God bless you !!! Ezekiel 28:14-18 and Isaiah 14:12-17 are the key Scripture . I am the root and the offspring of David, and . Correct. This claim is based on translating part of the Easter Vigil liturgy this way: Flaming Lucifer who finds mankind; I say O Lucifer, who will never be defeated. The sin that corrupted Lucifer was self-generated pride. It is legitimate to use the spiritual sense of this text as an application to the devil, but many people have lost sight of the literal sense of the text, which applies to the human king of Babylon. Copyright Aleteia SAS all rights reserved. 22:16). Better times are ahead here on earth. According to Sister Mary, the following conversation took place between Lucifer and Michael: Lucifer said,"Unjust is God in raising the human nature above the angelic. In the case of Lucifer, he had the greatest intellect and the most beauty. It does mention her offsprings striking at the head of the serpents. Very interesting! She is even said to have appeared in the Southwestern United States to teach Indians the faith. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Thus, the seed was sown for rebellion. (Ezekiel 28:11-19). But Saint Michael the Archangel, along with Saint Gabriel, Saint Raphael, Uriel, Raguel . On your belly you shall crawl, In the next chapter of the book, the creation of Adam and Eve was hidden from Lucifer, who really believed that Eve was the Woman in the vision. On the sixth day of creation, God declared everything to be "very good . Answer (1 of 46): Actually, the Christian perspective is that angels do possess free will. There are just too many details to be made up. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world. And Saint James tells us in James 4:7-8, Submit yourselves therefore to God. On the day that you were created they were prepared. That seems to be utterly insane. But not praise and worship. Our Ladys Teaching On Prayer: The First of a Lenten Course on Prayer, What Fast Does Lent Require? By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. https://youtu.be/mv7e29X5psM. What Was the Significance of the Angels at Christmas? Satan was likely the highest of all angels, the most beautiful of all of God's creations, but he was not content in his position. Through the free will of angels and human beings. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' This was just too much for Lucifer to take. Lucifer was meant to have a . The good news is that while on earth, we still have a chance to change our lives and make good choices, not making the same mistake as Satan. This is another reason why there is perfect enmity between Satan and Mary (see Gen 3:15). However, even as believers we can fall into sin and choose to reject God. May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star: the one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son, who, coming back from deaths domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity, and lives and reigns for ever and ever. Here we have the answer to how sin came into creation. If Satan could damn man with him to Hell for eternity, he could still win his war against God. So, according to the most relevant bits of the Bible, there was an angel named Lucifer who decided that he wanted to be more powerful than God. Lucifer hummed, turned back into the closet and chose a shirt. Pray pra pray ,, the world and our leader are leading us to perilget it folks.!!!! I have never heard the meanings of all the representations from homilies, retreats and conferences. Everyday Help (Conclusion). 14 . We find a reflection of that rebellion in the tempter's words to our first parents: 'You will be like God'" ( Genesis 3:5; CCC 392). 17 Then the dragon became angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep Gods commandments and bear witness to Jesus. This is a continuation of a series. One day we shall find out, wont we? Before the Fall they possessed immortality, control over their passions and appetites, the complete integrity of their wills, as well as a human intelligence far superior to that which we have now. Matthew 11:11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist. Ponder on that statement by Christ. Could have been proclaimed twiceSure explains why Lucifer went after Eve and not Adam. Since Lucifer was a highly intelligent creature--not to mention the fact that he had an intimate knowledge of God--I can't comprehend how he (or any angel for that matter) could rebel against God. Is the symbol of the Morning Star used in any surprising ways? It brought clarity and understanding in a profound and dynamic way to one of the most important Bible messages to all of Christendom. But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit. Then, starting in verse 11 and on through verse 19, Lucifer is the focus of the discussion: Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. More than Giving up Chocolate*. At the end of the sixth creation day, everything God created was very good. . Satan's fall from heaven is well described in Ezekiel and Isaiah. So what then is evil? And he remained perfect in his ways until iniquity was found in him (Ezekiel 28:15b). His sin was a self-caused action that led to his losing his position, his place, and his possessions. Lucifer and the other angels who fell were so proud of being superior to men that their overweening arrogance wouldnt allow them to worship Jesus Christ the God-Man. Pray, hope and