Posted By: Daryl
What is The Timing of the Fall of Lucifer? - 11/03/06 05:02 PM
What is the timing of the Fall of Lucifer?
From my reading of Ezekiel 28:11 to 19 I came to wonder about the timing of the Fall of Lucifer in relation to the creation of this world and the Garden of Eden.
I am focusing on Ezekiel 28:13 which says:
Ezekiel 28:13 You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the turquoise, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of your tambourines and of your flutes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.
The SDA Bible Commentary states the following:
13. Eden. Here to be taken in its larger sense as the dwelling place of God (see PP 35). The context shows that Lucifer had not yet fallen. The creation of our earth, the placement of our first parents in Eden, occurred subsequent to his fall (see PP 36; 3SG 33; 1SP 23; EW 146).
I had always thought that Lucifer had fallen prior to the creation of this world.
With the above verse and SDA Commentary quotes in mind, I now have some more reading to do.
Do any of you reading this have any thoughts on this to share here?
From my reading of Ezekiel 28:11 to 19 I came to wonder about the timing of the Fall of Lucifer in relation to the creation of this world and the Garden of Eden.
I am focusing on Ezekiel 28:13 which says:
Quote:
Ezekiel 28:13 You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the turquoise, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of your tambourines and of your flutes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.
The SDA Bible Commentary states the following:
Quote:
13. Eden. Here to be taken in its larger sense as the dwelling place of God (see PP 35). The context shows that Lucifer had not yet fallen. The creation of our earth, the placement of our first parents in Eden, occurred subsequent to his fall (see PP 36; 3SG 33; 1SP 23; EW 146).
I had always thought that Lucifer had fallen prior to the creation of this world.
With the above verse and SDA Commentary quotes in mind, I now have some more reading to do.
Do any of you reading this have any thoughts on this to share here?