THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ENEMIES OF YAH
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ENEMIES OF YAH
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"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter III: Attack by Stratagem, trans. Lionel Giles (1910)
The Eneny. Lucifer. Satan. The Devil. Iblis. Serpent. Vesper. Morning Star. Mara. Prince of Darkness. Prince of this World. Father of Lies. The Evil One. Demiurge. Old Scratch.
The Source of ALL Evil in the Universe
At least, that's what most people growing up in a denominationalist church are being taught. That the source of all evil in this universe falls upon the shoulders of a single fallen angel, whom I will henceforth refer to as the Fallen One(s).
Tradition teaches us in Isaiah 14:12-15 that Lucifer proclaimed his famous five ‘I will’s’ and was cast down to the Earth. Ezekiel 28:11-19 shows Lucifer as an Anointed Cherub. Denominationlism will teach you that in Luke 10:18 Yeshua is referencing something from the past.
The problem with all this…
The Direct Contextual Translation of Scriptures does not support any of this at all.
Let me explain.
In Isaiah the direct Hebrew contextual literal translation: אֵיךְ נָפַלְתָּ מִשָּׁמַיִם הֵילֵל בֶּן-שָׁחַר -
eik naphalta mishamayim HELEL ben-Shachar - How you have fallen from heavens, shining one son of dawn!
Nikdat la'aretz cholesh goyim -
cut down to earth, weakener of nations.
But to take in the proper context you must read the before and after.
Immediate Context:
Isaiah 14:4 "you will take up this proverb/taunt against the KING OF BABYLON"
v3 YAH gives rest from pain,
v4 proverb against King Babylon,
v10 all kings in Sheol speak to him,
v11 pomp brought to Sheol,
v16 men gaze at you say ‘Is this the MAN who made earth tremble, who shook kingdoms’
v16 clearly says MAN, not angel
Why this is NOT Lucifer:
v4 explicitly says King of Babylon,
v16 says ISH = MAN, not malak, not spirit.
Helel ben Shachar = title "shining one son of dawn" = Venus morning star epithet for boastful human king claiming to ascend like stars.
No mention of Ha-satan, no mention of an angel, no mention of Lucifer.
A man who weakened nations, cut down to earth.
It was a later Latin mistranslation that created the persona of Lucifer.
In the original Latin Vulgate lucifer was lower case = light-bearer, KJV capitalized it to make a proper name.
There is NO Lucifer in Hebrew/Greek originals.
True Contextual Meaning:
This was nothing more than a taunt against a boastful human king of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar type, or contemporary Assyrian/Babylonian king), using a popular Canaanite Athtar myth as mocking imagery - man who claimed to be god like stars of El (v13 stars of El), wants to sit on mount of assembly Saphon (Baal's mount).
Human king hubris, not the Fallen One(s).
In Ezekiel the direct Hebrew contextual literal translation : ben adam... sa qinah al MELEK TZOR - son of man take up lamentation for KING OF TYRE... you were in Eden garden of Elohim... you were anointed cherub that covers... you were on holy mountain of Elohim... you were perfect in ways from day created till iniquity found in you.
Again, to get context you must read the before and after.
Immediate Context:
Ezek 28:2 "son of man say to NAGID TZOR Prince of Tyre... you say I am El, I sit in seat of Elohim in heart of seas, yet you are ADAM and not El"
v9 "will you still say before him who slays you I am Elohim? You are ADAM and not El"
v12 lament for MELEK TZOR King of Tyre, (not Ha-satan).
Surrounding chapters 26-28 all oracles against Tyre, Sidon, not the Fallen One(s).
Why this is NOT Lucifer:
v2 says NAGID TZOR Prince of Tyre,
v2 says ADAM not El,
v9 says ADAM not El, clearly a human prince who claims to be god.
Eden imagery is because Tyre was in trade with Eden-like luxury, and cherub imagery is because the King of Tyre sat adorned like a cherub-covered throne.
No mention of Ha-satan, no mention of Lucifer, no mention of the Fallen One(s).
If cherub, cherubim are throne guardians not Ha-satan.
True Contextual Meaning:
Lament against human Prince/King of Tyre, wealthy merchant king who claimed divinity sitting in heart of seas, full of trade violence, using Eden and cherub imagery as metaphor for his former perfect wealthy position and adornment with precious stones (trade), then cast out
In Luke 10:18 the direct Greek contextual literal translation :
elegon de autois etheoroun ton Satanan hos astrapen ek tou ouranou pesonta -
I was beholding Satan as lightning from heaven having fallen.
Again, in context.
Immediate Context:
Luke 10:1-17 Jesus sends 70 disciples,
v17 they return with joy saying even demons subject to us in your name,
v18 Jesus responds I was beholding Satan falling,
v19 behold I give you authority to tread serpents scorpions and all power of enemy,
v20 rejoice not that spirits subject but names written heaven.
Immediate context is current ministry success, not primordial past
Why this is NOT Lucifer:
No mention of Lucifer, no mention of a fall of one-third of the angels, no mention of this occurring in the past.
Context is present tense beholding as disciples cast out demons, the Fallen One(s)'s kingdom falling NOW as gospel advances, not a past fall.
Greek etheoroun imperfect - I was watching as it was happening during your mission.
Not part of any Lucifer origin story.
True Contextual Meaning:
Yeshua describing the Fallen One(s)s authority being broken in real time as the disciples cast out 70 demons -
Demons falling like lightning = rapid defeat of enemy's power during disciples' ministry,
not a Lucifer origin story.
In Revelation 12:7-9 the direct Greek contextual literal translation:
kai egeneto polemos en to ourano ho Michael kai hoi angeloi autou tou polemesai meta tou drakontos... kai ebleethe ho drakon ho megas ho ophis ho archaios ho kaloumenos Diabolos kai ho Satanas ho planon ten oikoumenenen holene ebleethe eis ten gen kai hoi angeloi autou meta autou ebleethesan
Let's say it together now, in context.
Immediate Context:
Rev 12:1 woman clothed sun,
12:3 great red dragon 7 heads 10 horns,
12:4 tail draws third stars,
12:5 woman brings forth male child who was to rule nations rod iron caught up to YAH throne,
12:6 woman flees wilderness 1260 days,
12:10 loud voice now come salvation and kingdom. Context is future apocalyptic, not past origin.
Dragon is identified as an accuser only here, not Lucifer.
Why this is NOT Lucifer:
No name Lucifer anywhere in Revelation.
Dragon is called Diabolos and Satanas - titles accuser and adversary - not Lucifer.
No mention of 1/3 of the angels falling here -
v4 third of the stars is earlier vision, not war.
War is Michael vs dragon, dragon loses and is cast to earth.
No mention of this happening pre-creation or any other time in the past, no mention of pride, no mention of Isaiah.
This is an end-times battle that will take place in the future.
True Contextual Meaning :
Future apocalyptic war.
The time of the male child (Yeshua)being caught up has already happened at the cross and ascension.
Michael defeating the Dragon who deceives the whole world, and his angels with him is a current ongoing battle. Which we are an active part of.
The stars falling are a separate symbolic vision, it happens multiple times throughout the end-times, it is a sure sign that the Fallen One(s) access into Heaven is finally being revoked.
But still not Lucifer, and not one third of the angels.
But, what about Satan?
Up next What About Satan?