dont worry words from St. Padre Pio are more timely now than ever. Father M who is probably the most experienced exorcist in the US taught this same demonology at the Mundelein conference on Exorcism back in 2008. Who is in a better position to know than Catholic priests who have real encounters with these apostate angels who fell like a flaming torch tossed from the heights into a dark pit? triumphs of the iniquity and malice of the dragon, and the vain and arrogant glorification and exaltation which he attributed to himself in the execution of his wickedness. Is evil an eternal concept like good is? 5: 9), He is the way, the light, the truth and the life (John14:6), through which men may come to Me. Consider these examples. However, it's more complex than one might imagine. This view sees Isaiah 14:12-17 as having a dual reference. all the days of your life. Satan, the most beautiful of all the angels . The good angels immediately did so, out of reverence and awe of Almighty God. Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting and transformative Catholic news, stories, spirituality, and more. Sister Mary compared the vision of the Woman clothed with the sun to the rainbow, which was a sign of the promise to never flood the world again. One of his biggest lies was making the world believe that Mary has a role to play in end times. 2 Timothy 4 It is significant that the language used to describe this fits other passages in the Bible that speak about Satan. Isaiah 14:12-15Ezekiel 28:12-19Psalm 23Revelation 12:3-4, 7-92 Peter 2:1-4,9-12Ephesians 6:10-18John 8:31-45, The Catholic Teachings On The Angels Part 4: The Seven Archangels, The Birth Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To The Gospels Of St. Matthew And St. Luke, The Holy Spirit: Pentecost, And The Sacrament Of Confirmation, Catholic Teachings On The Angels, Part 3: The Heavenly Hierarchy; The Nine Choirs Of Angels, Christ Our Passover Lamb: Jesus' Real Presence In The Eucharist, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Augustine: My Spiritual Brothers. If not, how was it possible for them to experience sings of pride, ambition and defiance, etc. I can tell you for sure that the position on the fall of Lucifer outlined by Mary of Agreda and highlighted in your article is the position that most of the exorcists in the US hold to. The Catechism of the Catholic Church sums up beautifully this doctrine of the Fall of the Angels. Ezekiel 28:12-15 describes Satan as an exceedingly beautiful angel. 13 When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. The Devil, also referred to as Satan, is best known as the personification of evil and the nemesis of good people everywhere. Lucifer, literally the "light-bearer", was the son who left his House (Heaven) to share his inheritance with all of Creation. 18 It took its position on the sand of the sea. He wanted the hypostatic union to occur through him . Traditional Catholic Bibles, such as the Douai Rheims, use the word She in Genesis 3:15. As it turns out, Pope Francis was about to declare that Lucifer is the Morning Star, a title that the Bible gives to Jesus Christ alone. I am the most exalted and beautiful angel and the triumph belongs to me, It is I who am to place my throne above the stars and who shall be like unto the Highest; I will subject myself to no one of an inferior nature, and I will not consent that anyone take precedence of me or be greater than I. As a result of this and because they chose to sin against God with their full intellect and will. Learn how your comment data is processed. I found it in the book, the Mystical City of God, which is what my article is about. Furthermore Christ never speaks about her in the gospels at all with the exception of a few moments where he interacts with her. With a third of the angels on his side, Lucifer loads an attack on God, and a mighty war for the heavens took place. The angels were created before God created the earth and the prophecy about the woman crushing the head of the serpent only was proclaimed after the fall of man not before. Youre right in characterizing Lucifers rebellion as an insane act. "How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! And She says otherwise. This revelation angered Lucifer because it meant he and the other angels would have to worship God incarnate. Angels are not automatons any more than human beings are. While her writings are a private revelation and are NOT part of the deposit of faith, in my opinion, they are genuine (This book does have an Imprimatur). Does any goodness still exist within these demons and can they repent since God is merciful to sinful humans who repent of their evil? The ten horns of the dragon represent the . In the second instant, God told the angels that they were to worship Him and serve Him. Here are excerpts from his message "The Fall of Lucifer" delivered on October 16, 1983. Lucifer is constantly praised as the greatest handiwork of God and, as such, he was rewarded with many responsibilities. Receive it as a pleasing fragrance, and let it mingle with the lights of heaven. What was the particular sin that Lucifer and the angels allied with him committed. Thus, even if translated as 'morning star' in Isa 14.12, this still refers exclusively to the devil. The description of it seems to reflect the Vatican. The book of Job indicates that Satan was able to enter in among the other angels at that time. Sister Mary