Featured Who was Lucifer? Isaiah 14

I agree with you that the passage isn't describing Satan, but in my opinion it isn't necessarily describing Nebuchadnezzar either. I reckoned it was about the current king.

The pattern of prideful evil outlined in the passage, though, is something that we can see played out time and time again in earthly rulers. So it definitely fits Nebuchadnezzar.

 

If memory serves, "Lucifer" is from a Latin word, meaning "morning star", or "dawn". In English, we've taken it to be a proper noun, rather than a title or description.

It's the same with the word " Satan ". We've come to use it for a specific being, when it is actually a positional title. Recall that Christ used the word of Peter.

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Lucifer is a Latin word from the Latin Vulgate, , "shining one" is the meaning of the Hebrew word "heylel"

It is not Nebuchadnezzar (130 years later and one who finally recognized God as sovereign. )

Notice the intention of Lucifer,

"the king of Babylon" referred to here is the real power behind Babylon, or Satan (Arabic for Adversary) compare to the king of Tyre .

Satan is acting through the kingdoms of man

 

I believe Belshazzar "saw the handwriting on the wall". Laugh

 

I evened the vote.

To whom are the kingdoms of this world subjected? Rom 8:20 NKJV For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; Gen 2:3 KJV And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: (οἰκουμένην) he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Does Satan influence and deceive the thinking of the rulers of the kingdoms of the world? Beginning with the first king? Dan 2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. Dan 10:12,13 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Are angels and demons involved in what is going on in the kingdoms of the world?

What about when this takes place?

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Dan 2:44
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Rev 20:3
Is the kingdom God sets up the world to come?
For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world (οἰκουμένην) to come, whereof we speak. Heb 2:5 The old world that was deceived by, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan?


Who was Lucifer?

 

angels are "messangers"
Heb 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

the receivers of the message are those in need of salvation.


a third of the "elohyim " fell with Lucifer, These are evil spirits .

Satan is as adversary a term from Arabic He is described as Old Dragon, Red Dragon , Devil, Old Serpent ,. transforms into angel of light

translated from different languages , same being, Different stages, Lucifer before the fall, the other names after

 

In my counseling over the last 32 yrs I have encountered quite a few demonized individuals who, when exposed by scripture manifested before me, sometimes to an astonishing degree. They used 'Lucifer' and 'Satan' interchangeably in reference to their master. Those devils never denied that they are one and the same. Isaiah 14 refers to Satan, the devil. Though the primary reference is to the 'king of Babylon' the text clearly looks beyond the king to that spirit that controlled him and his empire.

 

conjecture on what?

The names associated with Lucifer are throughout Scripture, derived from different languages and different descriptions. If you compile a list ,it is obvious. To deny Lucifer is Satan, the Devil, or the other names , is his favorite deception.

 

Thanks for your question. Answer: there is nothing to 'square'. There is no conflation. The details of the description of Lucifer in Isaiah 14 can only be the devil...the fallen cherubim.