For those of my Christian brethren that don't study their Old Testament Books, maybe this will steer you into doing more Old Testament Book Bible study.
The following Ezekiel 28 Chapter serves as prophecy about Satan himself, using the prince and king of Tyrus as TYPES for Satan. It is like a parable, as there are specific verses that cannot apply to any flesh-born man like the historical prince and king of Tyrus (i.e., Tyre). That is how we know God is giving deeper information using parable, allegory, etc.
It is very important to first understand that the specific sin which Satan did against God in the beginning involved wanting to be GOD, coveting God's Throne which was originally Satan's job to guard. This is revealed in this very Ezekiel 28 Chapter.
Ezek 28:1-10
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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:
Firstly, the word "Tyrus" is put for the ancient city of Tyre, a rock island originally off the coast of ancient Phoenicia, what is today called Tyr in southern Lebanon. Tyre or Tyrus means 'rock'. The ancient city was isolated on an island just off the coast, and was surrounded with two levels of 150 foot walls. It could not be conquered from the sea, and there was no land bridge out to it. It was a great city of world commerce, very rich. Alexander the Great conquered the city by moving earth out to it, building a land bridge which still exists today.
This "prince of Tyrus" represents the flesh king of Tyrus. He claims to be God, but God says he is just a 'man'. (Coveting God's Place was Satan's original sin of rebellion back in the old world prior to Adam.)
3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Already, God is starting to point away from flesh man, and instead to a supernatural entity. Think of what it means for someone else to be "wiser than Daniel".
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
That is pointing to the wealth and riches in trade traffic done through that ancient rock island city of commerce of Tyre. The nations came to it for trade and commerce.
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
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.
And that literally happened, with the eventual destruction of the rock island city of Tyre by Alexander, and then its abandonment later in history, with just poor fishermen dwelling there, as God said He would do according to His prophet in Isaiah 23.
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.
But the above judgment by God is starting to look like God is not really talking about a flesh prince of Tyrus anymore, because God is linking that sentence above to this prince of Tyrus claiming that he is God.
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
God says to him, "Will you still claim to be Me when I slay you?" This is actually pointing to Satan now, why? Because no flesh-born man is judged and sentenced to perish yet. That judgment doesn't happen for those born in the flesh until after Christ's future return, per Rev.20 with God's Great White Throne Judgement of those cast into the future "lake of fire". Some have a difficult time understanding this, but it is why we find no Scripture about a flesh born person already sentenced to perish in the future lake of fire. There are warnings of the danger of hellfire, but only Satan and his angels so far have already been judged and sentenced to perish.
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The following Ezekiel 28 Chapter serves as prophecy about Satan himself, using the prince and king of Tyrus as TYPES for Satan. It is like a parable, as there are specific verses that cannot apply to any flesh-born man like the historical prince and king of Tyrus (i.e., Tyre). That is how we know God is giving deeper information using parable, allegory, etc.
It is very important to first understand that the specific sin which Satan did against God in the beginning involved wanting to be GOD, coveting God's Throne which was originally Satan's job to guard. This is revealed in this very Ezekiel 28 Chapter.
Ezek 28:1-10
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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:
Firstly, the word "Tyrus" is put for the ancient city of Tyre, a rock island originally off the coast of ancient Phoenicia, what is today called Tyr in southern Lebanon. Tyre or Tyrus means 'rock'. The ancient city was isolated on an island just off the coast, and was surrounded with two levels of 150 foot walls. It could not be conquered from the sea, and there was no land bridge out to it. It was a great city of world commerce, very rich. Alexander the Great conquered the city by moving earth out to it, building a land bridge which still exists today.
This "prince of Tyrus" represents the flesh king of Tyrus. He claims to be God, but God says he is just a 'man'. (Coveting God's Place was Satan's original sin of rebellion back in the old world prior to Adam.)
3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Already, God is starting to point away from flesh man, and instead to a supernatural entity. Think of what it means for someone else to be "wiser than Daniel".
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
That is pointing to the wealth and riches in trade traffic done through that ancient rock island city of commerce of Tyre. The nations came to it for trade and commerce.
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
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.
And that literally happened, with the eventual destruction of the rock island city of Tyre by Alexander, and then its abandonment later in history, with just poor fishermen dwelling there, as God said He would do according to His prophet in Isaiah 23.
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.
But the above judgment by God is starting to look like God is not really talking about a flesh prince of Tyrus anymore, because God is linking that sentence above to this prince of Tyrus claiming that he is God.
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
God says to him, "Will you still claim to be Me when I slay you?" This is actually pointing to Satan now, why? Because no flesh-born man is judged and sentenced to perish yet. That judgment doesn't happen for those born in the flesh until after Christ's future return, per Rev.20 with God's Great White Throne Judgement of those cast into the future "lake of fire". Some have a difficult time understanding this, but it is why we find no Scripture about a flesh born person already sentenced to perish in the future lake of fire. There are warnings of the danger of hellfire, but only Satan and his angels so far have already been judged and sentenced to perish.
(Continued...)