(17) Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
By now, we know Satan is full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. Further, as he was made to hold the position of the covering cherub, no wonder he would be the brightest angel in heaven. Thus, the above verse proves that Satan's heart was lifted up (in pride) not because of anything else, but because of the following three:
1. Perfect Beauty
2. Perfect Wisdom
3. Perfect Brightness
But again, the 17th verse confirms the fact that God has not taken any of the above three characteristics of Satan up to the time of this prophecy by Ezekiel.
If you read the rest of the verses (18th and 19th verses), you clearly understand that Satan has not been affected by the sin he has committed against God even up to the time of Ezekiel.
THE KING OF TYRUS
If you look back at the 12th verse, you can notice that Satan is identified as the king of Tyrus. In other words, this is another position held by Satan even at the time of Ezekiel. But Tyrus is a geographical location on the earth. Hence, being the king of Tyrus, Satan has a duty to perform even on the earth. In other words, it is this position that caused Satan to be found in the Physical Realm.
Satan is entering the garden of Eden as the king of Tyrus. This implies that when the Physical Realm was created, angles had been appointed over geographical locations on the earth. They were appointed as Princes and Kings over different geographical locations on the earth.
What was the cause behind this set up???
God made Man lower than Angels. Look at the below scripture:(Heb 2:6-7)
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
In what way, Man becomes lower than Angels?God created the Spiritual Realm before He created the Physical Realm. When God was creating the Physical Realm, He created it within the Spiritual Realm so that the Spiritual Realm is holding the Physical Realm. Hence, the Spiritual Realm is superior to the Physical Realm. Thus, angles, being the spiritual beings in the Spiritual Realm are superior to humans in the Physical Realm. This superiority of angels is gained by the laws governing the Spiritual Realm. In other words, humans become lower than angels as they are not subject to the laws governing the Spiritual Realm, but to the laws governing the Physical Realm.
For instance, humans cannot go off the ground into the space (sky) simply with their physical body as the gravitational force drives them to the ground whereas angels can move across the Universe with their spiritual bodies simply because they are not made subject to any laws governing the Physical Realm. They are spiritual beings from the Spiritual Realm and hence they are governed by the laws set for the Spiritual Realm.
As Man lives in subjection to different laws in the Physical Realm, he was born with his inherent problems right at the beginning. For example, when God created man, his communication with his fellow humans was limited by distance due to the laws governing sound frequencies audible to the human ears. As such, God appointed angels as ministering spirits for humans right at the beginning. God set His holy angels over different geographical locations over the earth in order to minister to humans living in them.
For example, I believe man in eternity was supposed to use angels for communication with other humans spread over the face of the earth. Ministering angels were supposed to act as Messengers for bringing news from one location to another on behalf of humans. This belief is based on the fact that even today, angels are bringing news to people from God and there are instances where they bring news from people to people.
I believe angels were supposed to give light to humans during the night times. As we know, angels' bodies can function as light sources in the Physical Realm. Their bodies are so bright that even a big location over the earth can be lit up by this brightness. I believe so as God would not cause man to produce Electricity in eternity. If God had a plan as such, God would have caused people to discover Electricity during the Old Testament Period.
I believe that angels would have been used to carry people from one location to another location on the earth depending on their needs. I believe so as God would never cause people to produce vehicles for transportation in eternity.
Further I believe angels were supposed to protect people from accidents that would cause when people act by mistake in contrary to the existing laws in the Physical Realm. This belief is based on the below scripture:
(Psa 91:9-12)
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
The protection mentioned in the above scripture, against natural accidents is conditional. In other words, this protection is not available to everybody in common in the present world. However, this gives a good proof that at the beginning, this kind of protection would have been available for all humans in eternity.
Thus, right at the beginning, angels too had a role to play in the Physical Realm. Hence, God appointed different angels for different geographical locations over the face of the earth to function as ministering spirits for humans.
God appointed His best angel, by the name of Lucifer over the geographical location of Tyrus. Thus, Lucifer was to function as the prince or king of Tyrus. Most probably, this location would have been God's choice for planting the Garden of Eden. Why? because God would have appointed His best angel, who had been perfect in his ways all the time, being obedient to God, over the geographical location wherein the garden of Eden was located located. This can be a good reason for the king of Tyrus or Lucifer to be found in the Garden of Eden.
Now, you realize that it was Lucifer, the best angel in Heaven, who was made perfect in wisdom and in beauty and brightness, who entered into the garden of Eden. When he was entering the garden of Eden, he was not the devil, but God's best angel, Lucifer.
Where was Lucifer's heart lifted up because of his beauty, wisdom and brightness?
Where was Lucifer found with inequities for the first time?
Was it in Heaven as he was functioning as the covering cherub on the holy mountain of God?
Was it on the earth when he was functioning as the king of Tyrus?
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