Isaiah 14 - Lucifer Has an "I" Problem

 

Isaiah 14 – Lucifer Has an “I” Problem

 

Lucifers goal is “I will be like the Most High.” He was behind the evil Babylonian system, the enemy of God.

It appears that Lucifer was an angel who rebelled against God and wanted to take to himself the worship that belonged only to God.

The world today worships creation, and not the Creator. (Rom. 1:25). Man is his own god; in worshiping and serving only himself, he plays right into the hands of Lucifer.

The Christians ambition is to be like Jesus Christ in all things. “Conformed to the image of His son” (Rom. 8:29).

Isaiah tells of the last days when Christ will return to the remnant of Israel and bring peace upon their land. This prophecy has not been fulfilled yet because we know that Israel is not at peace. There will come a time when Israel will no longer need the help of the United States or Russia, but God will restore them and will no longer have problems with other nations.

Instead of sorrow, there will be singing. There will be no more weeping.

The evil one, Satan, may have power on earth for a brief time but God’s judgment upon him is already determined.  Satan started out as a great angel (Ezekiel 28) He was the highest creature God ever created, but he fell from his lofty position in heaven because of his pride. He sought to be like God and turned against God. He set his will over God’s will. In Luke 10:18 it says, “I beheld Satan as lightening fall from heaven.” In Revelations 12:7-9 it says, “there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought and prevailed not; neither was their place found no more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent, called the devil, and Satan which deceives the whole world was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him.”

As we fight battles against evil, we must remember that the war has already been won.

 

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