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What the commentaries and Bible handbooks say I have yet to find a commentary which, by looking at the whole book and the relevant passages in context, teaches with any degree of certainty that either Isaiah 14 or Ezekiel 28 describe the fall of Satan. However, there are plenty of topical books...

Ezekiel 28:11-19 Ezekiel chapters 25 to 32 are also prophecies against pagan nations. Chapters 26 to 28 are specifically against Tyre, a major city, important port and wealthy commercial centre at that time, under its ruler Ethbaal III (c.590 - c.573). Ezekiel described Tyre’s trading with other...

Is Lucifer a name for Satan? The name 'Lucifer' only appears in Isaiah 14:12. The Hebrew word is 'helel', meaning 'the shining one'. In the Septuagint (LXX), the translation of the OT into Greek, it was translated 'heosphoros', meaning 'the light-bearer'. The first time it was translated as...

Tertullian (160 - 220) was the first of the church fathers who taught that Satan was a fallen angel, by quoting Ezekiel 28 (Against Marcion 2:10). The Fall of Satan - Does the Bible teach it? Julian Spriggs M.A. The purpose of this article is to study the two passages in the Old Testament that...

Because there is no such thing as one who has been ETERNALLY saved to fall away!

David, what happened to the spirit of A&E when they sinned against God's command and listened to the words of the serpent? They had been given life everlasting through the breath (Spirit) of God when they were created, with the warning that they would die when they disobeyed God. They could...

What you fail to explain is how Gentiles from the nations of the world have been and are being saved if Satan who deceives all of them has not yet been bound by the cross and resurrection of Christ? The text tells us that Satan had to be bound "that he should deceive the nations no more"...

Satan didn't have to be bound for people to be saved. However, it has always been necessary for people to know of the Savior and believe God for them to be saved. Before there was a nation called Israel this knowledge came to those who were of faith through revelation from God alone. Even the...

Satan didn't have to be bound for people to be saved. However, it has always been necessary for people to know of the Savior and believe God for them to be saved. Before there was a nation called Israel this knowledge came to those who were of faith through revelation from God alone. Even the...

Are you really arguing that Gentiles (nations) are not being saved NOW as the gospel of the Kingdom of God is being preached unto all the nations of the world? Why would Christ instruct His disciples to go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...

I am a Gentile from among the nations, among those who were deceived before learning of the advent of Christ's cross and resurrection and I possess eternal life NOW through Him from the moment I was born again. How can it be that I am no longer deceived by Satan and eternally saved if Christ...

Before there was a nation called Israel, God chose some Gentiles to be saved, from whom the promised birth of the Saviour would physically come. There had to be some Gentiles saved before Israel became a nation to provide the lineage from whom Christ would come. Beginning with Abraham, Isaac...

NOW, since the advent of Christ's cross and resurrection, Satan only has power to hold in bondage to fear of death to all who remain in unbelief! Satan no longer has power over fear of death to all (Jew & Gentile) who have been born again through the gospel proclaimed in the power of the Holy...

Exactly! That power was broken through the cross and resurrection of Christ that spiritually binds the power of Satan to hold Gentile nations in fear of death through sin. If that power is not already broken through the perfect life, atoning blood, and resurrected life of Christ, then the...

Yes, it is a serious question! Since before his binding Satan had power to hold the Gentile nations of the world in bondage to sin and death, how can any Gentile be saved if Satan was not bound through the advent of Christ's cross and resurrection? Those who believe Satan has not yet been...

Since the binding of Satan prevents him from condemning those who are in Christ Jesus, this is only possible after Christ came to earth a sinless man, gave His life to make atonement for sin, and showing He has all power over death resurrected from the grave. If Christ has not yet bound Satan...

Paul described himself as being bound with a chain. None would think that Paul's chain was literal. Paul's chain was spiritual, not physical, but it still held spiritual restraining power over him to the degree that he could do nothing less than what God had ordained of him. In the same...

How would having forgiveness of sins give eternal life before Christ defeated death by His cross and resurrection?

Being the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world only shows Christ made Himself the atonement for sin. But until Christ was born, and resurrected from the dead how are those whose sins are forgiven to inherit eternal life?

He is the Head of the whole body of believers, called the Church. "IT" the body, Christ's Church is what Jesus came to build. He as the Master builder, the Chief Cornerstone, and we, the church, the body of the saints, are builders together with Him as we proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom of...