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The Sin of Lucifer and the Origin of Evil (Endnotes)

1. White, Final War, page 2.Close

2. The Hebrew word translated “ Lucifer” in Isaiah 14:12 (KJV) actually means “shining star.”  The Latin Vulgate translated the Hebrew as “Lucifer,” which made its way into the Roman Catholic Douay Version and into the King James Version.  Close

3. The phrase “King of Tyre” is put for Satan by the figure of speech Antonomasia. Antonomasia is a common figure of speech. The World Book Dictionary defines it as follows: “1. The use of an epithet, title, etc., instead of a person’s name, as to refer to an ambassador as ‘his Excellency,’ or to a judge as ‘his Honor.’ 2. The use of a proper name to express a quality, as to call a patient person ‘a veritable Job.’” E.W. Bullinger expands this and gives more examples: “As when a name of some office, dignity, profession, science, or trade is used instead of the proper name of the person, e.g., when we speak of the Queen as Her Majesty, or of a nobleman as his lordship; or when a wise man is called a solon, or a Solomon, etc. When we speak of David as ‘the Psalmist,’ or of Paul as ‘the Apostle,’ we use the figure Antonomasia.” E.W. Bullinger, Figures Of Speech Used In The Bible. (page 682). In this case, the “King of Tyre” is not the human king, but rather the one who is the “prince of this age” (2 Cor. 4:4), the Devil. Close

4. Philippians 2:6-11 makes it clear that Jesus, though he was adorned with holy spirit without measure and shared in God’s divine nature, never pridefully aspired to a higher position than that of a servant to others. Rather, he sought to serve his Father and Creator, not thinking that “equality with God was something to be grasped,” as had Lucifer. God responded to His Son’s heart-felt humility and obedience by not just exalting Him, but by highly exalting him to functional equality with Himself, making him worthy of honor, worship and praise. Close

5. Some have doubted whether Isaiah 14:12-17 actually refers to a spirit being that warred with God and now is known as the Devil. We find the textual and contextual evidence compelling, and refer the reader to some of the good work on the subject that has already been done by men such as E.W. Bullinger, C.C. Ryrie and C. I. Scofield. Godly men have long recognized the need for reading the Scriptures with a spiritual sensitivity, because a number of verses in the Bible have both a present and future application. Two such examples are Hosea 11:1 and Psalm 69:9. Modern critics ignorantly laugh at Matthew’s “fanciful exegesis” of Hosea 11:1 (see Matt. 2:15) or John’s “ignoring context” in interpreting Psalm 69:9 (see John 2:17), but we accept the text as authoritative. Close

6. In the KJV of Ezekiel 28:16-18, God says “I will” six times in relation to how He will one day, once and for all, dispose of the Devil. Close

7. The last clause is still future, and shows us that Satan’s original defeat foreshadows his eventual destruction. Close

8. White, Final War, page 2. Close

9. E.W. Kenyon, The Father And His Family (Kenyon’s Gospel Publishing Society, Seattle WA, 1964), page 57. Close

10. White, Final War, page 17. Close