NT Framework - Angelic Origin of Sin

We say that the original sin happened in the Garden of Eden by Adam, and yet thinking about this for just a moment we realize that someone else had already sinned. And that sin was the original sin; do you know what it is?

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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner. 

Transcript

Welcome And Setup

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Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.

Ezekiel 28 And The King Behind

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Ezekiel 28, verse 11 is a lament, right? A lament over the king of Tyre. But as you read it, you think, well, this can't be referring simply to the king of Tyre. This has to be referring to someone behind the king of Tyre, the real energizing force behind the king. We read in verse 11, again, the word of the Lord came to me, that's Ezekiel, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord God, you had the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the Garden of God. And you start to think, what? That can't just be the normal king of Tyre. This has to be someone before him, because obviously this king was not in Eden, in the Garden of Eden, as we know it. But someone else was, right? And so we think this is Satan, right? A description of Satan, who was the energizing force behind the king of Tyre and his administration. You know, Tyre is basically where Lebanon is today. Where they're evacuating people now because they're afraid of all these repercussions that are going to result from Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, and their war against Israel. So, I mean, these are hot pockets in the world, and they're still there. And yet at this time, who was behind the king there was Satan, the one who originally was perfect. See? In verse 13, he's describing him, every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, the topaz, the diamond, the barrel, the onyx, the jasper, the lapis lazuli. I mean, he Satan was the crown of God's angelic creation. He was the most beautiful angel ever created. And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and the sockets was in you on the day that you were created. They were prepared. You were the anointed cherub. Do you know what that word anointed means? Messiah. You were the messianic cherub. I mean, talk about a high position. He held the highest position of all the angels. And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God. You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until, and there it is, until unrighteousness was found in you.

Where Sin Really Starts

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By the abundance of your trade, you were internally filled with violence and you sinned. This is the origin of sin. The origin of sin wasn't in the you know Adam, right? The origin of sin took place before Adam. Some people say, Well, uh, if if you ask them, well, how did you know the human race became sinful? Satan did it. That's what they'll say, Satan did it. It's Satan's fault. Well, here's the problem with that answer.

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Whose fault was it that Satan sinned before that? There was nobody there to do anything to tempt him or anything.

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See, it's not Satan's fault that sin entered the human race. It was Adam's fault. Adam should have detected the deception and said no. And he had every capacity to do so. Sin began begins within, okay, it begins inside. And yeah, Adam had as someone who was there tempting him. But Satan didn't. Satan didn't have anyone outside of him tempting him. He just internally, as we'll see in Isaiah 14, was filled with pride. So this is a description of him as he was originally created, and then of course, he was found to have unrighteousness within him. Internally, it says, he was filled with violence.

Isaiah 14 And The Pride Pattern

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Let's turn to Isaiah, because Isaiah turned to the left. Isaiah 14, Isaiah tells us more about this original sin, not the original sin of man. It started in the angelic realm. Isaiah chapter 14. This is a similar type of uh taunt where you have a king involved, but it's really someone behind the king who's who's holding all the cards and making all the plays. You know, the the political powers that be, they're not neutral. They're not spiritually neutral. Ephesians chapter 2s tells us that Satan is at work in the sons of disobedience. It doesn't say he's at work on them, it says he's at work in them. Imagine how much power angels, fallen angels, are exerting through the political rulers of our day. And it's not, it shouldn't be a surprise. I'll talk about some things that are unique, strange things in our world that kind of evidence this when we get to first Kings. But here in Isaiah 14, verse 2.

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No, not verse 2. What's that? Verse 12, sorry.

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Yeah, I'm 10 verses up. Um you have fallen from heaven, O Star of the Morning, Son of the Dawn. This is one of the titles that ironically, this was a title for Satan, Star of the Morning, but if you look in your little footnotes, you'll see that's used again over in Revelation 2 or 3, as a title of the Messiah. He's the star of the morning. But remember, this is talking about the messianic cherub. So he originally held this title. He doesn't hold it anymore. It's now only held by the Messiah. So how you have fallen, O star of the morning, son of the dawn, you have been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations. See, can you write a history of the nations without including Satan in it? Not according to this verse. You could never write that history, because the weakness of the nations is attributed to Satan. But you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven, I will raise my throne above the stars of God, I will sit on the Mount of Assembly in the north recesses of the north, I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, and here it is. This is it. This is the epitome of sin. The epitome of sin is not theft, the epitome of sin is not sexual immorality. The epitome of sin is I will become God.

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I am God. I am ultimate.

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I can transgress my limited creature boundaries and I can become the creator. The creature can become the creator. I will be God, I will set the terms, I will determine my future. No, you won't. We don't do anything like that. Satan tried that. He's the one who first believed that lie. I will make myself like the Most High. Okay, this is the heart of all sin. And you, you, you, you do this. Okay, whenever you sin, what you're trying to do is you're trying to create something by means of your sin. And you're also trying to be free from the consequences of it.

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Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube under Spokane Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.