Angels and Demons

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Angels and Demons
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The Names of Angels

• mal'ak
• angelos
• sons of God
• holy ones
• watchers
• spirits
• the assembly
• the heavenly host

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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings

Praise Him, all His angels Praise Him, all His
hosts! Let them praise the name of the Lord, For
He commanded and they were created. Psalm
1482,5
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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings

For by Him all things were created, both in the
heavens and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or
authoritiesall things have been created through
Him and for Him. Colossians 116
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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the
earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, Who
set its measurements?... Or who laid its
cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Job
384-7
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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings

"For in the resurrection they neither marry nor
are given in marriage, but are like angels in
heaven." Matthew 2230
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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings
• They do not marry

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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings
• They do not marry
• They are incredibly numerous

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The Nature of Angels

• They are created beings
• They do not marry
• They are incredibly numerous
• They are immortal

"for they cannot even die anymore, because they
are like angels" Luke 2036
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The Nature of Angels

• They are spiritual beings

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to
render service for the sake of those who will
inherit salvation? Hebrews 114
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The Nature of Angels

• They are spiritual beings

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the powers,
against the world forces of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the
heavenly places. Ephesians 612
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The Nature of Angels

• They are spiritual beings
• but not omnipresent

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The Nature of Angels

• They are spiritual beings
• but not omnipresent
• They are very powerful

And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every
mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp
of the king of Assyria 2 Chronicles 3221
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The Nature of Angels

• They are spiritual beings
• but not omnipresent
• They are very powerful
• but not omnipotent

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The Nature of Angels

• They have great knowledge
• but not omniscient

It was revealed to them that they were not
serving themselves, but you, in these things
which now have been announced to you through
those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy
Spirit sent from heaventhings into which angels
long to look. 1 Peter 112
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The Nature of Angels

• They have great knowledge
• but not omniscient
• They are moral beings with capacity for
  independent choice

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The Nature of Angels

• They have great knowledge
• but not omniscient
• They are moral beings with capacity for
  independent choice
• There are multiple types
• Archangel Jude 9, 1 Thess 416
• Cherubim Ezekiel 1, 28
• Seraphim Isaiah 6

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The Work of Angels

• Worship God Job 387 Rev 5
• Serve God
• Deliver divine messages

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The Work of Angels

• Worship God Job 387 Rev 5
• Serve God
• Deliver divine messages
• Interact with Nations - protect and judge
• Ministered to Jesus Christ
• Minister to believers

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The Work of Angels

• Angelic Ministry to believers

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to
render service for the sake of those who will
inherit salvation? Hebrews 114
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The Work of Angels

• Angelic Ministry to believers
• Physically protect God's people

The king of Aram sent horses and chariots and a
great army there, and they came by night and
surrounded the city. Now when the attendant of
the man of God had risen early and gone out,
behold, an army with horses and chariots was
circling the city. And his servant said to him,
Alas, my master! What shall we do? So he
answered, Do not fear, for those who are with us
are more than those who are with them. Then
Elisha prayed and said, O Lord, I pray, open his
eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the
servants eyes and he saw and behold, the
mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire
all around Elisha. 2 Kings 614-17
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The Work of Angels

• Angelic Ministry to believers
• Physically protect God's people
• Encourage God's people - Paul in Acts 27

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The Work of Angels

• Angelic Ministry to believers
• Physically protect God's people
• Encourage God's people - Paul in Acts 27
• Physically provide for God's people - Elijah in 1
  Kings 19

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The Work of Angels

• Angelic Ministry to believers
• Physically protect God's people
• Encourage God's people - Paul in Acts 27
• Physically provide for God's people - Elijah in 1
  Kings 19
• Lead our spirits to heaven after death - Luke 16

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What about Fallen Angels?
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The Nature of Demons

• Were created "good" - Gen 131
• Simply good angels turned bad through sin
• Identical to angels in nature and powers

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The Fall of Demons

• When?
• After Genesis 131

God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was
very good. And there was evening and there was
morning, the sixth day. Genesis 131
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The Fall of Demons

• When?
• After Genesis 131
• Before Genesis 3

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The Fall of Demons

• When?
• How?

Ezekiel 2812-15 Thus says the Lord God, "You
had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and
perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden
of God Every precious stone was your covering.
You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I
placed you there. You were on the holy mountain
of God You walked in the midst of the stones of
fire. You were blameless in your ways From the
day you were created Until unrighteousness was
found in you."
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The Fall of Demons

• When?
• How?

Ezekiel 2817 "Your heart was lifted up because
of your beauty You corrupted your wisdom by
reason of your splendor."
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The Fall of Demons

• When?
• How?
• Result?

".Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the
eternal fire which has been prepared for the
devil and his angels" Matthew 2541
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The Activity of Demons

• Satan's chief goal is to establish his own
  counterfeit kingdom in opposition to God's
  kingdom.

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The Activity of Demons

• Enslave the human race
• Attack God's people
• Through deception

"You are of your father the devil, and you want
to do the desires of your father. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and does not stand
in the truth because there is no truth in him.
Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
nature, for he is a liar and the father of
lies." John 844
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The Activity of Demons

• Enslave the human race
• Attack God's people
• Through deception
• Through temptation
• Through divisiveness
• Through persecution

"Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you
into prison, so that you will be tested, and you
will have tribulation for ten days" Revelation
210
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The Activity of Demons

• Enslave the human race
• Attack God's people
• Through deception
• Through temptation
• Through divisiveness
• Through persecution

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Implications for Hebrews

• Hebrews 13-6
• Jesus must be truly awesome
• Hebrews 114
• We must really matter to God
• Hebrews 25-8
• We ought to be shocked at the destiny God has
  for us