posted on Aug, 19 2022 @ 05:27 AM
a reply to:
whereislogic
You gotta take the whole of scripture together. All of those are titles or metaphors for the fallen angel in the Bible, I myself don’t even know if
it’s a proper name or just another title for him. But in order to carry on with theological concepts and have conversations we refer to him this
way.
“Nachash” in Hebrew is also “shining
one” in much older writing, but it’s also snake in Hebrew in other literary pieces because of the Genesis narrative.
In the NT is says he masquerades as an angel of light. It’s all speaking of the same fallen angel, thus why people who worship him call him by any
number of names/titles the Bible uses for him. Getting too hung up on precision over a word or definition will lead you in error, especially the
poetic passages. Another example, “the Antichrist” in the Bible has 33 titles in the OT and 13 in the NT, it’s the same dude he’s just
referred to in many different terms. If you get hung up on one of them and ignore the others then you miss all the passages about him.
The Bible even does this, God will tell a prophet to prophesy against a certain person or King and quickly you’ll notice the language transition
from that human on the throne to the spiritual power behind the throne with stuff that couldn’t possibly apply to a human being and you realize
it’s also a rebuke of Satan. (This is what you are seeing when God speaks of not just the Kings of Babylon, but the power behind the throne. God
does this with Persia, the King of Tyre etc. if you only think it’s about the throne, you miss the big picture. There are principalities and
powers behind all these nations and thrones.
Lucifer is Satan, the devil, the King of Darkness, the Prince of the Power of the Air, the Accuser, the Adversary, the Devil, the Son of the Morning,
The Evil One, and on, and on, and on, and on. If you strain the gnat you’ll swallow the camel.
edit on 8 19 2022 by NOTurTypical because: Added hyperlink