Satan Christianity's Other God by James Brayshaw

Author:James Brayshaw [Brayshaw, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel 28:8 KJV

Sure verse 8 seems to imply, by way of mentioning the “pit,” that this may be about “Satan.” However, “the pit” is not referring to a place known by us today as “Hell.” The pit simply meant the place of the dead at the time of a person’s completion of their life. The place of the dead was understood to be a place where nothing happened anymore for the dead person. The deceased simply did not exist any longer in a living form. The whole concept of Hell as a place of torment for the wicked dead was never a Hebraic idea. This concept developed over time and the long and short of it was that it is an ancient mythological belief, which, much like the belief in Satan, found its way into contemporary thought through millennia of cultural melting pots. Assimilation and syncretistic religious beliefs and practices were the vehicle by which “the pit” came to be thought of as a place of eternal torment for the wicked dead. To say the ruler of Tyre will go down to the “pit” is just another way of telling that the Prince of Tyre will die.

Most Ancient Rulers Were Believed to Be Gods

Verse 9 is asking the Prince of Tyre , “Is it going to work for you to tell the one killing you that you are a God?” The prophet answers quickly by stating once again that the Prince is a man, a human being,

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee Ezekiel 28:9

The prophet goes on in verse 10 to talk of the fact that this human ruler is going to die by the hand of other human strangers, by being specific in his wording found in verse 10. Wording that assigns a death that is intended for humans, to the subject of the prophecy.

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 28:10 KJVA

Declaring the death of this ruler in terminology applicable to a human is a certain indication that this subject is but a man. The question of verse 9 asking if this ruler is going to tell his slayer that he is a god is rhetorical and poignant. If the Prince, who thinks himself a god, is in fact a god then informing the one who is to slay him, of his status as a god, should stop the plans of the killer from taking the life of the prince. Obviously, the prophet who is making this statement on behalf of the only God is mocking to some degree, the drastically mistaken concept of the Prince that he is a “God.” There is really no

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