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Ezek 28:12-17

12)“Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “’You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13)You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.

14)You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

15)You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.

16)Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

17)Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

(most Bible students regard these verses in Ezekiel and the next entry in Isaiah to be symbolic descriptions of God expelling the former morning star, Satan, from heaven down to earth as his new place of habitation... see Job 1: 6-7 below. He could no longer remain in God’s presence due to his ego and pride to be “The Boss”, #1 in the universe above God.)

Isa 14:12-14

12)How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!

13)You said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.

14)I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

(see comment above about Satan’s ego and pride, remembering Mankind will also be expelled from God’s presence unless we accept his offer to live again through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our substitute in receiving punishment for sins—necessary in God’s eyes because of our own ego and pride to be “The Boss” of our lives.

How do we do that? By ignoring or disobeying the Scriptures, which are the Creator’s guidelines for Mankind in our daily lifestyles, habits, and inner attitudes. Hundreds of millions of people everywhere rarely or never open the Bible to understand the message of salvation, or what our “owner’s manual” states about human desires and behavior)

Luke 10:18

18)He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”

Job 1:6-7

6)One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

7)The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.”

(although we cannot see spiritual beings, the Scriptures clearly state they do exist)

Eph 6:12

12)For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

2Cor 4:4

4) The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

(“blinded minds” because we yield to Satan’s temptations, which come through the ungodly customs and habits of society around us; a “follow-the-herd” mentality. The end result is stated in the entry below, but the solution is shown in the second entry below)

Rom 5:12

12)Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—

2Cor 6:17-18

17)“Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

18)“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Luke 4:5-8

5)The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

6)And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.

7)So if you worship me, it will all be yours.”

8)Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”

(we can all learn a lesson from Christ by noting he answered the temptation with the Scriptures...”It is written”, our guiding light in a world full of human opinions)

Act 26:16-18

16)“Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you.

17)I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

18)to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that

they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

(through Paul and other messengers throughout history, God has offered salvation to the rest of the world, not just Israel)

John 12:31

31)Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.

(Jesus, referring to his eminent crucifixion and resurrection, which would defeat death and Satan) see next entry.

Heb 2:14

14)Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death— that is, the devil—

1John 3:7-8

7)Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

8)He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

1Pet 5:8-9

8)Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

9)Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

Jam 4:7

7)Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

*Note: italics added to relate to topic title; researcher comments in parentheses to clarify