LOSS OF COVERINGS. The result of eating the fruit was not at all as Adam and Eve had expected. Instead of becoming like God, instead of possessing that greater wisdom Lucifer had promised, instead of having the “secret” of Good and Evil revealed to them, they suddenly lost their “light covering” which had been their clothing hitherto, and found themselves nude. In Eden there were all manner of creatures, but each had its own covering. Some had feathers, some had fur, nonewere of “bare flesh”, the condition they now found themselves in. And a new sensation came over them, that of embarrassment, a sensation they couldn’t handle. Lucifer stood there and they knew they had to run into the seclusion of the bushes. They also sensed what was wrong. [Read more…]
Archives for November 1996
94. Lucifer’s Fall from Glory
THE REASON FOR LUCIFER’S FALL. “You were perfect in all your ways until iniquity was found in you.”Ezek.28:15. This makes it sound like a sudden happening, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Hebrew word translated “iniquity” should really have been rendered “declension” or “a turning away”. It indicates a gradual process of decline, the which is so often observed in human behaviour. That which starts with small beginnings seems to give licence to the soul, gradually to increase the effect until it explodes into downright rebellion. Hence the decline is not in itself immediately the cause of divine judgment, but leads up to it. [Read more…]
93. Lucifer’s Glorious Beginning
EARLY HISTORY, BEFORE HIS FALL
So great is the misunderstanding about Satan’s real person, that this article may come as a surprise to some of our readers. The world, and sadly also the church, has painted a ridiculous figure, sometimes in terms of a snake in an apple tree, and otherwise as half-man, half-goat with horns, to mention just two of the prevailing symbols. In this first of the “Lucifer Papers” we shall try to put the record straight from Scripture about his glorious beginning. [Read more…]
91. The Ron Wyatt Tour of Britain
Manjit Biant and Emma Keogh, of Advent Truth, Derby arranged for Ron Wyatt to come to Britain in October this year, and many people were looking forward to this with great interest. In retrospect, it was a “whistle stop” tour, with very little time for the team to rest and relax inbetween, but the Lord upheld them throughout their punishing schedule, and the hundreds of miles of driving required to get from one venue to another. [Read more…]