Jollybear
Hey
Lucifer has nothing to do with the Christian bible other than being used as an adjective for the many (mis)understandings of the Morning Star/Day Star. St. Jerome misunderstood the meaning of the Hebrew word 'heylel', and translated it into "Lucifer", the Latin word meaning "light bearer" (from the Latin lux "light" and ferre "to bear or bring"). The word Lucifer at the time of the Vulgate and even at the time of the KJV translation, meant "morning star" or "day star" in reference to Venus. Jerome thought the passage was referring to Satan in addition to the king of Babylon, and because of this, the use of the word "Lucifer" made the transition from a term referring to Venus and the Morning Star to also refer to the Abrahamic Satan.
Lucifer the Roman-Greco deity is mentioned in Publius Ovidius Naso's "Metamorphoses", which was written in 8 B.C.E., the Roman poet Virgil mentions him as far back as 29 B.C.E. And the first mention is from Timaeus by Plato in 360 B.C.E. This Lucifer is also portrayed as a Lunar deity unlike his usual association with Venus.
Isaiah 14:12
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!"
This is in regards to the Babylonian King Nebechudezzner, relating him to the Morning Star which was used for thousands of years in a poetic way for a lower deity who attempts and fails to usurp a higher deity.
Jesus even refers to himself as the 'morning star':
Revelation 22:16
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”. We can see that Lucifer and Yeshua are two different things, not the same, and they certainly would not both be referring to Satan. The Morning Star had been used as a poetic device for thousands of years.
I agree for the most part on this. Lucifer is like a title.
But, i do believe there is this fallen angel, that could be described as a light bearer.
Luke 10:18
"He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
2 corinthians 11:14
"And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."
Revelation 12:7
"Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back."