In our last blog we covered: What is a demon? Let's recap: A demon is an evil, malevolent spirit being which is the offspring of Satan or the Devil. A spirit being is a creature that can not be seen by the naked eye and has a body mass that can not currently be weighed or measured.
To expand on this thought a little, it has been proposed by many biblical scholars that demons are fallen angels. This is an incorrect teaching. There is and NEVER has been any indication that angels in any form prefer to live inside of a human body. Angels are a being that was created directly by God; this includes all the fallen angels. Angels have the ability to manifest their own human form, so why live in someone else's? Demon's were created and most likely descended directly from Satan and/or his angelic followers. I am not buying into the theory that these creatures are all Nephilim spirits; however I am saying that some of them might be Nephilim spirits just not all of them. They have found other ways to continue to create more demonic spirits. No expert in the field of demonology can say for sure how this is accomplished exactly but as the human population expands it goes without saying that the population of these creatures is also expanding.
The bible says that creatures procreate "each according to its kind" (Genesis 1:24) and this theory seems to have some biblical basis in that Jesus refers to the Pharisees and others that do not understand His words as belonging "to your father, the devil" (John 8:44). I don't think Jesus is referring to the men themselves, but to the spirit beings that were in control of their actions, thoughts and behavior. Jesus refers to others in this way and in other biblical texts seems to be speaking directly to or about something other than the person in which Jesus is directing his dialog.
Really, demonic spirits that inhabit a human's body and have some amount of control over their personalities and behavior is not that far a stretch. Only a few hundred years ago men did not understand cells on a molecular level or particles on a subatomic level, so who is to say that we at some point in our scientific endeavors may come to understand this other dimension of creation that is not visible to our naked eye? The more scientists explore our universe, the depths of our oceans and the intricacies of the human genome; it becomes readily apparent that we have only skimmed the surface of creation. Wouldn't it be nice if we had an x-ray machine that could detect these little parasites and a pill to rid ourselves of them permanently? Just wishful thinking on my part….
Now that we have explored briefly what a demon is, let's continue our discussion as to the universal purpose that drives them to do what they do and why?
We have so far established that demon's are the offspring of Satan and thus are continuing in the hatred of their "father, the devil". If we look a little further into the verse: "And I will put enmity between you [Satan] and the woman, and between your [Satan's] offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." Genesis 3:15
This hatred or "enmity" as the bible calls it was DELIBERATELY PUT THERE BY GOD HIMSELF! I emphasize this point for a reason. This enmity is there so we as God's created creatures would not be lost forever; so that we could still be redeemed. If we would have become at any time Satan's ally in this war for control over heaven, earth and everything in it then we would have, as a race of beings, been relegated to the eternal ash heap of eternal history, or the eternal "outer darkness" as the bible refers to it. Although we are a fallen creature too, we still yet have the divine spark of kindness that sets us apart from these fallen creatures. There is very little that any denomination or faction of Christianity completely agrees upon, but for those experienced in the field of deliverance (or exorcisms as the Catholic Church refers) they are universally in agreement that these creatures that once uncovered and exposed are driven by purely evil motives. They NEVER, EVER at any time have the well being of the person that they inhabit in mind. Their full and complete concern is living and continuing their existence through the person in which they inhabit. What sick and twisted little desire can they fulfill through your flesh? This, quite frankly is their entire game plan. Eventually, as the bible tells us, that Satan comes only to "kill, steal and destroy" (John 10:10) he will eventually take your life. The demon's moving on to the next sorry host, usually a family member since they prefer things familiar.
Join us next time as we continue to uncover the secrets the enemy holds so dear in order to keep you and me and all of us in bondage to his schemes!
My Favorite Headlines:
Among other things….
Sin - the root of America's economic problems (One News Now)
You can take God out of government, schools and even the church, but you can't take God out of us…
Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California (Associated Press)
My how times have changed. Parents once worried about their kids out roaming the streets taking drugs, now the shoe is on the other foot…
Kids' fears for 'rave generation' parents on drugs (Metro/UK)
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