Ans. Ezek. 28:22Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: (Ezekiel 28:2) is a description of the King or prince of Tyrus, and the parallel, or symbolism to Satan does not begin until we get to the 12th verse. Here the Spirit of God evidently seizes on the proud monarch of Tyrus to clothe him with a description that evidently goes far beyond the king personally, but gives us a view into the past history of that august, but sinister being-Satan. Another has remarked,
“The higher we climb in the ranks of the great in this world, the nearer we get to the one who is the god and prince of this world,-Satan.”
Ans. God had spoken in the past by prophets, and in these last days by His Son. What a wonderful Person He is! What depths there are to each of the sentences in those chapters.
In the first chapter, we see Christ in deity, and as such He is higher than the angels.
In the second chapter, we see Him in humanity, and there we see Him in a place lower than the angels. What grace! As God, higher than the angels; as Man, lower than the angels.
In chapter 2, redemption is brought in. Had He been only a Man, He could not have redeemed us, but being God He could, but He became a Man.