Elders the Bible describes multitudes of beings that have intrigued a lot of

people for years who are the 24 Elders

beyond our understanding and perception lies a magnificent throne room in heaven

radiant with Divine Light and power this place is extraordinary it’s where the

most powerful being in the universe lives John’s Journey to the island of

Patmos and his subsequent Visions including that of the 24 Elders is one

of the most intriguing episodes in the Bible amidst the wonders of the

supernatural realm a particular presence stands out a circle of 24 elders robed

in white crowned with gold sitting on Thrones encompassing the main Throne who

are these figures why are they here after addressing the seven churches

suddenly John found himself in the very throne room of God he saw God Seated on

a throne there looking like precious gemstones surrounding this Throne were

24 other Thrones and on these Throne sat 24 Elders these Elders wore white robes

with golden crowns on their heads the elders along with the four living

creatures around the throne fell before God casting their crowns before him and

declaring you are worthy O Lord to receive glory and honor and power for

you created all things and by your will they exist and were created Revelation

1 there is no place in the Book of Revelation where the 24 Elders

identities are laid out in detail on the other hand it is highly likely that they

are representatives of the church some people believe that they are Angelic

beings however this is highly unlikely to be the case it is clear that they

Reign alongside Christ because of the fact that they are seated on Thrones it

is proclaimed again and over again that the church rules and reigns with Christ

the Greek word translated as Elders in this context is never used to refer to

Angels it is exclusively used to refer to men who have reached a certain age

and are capable of ruling the church since Angels do not age the term Elder

cannot be attributed to them although angels can be seen wearing white the

color white is more frequently associated with Believers because it represents the righteousness of Christ

that is ascribed to us at Salvation the elders are wearing golden

crowns which indicates that they are not angels angels are never given crowns and

there is no evidence of them ever wearing them the cherubim living creatures serve as a motivation for the

24 Elders to engage in worship because the cherubim worship God at all hours of

the day and night the elders do as well Elders are seen as representatives of

God’s people particularly in the Old Testament they are adorned with the

crowns of Victory and have moved on to the location that their redeemer has

prepared for them number two two the orphy in the Old Testament angels are

referenced 108 times in the book of Exodus Moses

also encountered Angels during the Wilderness wandering what are the

oronym the term ofm in ancient Hebrew refers to Wheels but of particular

interest are the wheels of the Throne of god mentioned in ezekiel’s Vision God

chooses to open the Heavens in front of ezekiel’s temporalized the description

of ezekiel’s inaugural vision is one of the most difficult passages to translate

in the whole Old Testament Ezekiel first tells where he was when he saw the

vision he tried to put into words something that couldn’t be explained clearly he used similes to describe it

comparing it to other things in order to give an idea of what it was like as

Ezekiel notices a forboding dark cloud of lightning and fire approaching from

the north within the cloud there are four lighted beings that shine brightly

before witnessing the orphy Ezekiel Saw creatures that were later identified as

cherubim after seeing the cherubim Ezekiel Saw the wheels like the chariot

wheels the best object for imagining what Ezekiel Saw is a

gyroscope Ezekiel was describing something that could move in any

direction without needing to turn keep in mind that Ezekiel was describing the

Indescribable now as I looked at the living beings behold there was one wheel

on the ground beside the living beings for each of the four of them the

appearance of the wheel and their workmanship was like sparkling topaz and

all four of them had the same form their appearance and workmanship being as if

one wheel were within another whenever they moved they moved in any of their

four directions without turning as they moved as for their rims they were high

and awesome and the rims of all four of them were covered with eyes all around

whenever the living beings moved the wheels moved with them and whenever the living beings Rose from the earth the

wheels Rose also wherever the spirit was about to go they would go in that

direction and the wheels Rose just as they did for the spirit of the living

beings was in the wheels whenever those went they went and whenever those

stopped they stopped and whenever those Rose from the earth the wheels Rose just

as they did for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels

Ezekiel continued to describe the constant interaction between the wheels

and the cherubim wherever the cherubim went the wheels went he reported that

the spirit of God manifested in all that was happening Ezekiel was also seeing

God’s omniscience the multiple eyes he saw represented God’s complete awareness he

