What type of angel was lucifer?

Answer 1

In the Old Testament, Lucifer is not an angel; he was the king of Babylon. It is only through a misunderstanding of the Hebrew text than Lucifer became the devil in Christian belief. Isaiah chapter 14 refers to the king of Babylon, who laid the nations low. It talks of his pomp and splendour, how he had ruled the nations in anger, and his fate after his overthrow by the king of Persia. He had compared himself to the Morning Star (and was thus derisorily called 'Lucifer' - lucem ferre, which mean "light-bearer", a name for the dawn appearance of the planet Venus) and had thought that he would ascend into heaven and sit among the stars, but was now himself persecuted. Christian scholars misunderstood this text and assumed that it referred to Satan or the devil, a view that Judaism has never agreed with.

Satan, the real subject of the question, can be thought of as an angel, but even here Judaism has a different view than Christianity. In modern Jewish belief, Satan is the loyal assistant to God, tasked to test the righteousness of the faithful. The Book of Job and midrashim of the common era are testament to that view of Satan.

In Christian belief, Satan is a fallen angel. He is now the devil, the evil adversary of God, but a common Christian tradition is that Satan was the chief musician in heaven.

Answer 2

Lucifer was a son of God and held a high position in the heavens. Lucifer means Angel of light. The WW1 soldiers match was referred to as a Lucifer. Lucifer had high ambitions while in the heavens and desired to hold the power which God alone could hold. Consequently he and a third of the hosts of heaven who sided with him were cast out and so he became the Devil.

Answer 3

He was Gods most trusted angel. Till he said he was more powerful than god.

Answer:

Whatever he "was"... he still "is." Angels are spirit beings... and spirit doesn't die or change.

In Ezekiel's "lamentation upon the king of Tyrus" in Ezekiel 28... it's evident that Satan is the one of whom this passage is truly speaking by piecing together a couple of biblical clues ["...here a little, and there a little..." - Isa.28:13], as God caused The Bible to be written.

First of all, Ezekiel tells us that the "king of Tyrus" was: "... IN EDEN THE GARDEN OF GOD..." [Ezek.28:13] -- which we know he WASN'T! The Garden of Eden was destroyed along with the pre-flood world long before the king of Tyrus's generation.

But, we do know that Satan was there: "...THAT OLD SERPENT, called the Devil, and SATAN..." - Rev.12:9].

And the symbolic connection between Satan and "the king of Tyrus" is found in the account of Satan's temptation of Jesus:

"Then Satan took Him up and revealed to Him ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD in a moment of time; and the Devil told Him, 'I will give you ALL THESE SPLENDID KINGDOMS and their glory -- for THEY ARE MINE TO GIVE TO ANYONE I WISH--" (Luke 4:5-6 LVB Living Bible).

The "king of Tyrus," then, was merely one of many leaders of Satan's governments throughout history, to whom Satan temporarily granted his power and glory; as they died off from generation to generation.

But, not only was "the king of Tyrus" NOT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN -- he was also NOT A CHERUB!!!

"Thou art the anointed CHERUB that covereth..." (Ezek.28:14).

The "Living Bible" says: "I appointed you to be the anointed GUARDIAN ANGEL...".

And nowhere throughout the Bible does God call ANY MAN an ANGEL!

Of men and angels, God tells us: "...What is man, that thou art mindful of him? ...Thou madest him A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS..." (Heb.2:6-7).

So, Ezekiel's inspired artistic, symbolic lament is really for and about "SATAN"... not Satan's minion, "the king of Tryus."

"...I will destroy you, O COVERING CHERUB, from the midst of the stones of fire." (Ezek.28:16)

And so, Satan is revealed to be a "type of angel" called a "cherub" [pronounced 'KER'-oob].

And it just so happens that Ezekiel also got a pretty good visionary glimpse of what a cherub looks like.

The King James Version uses the word "cherubims" for the plural of cherub... but the common modern spelling is without the "s" -- "cherubim." In any event... Ezekiel describes the "cherub" [Guardian Angel; Living Bible] as having "four wings" [as opposed to a Seraph {Seraphim, plural} that has six wings] and:

"Each of the four Guardian Angels [cherubim] had four faces - the first was that of an ox; the second, a man's; the third, a lion's; and the fourth, an eagle's." (Ezek.10:14 LVB)

According to the Bible... that's the "type" of angel Satan "IS." He is a "four-winged, four-facedcherub."