Because of so much materialistic type "can't see the forest for the trees" thinking of this present world, brethren in Christ also need to step back, and look at God's Plan revealed in His Word through the time of 3 world earth ages. Some of what I reveal here will be new to many of you. It shouldn't be though, because it is God's Word.
(This Bible study is going to be long, probably with more than a couple of posts.)
UNDERSTANDING THE 3 WORLD EARTH AGES:
According to Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3, there are 3 world earth ages:
1. "the world that then was" - 2 Peter 3:5-6
2. "the heavens and the earth, which are now" -- 2 Peter 3:7
3. "new heavens and a new earth" -- 2 Peter 3:13
The 1st world earth age which Peter said perished by water was about God ending His original perfect creation in the beginning that He had created at Genesis 1:1. At Genesis 1:2, the earth sat in a waste and a ruin from God having ended that 1st world because of Satan's rebellion against him. Many think Peter was pointing to the time of Noah's flood, but he was not. Peter's idea of the earth standing in the water, and out of the water, is about the earth being in a waste and ruin state at Genesis 1:2, and then with God moving the waters upon it to form today's sky and oceans and seas.
This event of God's creation in the beginning with a 'perfect' world, and... a time when Satan actually was perfect in his ways in following God, is... HINTED at in God's written Word. God put the information in a type of parable format, as it is obvious that He hid this from those who profane His Word, and try to create their own word, especially the devil's servants, because the devil fervently does not want those in Christ to understand these things.
One of the advantages of Old Testament Book study for those in Christ Jesus is how He has put information there which points to what happened in the 1st world earth age regarding Lucifer, and just what original SIN Lucifer did against Him in that old world.
UNDERSTANDING TYPES IN GOD'S WORD:
One of the ways God partially hid this information in His Word from the profane is by the use of 'types'. One of the places God uses the title of "the Assyrian" as a 'type' for Lucifer is at the end of Isaiah 30...
Isa 30:30-33
30 And the LORD shall cause His glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of His arm, with the indignation of His anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will He fight with it.
33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; He hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
KJV
God is using the flesh king of Assyria, "the Assyrian", as a type for Satan himself. We know the flesh king of Assyria has NOT been judged nor sentenced yet to perish in the future "lake of fire" after Christ's future coming. No flesh born man has been judged and sentenced to perish just yet today. That is one way we know God is using the flesh king "the Assyrian" there as a 'type' for Satan himself, who IS... already judged and sentenced to perish in that "Tophet", a symbol about the 'valley of Hinnom' put for the future "lake of fire". Below in Ezekiel 28, God gives another example of 'types' used to point to Satan.
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SATAN'S REBELLION IN EZEKIEL 28:
Ezek 28:2-10
2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, "I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas"; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
God is using that "prince of Tyrus" as a 'type' to point to Satan. The SIN which Satan did in that 1st world earth age was in coveting God's Throne, wanting to be GOD. That is what our Heavenly Father is declaring that Satan said in that above quote in Italics. Yet God calls him as just "a man, and not God". Is God pointing to the flesh prince of Tyrus, or to Satan? You really can't be sure at this point, not until you continue later into this Ezekiel chapter.
It's important to note that word "Tyrus" also. That name Tyrus is put for the old Biblical nation of Tyre. This is to the prince of Tyre. That word itself means 'rock' or 'stone'. Do you recall Deuteronomy 32:31 that says "For their rock is not as our Rock, ..."? That lower case "rock" is put for Satan. Upper case "Rock" is put for our Heavenly Father and His Son. Therefore......... prince of Tyrus, or prince of the 'rock', or 'prince of Satan'. You choose. You may see that just as speculation right now, but wait till we get to the juicy parts of this chapter.
Ezekiel 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
God's prophet Daniel was very, very wise, by the wisdom God had given him. So could a flesh prince of Tyre really be compared to Daniel's wisdom? I think not; something else is going on here; God is trying to tell us something deeper here.
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
The rock island of Tyre at one time in ancient history was a center of world wealth and global commerce, like New York city. Ships traveled there from afar to do commerce. The island rock of Tyre was completely isolated by the sea, and had double 150 foot high walls around it. It could not be approached by the land. God gave Alexander the Great to conquer it, and the only way Alexander did it was to move dirt out to create a land bridge to reach it, which land bridge still exists today.
Ezekiel 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
And that happened to the flesh king and island rock of Tyre, by Alexander.
9 Wilt thou yet say before Him That slayeth thee, "I am God?" but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of Him That slayeth thee.