sees and knows everything this great book begins with a vision Ezekiel

receives a revelation from God of four Angelic figures in this Vision God calls

the prophet to be his spokesman and Watchmen to the Hebrew Exiles this

vision is the first of four in the book it can be challenging to visualize what

Ezekiel Saw or expressed in this passage the sense is of excellent knowledge and

intelligence ofanim also mentioned similarly in Ezekiel 10 Ezekiel was

meant to understand that God’s Chariot or Chariot Throne was on the move the

image seems bizarre to the modern reader but one must remember that this is a

Visionary experience and surrealistic features May overwhelm

realism number three the Behemoth imagine a fearsome 7 ton

African an elephant charging towards you with its trunk outstretched eyes dilated

and massive post likee legs pounding the Earth there is nothing between you and

him but flat grass and your heart is beating wildly how do you escape what do

you do did you know animals far more fearsome and mighty than African

elephants once roamed the Earth the behemoth we see this great beast in the

Book of Job it all started with a wealthy man named job residing in us

with his extended family and vast flocks he is blameless and upright always

striving to live a moral life he had a very disciplined relationship with God

God extols job’s virtues to Satan but Satan counters that job is only right I

because God has lavished him with favor Satan dares God that if given the

approval to inflict suffering job will change and curse God God allows Satan to

torment job to test this bold claim yet he stops Satan from taking job’s life

job receives four reports in one day each notifying him his sheep servants

and 10 children have all died due to thieving Invaders or natural

disasters amid his suffering job rips his clothes and shaves his head but in

his prayers he continues to praise God Satan reappears in heaven and God gives

him yet another chance to prove job’s worth by testing him job curses his

birthday comparing life and death to light and darkness he wishes that he had

never been born and that his birth had been veiled by Darkness feeling that

life just adds to his Agony he wonders why God assesses People based on their

actions when God can quickly amend or pardon their actions job is perplexed

about how a human being May fully satisfy God’s justice given that God’s

ways are mysterious and Beyond human comprehension job is driven to his

Breaking Point by the ordeal and as a result he becomes resentful anxious and

terrified he laments the Injustice that God lets evil people thrive while he and

many other honest people suffer job wants to face God and protest but cannot

physically find God he thinks wisdom is hidden from Humanity but resolves to

pursue it by fearing God and avoiding evil in the end God decided to intervene

in 36 instances job prayed to God to have a conversation with him his wish

has been granted at this point both occasions on which God communicates with

job occur in the middle of a storm there is much humor in the way that God

addresses him God reminds job that he is the creator of everything he runs

through his excellent activity of creating and sustaining the world asking

job whether he could match this work he finishes by asking whether job is able

to judge telling him that it is impertinent for job to believe that God

should explain himself to him job is made to feel very small eventually job

replies I am unworthy how can I reply to you I put my hand over my mouth I spoke

once but have no answer twice but I will say no more in the second round God doesn’t talk

about himself as Creator but about his creatures the discourse is full of humor

once more he asks job for his thoughts on the Behemoth as though these

Fantastic Beasts hold the answers to Life’s significant issues job

15-9 behold Behemoth which I made as well as you he eats grass like an ox

behold his strength in his waist and his power in the muscles of his belly he

hangs his tail like a cedar the tendons of his thighs are knit together his

bones are tubes of bronze his limbs are like bars of iron he is the first of the

ways of God let his maker bring his sword near previously the focer was more on

the mystery of the animal creation however for now the focus has shifted to

the fear and yet the magnificence of God’s creations the identity of the

Behemoth the Behemoth is one of a handful of Bible creatures that

historians have argued about for quite a while the scholarly Community is still

trying to come to a consensus on many aspects of this creature but they do know two things he was enormous and had

a belly button the evidence of a belly button shows that it is not an animal that lays eggs

we read he eats grass like an ox his power is in his stomach

muscles God seems to take pleasure in describing the Marvel of this

extraordinary creature pointing out its size appetite and behaviors along the

way the picture is clear if job cannot contend with his fellow creature how

could he ever contend with the God who created the Behemoth the Hebrew word behemoth has

the same form as the plural of the Hebrew noun beema meaning Beast is it

possible that such a beast used to roam the Earth with people was Behemoth The

Hippopotamus many people think God had in mind what we would call The

Hippopotamus one of the world’s largest most powerful and most dangerous land

creatures the hippopotamus was definitely known in biblical times

particularly in Egypt the Romans reduced their population due to the harm they

caused the crops even though it’s called a river horse the hippopotamus is more

closely related to pigs than horses the gaping jaws of the hippo provide a

compelling picture or was Behemoth an elephant according to most Bible apologists

