The End of the "World Powers"
Despite the fact that the Kabbalah erroneously portrays the angelic "world powers" as holy "angels of God," the medieval Kabbalists remained tied to the primary themes of the Old Testament, themes such as the uniqueness of God's nation Israel, the numerous promises involving a Messiah or Redeemer figure for Israel (and for the world), and the apocalyptic belief that the "time of the end" would involve judgment on the Gentile nations and the salvation and glorification of Israel. Psalm 2 is an Old Testament passage that speaks of these themes: "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One [Heb. mashiach].
"Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him." (Psalm 2) This passage predicts that the kings and rulers of the world will one day violently resist God and His Messiah, but they will fail miserably. The end result is that the nations of the world which are presently the possession of the fallen angelic "world powers" will become the possession and "inheritance" of God's Son, the Messiah. These verses are commented upon within the Kabbalist's bible, the Zohar: Volume 9 Beshalach, Section 22, verse 309: "Rabbi Yitzchak said: This verse refers to the time when The Holy One, blessed be He, will attire Himself with majesty over the nations that shall gather against Him, as it is written: "And the princes take counsel together, against Hashem, and against His anointed" (Tehilim 2:2). As we have learned, seventy generals of armies shall gather from every side at that time with the hosts of the entire world to wage war against Jerusalem, the Holy City, and to plan against the Holy One, blessed be He. What do they say? 'Let us rise against the protector first, and then against His people and His sanctuary'."
A. E. Waite was an occult historian, high level Freemason and former member of the Golden Dawn who was also a very serious scholar of the Kabbalah. A brief passage in his book The Holy Kabbalah shows that he understood these apocalyptic themes and predictions which found their way into Kabbalistic teaching from the Old Testament: "A great king will rise up and will conquer the world. There will be war against Israel, but the chosen people shall be delivered. According to one account, the seventy celestial chiefs who rule the seventy nations of the earth will marshal all the legions of the world to make war on the sacred city of Jerusalem, but they will be exterminated by the power of the Holy One." [62]
Kabbalistic teaching has many Gnostic, Pagan, and Occult overtones, especially when it comes to communicating with the spirit world as a shortcut to determining the will of God. However, these Torah-forbidden Pagan influences are not enough to overshadow the influence of the Old Testament, which predicts the eventual downfall of the very spirits that the Kabbalist places his faith in as guides of his spiritual quest.
So the question that must be addressed is the final fate of the Kosmokrator "gods." These "gods" are portrayed by many sources as holy angels, as spiritually evolved "Ascended Masters," or as benevolent extra-terrestrials, and they are credited as being humanity's ancient teachers, our future saviors, and even as our original creators. Occult sources including Pagan mythology, Hermetic literature, Aleister Crowley, Helena Blavatsky, Alice Bailey, and channeled messages from UFO cults and New Age mystics, all predict that the "New Age" of peace and enlightenment will come with the appearance of these "gods" to accepted and outward positions in human society. With their guidance it is believed that mankind will spiritually evolve, realize our inherent inner divinity, and finally become the gods that we have always been, just as the Serpent promised in the Garden of Eden.
The Judeo-Christian tradition speaks of a different fate for these "gods" and for the human beings who are deceived into following them. We have already looked at Psalm 82, in which God sits in the Divine Council and judges against the "gods" because they have abused their positions of authority. God says that their final end will be "death" and that the nations will become God's "inheritance." Psalm 2, above, similarly explains that the "rulers" of the earth will be destroyed when they resist God and the nations will then become the inheritance of the Messiah.
Daniel 7 is the description of an apocalyptic dream that was given to the Hebrew prophet Daniel who was living in exile in Babylon. In this dream the Gentile nations of the world are represented as four great Beasts and the final Beast represents a kingdom that will conquer the entire world. God is predicted to destroy this Beast, and following that Daniel witnesses the transition of global authority into the hands of a figure who is referred to as a "Son of Man": "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed." (Daniel 7:13-14) In the New Testament Jesus of Nazareth claimed that He was this very "Son of Man" mentioned enigmatically by the prophet Daniel, who would "inherit" all the nations of the world. Before His crucifixion Jesus was put on trial by the chief priests of the Sanhedrin. Caiaphas the High Priest demanded of Jesus, "Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." In response Jesus said, "Yes, it is as you say... But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." (Matthew 26:64) Because of this statement the High Priest accused Jesus of blasphemy, Jesus was sentenced to death, and the trial was immediately ended. There was absolutely no question that Jesus was claiming to be the Jewish Messiah who was predicted to one day rule as King over the nations of the world. Afterwards Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman ruler in charge of Palestine. Pilate repeated the question that had prompted the death sentence given by the High Priest: "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied by saying, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth." (John 18:37) However, Jesus prefaced this remark by saying, "My kingdom is not of this world." What Jesus meant was that His kingdom would first be a spiritual kingdom before becoming a physical earthly kingdom, which will only begin after the defeat, judgment, and destruction of the unholy "world powers." Foreshadows of this "spiritual kingdom" can be seen in an episode near the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, which reveals that Jesus knew He was dealing with a "world order" ruled by spiritual beings under the authority of Satan.