10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
KJV
Once again, is God also pointing also to Satan with his claim, "I am God"? and God then says to him, "but thou shalt be a man"? Yes, I think so, definitely so, based on what follows.
(This Bible study is going to be long, probably with more than a couple of posts.)
UNDERSTANDING THE 3 WORLD EARTH AGES:
According to Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3, there are 3 world earth ages:
1. "the world that then was" - 2 Peter 3:5-6
2. "the heavens and the earth, which are now" -- 2 Peter 3:7
3. "new heavens and a new earth" -- 2 Peter 3:13
The 1st world earth age which Peter said perished by water was about God ending His original perfect creation in the beginning that He had created at Genesis 1:1. At Genesis 1:2, the earth sat in a waste and a ruin from God having ended that 1st world because of Satan's rebellion against him. Many think Peter was pointing to the time of Noah's flood, but he was not. Peter's idea of the earth standing in the water, and out of the water, is about the earth being in a waste and ruin state at Genesis 1:2, and then with God moving the waters upon it to form today's sky and oceans and seas.
This event of God's creation in the beginning with a 'perfect' world, and... a time when Satan actually was perfect in his ways in following God, is... HINTED at in God's written Word. God put the information in a type of parable format, as it is obvious that He hid this from those who profane His Word, and try to create their own word, especially the devil's servants, because the devil fervently does not want those in Christ to understand these things.
One of the advantages of Old Testament Book study for those in Christ Jesus is how He has put information there which points to what happened in the 1st world earth age regarding Lucifer, and just what original SIN Lucifer did against Him in that old world.
UNDERSTANDING TYPES IN GOD'S WORD:
One of the ways God partially hid this information in His Word from the profane is by the use of 'types'. One of the places God uses the title of "the Assyrian" as a 'type' for Lucifer is at the end of Isaiah 30...
Isa 30:30-33
30 And the LORD shall cause His glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of His arm, with the indignation of His anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will He fight with it.
33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; He hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
KJV
God is using the flesh king of Assyria, "the Assyrian", as a type for Satan himself. We know the flesh king of Assyria has NOT been judged nor sentenced yet to perish in the future "lake of fire" after Christ's future coming. No flesh born man has been judged and sentenced to perish just yet today. That is one way we know God is using the flesh king "the Assyrian" there as a 'type' for Satan himself, who IS... already judged and sentenced to perish in that "Tophet", a symbol about the 'valley of Hinnom' put for the future "lake of fire". Below in Ezekiel 28, God gives another example of 'types' used to point to Satan.
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SATAN'S REBELLION IN EZEKIEL 28:
Ezek 28:2-10
2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, "I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas"; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
God is using that "prince of Tyrus" as a 'type' to point to Satan. The SIN which Satan did in that 1st world earth age was in coveting God's Throne, wanting to be GOD. That is what our Heavenly Father is declaring that Satan said in that above quote in Italics. Yet God calls him as just "a man, and not God". Is God pointing to the flesh prince of Tyrus, or to Satan? You really can't be sure at this point, not until you continue later into this Ezekiel chapter.
It's important to note that word "Tyrus" also. That name Tyrus is put for the old Biblical nation of Tyre. This is to the prince of Tyre. That word itself means 'rock' or 'stone'. Do you recall Deuteronomy 32:31 that says "For their rock is not as our Rock, ..."? That lower case "rock" is put for Satan. Upper case "Rock" is put for our Heavenly Father and His Son. Therefore......... prince of Tyrus, or prince of the 'rock', or 'prince of Satan'. You choose. You may see that just as speculation right now, but wait till we get to the juicy parts of this chapter.
Ezekiel 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
God's prophet Daniel was very, very wise, by the wisdom God had given him. So could a flesh prince of Tyre really be compared to Daniel's wisdom? I think not; something else is going on here; God is trying to tell us something deeper here.
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
The rock island of Tyre at one time in ancient history was a center of world wealth and global commerce, like New York city. Ships traveled there from afar to do commerce. The island rock of Tyre was completely isolated by the sea, and had double 150 foot high walls around it. It could not be approached by the land. God gave Alexander the Great to conquer it, and the only way Alexander did it was to move dirt out to create a land bridge to reach it, which land bridge still exists today.
Ezekiel 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
And that happened to the flesh king and island rock of Tyre, by Alexander.
9 Wilt thou yet say before Him That slayeth thee, "I am God?" but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of Him That slayeth thee.
10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
KJV
Once again, is God also pointing also to Satan with his claim, "I am God"? and God then says to him, "but thou shalt be a man"? Yes, I think so, definitely so, based on what follows.
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