Hesperus and Phosphorous

The early Greeks noted the brightest star of the sky, and because it appeared in the morning before sunrise, they called it Phosphorus, the light bearer. They saw it for only part of the year, and then, for another part of the year, they sighted a bright star in the evening after sunset. This they called Hesperus, the evening star. Eventually, the Greeks bowed to the superior astronomy of the Babylonians and accepted that Hesperus and Phosphorus are one and the same. We recognize this most beautiful star as the planet Venus.

No matter how much anyone knows in any particular field, the time will come that he must bow to a greater source of knowledge. No matter how powerful a person is, there is always one more powerful. In his prediction of the fall of the King of Babylon, the prophet Isaiah addressed him as Lucifer or Day Star—names associated with Venus. Many believe that Isaiah was referring to Satan as well as to the king of Babylon.*

Whether or not that passage speaks of Satan, that great personage also must someday bow to a greater Light. In The Revelation in the New Testament, Jesus refers to himself as the Bright and Morning Star.** Someday, every knee—including Lucifer’s—will bow to him, of those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue will confess him to be Lord.***

* Isaiah 14:4-21
** Revelation 22:16
*** Philippians 2:10-11