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Monday, September 14 2009
An impostor is defined as "someone who assumes a character for the purpose of deception." That is also the Biblical definition of Satan - and those who, knowingly or not, serve the devil.
"11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works." (2 Corinthians 11:13-15 KJV)
"Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness"
There is an old saying that beauty can be deceptive. In Satan's case, beauty was the root of his corruption - and, as stated in the verses quoted above, of his deception ever since (including many of the so-called "Jesus pictures" - artwork that comes far closer to the Bible's description of Satan than of Christ - see What Did Jesus Look Like?).
"28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee." (Ezekiel 28:13-17 KJV)
Fact Finder: What is Satan's "merchandise" as stated above in "By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence"? What is meant by "violence" in that same verse?
See The Fall Of Satan's Financial Empire and Violence
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This Day In History, September 14
1262: Cadiz, Spain, was captured by Alfonso X of Castille, ending a 500-year occupation of the city by the Moors.
1741: The German-born English composer George Frederick Handel finished his "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days.
1752: Britain and its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1812: Napoleon's invasion of Russia reached Moscow to find that the entire city had been abandoned and set on fire by retreating Russian forces.
1814: Francis Scott Key, witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, wrote the words which eventually became "The Star-Spangled Banner." It became the U.S. national anthem in 1931.
1829: The Russo-Turkish War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople.
1854: British and French forces landed in the Crimea to fight the Russians, who had started the Crimean War with their invasion of Turkey in July 1853.
1901: U.S. President William McKinley died at age 58, a week after being hit by an assassin's bullet while standing in a reception line in Buffalo, New York. Upon his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn-in as president.
1939: The first functional helicopter, Igor Sikorsky's VS-300, made its first flight.
1944: Belgium, Luxembourg and part of Holland were liberated from Nazi occupation by American, British and Canadian troops.
1948: Construction of the United Nations buildings in New York began.
1959: The Soviet Union's unmanned Luna-2 became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
1960: Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia formed OPEC.
1973: Israel shot down 13 Syrian MIG-21s.
1982: Princess Grace of Monaco was killed in an automobile accident. The American-born Grace Kelly was 52.
