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      • The prophesied destruction of Babylon in Isaiah 13 symbolizes what will happen to those who fight against the people of God and those whose hearts are set upon the things of the world instead of the things of God. Isaiah 14 is more especially about the king of Babylon, whom Isaiah compared to Lucifer, or Satan.
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  2. Dec 21, 2020 · I would understand the "king of Babylon" in Isa 14 to be the titular king as opposed to an actual king, because the last king of Babylon was not the king who conquered many cities. More specifically, The king who "has been destroyed" is a prophecy about the last king of Babylon which would be either Nabonidus (556 BC - 539 BC) or his son and co ...

  3. Apr 4, 2020 · Yes, for elsewhere in the Scriptures, Babylon is a metaphor for this world’s anti-Elohim system of which the ultimate spiritual head of that system is Satan himself ( Rev 13:2, 4 cp. Rev 17:5; 18:1–24; 20:1–3) who is the god of this world ( 2 Cor 4:4 ).

  4. Isaiah 14 is more especially about the king of Babylon, whom Isaiah compared to Lucifer, or Satan. Because of the writings in this chapter, we learn more about how Lucifer became Satan and also about what will yet happen to him and his followers.

  5. 12. “How you have fallen from heaven, O [ a]star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! 13. “But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mount of assembly.

  6. Babylon and Lucifer. A. The fall of the King of Babylon. 1. ( Isaiah 14:1-2) Judgment on Babylon means mercy on Israel. For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

  7. The fall of Lucifer in Isaiah 14. E ditors’ note: This manuscript merited one of two first prizes in the most recent Ministry Student Writing Contest. Traditionally, the king of Babylon in Isaiah 14 was interpreted as being Satan, with particular application of verses 12–14 to his fall from heaven.

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