True Morning Star

Read Isaiah 13, 14, 21
 
Isaiah 14:12-15 “How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. 13 For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God 14 I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’ 15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.”
 
THIS scripture would be of great assurance one day to Jews exiled into Babylon. In verses 1-11, Isaiah foretold how the king of Babylon, the country that would conquer Judah, would become nothing. “How you have fallen O shining star, son of the morning.” is God’s message that all earthly kings are under his authority. The morning star shines before dawn but is soon swallowed the sun’s light.
   The prophecy of Babylon’s fall is also an illustration of Satan’s fall. Satan was Lucifer, the Moring Star, among the highest of God's angels. But his luster was lost when he pridefully wanted not a high place in heaven, but he wanted the highest. The Morning Star tried to rise up to the throne of God, even to have the Son worship him. Satan said to Jesus in Matthew 4:9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, ‘if you will kneel down and worship me.” In essence, this angel, created by God, tried to imitate Jesus Christ, who is the sovereign morning star: “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. I am the bright morning star.”  (Revelation 22:16) This should give us much comfort. Like the king of Babylon, Satan will one day be humiliated and defeated. He will finally be cast into hell.
   Whether God is dealing with kings or angels, it is always true: Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.