Ezekiel 28:12-19 is not only a prophecy against the king of Tyre, who personified the arrogance of the city he ruled, (claiming divine status because of his self-perceived great wisdom and ability to understand mysterious secrets)…but it is also an oracle against the real instigator, Satan himself. Verse 12 takes us back to the beginning, “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God.” At one time, Satan was a perfectly created being…faultless and with integrity, and living happily in the Garden of Eden…but then evil raised it pointy head, and with it Satan became puffed up with conceit.(I Timothy 3:6) “So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub…for your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor.” (Ezekiel 28:16-17) Satan rebelled against God and lost, but has battled with Him ever since. And His battle extends to us also…not as some grotesque comical creature, but as a beguiling, crafty, and stunning angel of light.
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