Conclusions

After all that has been said in this dissertation , it is my view that there are enough facts which justify the interpretation of Isa 14:12-15 and Ezek 28:12-19 as applying to the chief Fallen Angel known as Satan. Besides the fact that these passages offer a description which transcends the earthly or human realm. ( 1 ) They fit an angelic context where a rebellion against God would have occurred. (2) The context of the Isaian passage presents eschatological features and a tension between immediate historical events and a universal event with the text straddling two words. (3) The Isaian Apocalypse shows that the prophet was aware of the sin of angelic beings and their fall , as well as of their punishment. (4) The Book of Isaiah presents a kind of emphasis on the contrast between Babylon and Jerusalem (or Zion) and their final fate — which reinforces the point I am trying to make. In so-called First Isaiah, we find the oppression suffered by the people of God and Jerusalem and a promised happy end in contrast to Babylon's (Assyria's) tyranny and her final defeat and destruction.