We are also asked about the following: “While it is recognised that Ezekiel 28 is dealing with the King of Tyre, how can vv. 13 to 16 apply to him?”
The verses in question read: “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. 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. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 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. 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”.
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Author: A. E. Jones
Keywords: Satan, King of Tyre, Covering cherub, Trees of Eden, Anointed cherub, Cast out of heaven, Wiser than Daniel, Fallen angel, Fallen angels, Angels that sinned, Rebel angel
Bible reference(s): Ezekiel 28:11-17
Source: The Testimony, Vol. 31, No. 370, October 1961, p. 360.
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