The Gospel of Luke explains that Jesus appointed seventy disciples to travel ahead of Jesus throughout Israel "to every city and every place." When they entered a house they were instructed to say "Peace be to this house," and then to give the message that "The kingdom of God is near you." Jesus even told these seventy messengers that if they entered a city and were not accepted into any homes then they were to proclaim their message in the streets.
Some of the Greek manuscripts that record this event say that Jesus appointed "seventy-two" disciples for this mission, but whether the actual number was seventy or seventy-two the symbolic intent behind the mission was clear: Jesus was serving notice to the spiritual powers behind the scenes that the Pagan World Order was coming to a close. The era of the "gods" was ending and the "Kingdom of God" would take its place. When the seventy disciples returned to Jesus they joyfully announced to him, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." Jesus responded to them by saying (Luke 10:18), "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
The spiritual "Kingdom of God" had just been established on earth, at the expense of Satan and the fallen angels. Jesus then went on to explain what this meant to His disciples (Luke 10:19-20, 23-24), "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven...
Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them."
The fallen angels exist as two distinct groups. One group is already chained up in the Abyss and awaits the final judgment. Jude 6-7 connects the fallen angels of this group with the angels that had sexual relations with human women in Genesis 6 which states, "...the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day." The Apostle Peter also refers to this group of angels bound in the Abyss: "...God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment" (2 Peter 2:4). Throughout the Gospels, when people were cured of demon possession, the demons would often be cast into the Abyss to await their judgment and punishment.
The other group of fallen angels is the group that the Apostle Paul refers to as the "powers of this dark world," and as the "spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12). They exist in the heavens from where they attempt to manipulate the affairs of humanity as much as they are able, against the Church which has been given "all power" through the name and authority of Jesus Christ. For the last two thousand years this has been the spiritual struggle that Paul referred to in his letter to the Ephesians.
The book of Revelation explains that one day Satan and his fallen angels will be forcefully evicted from heaven and thrown down to earth, where they will be in control for only a short time before their judgment comes, "And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him." (Revelation 12:7-9) The judgment upon the "spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" is predicted by Isaiah the prophet as one of the results of the apocalyptic "Day of the Lord": "The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken. The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--never to rise again. In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously." (Isaiah 24:19-23) The prophet Jeremiah simply states: "These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens." (Jeremiah 10:11) The book of Revelation is a detailed account of the final confrontation between God and the "gods" before the Messianic Kingdom is established. Central to this conflict is a document held by God that is described as a Scroll sealed with seven Seals, which many scholars of Bible prophecy believe to be something like a Title Deed to the earth. In the aftermath of the Tower of Babel and the death of Nimrod this Deed became the property of the seventy angelic princes and Satan their leader. That is why Satan was able to tempt Jesus by offering to give Him authority over the kingdoms of the world in Matthew 4. Satan could offer it because it was Satan's possession to give. That is also why the Kingdom of God is only a spiritual kingdom for now, and "not of this world."
But one day this world will be taken away from the "gods" and given into the hands of the Son of God. The precise moment that this occurs is shown in Revelation, after the blowing of the seventh Trumpet, which is the final Trumpet released by the breaking of the seventh Seal of the Scroll: "The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.' And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: 'We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great-- and for destroying those who destroy the earth.' " (Revelation 11:15-18) Until that moment the earth will still be the physical property of Satan and the fallen angels. Within this system human beings are also the possession of Satan, as harsh as that may sound. Redemption from this terrible situation can only be achieved through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation explains that it was this divine sacrifice, of the life of the Son of God given on behalf of human beings everywhere, that "purchased men for God": "Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders... He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb... And they sang a new song: 'You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.' " (Revelation 5:6-10) The Second Coming of Jesus Christ will put an end to the strange situation that presently exists in our little corner of the universe, of fallen angelic spirits ruling over a fallen earth that is inhabited by fallen human beings. The fallen angels will be cast into the Abyss, judged, and finally destroyed, along with the human beings that they were able to deceive. On the other hand, those who reject the lies and deception of the "world powers," who embrace the Creator and Jesus Christ as their Savior, will be raised up from their fallen condition and given an eternal life with infinite rewards.
But that is looking into the future. Today the world still exists in its fallen condition, manipulated by spiritual beings that look forward to a brief period when they will enjoy power and authority as they exercised it in the past. The central figure in this brief demonic renaissance is known as the Beast in the book of Revelation, and named the Antichrist by John the Apostle (1 John 2:18). His brief return will be the subject of the seventh and final part of "The Giza Discovery" series.
