In my opinion, the whole Sumerian version with Enil and Enki is an old lie from Satan to make Satan look like the he's the good guy helping mankind. I find a lot of content online appears to be a modern effort to "rehabilitate" Satan/Lucifer. Stuff like this is conditioning the world to accept a future Luciferian "savior" and worship the dragon at some point in the future.
I don't believe that the "oldest is best." I believe that Moses was inspired by God when he wrote Genesis ("All Scripture is given by inspiration of God", 2 Timothy 3:16). Therefore, Genesis is correct, even if it was written later than the Sumerian texts.
There's no question my position ultimately depends on faith, in that I believe that the Bible is true. But, I don't think it is a blind faith. In the Bible, multiple authors reference each other and affirm that the writings of earlier authors are true. This makes the Bible like an interwoven tapestry of multiple authors which affirms the claim of divine inspiration. In the cases of Joseph Smith and Muhammad, they added large portions of allegedly inspired writing, but no contemporary writers were affirming this inspiration. And, their writing does not "mesh" with the previous writings the way the New Testament meshes with the Old Testament writings. So to me, it is clear that Joseph Smith and Muhammad were false prophets.
I believe that what is written in the "proverb against the king of Babylon" in Isaiah 14 is a prophetic reference to Satan.
Other prophetic writings sometimes refer to angels or demons as princes of geographic regions (see the reference to the prince of Persia in Daniel 10:13).
Isaiah 14 describes this king of Babylon / Lucifer ("light-bearer") falling from heaven after rebelling against God.
Paul says that Satan is transformed into an angel of light, i.e., he appears as a light-bearer or a "lucifer"(2 Corinthians 11:14). Jesus says that He saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning (Like 10:18), just as the proverbial king of Babylon / Lucifer falls from heaven in Isaiah 14.
In a similar vein, I believe that the lamentation upon the king of Tyrus in Ezekiel 28:12-19 also describes Satan because of the language used there ("...thou hast been in Eden the garden of God ...thou art the anointed cherub that covereth...").
In my opinion, the whole Sumerian version with Enil and Enki is an old lie from Satan to make Satan look like the he's the good guy helping mankind. I find a lot of content online appears to be a modern effort to "rehabilitate" Satan/Lucifer. Stuff like this is conditioning the world to accept a future Luciferian "savior" and worship the dragon at some point in the future.
I don't believe that the "oldest is best." I believe that Moses was inspired by God when he wrote Genesis ("All Scripture is given by inspiration of God", 2 Timothy 3:16). Therefore, Genesis is correct, even if it was written later than the Sumerian texts.
There's no question my position ultimately depends on faith, in that I believe that the Bible is true. But, I don't think it is a blind faith. In the Bible, multiple authors reference each other and affirm that the writings of earlier authors are true. This makes the Bible like an interwoven tapestry of multiple authors which affirms the claim of divine inspiration. In the cases of Joseph Smith and Muhammad, they added large portions of allegedly inspired writing, but no contemporary writers were affirming this inspiration. And, their writing does not "mesh" with the previous writings the way the New Testament meshes with the Old Testament writings. So to me, it is clear that Joseph Smith and Muhammad were false prophets.
If you actually listen to the talk, you'll find that there is NO helping of mankind in this story.
Satan is one of Yahweh's angels and if you think Lucifer and Satan are the same then you have not read the bible.
Have you even read the Bible?
What Biblical evidence is there that Lucifer and Satan are two different beings?
The section that contains the name Lucifer is a prophecy addressed to a Babylonian king. It has absolutely nothing to do with Satan.
Did you even ever read it?
I believe that what is written in the "proverb against the king of Babylon" in Isaiah 14 is a prophetic reference to Satan.
Other prophetic writings sometimes refer to angels or demons as princes of geographic regions (see the reference to the prince of Persia in Daniel 10:13).
Isaiah 14 describes this king of Babylon / Lucifer ("light-bearer") falling from heaven after rebelling against God.
Paul says that Satan is transformed into an angel of light, i.e., he appears as a light-bearer or a "lucifer"(2 Corinthians 11:14). Jesus says that He saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning (Like 10:18), just as the proverbial king of Babylon / Lucifer falls from heaven in Isaiah 14.
In a similar vein, I believe that the lamentation upon the king of Tyrus in Ezekiel 28:12-19 also describes Satan because of the language used there ("...thou hast been in Eden the garden of God ...thou art the anointed cherub that covereth...").