KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

Prior to the "falling away" and apostasy of this current generation of scholars, there was a general consensus that Christ alone was the day star. The old Commentary: Critical and Explanatory of the Old Testament by Robert Jamieson foretold the current name game. Daystar: a title truly belonging to Christ and hereafter to be assumed by antichrist. Likewise timeworn (1913) The Pulpit Commentary: Isaiah by

H.D.M. Spence states:

[T]he title daystar is truly Christ's but will be confiscated by the antichrist of whom Babylon is a type and mystical Babylon is a forerunner. And Satan will assume it, who is the spirit that energizes the heathen world power Babylon, that now energizes the apostate church and shall at last energize the secular antichrist. . .and his champion the false prophet.

Stages Of Initiation

The first step in Satan's public relations campaign was to remove his name from the indictment in Isaiah 14, which is the only historical non-fictional documentation of his true nature. Evidently it was much easier to excise the one word "Lucifer," than to retain it and replace the remaining verses of chapter 14 with the compliments he has currently deceived New Age leaders into penning. New Age and esoteric literature is replete with references to levels of initiation as a part of their theory of the evolution of consciousness. Overheard on one of my infrequent research visits to the local New Age bookstore was the comment by the owner to a customer selecting a book, "I don't know if you are ready for that; you'd better start with something that doesn't shock a beginner." Expectedly, there are a number of different levels of esoteric understanding among New Agers regarding the identity of Lucifer and Satan. The following five steps represent Satan's progressive and gradual image-transforming campaign.