The Most Mysterious Beings In The Bible

the 10 most mysterious beings in the Bible number one the 24 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 4:1 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 40: 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 40:23 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 27:1 speaks of the Leviathan Isaiah 27:1 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 104: 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 41: 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 3:8 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 3:4 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 7:2 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 14:8 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 14: 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 6: 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 7: 1:4 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 11: 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 11: 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 12: 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 11:28 this being is referred to as the destroyer of the first born surprisingly the original Hebrew text of Exodus 12:23 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 6: 1:2 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 8:3 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 9:1 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 16: 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 10:18 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 14: 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

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