KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

this pagan parade observing, "[T]hat which is offered in sacrifice to idols.. .they sacrifice to devils" I Corinthians 10:19-20. Ancient writings such as the Book of the Secrets of Enoch and the essays of Pythagoras made a distinction between Lucifer and Satan which migrated into the writings of New Age godmother H.P. Blavatsky. The current adoption of her belief that "Lucifer has never been the name of the Devil" has been noted by New Age observers. 1 4 Why then is the world still confused about the Luciferic roots of the New Age. In part this comes about as a result of the New Ager's absurd contention that though Lucifer is lord, he is not Satan. Satan is said to be a figment of the Christian imagination. Lucifer is not Satan. Lucifer is a good angel. 1 5 Marrs, Dark Secrets of the New Age The Lucifer of the New Age is not the Lucifer of the bible. Lucifer is thus misidentified and given a positive image in the New Age.. .New Agers have divorced Satan and Lucifer. Many of them believe that Satan is a myth invented by the church in the Middle Ages.16 Carr, The Lucifer Connection The following definitions from two patently New Age Metaphysical Bible Dictionary: day-star (Lucifer).. .The passage in Isaiah regarding the day-star or Lucifer. . .is supposed to be Satan.. .this is a mistake; the text has no such inference.. .[I]n II Peter 1:19 day-star is symbolic of the Christ lights springing up in individual consciousness.17 The Dictionary of Angels : Lucifer ('light giver') erroneously equated with the fallen angel [Satan] due to a misreading of Isaiah 14:12. . .The name Lucifer was applied by St. Jerome and other Church Fathers. Milton . . .Vondel. . .Blake. . .and Meredith [helped create his wrong identity]. Actually Lucifer. . .is the brightest angel, even the Child of Light.18 dictionaries expose this movement's blatant adoption of Step 2.