Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"How you are fallen from heaven"
Text: Isaiah 14:12
AN ALLUSION TO SATAN
The arrogant spirit of the king of Babylon was likened to that of Lucifer. The allusion to Satan is most striking.
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.”
Isaiah 14:12-15
1. The Fall of Lucifer
a) He was called “son of the morning”.
b) He fell from heaven.
2. The king of Babylon
a) He was compared to Lucifer.
b) The desires of his heart:
i) To ascend to heaven.
ii) To have a throne above all the stars (angels) of God.
iii) To be worshipped by the congregation of angels and man.
iv) To be like the Most High (The LORD God).
3. The Judgment of the king of Babylon
a) He is cut down to the ground though he once had power to weaken nations.
b) He will be brought down to Sheol (Hell).
c) He will go down to the lowest depths of the Pit (another name for Sheol).