We don't need a long Bible study about it.
When does (what is translated as) 'Lucifer' ascend to heaven? As shown in Revelation.
The 'king of Babylon' ('Lucifer') that 'ascends to heaven' and 'sets his throne on high' and 'makes himself like the most high' does this at the 6th Seal through the 1st Trumpet. The start of the Day of the Lord's wrath, Revelation 6:12-17
2 Thessalonians 2
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Here is my biblical position. And no it is not the long bible study I mentioned.
The "Lucifer" that weakens or discomfits the nations is the
messenger of the church who has the
spirit of Antichrist to usurp God's word and rule by his own means. He's the sinful man, or as 2nd Thessalonians calls him, the man of lawlessness. The ruler who doesn't obey God's law because he has the spirit of disobedience.
2nd Thessalonians 2:3-4
- "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
- Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
A falling away or separation "from" the truth of God's law to believe Satan's lies concerning what God said. Just as Adam and Eve did in the garden. Here is your Lucifer or falling star. It's the man who sins. The man not of righteousness, but of sin. The messenger (not an angel) of the kingdom of heaven who has this
spirit of disobedience to believe whatever he wants. You've all seen the Pastors and Ministers of the church like Joel Osteen, who have gone astray teaching for doctrines of God the doctrines of men. This is no new thing.
Lucifer is a word meaning bright star, and is further defined by the additional pseudonym of "Son of the morning," or Son of light or dawn which is indicating God's people. God's people are called sons of the dawn because
they represent Christ (Revelation 22:16). In this language and context of the king of Babylon had fallen from heaven, it is
symbolic of a once fallen bright star. I found the stars in Scripture are symbols representing the sons (or children, which is the same Hebrew word) of God. In other words,
his corporate congregation. In the days of Isaiah this was the congregation of Israel, in the New Testament, it is the New Testament congregation of Israel, the Church!
Corporately we are all stars or messengers (
not angels) of God and just as the children of Israel was subject to falling, so the New Testament children of God are subject to falling. Consider God's very clear declaration of that in Revelation:
Revelation 2:1
- "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"
The Lord addresses this thing to the messenger (
not angel) of the church of Ephesus and has a severe warning to the messenger. Please remember that in chapter one Christ Himself interprets the 7 stars of the Church as the 7 messengers of the church. With this
context in mind, notice carefully what the Lord says:
Revelation 2:4-5
- "[Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
- Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."
Once again, pay close attention to what the Lord specifically interpreted the candlestick as. He said it represented the church! Thus allowing the Scriptures to Interpret themselves, Christ has said to this fallen star, to repent and remember from where he had fallen or else God would remove his church out of its place. These aren't my words, this is what God
specifically said in order that we might discern exactly what He is talking about. Of course, if we will receive it. Fallen stars don't represent literal angels, they represent
messengers of God's house who are people of the congregation! The warfare in the kingdom of heaven was not the 3rd heaven, the paradise where God lives, it is in the kingdom of heaven represented on earth, God's congregation! The Kingdom of heaven which God spoke so many parables (Matthew 22:2-14) about during his ministry.
In this scenario of the ruler of Babylon being called Lucifer, a star that had fallen from heaven, it points to the
stars or messenger of the Lord's congregation, just as it does in Revelation!. Indeed,
Babylon is a synonym for the unfaithful church as we've seen before and so it follows perfectly that this
King of Babylon would be called a fallen star, and that
Babylon would be used to represent the fallen church led by the sinful man, or man of sin ruled over by Satan. Get it? Therefore, the language of Isaiah 14 is so framed to apply to the Babylonian king
as he represents a
shadow to reveal through him the great fall and destruction of those led by the spirit of Antichrist. A fall of God's congregation at the time of Christ (Zechariah 14), and a fall near the second coming of Christ when the sinful man dares to rule in God's house "as if" he were God (2nd Thess 2, Revelation 18).