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book of Isaiah.

Isaiah 14:3-15
And it will be in the day when Yahweh gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and
harsh service in which you have been enslaved, that you will take up this taunt
against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, and how fury
has ceased! Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers which
used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes, which subdued the nations
in anger with unrestrained persecution. The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they
break forth into shouts of joy. Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars
of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.'
Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; it arouses for
you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; it raises all the kings of the
nations from their thrones. They will all respond and say to you, 'Even you have been
made weak as we, you have become like us. Your pomp and the music of your harps
have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you,
and worms are your covering.' How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the
morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you who have
weakened the nations! But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise
my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the
recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make
myself like the Most High.' Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, to the
recesses of the pit.”

In both of these passages we see Satan associated with a king and a kingdom of the
earth. Indeed, Satan is described as the “ruler of this world” (John 12:31, 16:11). He rules
over the kingdoms of men, and these kings and kingdoms take on his characteristics. Even
as he tempted Eve in the same way that he transgressed, to be like God, so he perpetuates
his sin and his characteristics in the kingdoms of man. But clearly, this passage in Isaiah,
like the passage in Ezekiel, is referring to Lucifer, not a mortal king. Satan was clearly cast
out of heaven, and this is related in the following words.

"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have
been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations!”

Yahshua spoke to His disciples of witnessing this event.

Luke 10:18
And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.”

What a tragedy that the greatest of created beings should transgress the will of
Yahweh and be judged. More tragic still is that he led one third of the angels to follow his
pattern of disobedience, and that he should tempt mankind to commit the same grievous
error.
In examining this passage of scripture from Isaiah we can discern that Lucifer’s
transgression was a violation of Sabbath. Lucifer was a created being and all created beings
were to be subject to the authority of Yahweh. They were to have no initiative of their own.