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To: F15Eagle

Actually, this is one I’m a bit undecided on. Both this entire passage from Isaiah and the passage from Ezekiel 28:11-19. Certainly both could apply to Satan but both come within a prophetic oracle aimed at Babylon and Tyre respectively and may be referring to nothing more than these antagonists. These prophetic oracles against Israel’s enemies are a very common feature in almost all the books of the prophets and are generally highly symbolic but never wander off into angelic, heavenly narrative. I want to land in the “referring to Satan” camp but I have reservations. In any event I lean that way but cautiously.


29 posted on 12/20/2013 3:35:26 PM PST by circlecity
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To: circlecity
this is one I’m a bit undecided on

You might want to complement it with these verses from Revelation 12:3-4. They describe the heavenly war.

And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.

31 posted on 12/20/2013 4:03:39 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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