Okay, this may be old hat to many of you, but I had never looked at this or studied it until last week while watching Hillsong TV channel with the Bible study they do as well as the singing. So, let us look at Ezekiel 28:13-15.
God is speaking through Ezekiel with all this being to the king of Tyre-in reference to Lucifer; and at the first of verse 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;
So, Lucifer (satan/devil) was in the garden of God, which God created AND Lucifer whom was created by God. Here is my thought and I have not been able to find any references to such: Was Lucifer in the garden of God BEFORE he was cast from heaven? I feel by this scripture he was. Any clarification from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Next comes the description of how he (satan) was covered: every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold:
Interestingly enough, the breastplate of the high priest was: (Exodus 39:10-13) 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
I find this quite interesting that Lucifer, who was created in the perfect image of God had these jewels and then the high priest came along and also had these jewels. The difference is there are only 10 that Ezekiel mentions, whereas there were 12 stones in the high priests breastplate. (12 stones/12 tribes)
Authorities say this may be because Ezekiel did not wish to portray the king of 'Tyre as a priest, but as of common man, yet a king.
The end of verse 13 in KJV: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. NIV: Your settings and mountings were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.
All these gems were laid in gold mountings. Image, each jewel surrounded by gold. And when did this happen? The day he was created!!! This should tell us something. God created it all lest we forget. Wow! To me what a great history lesson and Bible lesson to know from whence came Lucifer whom we refer to as satan or the devil.
Hope you garnered something from this. A couple more days and we will go on to another topic. I would love to hear from some of you about what you would like to read or study about. Love you all.
Soli Deo Gloria
Johnny
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