This refers to the King of Babylon . . . not Lucifer
But since YOU mentioned this . . . we all know Lucifer is referred to as the Morning Star
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
so tho
what about that in verse 4 it is a proverb against the king of babylon
thus as a proverb it could be
6. Doctrinal Value of the Parables:
The interpreters of former generations laid down the rule, theologia parabolica non eat argumentativa, i.e. the parables, very rich in mission thoughts, do not furnish a basis for doctrinal argument. Like all figurative expressions and forms of thought, the parables too contain elements of doubt as far as their interpretation is concerned. They illustrate truth but they do not prove or demonstrate truth. Omnia similia claudicunt, all comparisons limp, is applicable here also. No point of doctrine can be established on figurative passages of Scripture, as then all elements of doubt would not be eliminated, this doubt being based on the nature of language itself. The argumentative or doctrinal value of parables is found in this, that they may, in accordance with the analogy of Scripture, illustrate truth already clearly expressed elsewhere. Compare especially Trench, introductory essay, in Notes on the Parables of our Lord, chapter iii., 30-43; and Terry, Biblical Hermeneutics, Part II, chapter vi: Interpretation of Parables, 188-213, in which work a full bibliography is given. Compare also the article Parabel in Hauck-Herzog, Realencyklopadie fur protestantische Theologie und Kirche.
of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile
similitude or comparison
that the king of babylon to lucifer....
a comparison of two thing which, however different in other respects, have some strong point or points of resemblance
The māshāl, nearly in our sense of proverb, traces back to the heart and life of the common folk; it is a native form reflecting in a peculiarly intimate way the distinctive genius of the Hebrew people. As to the primitive sense of the word, it is usually traced to a root meaning likeness, or comparison, as if the first sense of it were of the principle of analogy underlying it; but this derivation is a guess. The word is just as likely to be connected with the verb māshāl, to rule or master; so by a natural secondary meaning to denote that statement which gives the decisive or final verdict, says the master word. The idea of how the thing is said, or by what phrasing, would be a later differentiation, coming in with literary refinement.
THUS THE KING OF BABYLON'S EGO IS LIKE THE EGO OF LUCIFER OR SATAN...
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 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;
2Th 2:4 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.
2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Revelation 22:16
"I,
Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright
Morning Star."
So . . . either Jesus is Lucifer, or Jesus is the King of Babylon? Either way, this stupid book is rife with contradiction and delusion.
