Q. I just watched a video that was posted on (a Christian News Site) in which a Bible scholar researched a passage spoken by the Lord that may have given a clue to the Antichrist’s identity. In Luke 10:18, Jesus said, “And I beheld Satan as lightning falling from the heavens…”. The filmmaker went on to point out, that using the ancient Hebrew text, in the poetry of Isaiah 14, ‘lightning’ means ‘Baraq’, and ‘heavens, or high places’ is Bamah. Then, he explains that a conjuction that the Hebrews would use, is vaw, which would be pronounced ‘U’ or ‘O’. What are your thoughts on this?
A. I think this is a case of someone deciding the outcome first and then looking for a way to justify it. But there is no Biblical justification for tying Isaiah 14which was written in Hebrew together with Luke 10 which was written in Greek. Besides, while barak can mean lightning, bamah means high place, such as a stage or pagan altar. The Hebrew word translated heaven in Isaiah 14:12-13 is shamayim, just like it is in Genesis 1:1 and 395 other paces in the Old Testament. Jesus did not name the anti-Christ in Luke 10:18.
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