Dual prophecy

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Dual prophecy, also known as double reference, is when prophecies refer to more than one person or event, so that one reference does not completely fulfill the prophecy. In the Christian bible, Genesis 3:14-15 is where we find the first occurrence of a double reference, "And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: [15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

The law of interpretation to follow in such passages is to associate only such statements with each individual as it could refer to him. The statement's of Genesis 3:14 could apply only to the serpent and not to Satan. The first part of v15 could apply to both the seed of the serpent and Satan. The last post of v15 could only refer to Christ and Satan.

A simple example of this law in when Jesus addressed Peter as Satan in (Mt 16:22-23). Both Satan and Peter were addressed in the same passage and both were involved in the rebuke. Peter at the moment was being used as a tool of Satan to keep Christ from going to the cross. Primarily, Satan was the one addressed; and so it is in (Genesis 3:14-15) The visible creature is addressed, but the primary reference is to the invisible being.

(Is 14:12-14; Ex 28:11-17; Mt 16:22-23; Mk 5:7-16; Lk 4:33-35, 41) In these and many other passages a visible creature is addressed but certin statements also refer to an invisible person who is using the visible creature as a tool. Thus two person are involved in the same passage or reference. In Isaiah 14 and Exekiel 28 human Kings are addressed, but the statements made are particulay twords Satan. Isaiah 14 speaks to the King of Babylon, but vesre 12 addresses Lucifer (the name means "daystar")"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" Simailarly Ezekiel 28 speaks to the King of Tyre, but verse 11-19 transcends human reference by speaking of the "anointed cherub" who sinned and who was cast out of "the mountian of God." In each case it appears that God addressed a human ruler who is the enemy of Gods people but then used him to represent Satan, the untimate evil ruler who motivated the human king. Supporting this idea are the descriptions of Satan by Jesus and Paul that use imagerey similar to these prophecies: "I saw Satan fill like lightning from heaven" (Luke 10:18); Satan "transforms himself into an angel of light" (I Corinthians 11:14). While the king of Babylon and Tyre are addressed. There are among them statements which could not possibly refer to an earthly man.

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