Behemoth in Hebrew refers to a four-legged Beast which they believe to

be an elephant those who favor hippopotamuses do so because job

23 talks about the behemoth’s huge mouth drinking up the gushing Jordan

River based on verse 19 it seems that the creature described in job’s story

was too large for the people living during his time to defeat these

descriptions cannot be attributed to any present-day animals throughout recorded

history humans have hunted and killed elephants and domesticated them for various purposes such as work and

warfare for thousands of years when the Book of Job described the Behemoth as

the chief of the ways of God so powerful that only he that made him can make his

sword to approach unto him it was no exaggeration number four the

Leviathan compared to the terrifying and unconquerable power of the Leviathan

man’s pride and Grandeur were nothing to write home about how much more humble is

man in God’s presence and that’s the point neither job nor anyone else has

the right to criticize God’s work the Leviathan is a large aquatic creature of

some kind the Bible describes it as a fearsome Beast with monstrous ferocity

and great power the Hebrew word for Leviathan has the root meaning of coiled

or Twisted Isaiah 21 speaks of the

Leviathan Isaiah 21 on that day the Lord will punish

Leviathan The fleeing serpent with his Fierce and Great and Mighty sword even

Leviathan The Twisted Serpent and he will kill the dragon who lives in the

sea whatever this monster of the sea is or was its strength and wild nature were

well known the beasts in the sea glorify God the Old Testament contains several

mentions of the Leviathan according to most of these passages the Leviathan is

a real creature creature that people knew of although they kept their distance and only knew of it by

reputation rather than sight in Psalm 10 25- 26 God is praised as the one

who created the habitat for the Leviathan in order to combat job’s

inflated image of himself God desired to demonstrate to this man how small he was

in the overall scheme of things by using job as an example job 41 gives the most detail

about Leviathan as an actual sea creature in that chapter God describes

Leviathan emphasizing the animals size strength and viciousness Job 4 1 to5 New American

Standard Bible can you drag out Leviathan with a fish hook and press

down his tongue with a rope can you put a rope in his nose and Pierce his jaw

with a hook will he make many pleas to you or will he speak to you gentle words

will he make a covenant with you will you take him as a servant forever will

you play with him as a bird and tie him down for your young girls this creature

was first mentioned in job 8 May those curse it who curse the day

who are prepared to disturb Leviathan in that context job refers to

how Sailors and fishermen would curse the menacing creature known as Leviathan

similarly with intense emotion job cursed the day he was born usually a

leviathan is considered to be a mythical sea monster or dragon that terrorizes

Sailors and fishermen yet in the context of job 41 God does not seem to to

consider Leviathan to be mythical at all there are differing opinions regarding

the description of Leviathan some suggest that it could be an ancient dinosaur similar to a dragon that may

have survived until the time of job or remained in the memory of humanity

serving as an example for God to refer to on the other hand some believe that

Leviathan is simply a powerful crocodile in this context the purpose of God

providing job with this account of Leviathan is to demonstrate to job how

helpless he is in the face of this creature there is nothing that job can do to stop this powerful creature job

has no chance number five the

cherubim the cherubim are a group of celestial beings created by God they are

the first of the Angelic hierarchy to appear in the Bible immediately following Adam and Eve’s Fall From Grace

Genesis 3 records the events in the Garden of Eden having violated God’s

commandment not to partake of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil it would have been likely for Adam and Eve

to reach out their hands and take also of the tree of life and eat and live

forever as a result they were forced to live their Earthly Paradise but what

would have stopped Adam from going back to the garden and disobeying God again

the answer is given in this verse Genesis

4 so God drove the man out and at the east of the Garden of Eden he

permanently stationed the cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round in every

direction to protect and guard the way entrance access to the Tree of Life

from those two sources in the Bible it appears as though that cherubim’s major

responsibility may be to declare man’s sinfulness and protect the presence of

God from sinful men as much as Adam yearned to return to the Garden of Eden

the cherubim reminded him that he had broken God’s law the high priest of

Israel would be allowed into the holy of holies once a year to gaze upon the

Mercy Seat I’m sure he must have felt on each occasion I don’t belong here in the Holy

