "truths" by most of our modern "religious-minded" churches. 

 

The subject of Lucifer is just ONE example that points to a major FLAW with the "christian" faith, simply because there is a major flaw in HOW the "christian" faith has explained "Lucifer" for many centuries.  This spiritually flawed "christian" faith is designed to "cover up" CORRECT biblical truth to fulfill this evil world/age of DECEPTION by the divine PLAN of God! 

 

Yes, most modern churches BLINDLY accept centuries old "christian" traditions and beliefs, but they generally DO NOT question these traditions and beliefs; which explains WHY they also DO NOT question WHO this "Lucifer" was in Isaiah 14:12.  Most modern churches are determined to BLINDLY accept the theory that Lucifer was a pre-historic wicked angel, but it is very strange that there seems to be NO sincere desire to STUDY the subject of Lucifer.  Why this total lack of interest in just wanting to know WHY "Lucifer" is mentioned in our beloved KJ Bibles, and WHY it is generally NOT pointed out that "Lucifer" is not found in the vast majority of other Bibles?  I have over thirty translations in my "e-sword" software, but ONLY three translations mention "Lucifer".  Does this mean that these very few translations are the ONLY ones that are biblically CORRECT in mentioning "Lucifer"?  We shall see. 

 

Many believers are aware that "Lucifer" is found only ONCE in the entire King James Bible, but Isaiah 14 was a PROVERB that was addressed to the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:4), and NOT to this mysterious Lucifer!  But it is very strange that when Lucifer is mentioned then these many believers will readily REJECT the king of Babylon as to WHO Isaiah 14 is talking about.  These many believers are INSPIRED to switch from the king of Babylon to this mysterious Lucifer who is NOW being talked about simply because it is believed that Lucifer falling from "heaven" could ONLY apply to a powerful pre-historic wicked PERSONAL angel, and NOT to this HUMAN king of Babylon! 

 

This religious "christian" viewpoint generally ignores that Isaiah 14 was a proverb (Isaiah 14:4), and in the CORRECT context the KJ footnote for proverb is a "taunting speech".  Taunting is defined as "to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner".  The word "proverb" (H4912) was translated MOST times simply as a "parable" in the KJ Old Testament, and a "parable" is defined as a "fictitious narrative" (G3850). 

 

This HUMAN king of Babylon was told an "imaginary story" of fiction (yes, FICTION) to "taunt" this human king because of his evil, vain, arrogant, pompous, and proud SELF-glory!  Isaiah was INSPIRED to "taunt" this evil human king in a mocking and insulting manner to EXPOSE him before he was brought down to "hell" (H7585); which means "Hades", or the world of the dead.  This fictitious so-called "Lucifer" wanted to ascend to the spiritual "heights" of God to be LIKE the most High (God)…. 

 

Isaiah 14:14-16 KJV (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; 

 

Lucifer was called a MAN, and therefore he DIED like ALL men; which could NOT be this wicked angel called Lucifer since it is believed he was a REAL personal spirit BEING, and therefore he will NEVER DIE!  This human king of Babylon was brought down to "hell" to wait for his judgment, and I believe God set up and USED him as an EXAMPLE to other human "kings" that also have arrogant hearts of proud SELF-glory that will abuse and usurp their "supposed" authority and POWER over people. 

 

If (yes, IF) Lucifer was indeed this evil human king of Babylon, then HOW did this evil HUMAN king fall from "heaven"?  Notice that Isaiah asked Lucifer in a mocking and taunting manner how (yes, HOW) he had "fallen from heaven"…. 

 

Isaiah 14:12 KJV 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!  

 

The unused root meaning of "heaven" (H8064) means "lofty".  This evil human king did NOT fall from the "heaven" where God dwells; he FELL from the "height" of his LOFTY, vain, arrogant, pompous, and proud SELF-glory, and that is HOW he fell!  This lesson can be applied to ALL so-called human "kings" that have proud and arrogant "lofty" hearts that are inspired to CONTROL people.  These "lofty" hearted men do NOT want to govern in SERVING the people, but they want to control and SUPPRESS the God-given freedoms and the God-given rights of people! 

 

Many believers are aware that the King James Bible has mistakes and mistranslations that DO NOT match the meanings of the INSPIRED words found in the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.  This biblical FACT demands this question; why did the KJ translators decide to ADD the NAME "Lucifer" to the title of "son of the morning"?  But as I mentioned preciously, the VAST majority of translations DID NOT add the NAME "Lucifer", but they also used similar titles of "son of the morning".  So WHY is this biblical fact ignored by most modern "religious-minded" churches that happen to put their TRUST in the translated words found in their beloved KJ Bibles?  Yes, WHY is the KJ Bible FAVORED more than other Bibles? 

