Why are both Jesus and Satan referred to as the Morning Star? | GotQuestions.org

Today's question is, why are both Jesus and Satan referred to as the Morning Star?

In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective.

Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.

The first reference to the Morning Star as an individual is in Isaiah 14, verse 12.

"'How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!

You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations.'".

The KJV and the NKJV both translate Morning Star as Lucifer, son

of the morning.

It is clear from the rest of the passage that Isaiah is referring to Satan's fall from heaven.

So, in this case, the Morning Star refers to Satan.

In Revelation 22, verse 16, Jesus unmistakably identifies Himself as the Morning

Star.

Why are both Jesus and Satan described as the Morning Star?

It is interesting to note that the concept of the Morning Star is not the only concept that is applied to both Jesus

and Satan.

In Revelation 5, verse 5, Jesus is referred to as the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

In 1 Peter 5, verse 8, Satan is compared to a lion seeking someone to devour.

The point is this, both Jesus and Satan, to a certain extent, have similarities to lions.

Jesus is similar to a lion in that He is the king, He is royal and majestic.

Satan is similar to a lion in that he seeks to devour other creatures.

That is where the similarities between Jesus, Satan, and lions end, however.

Jesus and Satan are like lions in very different ways.

The idea of a bright morning star is a star that outshines all the others, and Jesus is the

one who is called bright.

Satan was a morning star.

Jesus, as God incarnate, the Lord of the universe, is the bright and morning star.

Jesus is the most holy and powerful light in all the universe, so while both Jesus and Satan

can be described as morning stars, in no sense is this equating Jesus and Satan.

Satan is a created being.

His light only extends to the extent that God created him.

Jesus is the light of the world, John 9, verse 5.

Only Jesus' light is bright and self -existent.

Satan may be a morning star, but he is only a poor imitation of the one true bright morning

star—Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

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