Answers about Satan

Who was the “cherub in Eden” (Ezekiel 28:13-14)?

In earlier years, “the cherub in Eden” of Ezekiel 28:13 was frequently identified as Satan. (Compare also the question on Isaiah 14 and “Lucifer”).  Although this is less common today, one can see how someone looking for the origin of the ‘fallen angel’ Satan of medieval legend might be drawn to this chapter, if they [...]

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Where did the name “Lucifer” come from?

Despite the popular mythology about a wicked angel called Lucifer, the word only occurs once in the Bible and it has nothing to do with angels. The name Lucifer comes from Isaiah 14:12 which says (in the KJV) How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning… This is the only place [...]

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