presence of God for I am a sinner cherubim are real and Powerful

beings however the cherubim in the Bible were often representative of heavenly

things they were integrated into the design of the Ark of the Covenant and

the Tabernacle at God’s command the Cherub shown in Ezekiel 10 as having not

only wings and hands but also being full of Eyes encompassed by Wheels within

Wheels however Ezekiel also paints a gloomy tone in chapter 10 and the

cherubim provides a hint the cherubim did more than protect God’s Most Holy

place from those who had no right to be there they also assured the high

priest’s right to enter the holy place with blood as the people’s mediator with

God cherubim will not refuse the humblest Christian access to the throne

they assure us that we can come boldly because of Christ’s work on the cross

the veil in the temple has been rent The Morning Star the book of Isaiah 14 introduces us

to a being known as Lucifer Lucifer literally means the the one who delivers

light in Latin the word is translated as Dawn star in Hebrew Lucifer was depicted

as a brilliant shining and wonderful deity in all languages number six

melchisedek now we discuss the only human on our list there is no character

in the Bible that is more mysterious than the person of melchisedek when we first meet him he is

living in the time of Abraham even the name itself melchisedek carries with it

an air of mystery he makes a quiet entrance into the cannon of scripture

who is he why is there much discussion about him he is mentioned in both the

Old and New Testaments why our epic Story begins with a man called

Abraham the true meaning of his name many of us are unfamiliar with how names

operate in Hebrew and the Bible names in the Bible are not only descriptive they

also carry Authority in them for example the name God gave to Adam meant of the

Earth this described what Adam was produced from a name can sometimes

relate to the nominees role in the biblical narrative as in the case of nabal a foolish man whose name means

fool names in the Bible can represent human hopes and divine Revelations or are used

to illustrate prophecies so what does the name mized mean the name mzc has a

significant meaning in Hebrews 2 it means king of righteousness or

the king is righteous this name implies that the person with this name is just and fair

in his dealings it is a fitting name for a ruler or leader who upholds Justice

and righteousness in his kingdom melchisedek is used to explain the

mysteries of Jesus just as melchisedec is the king of Peace Jesus is also the

king of Peace in Isaiah’s prophecy about the coming Messiah he says the second

piece of information about melchisedek that can be discovered in Genesis 14

that he presented Abraham with Bread and Wine priest of the most high God Genesis

18 tells us that he was a priest of God most high according to the holy

scriptures there is only one God who is most high this title belongs to The God

Who Abraham worshiped he alone ruled over all gods and was the one to whom

all gods were to bow to their knees the priesthood that melchisedek held came

before the priesthood that Aaron and the Levites held melchisedek blesses Abraham

by God most high melchisedek acknowledged in Genesis 1 20 that the

most high God had given Abraham the capacity to defeat Abraham’s foes the

order and mystery of mzc is used to explain Jesus the man that had no

beginning and no end the interesting insight into melchisedek is that he is

never given a beginning or an end this priesthood of melchisedek was a

priesthood that would continue until the end of time melchisedek in the New

Testament the reference to melchisedek in the New Testament is in Hebrews this

chapter draws comparisons between the priesthood of the Old Testament and the

priesthood that the Lord Jesus holds now Hebrews 20 where Jesus has entered as

a forerunner for us having become a high priest forever according to the order of

melchisedek the tithe to malized Hebrews 7 provides us with more

information about melchisedek than any other passage in the Bible the writer

Narrows our Focus to to a specific incident during Abraham and melchisedek

encounter Hebrews 4 for this melchisedek king of Salem

priest of the most high God met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the

Kings and blessed him and Abraham gave him a tenth of all the spoil he is first

of all by the translation of his name king of righteousness and and then he is

also king of Salem which means king of peace without any Accord of father or

mother nor ancestrial line without any record of beginning of days birth nor

ending of Life death but having been made like the Son of God he remains a

priest without interruption and without successor now pause and consider how

great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the

spoils Abraham is considered to be the father of the Israelites the people of

God held him in high regard because of his role in spite of this Abraham

submitted to malized de’s Authority and gave him a tenth of the plunder from the

battle as great as Abraham was he bowed the knee to

melchisedek his genealogy we learn in verse three that melchisedek was without a father mother

or genealogy having neither beginning of days nor end of life you should also

take note of the fact that melkisedek resembled the Son of God this is a very

significant point to make it demonstrates to us that he is a type of

an even greater priest the Lord Jesus his city the city of peace

prophetically pictured in Lord Jesus’s work that brought us peace Abraham demonstrated his

