Anti-Catholics are referring to the Exultet in Latin which was recited by a deacon at the Vaticans easter vigil mass and now gone viral saying the Vatican was invoking lucifer. Last part of the Exultet says........May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star: the one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son, who, coming back from deaths domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity, and lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. In Latin....Flammas eius lúcifer matutínus invéniat: ille, inquam, lúcifer, qui nescit occásum. Christus Fílius tuus, qui, regréssus ab ínferis, humáno géneri serénus illúxit, et vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum. it is the word lucifer matutinus that caught the anti-catholics ears... The Exsultet (spelled in pre-1920 editions of the Roman Missal as Exultet) or Easter Proclamation, in Latin Praeconium Paschale, is the hymn of praise sung, ideally by a deacon, before the paschal candle during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass. In the absence of a deacon it may be sung by a priest or by a cantor. It is sung after a procession with the paschal candle before the beginning of the Liturgy of the Word. It is also used in Anglican and various Lutheran churches, as well as other Western Christian denominations. lucifer matuninus here biblically refers to Christ not Satan. The bible says Astrology is not a good thing, yet there are various references to Stars, biggest of all the star of Bethlehem. Lucifer is called The Morning Star (The Bringer of Dawn). I think this is a misinterpretation of both words. Morning - Should be Mourning - As in, to grieve a loss. Star - Not like one in the sky, but like a modern rock star. This makes perfect sense to me. Lucifer is forever mourning his separation from God. He got booted from heaven because he got so full of him he felt like a Rock Star of Heaven and was better than everyone else. What do you think about that idea? It makes more sense than the morning star to me. The Bright Morning Star goes to the misnomer of Lucifer, which is an incorrect title for Satan or the Devil taken from the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12. Were it not for this odd transliteration, Lucifer would not exist as a term in English, and there would be no confusion on the matter. As it is, we need to be careful, I would suggest, in using the term to describe who the Bible calls Satan or the Devil. Most Christians are onto this, yet still the term Lucifer persists. In any case, the morning star is the title of Christ throughout the rest of Scripture. 2Pet 1:19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Rev 2:28 I will also give him the morning star. Rev 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. Since it is clear that Jesus is the Bright Morning Star (even said so Himself) then how should we understand Isaiah 14:12? Isa 14:12-15 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! You said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. This should be understood as a sardonic title for the anti-christ or beast. He claims to be christ, right? He claims to be Messiah, and has his moment under the sun, but comes to be brought low ultimately. Contrast the real Bright Morning Star: He lives humbly, does not boast, is not arrogant, is submissive to the Father... even unto death. Then the Father raises Him to the highest place; in the morning so to speak. Mat 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Jesus lives out the gospel: death first, resurrection second. Satan wants it all now, and will go down ultimately. Satan looks good at night, but goes down in flames in the morning. Jesus is in the tomb, but arises in the morning. Do you see the pattern? Who is your life most like? What are we encouraging in others, to follow Christ in the gospel, or to grab all you can now? The difference is as wide as Jesus and Satan. In any case, Lucifer means morning star, so it should not be used to describe Satan. Jesus is The Morning Star. Satan tries to look like Jesus and supplant Him sometime in the future, perhaps very near future, even claming to be Him. But let us understand the deception and that the true Morning Star told us this in advance through His Apostles and Prophets; and told us to watch out. 2Th 2:3-5 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? A few more verses on the Morning Star, our Jesus Christ: Nu 24:17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a sceptre will rise out of Israel... Mt 2:2 and asked, Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him. Mt 2:7-10 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him. After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Lu 1:76-79 [Zechariah concerning John:] And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace. John 1:7-9 He [John] came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. Isa 9:2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. Mt 4:16 The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. Isa 60:1-2 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. John 8:12 Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. Logically the Devil Satan who was once called morning star would no longer be a morning star since the bible tells us that he was cast into the darkness. 2 Peter 2: 4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment. If Satan was still the morning star how lucky Hell would be for it will no longer be in pits of Darkness. What do you think hell would be as bright as Day if Satan was indeed the Morning Star? Jesus is the true and real Morning Star ( lucifer matutinus in Exultet and 2Pet 1:19 ) and not Satan the fake morning star who cant even lit the pits of Darkness in Hell. 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 5:5, Jesus is referred to as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. In 1 Peter 5:8, 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. Satan, as perhaps the most beautiful creation of God, probably the most powerful of all the angels, was a bright 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 “bright morning stars,” in no sense is this equating Jesus and Satan. Satan is a created being. His light only exists to the extent that God created it. Jesus is the light of the world (John 9:5). Only Jesus’ light is self-existent. Satan may be a bright morning star, but he is only a poor imitation of the one true bright morning star, Jesus Christ, the light of the world.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:45:56 +0000
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