(For further reading on the Biblical relationship between the nations and the fallen angels see the online series Against World Powers located at http://www.redmoonrising.com/worldpowers/awpindex.htm) Footnotes 1. Swedenborg quote from "Forerunners to Modern Spiritualism: Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772)" by Rev. Simeon Stefanidakis, located at http://www.fst.org/spirit2.htm 2. God Crucified : Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament, Richard Bauckham, 1999, pp.9-11 3. For instance, Enlil is portrayed as the creator of mankind in the myth "The Creation of the Hoe" (see Treasures of Darkness, by Thorkild Jacobsen, 1976, p.103), and in "The Curse of Agade" the text speaks of "mankind fashioned by Enlil" (see The Sumerians, by S. N. Kramer, 1963, p.64). However the most descriptive and well-known Sumerian myths credit Enki as the creator of mankind.
4. Legend the Genesis of Civilisation, David Rohl, 1998, pp.206-207 5. Ibid, pp.345-346 6. The Lost Book of Enki, Zecharia Sitchin, 2002, p.9 7. The 12th Planet, Zecharia Sitchin, 1976, p.370 8. Genesis Revisited, Zecharia Sitchin, 1990, p.202 9. From Laurence Gardner's website at http://www.graal.co.uk/ 10. Genesis of the Grail Kings: The Explosive Story of Genetic Cloning and the Ancient Bloodline of Jesus, Laurence Gardner, 1999, p.82 11. Ibid, pp.118-119 12. Ibid, p.193 13. Ibid, p.120 14. "Secrets of the Cathars" by William Henry, located at: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_autor_whenry04.htm 15. "The Gods of Eden" by Alan Alford, located at: http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Articles/Gods%20of%20Eden.html 16. From http://www.exposingchristianity.com/Old%20Testament.html 17. From http://www.freewebs.com/eridu666/Origins.html 18. The Gods of Eden, William Bramley, 1989, p.34 19. The 12th Planet, Zecharia Sitchin, 1976, p.337 20. Dimensions, Jacques Vallee, 1989, p.243 21. Civilization - Past and Present, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1987, pp.10-11 22. Myths of Enki, The Crafty God, Samuel Noah Kramer and John Maier, 1989, p.5 23. Ancient Iraq, Georges Roux, 1964, p.95 24. Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia, Norman Bancroft Hunt, 2004, p.24 25. Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism, Franz Cumont, 1956 (1911), p.75 26. Myths of Enki, The Crafty God, Samuel Noah Kramer and John Maier, 1989, pp.166-167 27. http://serapis.biography.ms/ 28. Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism, Franz Cumont, 1956 (1911), p.75 29. http://www.bibleplaces.com/pergamum.htm 30. "Phoenician Theology," http://phoenicia.org/theomythology.html 31. "The Nachash and His Seed" by Michael S. Heiser, http://www.thedivinecouncil.com/nachashnotes.pdf 32. "Phoenician Theology," http://phoenicia.org/theomythology.html 33. "Enki and the World Order," http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.1.3# 34. Isis and Osiris, Plutarch, http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Isis_and_Osiris*/A.html 35. "Horus the God of Kings," http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/horus.htm 36. The Ancient Gods Speak - A Guide to Egyptian Religion, Donald B. Redford, 2002, pp.132-134 37. Regarding Deuteronomy 32:8, most Bible versions read "Sons of Israel" which follows the Masoretic text, but the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint, as well as most updated Bible versions read "Sons of God." See the article Deuteronomy 32:8 and the Sons of God, by Michael S. Heiser (http://www.thedivinecouncil.com/DT32BibSac.pdf) for a detailed argument that "Sons of God" is the original and correct reading.
38. Among the Host of Heaven, Lowell K. Handy, 1994, p.83 39. Hermetica, translated by Brian P. Copenhaver, 1992, p.81 40. Ibid, pp. 231-232 41. Ibid, p.232, citing Egypte, by Franz Cumont, pp.124-5 42. Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition, Frances A. Yates, 1964, p.46 43. The Egyptian Hermes, Garth Fowden, 1986, p.40 44. The Gnostic Religion, Hans Jonas, 1958, pp.43-44 45. Ibid, p. 93 46. Ibid, pp.94-95 47. Ibid, pp.95-96 48. Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism, Gershom Scholem, 1995 (1946), p.88 49. Ibid, p.127 50. "The Kabbalah/Cabbalah," by Christine Payne-Towler, http://www.tarot.com/about-tarot/library/essays/kabbalah 51. "THE HERMETIC MAGICK OF THE GREAT MAGUS FRANZ BARDON,".
http://www.glassbeadgame.com/magic.htm 52. http://www.merkurpublishing.com/franz_bardon_hermetics_evocation_kabbalah.htm 53. http://members.cox.net/heru-ra-ha/reviews.htm 54. "A Basic Historico-Chronological Model of the Western Hermetic Tradition," R.Wy. Frater Trevor Stewart, http://sric-canada.org/stewartintro.html 55. Ibid.
56. Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods 57. "The Pythagorean Tradition in Freemasonry," Rev. J. R. Cleland http://users.ucom.net/~vegan/dormer.htm 58. "The Great Work In Speculative Masonry," http://www.mt.net/~watcher/greatwork.html 59. http://www.gaiaguys.net/Freemasons-Harpers.htm 60. Symbols of Freemasonry, Daniel Beresniak, 2000 (1997), pp.26-28 61. Osiris: Death and Afterlife of God, Bojana Mojsov, 2005, p.18 62. The Holy Kabbalah, A.E. Waite, 2003 (1929), pp.322-323
The Second Coming of the Antichrist "Raise yourself, O Osiris, first-born son of Geb, at whom the Two Enneads tremble... Your hand is taken by the Souls of On, your hand is grasped by Ra, your head is raised by the Two Enneads, and they have set you, O Osiris, at the head of the Conclave of the Souls of On. Live, live and raise yourself!"
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Utterance 532 "I am Yesterday and I am Today; and I have the power to be born a second time!"
Egyptian Book of the Dead (Theban Recension), statement of Osiris, chapter lxiv
Introduction.
The Giza Discovery series, of which this is the final Part, began with a statement from Egyptian antiquities director Zahi Hawass, in Part One, that a hidden tomb exists within the Great Pyramid of Giza. This tomb is expected by many to be the tomb of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the Underworld, who was believed to have been the very first to undergo the mummification process after death. Before we continue with the analysis of what exactly the discovery of this ancient corpse will mean for the world spiritually, which is of primary importance to each and every individual on the planet, we must first summarize our series and explain the step-by-step process that has brought us to this point.
The Giza Necropolis was designed and built as a great memorial dedicated to the god Osiris, the legendary king of Egypt, who brought religion, writing, a system of laws, and other innovations necessary for civilization to the Egyptians, and afterwards to the world. The mythology surrounding the life and death of Osiris and his resurrection on "the other side" as the Lord of the Underworld was covered in Part Two. Osiris became the divine figure at the heart of Egyptian religion and his cult was memorialized by the Giza Necropolis that was built in the Fourth Dynasty (c.2600-2500 BC). Several generations later the theology of the Osiris cult was codified by the Pyramid Texts that were inscribed on the walls of a complex built at Saqqara a few miles from Giza during the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (C.2350-2150 BC). With these late manifestations of the Osiris cult it becomes likely that the origins of the cult, and the actual life of the historical Osiris, can be found not more than a few hundred years before the construction of the Great Pyramid, rather than originating thousands of years earlier as many Egyptologists assume.
Part Three of our series examined Egyptian beliefs involving the death and "resurrection" of Osiris and how they affected the mythology and religions of the cultures that surrounded Egypt. What we discovered was that Osiris was the original "Dying and Rising God" from whom evolved the later "Dying and Rising" figures so prevalent throughout the pagan world, figures including, but certainly not limited to, Baal, Heracles, Adonis, Eshmun, Dumuzi and Dionysus. We also mentioned the fact that skeptics of Christianity have used the historical reality of a pre-Christian "Dying and Rising God" tradition as the basis for the allegation that Jesus Christ could not have been a historical figure, or that his life as presented in the New Testament is no more than a mythical re-introduction or re-packaging of the original Pagan "Dying God" tradition.
To uncover the truth behind the mysterious relationship between the Pagan "Dying God" and the Christian "Dying God" Part Four focused on discovering the historical origins of Dynastic Egypt from where the legend of Osiris evolved. The intent was to uncover the identity of the historical Osiris, which is the key to solving Mettinger's "Riddle of the Resurrection." What we found was that the origin of Dynastic Egypt can be traced directly back to Mesopotamia to a time period shortly after the Deluge mentioned in ancient Sumerian and Hebrew texts.
In Part Five we analyzed Paganism in general and concluded that its primary basis was "Spirit Worship," in addition to its less important aspects of "Ancestor Worship" and "Nature Worship." To understand this belief system, which was once accepted and practiced throughout the world, we turned to Mesopotamia and to the culture of ancient Sumer that was the first to record, on cuneiform tablets, a knowledge of human origins and an understanding of the Human-Divine relationship. The Sumerians believed that humankind had been created by the gods, from whom we received all of the accoutrements and innovations of civilization, including religion. The most powerful god worshiped by the Sumerians was known as Enlil, while the most loved god was known as Enki, who was portrayed as mankind's steadfast champion.
There are many parallels between Hebrew and Sumerian accounts but there are also subtle differences that appear to be related to perspective. For instance, the Sumerians have memories of a "Cain and Abel" type of struggle, but they place the "Cain" figure in the positive role. The Sumerians glorify the building of the first city, Enki's city of Eridu, whereas the Hebrews hold to a negative, or at least neutral, description of this event. The Sumerians celebrate the descent of the gods and their interaction with humanity, but the Hebrews lament the descent of the fallen angels who corrupted mankind to the point that God decided to bring the Flood.