acceptance of melchisedec’s priesthood by presenting the tenth of all that he

had to God it is clear from verses 9 and 10 that Abraham was a type of the future

levitical priesthood that is about to be established number seven the Death

Angel The Death Angel we may have heard of the angel of death but what about a

death angel is there a distinction between the two we see this chapter

appear in Exodus for those knowledgeable about the angel of death because the

Egyptians declined to set free the enslaved Israelites God sent several

plagues upon them the worst of which was the last plague the last plague involves

the angel of death Exodus 1 1-2 then the Lord said to Moses I will

bring yet one more plague on pharaoh and on Egypt after that he will let you go

when he lets you go he will most certainly drive you out of here completely speak so that all of the

people of Israel may hear and tell every man to ask from his neighbor and every

woman to ask from her neighbor articles of silver and articles of

gold Moses returned to the Royal Chambers for one last interview with the

King Exodus 1 4 to5 then Moses said thus says the Lord

at midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt and all the firstborn in

the land The Pride hope and joy of Egypt shall die from the first born of pharaoh

who sits on his throne to the first born of the slave go who is behind the hand

Mill and all the firstborn of cattle as well there had been wars in the past and

there would be wars in the future Egypt had just experienced nine plagues and

more national disasters were on the way but there would never be another shock

wave of grief like this one as in previous disasters the Hebrew population

would be spared there will be an exodus I am going to visit Egypt God said

tonight I will invade every home where there is no blood on the door but There

Will Be Blood on my people’s doorways and they will be spared that night history was made

because the people believed God’s man and followed God’s plan as a result the

Lord told them Pharaoh refused to comply as a result he exposed himself and his

to the Lord’s wrath the night nobody slept Exodus 1

29-30 now it happened at midnight that the Lord struck every firstborn in the

land of Egypt from the firstborn of pharaoh who sat on his throne to the

firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of the cattle Pharaoh got up in the night he

and all his servants and all the Egyptians and there was a great Cry Of

Heartache and sorrow in Egypt for there was no house where there was not someone

dead he keeps his word the destroying Angel overlooked no one who wasn’t

prepared not even the king the slimy Fingers of Death plagued like an awful

Affliction but it didn’t touch one of God’s people the word of God tells us

there wasn’t a residence in EG Egypt where someone had not died think of it

what a shattering night that was my mind cannot fully conceive it what a night a

large crowd marched through the streets toward the Border while the muffled

whales and cries of the bereaved Egyptians echoed through the

darkness the angel of death is another name for the destroying Angel God used

Angelic beings Heavenly Messengers es of some kind on numerous occasions to bring

judgment to Sinners on Earth this being is referred to as a destroying angel in

various Bible translations there is no clear biblical evidence that any one Angel was

designated as a destroying angel or an angel of death the most we can say is

that references to a destroying angel in the Bible or to a Heavenly being or

beings who came to destroy destroy those under God’s judgment instead of Destroyer some

translations use Angel of Death Or Death Angel in Hebrews

128 this being is referred to as the destroyer of the first born surprisingly

the original Hebrew text of Exodus 123 makes no Mention Of An Angel it

simply states that the Destroyer the spoiler or the one who causes harm will

slay Egypt’s firstborn Psalm 78 describes the plagues

in Egypts and summarizes them as God’s unleashing a band of destroying Angels

the Hebrew word for Angel is used here but it does not refer to a specific

Angel God also sent a destroying Angel a Heavenly messenger who brought

destruction to judge the Israelites as a result of David’s sin in numbering the

people from that morning until the end of time alloted the Lord sent a plague

on Israel and 70,000 people died from Dan to

basiba when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem the Lord

relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the

people enough withdraw your hand the angel of the Lord was then at the

threshing floor of Aruna the jebusite when David saw the angel

striking down the people he said to the Lord I have sinned number eight

seraphim what are seraphim seraphim are Divine beings who were created by God to

serve and worship these six winged Angelic creatures are constantly present

at God’s Throne the prophet Propet Isaiah tells us that the seraphim are

six-winged fiery Angels who surround God as he sits upon his exalted throne and

to worship God continually Isaiah 6 the seraphim also ministers to the Lord and

serves as his agents of purification as demonstrated by their cleansing of

Isaiah’s sins before he began his prophetic Ministry the prophet Isaiah

tells us that the sarap are six-winged fiery Angels who surround God as he sits

upon his exalted throne and who worship God continually Isaiah 6 the seraphim

also ministers to the Lord and serves as his agents of purification as

demonstrated by their cleansing of Isaiah’s sins before he begins his prophetic Ministry the term sarim

