This mighty angelic being was rightfully judged by God: “I threw you to the earth” ( Ezekiel 28:18). Sin originated in the free will of Lucifer in which-with a full understanding of the issues involved-he chose to rebel against the Creator. The sin that corrupted Lucifer was self-generated pride.Īpparently, this represents the actual beginning of sin in the universe-preceding the fall of the human Adam by an indeterminate time. What was this iniquity? We read in Ezekiel 28:17, “Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor.” Lucifer apparently became so impressed with his own beauty, intelligence, power, and position that he began to desire for himself the honor and glory that belonged to God alone. And he remained perfect in his ways until iniquity was found in him ( Ezekiel 28:15b). Our text tells us that this king was a created being and left the creative hand of God in a perfect state ( Ezekiel 28:12-15). All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever." ( Ezekiel 28:11-19) By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries so I brought fire out from your midst it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. I cast you to the ground I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. Your heart was proud because of your beauty you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. I placed you you were on the holy mountain of God in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
You were in Eden, the garden of God every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings.
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. Then, starting in verse 11 and on through verse 19, Lucifer is the focus of the discussion: It would seem from the context of Ezekiel 28 that the first ten verses of this chapter are dealing with a human leader.
The story of Lucifer’s fall is described in two key Old Testament chapters- Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14.
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