 

Christ IS the "morning star"; the title of GLORY and POWER…. 

 

Revelation 22:16 KJV 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. 

 

Christ will GIVE this same title of GLORY and POWER to the saints that "overcome" (Rev 2:17, 28).  The apostle Peter also wrote this incredible and profound statement…. 

 

2Peter 1:19 KJV We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 

 

The saints were to take HEED of prophecy; which was a "light" for saints to be ABLE to "see" in a DARK world with the spiritual "help" of the glorious LIGHT of the "dawn" of day by the "day star" that will ARISE in their hearts.  But this evil HUMAN king of Babylon was ALSO called by terms of GLORY, but he had a FALSE sense of SELF-glory!  Keep in mind, these terms of GLORY were spoken in a proverb as a reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner characterized by FICTION! 

 

I believe this evil human king was set up to be USED by a sovereign God, and that is WHY Isaiah was inspired to write a very valuable LESSON for all arrogant "lofty" men with proud SELF-glory that abuse and usurp their power over people, and they will all suffer a very painful FALL from the "height" of their OWN "lofty" heaven, as did the evil human king of Babylon! 

 

Let us now carefully examine this mysterious Lucifer by simply looking at the meanings of certain words, and how they were used in scripture.  First of all, here is Webster’s KJ Version with Strong’s concordant numbers linked to Isaiah 14:12…. 

 

How art thou fallen H5307 from heaven H8064, O Lucifer H1966, son H1121 of the morning H7837 H3213! how art thou cut down H1438 to the ground H776, which didst weaken H2522 the nations H1471! 

 

Take special notice of the word H3213.  This Hebrew word is NOT found in the vast majority of Bibles, but the Holy Spirit has indeed made this one Hebrew word available.  But some study and research is required to FIND this precious "gem" of CORRECT biblical TRUTH! 

 

Notice HOW Lucifer is defined by three Hebrew words with Strong’s numbers included.... 

 

Isaiah 14:12 KJV How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer H1966 <heylel>, son of the morning H7837 H3213 <shachar> <yalal>! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 

 

Lucifer is called "heylel" (H1966); which is a direct link to "yalal" (H3213).  H1966 means in the sense of the brightness of a morning star.  Lucifer is called "son of the morning" in the KJ Bible, and "morning" is made up by the two Hebrew words, "shachar" (H7837) and "yalal" (H3213).  H7837 simply means "dawn", or the early light of morning.  But "yalal" (H3213) means something entirely different, but it was ADDED with H7837 to explain what this fictitious "Lucifer" was told to do! 

 

This Hebrew word (H3213) simply means to HOWL with a wailing tone.  Howl can also be defined as to utter a loud prolonged mournful cry of distress, pain, and rage.  This Hebrew word is found thirty two times in the KJ Old Testament, so carefully read and BELIEVE how this word "howl" (H3213) was used in the context of these following scriptures….

 

Isa 13:6: KJV Howl (H3213) ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Isa 14:31: KJV Howl, (H3213) O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. 

Isa 15:2: KJV He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl (H3213) over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 

Isa 15:3: KJV In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, (H3213) weeping abundantly. 

Isa 15:8: KJV For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling (H3213) thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling (H3213) thereof unto Beerelim. 

Isa 16:7: KJV Therefore shall Moab howl (H3213) for Moab, every one shall howl, (H3213) for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 

Isa 23:1: KJV The burden of Tyre. Howl, (H3213) ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 

Isa 23:6: KJV Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, (H3213) ye inhabitants of the isle. 

Isa 23:14: KJV Howl, (H3213) ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 

Isa 52:5: KJV Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, (H3213) saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. 

Isa 65:14: KJV Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl (H3213) for vexation of spirit. 

Jer 4:8: KJV For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: (H3213) for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 

Jer 25:34: KJV Howl, (H3213) ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 

Jer 47:2: KJV Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl (H3213). 

Jer 48:20: KJV Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl (H3213) and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled.

Jer 48:31: KJV Therefore will I howl (H3213) for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

Jer 48:39: KJV They shall howl, (H3213) saying, is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 

Jer 49:3: KJV Howl, (H3213) O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. 

