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LESSONSFROM
LUCIFER
LUCIFERISAIAH 14:12
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! (KJV)
LUCIFERISAIAH 14:12
Oh shining star, son of the morning, how you have fallen from the heavens! You weakening the
nations, you are cut down to the ground. (LITV)
LUCIFERLUKE 10:18
“I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.”
THE CONTEXT• Isaiah’s mission
Isaiah 1:16-17• Punishment of nations
Isaiah 13 – 23Moab (15) Damascus (17)Egypt (19)
THE CONTEXT Woes upon Babylon• Isaiah 13 – 14
– Burden (13:1)– Medes (13:17)– Destruction (13:18-22)
THE CONTEXTGod’s people blessed• Isaiah 14:1-2
– Babylon captures Judah– Seventy years pass– Medes conquer Babylon– God’s people return home
THE CONTEXTGod’s people celebrate the fall of Babylon
Isaiah 14:3-23 (esp. vv5-7)
THE CONTEXTIt’s not Satan that is falling in this passage; it’s the KING OF BABYLON!Lucifer is a symbol for the wicked king
of BabylonIsaiah 14:4 with 14:12
THE CONTEXTArrogance of Babylonians kings
Isaiah 14:13-14Lucifer is A MAN who made the earth tremble
Isaiah 14:16He overthrew cities and did not release captives
Isaiah 14:17
THE CONTEXTHis dishonor in death, not buried like other kings
Isaiah 14:18-19Makes clear that he is talking about Babylon and her evil kings
Isaiah 14:22
TRUTHThe number of people
who believe something has nothing to do with whether or not its true!
• Creation or evolution?• The Flood: real or myth?• Is Christmas Christ’s birth?
Chimney Corner Scripture
TRUTHWHAT DOES
THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
• Baptism necessary? Mark 16:16
• Instrumental musicColossians 3:16
• DivorceMatthew 19:9
TRUTHWHAT DOES
THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
• We need to study the Bible for ourselves!John 17:17 TRUTH?Luke 12:53 Family?2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Preachers?
Acts 17:11 is the KEY
TRUTHRIGHTLYDIVIDE
THE TRUTH2 Timothy 2:15
A TEXT WITHOUT A CONTEXT IS A PRETEXT!
• Acts 16:30-31 Belief only?• Romans 10:9-13 Belief only?• The Revelation 2nd Coming
TRUTH
When I discover that something I believe does not agree with the
Bible, THEN I NEED TO CHANGE WHAT I BELIEVE!
Be like Jesus Luke 22:42Salvation? Matthew 7:21
