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BibleReader: Wormwood, Satan is referred to several times in Scripture as “the evil one,” or as “the wicked one,” depending on one’s translation.
Wormwood: Thank you, but I was refering to OT. I realize that this tradition exists in christianity, I was looking for it’s origin. Also some of these verses like (19), could be read with a general context. That is “evil one” in a general sense for any evil one. But these are good verses and thank you.
BibleReader: The Bible speaks at the literal or “plaintext,” level; and at the symbolic or sensus plenior or “fuller sense” level. The following verses from Isaiah dealt with the King of Babylon at the plaintext level. Christ, in Luke’s gospel, seems to affirm that these verses actually refer to Satan at the sensus plenior level.
12 How have you fallen from the heavens, O morning star, son of the dawn! How are you cut down to the ground, you who mowed down the nations! 13 You said in your heart: “I will scale the heavens; Above the stars of God I will set up my throne; I will take my seat on the Mount of Assembly, in the recesses of the North. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will be like the Most High!” 15 Yet down to the nether world you go to the recesses of the pit! 16 When they see you they will stare, pondering over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, and kingdoms quake? 17 Who made the world a desert, razed its cities, and gave his captives no release? 18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb; 19 But you are cast forth without burial, loathsome and corrupt, Clothed as those slain at sword-point, a trampled corpse. Going down to the pavement of the pit, 20 you will never be one with them in the grave.” For you have ruined your land, you have slain your people! Let him not be named forever, that scion of an evil race! Isaiah 14:12-20.
Wormwood: Thank you, but I was refering to OT. I realize that this tradition exists in christianity, I was looking for it’s origin. Also some of these verses like (19), could be read with a general context. That is “evil one” in a general sense for any evil one. But these are good verses and thank you.
BibleReader: The Bible speaks at the literal or “plaintext,” level; and at the symbolic or sensus plenior or “fuller sense” level. The following verses from Isaiah dealt with the King of Babylon at the plaintext level. Christ, in Luke’s gospel, seems to affirm that these verses actually refer to Satan at the sensus plenior level.
12 How have you fallen from the heavens, O morning star, son of the dawn! How are you cut down to the ground, you who mowed down the nations! 13 You said in your heart: “I will scale the heavens; Above the stars of God I will set up my throne; I will take my seat on the Mount of Assembly, in the recesses of the North. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will be like the Most High!” 15 Yet down to the nether world you go to the recesses of the pit! 16 When they see you they will stare, pondering over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, and kingdoms quake? 17 Who made the world a desert, razed its cities, and gave his captives no release? 18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb; 19 But you are cast forth without burial, loathsome and corrupt, Clothed as those slain at sword-point, a trampled corpse. Going down to the pavement of the pit, 20 you will never be one with them in the grave.” For you have ruined your land, you have slain your people! Let him not be named forever, that scion of an evil race! Isaiah 14:12-20.
). In the bible they are described as you say but that is only when a human’s eyes are opened to the spiritual world. In other words, when we are open to ‘reality’…then perhaps we will be reecptive to this supernatural world (the reality of life). We are all surrounded by this spiritual world and yet we do not see them or feel them.