Jer 51:8: KJV Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl (H3213) for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed 

Eze 21:12: KJV Cry and howl, (H3213) son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. 

Eze 30:2: KJV Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl (H3213) ye, Woe worth the day! 

Hos 7:14: KJV And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled (H3213) upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. 

Joe 1:5: KJV Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, (H3213) all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 

Joe 1:11: KJV Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, (H3213) O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 

Joe 1:13: KJV Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, (H3213) ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is with holden from the house of your God. 

Amo 8:3: KJV And the songs of the temple shall be howlings (H3213) in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. 

Mic 1:8: KJV Therefore I will wail and howl, (H3213) I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.  

Zep 1:11: KJV Howl, (H3213) ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. 

Zec 11:2: KJV Howl, (H3213) fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, (H3213) O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. come down. 

 

It is very strange that Isaiah 14:12 was NOT included with these thirty two examples of the word "howl"!  So WHY did the KJ translators use "Lucifer", but NOT use this Hebrew word that simply means to "howl"?  That is a very good question!

 

I believe they simply wanted to put a NAME to this powerful pre-historic PERSONAL angel that they believed in.  They knew they had to match the meaning of "son of the morning" so they borrowed the NAME Lucifer from the Latin Vulgate Bible; which in Latin DOES indeed mean "morning star".  But as we shall see, this Latin meaning DOES NOT define the NAME Lucifer. 

 

In my "e-sword" software the Concordant Literal Version is the ONLY Bible that used the word "HOWL" found in Isaiah 14:12…. 

 

(CLV) How you have fallen from the heavens! Howl, son of the dawn! You are hacked down to the earth, defeater of all nations!" 

 

Some believe that ADAM (NOT the king of Babylon) fell from "heaven", and Adam did indeed FALL from his Godly GLORY into the realm of SIN and DEATH!  But why (yes, WHY) was Adam told to HOWL over 3000 years after (yes, AFTER) he fell from "heaven"? 

 

Notice WHO the "bright morning star" was…. 

 

Isa 14:12 (Good News Bible) King of Babylon, bright morning star, you have fallen from heaven! In the past you conquered nations, but now you have been thrown to the ground. 

 

Yes, the king of Babylon WAS the "bright morning star", but keep in mind; this term of Godly GLORY was used as FICTION to "taunt" him of his arrogant SELF-glory!  But Adam’s Godly GLORY was NOT FICTION, and he KNEW he would LOSE this Godly GLORY by willfully sinning to KEEP his NOW defiled wife, simply because Adam was NOT deceived (1Timothy 2:14). 

 

Again, I want mention that this proud "lofty" human king of Babylon was USED by God as an example to other proud "lofty" men that have "supposed" POWER over nations and people.  This means that a sovereign God is responsible for the FATE of this evil human king of Babylon, and also ALL other evil human "kings"; which is why ALL evil human "kings" with proud "lofty" hearts will go down to "hell" to face God in the SAME manner as this evil human king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:15). 

 

This evil human king of Babylon did NOT "howl and wail" during his "lofty" rule as king of Babylon, but the major point is that he took that arrogant "lofty" mental attitude with him TO HELL when he died!  When he is awakened from his "sleep" IN HELL he will mentally howl, wail, and cry in distress with pain and rage; which is the judgment of "fire" that this evil human king MUST experience to truly HUMBLE him so as to CORRECT him. 

 

No, he will NOT howl and wail in hell "forever", which would DEFEAT God’s judgments since his arrogant "lofty" heart would NEVER be humbled and corrected!  Most modern churches FAIL to teach that God’s painful judgments of "fire" are to CORRECT the sinful flaws of ALL mankind, but they would NEVER be corrected if (yes, IF) this judgment by "fire" LASTS "forever"!  But most modern churches teach that it DOES last "forever"! 

 

If you recall, I mentioned that the term "Lucifer" is defined in Latin as "morning star", and the English Oxford Dictionary ALSO defines the term "Lucifer" as follows…. 

 

The planet Venus when it rises in the morning, or a match struck by rubbing it on a rough surface. 

 

The TERM "Lucifer" (not NAME) is defined as a NON-PERSONAL "brightness", and NOT defined as the "brightness" of a fictitious and imaginary "fallen angel" called a PERSONAL "Lucifer" by most modern churches!  Venus rising in the morning and a very TINY flash of brightness by striking a wooden match defines a brightness that is SEEN, but it does NOT define the UNSEEN fictitious "brightness" of a fictitious being called Lucifer! 

