No. Not at all! You lack understanding what Isaiah 14 talks about.
There was NEVER an angel named lucifer in heaven. You cannot find one single scripture that says Lucifer was what men call an angel, nor is he ever called an angel. Frankly, that is the eisegesis (
not exegesis) of men who do not understand that the scriptures are Spiritual books full of imagery, typology, representations, symbolism, and metaphors. i.e., the bondwoman and the freewoman of history are used of God as a "representation" of congregations of works and grace--the true congregation and the false. Likewise, Isaiah's chapter 14 is a vivid historical representation or simile of a deeper spiritual truth illustrated in the king of Babylon. Lucifer loosely means morning star. Stars are representations of those of the congregation (see Revelation). In fact, he is literally called [
ben shachar], or son of the morning illustrating light. This is NOT because he is an angel, but because he is God's messenger bringing judgment upon the unfaithful. Why do we suppose Revelation 18 illustrates so vividly the fall of the congregation and is so closely identified with Babylon, humm?
Because of the sinful man rules there in place of God. He is also known as the man of sin or the man of lawlessness, which is man ruled over by Satan.
Moreover, Revelation chapter 12 illustrates what is meant by messengers being cast out of heaven when Christ was born, and it is NOT angels dropping out of the sky. It illustrated the defeat of Satan by Christ and those messengers he ruled over coming under judgment where they no longer are represented in the Kingdom of Heaven. The exact same illustration Christ put forth when He sent the 70 out with the gospel. What did the say when they came back?
Luke 10:16-18
- "He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
- And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
- And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven."
Christ beheld Satan fall from literal heaven? Did anyone there see the Devil or his angels falling out of the sky? Of course not! Because the language "represents"
something deeper, spiritual, and symbolic. His defeat of Satan where his captives are freed, and his messengers judged. The same with Isaiah:
Isaiah 14:12
- "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!"
Almost the exact same language because it's talking about the same phenomenon of the completion of warfare and judgment of messengers. It "represented" the fall of those that did weaken the nations.
For informational purposes, the name Lucifer is actually mentioned only one time in the Bible, and that
only in reference to the King of Babylon, who
is used as a synonym for man ruling the people of God "as if" he were God, and how God ultimately brings judgment upon him for his rebellion in usurping the role of Jehovah. When Isaiah 14 says the king of Babylon (
Lucifer) has fallen from heaven, it illustrates his abandonment of the laws of the kingdom of heaven. It doesn't mean that the King of Babylon, called Lucifer or Nimord, was actually in heaven, Selah! This is also reiterated by the very next verse which says that in
this King's heart he wanted to exalt his throne above the stars. "Meaning" that he wanted to rule the congregation "as if" he were God. Get it? The same scenario as 2nd Thessalonians 2 where we read of the same sinful man who opposed God and exalted himself so that (
effectively) he was sitting to rule in the temple of God as man (Revelation 2:4). This is the exact same scenario as is written in Isaiah 14:
Isaiah 14:13
- "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:"
He was a man wanting to rule the kingdom of God's congregation, as if he were God.
As for the Ezekiel reference, again it is the very same portrait of God condemning man for exalting himself to sit and rule "as if" he were God:
Ezekiel 28:2
- "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:"
As in Isaiah 14, this passage refers to a
man,
represented by the Prince of Tyrus, and it is also used as a
Spiritual allegory or portrait of sinful man as he rules in the congregation of God, and how God ultimately brings judgment upon him for his rebellion in usurping the role of God.
Selah!