“Lucifer is related to Light.”
He was called the light-bearer - son of the dawn.
From the Judeo-Christian standpoint, the taking of the fruit by Eve and Adam at the serpent’s behest was shameful, a transgression of Yahweh’s commandment. From the Greek standpoint, however, the taking of the fruit was a triumphant and liberating act which brought to mankind the serpent’s enlightenment. To the Greeks, the serpent freed mankind from bondage to an oppressive God, and was therefore a saviour and illuminator of our race. The Greeks worshipped Zeus as both saviour and illuminator; they called him Zeus Phanaios which means one who appears as light and brings light. The light that he brought to the ancient Greeks was the serpent’s light that he received when he ate the fruit from the serpent’s tree.
Very interesting post. I think it is amazing how Satan tried and continues to try to replace the truth with a lie. Everything he does is a counterfeit and is opposite from what the only true God has said. We see it just as prevalently in this current world than it was in ancient times. The names of the “gods” only change (though not all of them).
I remember in Acts where Paul is speaking to the Roman emperor and he mentioned the various temples located in Rome. They had built them for every god they knew about so as not to take any chances and make him mad at being excluded. They even had a “catch all” temple dedicated to “The Unknown God”. That is what Paul spoke to them about telling them that that unknown god was the real, true God and he was the only God. Not everybody was ready to hear that.
Prometheus brought civilization to mankind by stealing fire from the Gods. Zeus was going to wipe us out until Prometheus stepped in. Zeus, the highest Greek God, was definitely not kindly disposed to mankind. At BEST he could be rendered indifferent to man’s fate.
While certain Gods were more man-friendly Zeus was all over the park.