In examining the myths of ancient Sumer we found that throughout the world the Hebrew scriptures, more than any of the Pagan traditions, give accounts of man's early origins that most closely parallel the Sumerian accounts, even though the book of Genesis was written hundreds of years after the Sumerian culture had ceased to exist. These similar accounts converge on the story of a great conqueror who was involved in the building of a tower or temple located in Enki's city of Eridu. The Hebrews knew this conqueror as N-M-R-D (Nimrod) the Hunter, whereas the Sumerians knew him as N-M-R-kar (Enmer-the Hunter). Hebrew tradition holds that his actions led to the linguistic division of the nations, while the Sumerian epic Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta also speaks of the emergence of a variety of tongues, along with the end of monotheistic worship of Enlil.
Part Five was concluded by presenting evidence that the invading "Falcon Tribe" that took over Egypt, which came from Mesopotamia, was a faction or group that worshiped the god Enki and was closely related to Enmerkar the Sumerian conqueror. Enmerkar became known as Osiris, and when he died his followers mummified his corpse and buried it in Egypt. The Giza Necropolis was later built to honor his memory and to hold his body, and it was designed according to the layout of the constellation Orion, the Great Hunter in the sky. The historical Osiris is therefore none other than the Biblical Nimrod. The Hebrews accused him of being a great rebel who acted against the will of God, whereas the Sumerians glorified him as a great leader and champion of the god Enki. The Egyptians glorified him as well and deified him as the Ruler of the Underworld, in whom they placed their faith in a blessed afterlife.
The adversarial relationship between Enlil and Enki that is portrayed in Sumerian myth was analyzed in Part Six. The conclusion was reached, with support from several modern-day researchers, that the Enlil-Enki conflict appears in the Hebrew tradition as the conflict between Jehovah (YHWH) and Satan. The answer to the problem of perspective, when comparing the similar accounts given by the Hebrews and Sumerians, is simply that the Hebrews viewed things from Jehovah's perspective, whereas the Sumerians viewed things from Enki's perspective. In fact, all of the cultures of the ancient world inherited the "Enki perspective," which was caused by the strange "disappearance" of YHWH/Enlil from human affairs, combined with Enki's control over the very art of writing which gave him the opportunity to "dominate and deceive" through propaganda.
The perceived triumph of Enki, known as Kronos to the Greeks, and the disappearance of YHWH/Enlil from the Pagan world, is explained by the spiritual change that took place within the divine-human relationship at the Tower of Babel event. The Old Testament and extra-Biblical Hebrew texts explain that the division of the nations occurred at this time and, alongside the linguistic division, there was also a spiritual division in which God gave the nations of the world over to the authority of the seventy top-ranking fallen angels. Nimrod's empire was destroyed and divided, and Nimrod himself was slain as a human sacrifice that allowed the pagan "Age of the Gods" to begin.
Part Six continued with an examination of pagan and occult beliefs that involve the worship of these very same beings, and how these seventy or seventy-two gods are perceived within occult traditions including Hermeticism, Gnosticism, the Kabbalah and the Freemasons. All of these traditions include expectations of the return of the gods which, according to Hermetic texts, will involve Egypt-specifically the Great Pyramid of Giza. Secret Societies such as the Rosicrucians, the Golden Dawn and the Freemasons have always looked to Egypt, and the Freemasons in particular hold Osiris in high regard through their ritual representation of him as Hiram Abiff. The death of Osiris came as a result of a conspiracy of the "gods," and the evidence shows that the reappearance of the "gods" somehow involves Osiris as well.
We concluded Part Six by exploring how this epic conflict of "God against the gods" is resolved according to Judeo-Christian eschatology. Many years after the division of the nations into the hands of the "gods," Jehovah chose His own nation, Israel, through which to bring about the redemption of mankind. Jesus of Nazareth, the "Dying and Rising God" predicted within the Hebrew tradition, who claimed to be the Messiah and the "Son of Man" who would receive the nations as His possession, was the culmination of this redemptive process. Jesus Christ can and should be understood purely through the Hebrew tradition because He was the unique product of Hebrew prophecy. The similarities that exist between the Judeo-Christian "Dying God" and the Pagan "Dying God" should be examined only with the understanding that mirror opposites, if viewed superficially, only appear to be the same. Their antithetical relationship will be made clear by the end of the study.
The apocalyptic events at the end of the age that will precede the transfer of sovereignty from the "gods" into the hands of the "Son of God" are explained in the Book of Revelation. The central figure of the Apocalypse who plays a role opposite that of Jesus Christ is the Beast, or Anti-Christ. The book of Revelation explains that this figure will be revived to rule for a brief period of time during which Satan and the fallen angels will appear on the earth after being thrown down from heaven. The "gods" will indeed return, but the Bible predicts that their visit will be very brief.
This seventh and final addition to The Giza Discovery series will explain how Biblical apocalyptic prophecy, as well as numerous Occult expectations, point undeniably to the resurrection of Osiris. The Biblical prediction is that his reign will be short and end in destruction and the victory of Jesus Christ and His saints, while Occult predictions maintain that the return of Osiris will bring forth a New Age where mankind will live in peace and harmony in a state of divine bliss. Once again the Word of God as given in the Bible contradicts the flattering promises and whispered urgings received from the spirits. It is up to each one of us to decide which of them is lying.