 

So WHY do most of our modern churches believe in a PERSONAL wicked pre-historic angel known by the NAME "Lucifer"?  It is simply because they BELIEVE and TRUST the translated words found in their beloved King James Bibles!  This is WHY they believe in a PERSONAL "Lucifer", and they also believe that Isaiah 14:12 explains HOW this PERSONAL "Lucifer" BECAME the PERSONAL "Satan the devil" that they ALSO believe in! 

 

Now we finally come to the meaning of "Babylon" (H894).  It simply means "confusion" (yes, CONFUSION).  The proud and arrogant "lofty" king of Babylon was USED by a sovereign God to be the "king of confusion"!  But our beloved KJ Bibles say that "God is NOT the author of confusion"…. 

 

1Corinthians 14:33 KJV For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 

 

The misleading term "author" was carelessly ADDED by the KJ translators, and "confusion" (G181) simply means instability or disorder.  Yes, God is NOT a God of instability or disorder! 

 

Confusion is a mental condition that comes from the Latin word "confundere"; which means to pour or mingle (mix) together.  When the mental condition of a nation and its people is in confusion it leads to the symptoms of instability and disorder!  When good and evil, truth and LIES, and peace and unrest are poured and mingled (mixed) together you have a nation and its people in "Babylonian" CONFUSION!  Yes, this present evil world/age is in the mental condition of confusion that is CAUSED by "Mystery Babylon the Great"…. 

 

Revelation 17:5 KJ3 And on her forehead was a name was written: Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth. 

 

Mystery Babylon the Great simply means that this confusion is a "GREAT" MYSTERY, and this is WHY this world is NOT AWARE of its confusion!  "On her forehead" simply means that this mental confusion is symbolically written on the brain (forehead) that "mysteriously" REJECTS sound and reliable THINKING about the CORRECT truths of the Bible! 

 

There were (and are) many "kings of Babylon" in human history that were (and are) in Babylonian confusion, and all were (and are) inspired to suppress and CONTROL the "will of the people".  Our political system, the value of our DOLLAR, ALL religions, and other "methods" of CONTROL are all based on fraud that causes the "GREAT" MYSTERY of confusion, and confusion WILL suppress and CONTROL the "will of the people"! 

 

Barack Obama and ALL American presidents were all set up to be USED by a sovereign God to uphold and MAINTAIN Mystery Babylon!  Politicians and "ministers of God" are very skilled to mix (yes, MIX) truth and "half-truths" with deliberate LIES to maintain the "GREAT" MYSTERY of confusion.  Yes, a sovereign God has set up many "talented" men to be USED to keep Mystery Babylon INTACT and to be EFFECTIVE in this temporary evil world/age of CONFUSION for a glorious and divine PURPOSE! 

 

The MYSTERY of medical "science" is able to make drugs that will ALTER (change) the natural FUNCTIONS of our minds and bodies.  But our minds and bodies have many built-in "safe guards" against mental and physical illness, but at times these "safe guards" will FAIL because we are all in a corrupt and SINFUL condition and we are all DYING! 

 

The MYSTERY of drugs can only MASK (disguise) the suffering of pain and disease, and drug companies make billions of dollars on the confusion of people that "mysteriously" put their TRUST in countless drugs!  Sure, certain drugs can "help" by altering (but NOT heal) certain health issues, but drugs treat only the symptoms of pain and disease, and NOT the causes!  The Bible uses the term "sorceries", and it has some very interesting meanings…. 

 

G5331 from G5332; medication (pharmacy), that is, (by extension) magic (literal or figurative): sorcery, witchcraft.

 

G5332 (a drug, that is, spell giving potion); a druggist (pharmacist) or poisoner, that is, (by extension) a magician: sorcerer.

 

Notice the term, "poisoner"!  Our modern pharmacies and druggists are in the business of "selling" the spiritual poison of sorcery and witchcraft in the form of drugs and ALSO vaccines; which is the "magic" (sorcery) of medication! 

 

In conclusion; we are told in Rev 18:4 to "come out of her" (Babylon).  When we truly "come out" of CONFUSION is when our hearts ARISE with the GLORY of the early "light" of DAWN of the DAY STAR (2Pet 1:19).  Christ is the "morning star" (Rev 22:16) that comes IN our hearts when the FIRST rays of LIGHT (understanding) "comes out" of DARKNESS (confusion), and this mysterious Lucifer known as the fictitious and imaginary "son of the morning" will disappear from our hearts and minds!

               

By Mahlon Wickey  January, 2013


 

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