The 12th President of the large and wealthy cult wrote, “Long before you were born a program was developed by your creators. …The principal personalities in this great drama were a Father Elohim, perfect in wisdom, judgment, and person, and two sons, Lucifer and Jehovah.” A contemporary of this man wrote, “The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer …this spirit-brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the Savior of mankind.” Finally, one of the modern educators of this cult said, “On first hearing, the doctrine that Lucifer and our Lord, Jesus Christ, are brothers may seem surprising to some, especially to those acquainted with latter-day revelations. But both the scriptures and the prophets affirm that Jesus Christ and Lucifer are indeed offspring of our Heavenly Father and, therefore, spirit brothers. …Both Jesus and Lucifer were strong leaders with great knowledge and influence. But as the First-born of the Father, Jesus was Lucifer’s older brother.” Before going further, we want to ask, “Have you noticed how often these writers affirm the Scriptures teach something, but they never cite the passage?” In the above passage, the writer said both the Scriptures and the Prophets affirm that Jesus Christ and Lucifer are the offspring of God. We ask, “Where is this concept affirmed by either the Scriptures or the Prophets?” We fear these men, like the Sadducees who often challenged Jesus, err not knowing the Scriptures.
The name Lucifer, which means, “day star,” is found only one time in the Scriptures and the Prophets. The only time this word occurs in Holy Writ is Isaiah 14:12. In this passage, Isaiah speaks not of an imaginary son of God, nor does he speak of Satan as so many confused people in the religious world think. The Bible tells us, as clearly as it can be put in human language, that Lucifer is the King of Babylon! God said, to his great prophet Isaiah, “It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve, that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!” (Isaiah 14:3‑4 NKJV). There it is, friends, as plainly as can be announced in human language, God said “take up this proverb against the king of Babylon.” Could it possibly be said more plainly? After the language found above, there is a series of statements made concerning the fall of that mighty world-power that destroyed God’s holy city – Jerusalem.
Using the typical language spoken to oriental monarchs, God called the King of Babylon, day star or Lucifer. When the King of Babylon had fallen, men would ask, “Is this themanwho made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, who made theworldas a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who did not open the house of his prisoners?” Notice, Lucifer was a man whose exploits were carried out in the world. There is not the slightest indication that the name Lucifer is anything other than a metaphor for the King of Babylon, just as the passage says. Someone asks, “Don’t you think Lucifer is Satan?” What I think is of no major importance, but it happens that I think what the Bible says, that Lucifer was the King of Babylon, a man who made the world tremble, and nothing more! What is there in this text that causes men to come up with all the fanciful speculations about Lucifer being a fallen angel, or in the case of the cult of which we speak, the spirit-brother of Jesus Christ?
Dear reader, we appeal to you in the name of all that is holy, in the name of common sense and reason to read your Bibles and accept what they say, and totally ignore the fantastic and outrageous claims of those who claim to be some sort of special spokesperson for God, for they are not!
