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Rev 12:9, “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Rev 18:2, “And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, ‘Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!’”

Babylon in Babylon in Bible Bible Prophecy Prophecy

Bab-el Bab-el “G ate of G od” “G ate of G od”

The Interpretation of Isa 14:12–14/Ezek 28:12–19 1. Satan a. Satan directly LXX Early: Pseudepigrapha: The Life of Adam and Eve, ca. AD 2 nd century; Slavonic Enoch, ca. AD 2 nd century Origen (AD 185–254) 1 st to tie to Ezek 28 Tertullian (AD 160–225) Cyprian (AD 200–258); Gregory Thaumaturgus, Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nyssa; Jerome, the majority from Augustine to Gregory the Great (AD 590–604).

The Interpretation of Isa 14:12–14/Ezek 28:12–19 1. Satan b. Historical/typical of Satan Hippolytus ( ca. AD 170–236) Antichrist in the future.

ISAIAH’ ’S PREDICTION S PREDICTION ISAIAH OF 14:12– –14 14 OF 14:12 TRIB C.A. Isa. 14:12–14 Ca. 720 BC Kings in Sheol Taunt him

Isaiah 14:12, “Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You’ve been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations! Isaiah 14:13, “You said to yourself, ‘I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El; I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remoteness of Zaphon. Isaiah 14:14, “‘I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!’ Isaiah 14:15, “But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit.”

Isa 14:12, “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

Isa 14:13, “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north;’”

Job 38:7, “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”

Isa 14:14, “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.”

Gen 3:4, “Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. Gen 3:5, “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’”

Luk 4:6, “And the devil said to Him, ‘All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Luk 4:7, “‘Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.’”

Phi 2:5, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, Phi 2:6, “who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, Phi 2:7, “but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.”