The Beast The great Adversary of God and Man is first described in the book of Revelation in chapter twelve, which begins with a description of Israel, the single nation chosen by God (in contrast to the original seventy ruled by the fallen angels) that is represented as a Woman who gives birth to the Savior of the world: "A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.
She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him... woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." (Revelation 12:1-9,12) Satan is described as a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his seven heads. An explanation is not given for the heads and horns within this particular passage, but they can be understood by turning to chapters thirteen and seventeen of Revelation, and to Revelation's Old Testament counterpart-the book of Daniel. First we will turn to Revelation 13: "And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority." (Revelation 13:1-2) In this passage we see a picture of Satan the dragon, but then the Beast emerges from the sea and we find that the Beast is now shown with the seven heads and ten horns of Satan, this time with the ten horns wearing crowns. The Beast that comes out of the sea represents two things: at first it represents the final great Kingdom that will have authority over the entire world by the end of the Apocalypse, but in other passages it represents the great King that rules over this kingdom who is more commonly known as the Antichrist. The Beast is a Kingdom, yet also a King. The Kingdom aspect of the Beast is explained by turning to the seventh chapter of the book of Daniel.
"In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. The first was like a lion... And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear... After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard... After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast--terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns." (Daniel 7:2-7) Daniel's fourth kingdom, the Beast with ten horns that is able to crush and devour everything in its path, is the same as the Beast with seven heads and ten horns described in Revelation 13, which is also described as resembling a leopard, with feet like a bear and the mouth of a lion. In other words, the Beast is a global kingdom that has absorbed, or is made up of, Daniel's three earlier beast-kingdoms (whose identities are unimportant for now). After viewing the terrible Beast Daniel turns his attention to the horns: "[The fourth Beast] was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully...
Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time)." (Daniel 7:7-8,11-12) After witnessing these terrible events Daniel the prophet was very troubled. While still in vision he turned to one of the angels that was next to him in heaven and asked the meaning of the terrible Beast and the little horn that spoke out against God: "He gave me this explanation: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever.' " (Daniel 7:23-26) From Daniel we learn that the ten horns of the Beast in Revelation 13 are actually ten kings that rule over the Kingdom aspect of the Beast. They are kings that rule simultaneously over the final end-times global empire. Now we return to Revelation 13 and come to a very crucial but enigmatic reference to the seven heads of the Beast: "One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast." (Revelation 13:3) The seven heads of the Beast are not explained by Daniel, but they are explained in Revelation chapter seventeen, which we will turn to shortly. For now simply keep in mind the fact that this is the first statement that implies the resurrection of the Antichrist. He is shown with a fatal wound, but then his wound is healed and the whole world is astonished. A similar description of the appearance of a fatal wound is given in Revelation 5:6 of Jesus Christ, "Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne..."
After the healing of the Beast's fatal "head wound" the book of Revelation continues with a description of the career of the Beast. The transition from the Kingdom aspect of the Beast to the King aspect of the Beast comes when the Beast is "given a mouth." From that point on the descriptions of the Beast apply to the individual, the Antichrist, who is described in Daniel as the blasphemous "little horn."
"Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, 'Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?'
The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. He who has an ear, let him hear. If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints." (Revelation 13:4-10) The Beast is a Kingdom as well as a King. He is both the New World Order and the Antichrist that rules over it, who achieves power with the help of ten great kings who also rule over this empire. They give the Antichrist his political power, but much of his religious power and authority comes from another figure who is introduced as the second Beast. Revelation 19:20 refers to him as the False Prophet, and his role is explained in Revelation 13 where we continue: "Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed." (Revelation 13:11-15) In the passage above we find the second and third references to the resurrection of the Antichrist. He is dead, yet he will be alive once again, which will cause the whole world to be "astonished" and to follow him in awe (13:3). Now we turn to Revelation 17 which will provide even more answers for the meaning of the Beast and his ten horns, and of his seven heads, one of which is healed of a fatal wound.
"One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, 'Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.'
Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. This title was written on her forehead: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished." (Revelation 17:1-6) The identity of the "Great Prostitute" is not the subject we are studying, so we will focus on the scarlet Beast and his seven heads and ten horns, which are immediately explained by the angel: "Then the angel said to me: 'Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come. This calls for a mind with wisdom.
The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while. The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.' " (Revelation 17:7-14) The angel goes down the list and explains first the Beast, then the heads, then the horns, and lastly the woman, which is another subject. Regarding the Beast, the angel's explanation strongly implies that he is speaking of the "King" aspect of the Beast, rather than the "Kingdom" aspect. In other words, his descriptions apply directly to the Antichrist himself.
