‘Then The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from heaven. And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain…’ But Lot’s wife ‘ looked ’ back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.’
Here we ’re introduced to the mission of the two Angels, and it was that of ‘Seeing : ’ The punishment for the townsmen was blindness; and for disregarding the warning not to ‘Look’ , Lot’s wife was killed; having turned back to look, she was turned into a pillar of salt.
*Lucifer & Satan
In the presence of God; and then as Satan in the presence of God.
Walking, up, down, to and fro-
In Ezekiel 28: 11-19 We see Lucifer in the presence of God ; created in astonishing beauty, covered in precious gems, with pipes incorporated to facilitate worship; he was the anointed Cherub that covered; Additionally in Ezekiel 28: 14 he is described as one that ‘…walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.’
This is a very detailed description of Lucifer, his created purpose/calling.
As we know and see in both Ezekiel and Isaiah 14 Lucifer falls because of his corruption. Now, after his fall, Lucifer is consigned, (changed into) the being Satan, and becomes charred and sullen. His work is now one of great evil in the Earth. We see this working when in Job 1:6 ‘ The Sons of God came to present themselves before The Lord. ’ It is interesting to note that Satan also presents himself, (we see in this, that he has retained an aspect of his Angelic powers, powers only in the sense that they are ‘designed’ as part of who he is/was).
In Job 1:7 The Lord addresses Satan (at some point in time during a visitation of The Sons of God) and asks him, “From whence do you come?” And Satan answers
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