appears in the Bible only in Isaiah chapter 6 Isaiah Sig is the only passage

in the Bible that uses the term seraphim which means the fiery ones Isaiah

describes his intense vision of God’s Heavenly Court in that biblical chapter

the prophet specifically saw God Seated on an exalted Throne surrounded by

flying angels known as sarim the implication is that these attendant

angels are enamored with God the seraphim appear to be humanlike as

Isaiah describes them as having faces feet hands and

voices Isaiah 2 Amplified Bible in the year that King Uzziah died

I saw in a vision the Lord sitting on a throne high and exalted with the train

of his Royal robe filling the most holy part of the temple above him seraphim

Heavenly beings stood each one had six wings with two Wings he covered his face

with two Wings he covered his feet and with two Wings he flew these angels may

appear to be burning flames the term sarap is derived from the Hebrew verb

sarup which means to literally burn with fire or more specifically to destroy

with fire the name may also allude to the seraphim’s function as purification

agents God created seraphim as sinless creatures but they are not to be

confused with God the significance of the seraphim’s close proximity to God

combined with their revelatory praise cannot be overstated when the seraphim

says the whole earth is full of his glory they are giving a firsthand

account of what they see from Heaven’s Apex we can see from the seraphim’s

supernatural perspective that God’s glory is infinite indescribably valuable

and so powerful that it cannot be contained in a single realm his glory

bursts through Heaven unfolds through the spiritual realm and overflows into

the entire Earth this revealed Glory allows us to catch a sacred glimpse of a

holy God to be holy means to be distinguished and revered this Thrice

invocation of the word holy to describe God’s sacred nature appears only twice

in the Bible both times by angels to someone transported in a vision to God’s

throne and if the pure and holy seraphim show such reverence in the presence of

the Lord how much more should we sinful creatures approach him the Angel’s

reverence for God should remind us of our own arrogance when we rush thoughtlessly into re

into his presence as we frequently do because we do not understand his

Holiness in Revelation 4 John’s vision of God’s Throne was similar to that of

Isaiah in reverence and awe of the Holy One living creatures gathered around the

throne Cried Out holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty the seraphim also ministered to

God and serve as his agents of purification when Isaiah noticed the

Heavenly seraphim covering themselves before God to admit their unworthiness

before the Lord he became aware of his own mortal sinfulness and feared for his

life at that point one of the seraphim took a burning coal with tongs from the

altar brought it to Isaiah and placed it on his lips the Sara assured Isaiah that

his guilt is taken away and his sin atoned for as a result of this

act number nine demons demons are personal beings it is

clear that demons have the attributes of Personality both Christ and the demons

themselves use the first person pronouns I me and your when referring to one

another the Demonic Spirit within the possessed man not the man himself was

responsible for this demonic possession occurs when a demonic Spirit resides in a human body and

Exhibits its own personality through the host body’s personality fortune telling supposedly

harmless occult practices spiritism and other practices open the door to

deception for believers and real demonic danger for unbelievers people frequently become

involved in the occult or demonic things because something there appears to work

unfortunately it is not something at work but someone at work a demonic

Spirit we can say that demons want to occupy bodies for the same reason the

desecrator wants a spray can a body is a weapon they can use to attack God demons

also attack men because they despise the image of God in man so they try to Mar

that image by desecrating man and making him hideous demons have the identical

purpose in Christians which is to wreck the image of God but their tactics are

limited in regards to Christians demonic spirits were disarmed by Jesus’s work on

the cross though they can both trick Christians binding them with unbelief demons also have personal names

Jesus asked the demon what is your name Luke 3 30 Amplified Bible then

Jesus asked him what is your name and he answered Legion because many demons had

entered him Jesus most likely asked the name of the demon so that he could

understand the full scope of the problem knowing that man was filled with many demons not just one we should note that