Within his description the angel states twice that the Beast "once was, now is not, and yet will come." He also explains that the point of origin from which the Beast "will come" is "the Abyss." Furthermore, when the Beast does come, and is "seen," the inhabitants of the world who are not saved will be "astonished." This is the very same response that is given in Revelation 13:3 when the world is "astonished" when they see that the Beast's fatal wound is healed. When we connect the "healing" of the fatal wound with an initial "appearance" from the Abyss, we can see how they both predict the resurrection of the Antichrist. His dead body is on the earth, while his soul is in Hell (the Abyss), but one day his soul will come out of the Abyss and his body and soul will be reunited and he will live again, much to the astonishment of the inhabitants of the earth.
This understanding is reinforced by the angel's description of the seven heads. There are actually two interpretations given by the angel for understanding the seven heads. The first is connected with the woman, which we can avoid for now, while the second gives the explanation that we seek. The angel simply says that "the seven heads are seven kings." Furthermore, in contrast to the ten horns of the Beast, which are ten kings who rule simultaneously over a single kingdom at the end, the seven heads of the Beast are seven kings who rule sequentially, one after the other, throughout history. The angel explains their sequential order: "Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while."
This explanation must be understood from its first century AD context. In other words, at the time that this vision was received by the Apostle John five of these kings had already passed away, one of them presently existed, and one was yet in the future. The angel then explains to John how the Beast relates to these seven kings: "The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction."
At first the explanation that the Beast is an eighth king might appear to be confusing, because Revelation 13 clearly shows that he is one of the seven heads-specifically the head that is healed of a fatal wound. However the angel confirms that he is one of the seven when he proceeds to say very clearly that he "belongs to the seven." The problem is solved when we realize that there are only seven kings but there are eight appearances of these kings. Six of them appear once, but one of them appears twice and rules as a king twice. The angel is telling us that it is the Beast who appears twice when he keeps repeating that the Beast "once was, now is not, and yet will come."
When we look at the appearances of these kings we see that five were in the past, one was in the first century AD, and two are predicted for the future, which are the seventh and eighth appearances. Of these future kings the seventh rules "for a little while," while the eighth and final king is the Beast or Antichrist who will rule during the Apocalypse.
Regarding the first appearance of the Beast, the angel explains that the Beast "once was," which connects the Beast with the first five kings who "have fallen." This means that the Beast must have been one of the first five kings that had already passed away by the first century AD. The Beast ruled as one of these kings in the past and he will return again to rule as the eighth king in the future.
It will be the second coming of the Antichrist.
The Seven Kings of Satan We will now attempt to identify the Seven Kings of Satan as they have appeared throughout history. That they are Satanic is evident by the fact that they are initially presented as the seven heads of the dragon in Revelation 12, who is identified as Satan the "serpent of old" in verse nine. They can also be identified by their antagonistic relationship to the God of Israel because in Revelation 13:2 they are said to have "blasphemous names." They serve Satan and they oppose God and the people who serve Him.
In Daniel 12:1 there is a passage that may help to explain the time frame that we are dealing with in our search for these seven kings. The passage refers to the "time of distress" associated with the apocalypse and the end of the age. Once again, it is an angel that gives Daniel the message, and he says, "There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then."
The beginning of nations, as we explained in Part Six, was associated with the Tower of Babel event. It was a separation based on language, but it also involved the handing over of these seventy nations into the hands of the seventy top-ranking fallen angels. This event marked a spiritual transition, and the earth and its nations were given into the spiritual authority of the fallen angels and to Satan their most powerful leader. Daniel was told that the Apocalypse would be the most terrible time of distress from "the beginning of nations" until the end of the Age. In Matthew 24:21 Jesus Himself makes a similar statement, "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled again."
The word that is translated as "world" is the Greek word kosmos. In the Gospel of John (12:31-32) after predicting His own death, Jesus explained what the "end of the world" would involve: "Now is the time for judgment on this world (kosmos); now the prince of this world (kosmos) will be driven out. But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." In John 16:11 Jesus looked forward to the effects of His death and explained that "the prince of this kosmos now stands condemned."
The disciples wondered about the events that would happen at the time of the end and they asked Jesus (Matthew 24:3), "Tell us, when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age (Aion)?" After His death and resurrection Jesus ascended into heaven, leaving His disciples with encouraging words (Matthew 28:30), "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Aion)." Concerning the nature of this present Aion, or Age, the Apostle Paul refers to Satan as the "God of this Aion" (2 Corinthians 4:4), saying that he is the deceiver that keeps unbelievers from accepting the Gospel.
This current Age is the Age during which the fallen angels (the Kosmokrators), led by Satan their prince, rule over a fallen earth that is inhabited by fallen human beings. It began as a result of the Tower of Babel and it will end with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, who will either reward or punish all human beings and the fallen angels, and cleanse and renovate the earth.