then details a meeting that Lucifer had with his followers. How does the message that you shared in the article fit into the above scriptures from Revelation 12? There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. that the angels did not know that they would fall if they chose fg. As Paragraph 393 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: It is the irrevocable character of their choice, and not a defect in the infinite divine mercy, that makes the angels' sin unforgivable. This is not said of the angel who once was thrown out of heaven but of the king of Babylon, and it is figurative language. This seems to indicate that Lucifer fell in the past, but if we continue reading, we discover that is not the case. Because of pride (Isaiah 14:12-14, Ezekiel 28:17, Proverbs 16:18) and envy (Wisdom 2:24 But through the devil's envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it). Its a Latin word derived from the roots lux (light) and ferre (to carry). It means light bearer or light bringer, and it was not originally used in connection with the devil. The sin of the fallen angels was one of pride and disobedience. But the detailed version gives us an inside look to the reasons the angel was cast out of heaven. It was through Her humility, in Her role as Mother of God conceived without sin, that the pride of the devil is defeated. "Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and . For this reason Saint Peter warns us in 1 Peter 5:8-9, Be sober, be watchful. Revelation 9 tells us about 4 angels that will be released in the area of the Euphrates River at the sound of the sixth trumpet to create havoc in the world which will lead to a war that kills 1/3 of mankind. This essay has since been expanded into a much longer series. God said He will, as in a future point in time, cast Satan to the ground so kings can "behold" him. and Th.D. Lucifer thus became the Devil and Satan, which means accuser and adversary of God, and he and his fallen angels became devils/demons. Though Satan is called "the ruler of this world" ( John 12:31 ), Daniel 4:17 says, "The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.". However, Aquinas argues that evil is not the merely absence of good, for an absence of something might not be evil in itself, but that what we refer to evil is what once was good or had good has been deprived of that goodness (i.e. (Revelation 12:7-9, 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 6). Unable to defeat Michael in his current form, fast lending . Sister Mary of Agreda was a seventeenth-century Spanish nun who had many visions of heaven and the afterlife. At this point, Lucifer spouted blasphemy after blasphemy at the Lord, pledging to destroy the human race, and persecuting this Woman, and destroying her position in heaven. There is nothing in scripture both old and new testament that points out that Mary is the one to defeat and crush Satans head. She then explains that the pain of the Woman travailing in birth was not birth pangs, but rather, Mary crying aloud for what was going to happen to her Son, namely, the crucifixion. Satan is traditionally understood as an angel (or sometimes a jinn in Islam) who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven with other "fallen" angels before the creation of humankind. Conversely, Sister Mary says that the seven heads of the dragon described in Revelation 12 are the seven deadly sins: lust, greed, envy, anger, pride, gluttony, and sloth. "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. Instead, it could be used multiple ways. 1. Nobody will be capable of entering by his own free will into our kingdom, unless he denies himself, and, taking up his cross, follows his Chief and Master (Matthew. Whereas the first ten verses in this chapter speak about the ruler of Tyre (who was condemned for claiming to be a god though he was just a man), the discussion moves to the king of Tyre starting in verse 11. So diverse of the fathers read this place, conformably to the Latin. Heylel [the Hebrew word used in the text] denotes the morning star, called Lucifer and the son of Dawn. I am not so sure I believe all of this. Evil came into being because of the choice of one angel who chose to sin against God by not wanting to be obedient to His Authority as Lord and Creator. (God knew that Lucifers great pride would be more wounded by being overcome by a lowly female human, than by Him, Almighty God.) The good angels were in loving awe, but this infuriated the bad angels even more, who then vowed to destroy the human race. He was raised a Fundamentalist anti-Catholic Evangelical Protestant by his mother and grew up in various Evangelical Christian traditions during his time growing up in foster care. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found . What is the rationale for the conclusion that these latter verses refer to the fall of Lucifer? Jesus mentions only that he saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven (Lk 10:18). Some have suggested that these verses may actually be dealing with a human king of Tyre who was empowered by Satan. Lucifer turned back to Hoffman, pulling the shirt over his shoulders. The Catechism teaches: "This 'fall' consists in the free choice of these created spirits, who radically and irrevocably rejected God and his reign. Surprisingly, this entity was a late-comer in the ancient world. 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