Was Satan one of these two anointed ones?
Zechariah 4:12-14 ESV
And a second time I answered and said to him, ‘What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?’ He said to me, ‘Do you not know what these are?’ I said, ‘No, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.’” http://bible.us/Zech4.12.ESV
Do we know who they were/are?
Thanks!
Bekah
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Hi Bekah.
I believe that Satan was one of those cherubs, or something very much like them, even though the names of the heavenly cherubs who hover over God’s heavenly “Mercy Seat” are never revealed. We know that Satan was once in heaven, in God’s very presence. And Ezekiel (28:14) says of Satan, “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth, and I have set thee so. Thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
Logically, we can only say that Satan may have been one of those two especially anointed cherubs stationed at the throne of God, but if we trust our souls to mere human logic, we will likely not believe the Spirit when (instead of using logic) it simple reveals knowledge to us in that sweet “still, small voice” of Jesus.
Daddy