Nimrod This Age began because of the conquests and rebellious actions of Nimrod, and so it makes perfect sense to conclude that Nimrod should be identified as the very first of Satan's seven kings. He ruthlessly conquered the known world, he attempted to rebuild the city of Eridu, the pre-flood capital of the god Enki, and he also began to build the Tower of Babel as a means to resist the divine command to spread out and "fill the earth." He is the first of the seven kings, and he will also be the last to appear when he comes again and rules as the eighth king. The Antichrist is the "first and the last" to rule over this particular fallen Age, but Jesus Christ is the "First and the Last" of all Creation, and the Ruler of all Ages to come.
The first of Satan's seven kings is the most important to identify, but thankfully he is also the easiest to identify. We will continue identifying the other six kings, but with them the facts are not always so clear and one or two of the names may be based on conjecture and logical speculation. Our final list will be complete but it may not be 100% accurate, because much more scholarship on this subject can and should be done.
Pharaoh of Egypt The second king is most likely either the king of Egypt that attempted to kill all male Hebrew children born at the time of the birth of Moses, or perhaps rather the Pharaoh who resisted Moses at the time of the Exodus who was drowned in the Red Sea. An Egyptian identity for the second king makes sense because it was in the land of Egypt that Satan was able to perfect his own religion and create his most lasting empire, and it was in Egypt where the body of Nimrod, known to the Egyptians as Osiris, was laid to rest.
Biblical scholars have explored the idea that the Ten Plagues that forced Pharaoh to release the Hebrews were structured as Divine repudiations of the ten primary Egyptian gods, with the final plague of the death of the first-born aimed against the cult of Osiris, the cult most-closely associated with the Egyptian monarchy itself. This possibility is supported by the fact that Osiris is repeatedly identified as the "first-born son of Geb" throughout the Egyptian Pyramid Texts. In Egyptian myth the god Geb was understood to represent the earth, which is odd because in every other pagan culture the earth is worshiped in feminine form as the Mother Goddess. In Plutarch's retelling of the legend of Isis and Osiris Plutarch identifies Geb as Kronos, who was in turn understood by classical scholars to be the Greek form of the Mesopotamian god Enki, whose name meant "Lord of the Earth."
The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (c.90-30 BC) gives an account of pillars that were found in Arabia that were erected as memorials to Isis and Osiris. He writes that the pillar of Osiris contained the following inscription (which also provides evidence that Osiris was the legendary conqueror Nimrod): "My father is Kronos, the youngest of all the gods.
I am Osiris the king, who led my army all over the earth to the uninhabited districts of India and those that lie to the North, to the source of the river Ister, yea, everywhere, even to the Ocean.
I am the eldest son of Kronos.
Child of the noble and beautiful egg, I was born an offspring congenital with day.
No place is there in the whole world, whereinto I have not been, conferring on all the benefits whereof I have been the inventor." [1]
It is very ironic then, that it was from Egypt that the small and insignificant tribe of the twelve sons of Jacob was able to emerge as the Nation of Israel, symbolized in Revelation as the Woman who gave birth to the first-born Son of the Creator of the universe, through whom the world has been redeemed.
Sennacherib of Assyria The third Satanic king on our list, who must certainly be included somewhere, is King Sennacherib of Assyria. The story of his campaign against King Hezekiah and against Jerusalem is given in 2 Kings 18-19, 2 Chronicles 32, and Isaiah 36-37. It is an amazing story of the effectiveness of prayer and of the mercy, justice and power of God. When King Hezekiah resisted Sennacherib's demands Sennacherib responded through his messengers with ridicule and blasphemy against the God of Israel. King Hezekiah responded to Sennacherib's insults by going to the Temple to pray, and after hearing Hezekiah's prayers God responded through the prophet Isaiah. The story unfolds in Isaiah 37: "Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,' this is the word the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee. Who is it you have insulted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! By your messengers you have heaped insults on the Lord. And you have said, 'With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I have reached its remotest heights, the finest of its forests...'
But I know where you stay and when you come and go and how you rage against me. Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came...'
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it. By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city,' declares the LORD. 'I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!'
Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning-there were all the dead bodies. So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there."
King Sennacherib returned to Ninevah where he went to the temple of the god Nisroch to find out what had gone wrong. While he was worshiping there he was murdered in cold blood by two of his own sons. The possibility that Sennacherib was one of Satan's seven kings is supported by Isaiah's description of him in chapter fourteen: "On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: 'How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended! The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression. All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no woodsman comes to cut us down."
The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you-all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones-all those who were kings over the nations. They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us."
All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."
But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit." (Isaiah 14:3-15) Biblical scholars agree that this passage refers to Sennacherib who conquered and ruled Babylon. This conclusion is supported by the statement of Sennacherib in Isaiah 37 in which he boasts of plundering the forests of Lebanon, which connects with the taunts against Sennacherib in Isaiah 14 from those very same forests. However the most provocative portion of Isaiah 14 is where the text transitions seamlessly from a description of the human king to a description of a figure that can only be Satan, or Lucifer, as some texts say. This transition only makes sense once it is understood that Satan himself became manifested on earth through Sennacherib. In other words, Sennacherib was possessed by Satan and should be viewed as one of the seven kings of Satan.