Legion is not a name it was evasive threatening and intimidating number three speech

in communication speech demonstrates personality demons conversed with Christ

and Christ spoke with the demons They begged him not to send them into the abyss the demons who inhabited this man

did not want to be imprisoned in the abyss which is the bottomless pit described in Revelations

1 it appeared to be a place of confinement for certain demonic spirits

demons exercised will and appealing to to Christ not to cast them into the abyss but to permit them to enter the

swine Christ’s authority to them is essentially a demand of his will over

theirs an order they had to obey demons have

intelligence demons were aware of the identity of the Lord Jesus one of them

acknowledged Paul and the ministry he was leading to a slave girl the spirit

also allowed her to determine confidential information through Fortune telling or

divination acts 1 16-17 New American Standard Bible it

happened that as we were going to the place of prayer a slave woman who had a

spirit of divination met us who was bringing great profit to her Masters by

fortune telling she followed Paul and DUS and cried out repeatedly saying

these men are Bond Servants of the most high God who are proclaiming to you a

way of Salvation demons are Spirit beings demons are disembodied Spirits

they are utterly devoid of any kind of material shape whatsoever demons belong to the spirit

world and their only manifestation is the problems they cause some are eviler

than others the Bible speaks of grades of wickedness among the demons Jesus

said Jesus was dying driving out a demon when the demon left the word of God

tells us that though Satan had bound people Jesus revealed his authority by

conquering his evil forces freeing captives and dividing Satan’s

plunder number 10 Lucifer a personality referred to as

Lucifer appears in Isaiah 14 Lucifer’s Latin root means one who

brings light while the Hebrew translation is morning star Lucifer was

depicted as a radiant shining and Majestic being in any language he was a

high ranking Angel Lucifer was one of the God’s main angels and Michael and

Gabriel in God’s Heavenly hosts however at some point Lucifer made a grave error

he challenged God Luke 18 he said to them I watched Satan fall

from Heaven like a flash of lightning as a master of slander or

taale bearing he continues to seek to undermine various forms of authority

that God has established in both the church and the world when Lucifer was

cast out of Heaven he did not stop his Rebellion but he continued it by setting

up a kingdom of his own in opposition to God’s Kingdom om Lucifer’s heart was

lifted up in Pride because of his Beauty and this was the reason that he was cast

out of the Mountain of God what was Lucifer’s initial motivation what was the original sin

Pride the original sin was done in heaven not on Earth it wasn’t alcohol

intoxication it wasn’t adultery it wasn’t even lying it was a matter of

Pride it is still the most lethal of all sins many churchgoers would never dream

of committing adultery or getting drunk but they are readily seduced into Pride

without recognizing how harmful it is Lucifer was so lovely that he got proud

of himself his pride finalized the transformation from Lucifer to Satan God

gave Lucifer his Power Authority Beauty and wisdom all those were gift gifts

from God yet Lucifer’s wrong attitude turned them into instruments for his own

destruction I am shocked to realize that men and women called and equipped by God

are still today making the same tragic error that Lucifer made in Isaiah 1

12-15 the prophet analyzes the motive behind Lucifer’s Rebellion Lucifer’s

desire was to be on the same footing with God God he imagined himself to be so intelligent beautiful and Majestic

that he allegedly thought to himself I could be God according to scripture

Lucifer undermined the Loyalty of onethird of God’s angels and lured them

into his rebellion and fall biblical Scholars generally agree that Lucifer

was in charge of orchestrating Heaven’s worship he was a musical master who

continues to ize music and enchant people to this day Lucifer had been in

charge of God’s sanctuary in heaven he was in charge of the religious Services

he was the Cherub who guarded the location where God’s presence showed itself he was in charge of the music he

was an artist he had a lot of success he then rebelled and fell Pride the battle

lines are drawn he was sent down from God’s presence after after becoming prideful of his wisdom and beauty and

after devising his plotted Rebellion against God his treacherous Angels were

also cast down with him Lucifer was perhaps the wisest and most beautiful of

all God’s creatures but scripture says his heart was lifted up the fall of

Lucifer Satan Started From Within before it led to his

fall Satan’s Counterattack Satan the already fallen

angel the enemy of God and of man retaliated he had particular emnity

against man for two reasons first of all he could attack God’s image in man you

see man visibly represented God to the rest of creation Satan could not touch

God himself but he could make war against the very image of God within man

his Delight was to defile that image to destroy it to humiliate it and to that

end he worked

tirelessly