Differently,
Revelation 18, the fall of Babylon the great, the verses that follow about the fall of the great trading city is story, an allegory, about how quickly and permanently Babylon the great will fall.
"Babylon the great" itself is a code name, like the prince of Tyre, and the king of Tyre in
Ezekiel 28. Babylon the great is the kingdom of Satan and his third of the angels that have held sway over nations and the affairs of me.
Cite your proof that Babylon is a secret code. Many others have said the same and they have come up with different decoded responses than you! Why are you more correct than the many others who have rejected that the rebuilt Babylon will not become the commerce capital of the world of the XXXX.
I don't think the devil will appreciate you calling him a queen!
What I think you should do is look at the evidence instead of attacking me. I wrote that the bible does not "directly" state that XXXX will be a jew. The bible doesn't "directly" say that XXXX will anointed the King of Israel. But evidence shows that he will.
Well what is that evidence? Is it more you thinking a passage is code? Who gave you the decoding book that is so vastly different than others who claim the same authority to decode as you!
I am sorry that pressing in your opinions is something you think is a personal attack. But you "believe" the Bible indirectly says the antichrist will be a Jew! So show this "indirect" evidence that causes you to believe "directly" that teh antiochrist WILL (not might) be a Jew!
The Bible directly says the Antichrist will be the physical son of Satan and a woman of Romish descent, for he is a Roman ruler!
You left off verse 20 in your quote, the one about destroying his land and slaying his people..
The transition from Satan to XXXX, what particular verse is not the issue, it could be either verse 14 or 15. Verse 16 is definitely not about Satan, as it is referring to a man in that verse.
Isaiah 14:
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Satan does not fit those verses, and it would not make sense for the person to be a gentile king.
Well Grammar proves you wrong and grammar is critical if we want to understand anything! thwere is no transition to another person anywhere in 12-20!
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!
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:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
From 9-20 it is all focused on one person--Lucifer!
13- Lucifer spoeaks
14 Lucifer speaks
15 God through Isaiah speaks to Lucifer!
16 the thee refers back to the nearest antecedent- Lucifer
17 describes what Lucifer has done
18 God declaring a fact
19&20 the thou refers back to the nearest antecedent spoken of-- Lucifer
That is how people write, that is how people understand writings, including you- so don't make the bible some disjointed grammatically corrupt book that needs some code to decode and understand!
I do not understand it all, I don't know how all this is going to work out -yet, but we all will. Don't try to think you have a secret phone line to God and and declare that: Yes I know what teh bible says and how it says it, BUT this is what it really means!
The greatest definition I have ever heard in how to understand the Bible is this:
"When the plain sense of Scripture makes perfect sense, seek no other sense" "Take each word of Scripture at its normal, usual face value unless context or other passages that correspond to the passage demand a metaphorical or allegorical understanding".
We do far less home to Scripture when we follow that simple rule of literal historical, grammatical interpretation of Scripture than any other way of seeking to "interpret" Scripture.
