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Real Battle Though-out History

• Eph 612 For we wrestle not against flesh and
  blood, but against principalities, against
  powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
  this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
  places.

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• Battle continues today
• Rather than ignore that this battle exists, or
  to neglect our study of this biblical wonder, why
  not study and learn all we can about these
  creatures so we are better prepared in regard to
  victory and defeat.
• Is the world correct in what it says
• We will search the scriptures for evidence and
  truth

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What are

• Hebrew from MALAK 213 times meaning messenger
  in the Old Testament
• Greek from ANGELOS 186 times meaning messenger
• At times messengers were sent by men and God
• 2 Sam 25 And David sent messengers unto the
  men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed
  be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this
  kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have
  buried him.

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• Luke 722 Then Jesus answering said unto them,
  Go your way, and tell John what things ye have
  seen and heard how that the blind see, the lame
  walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the
  dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is
  preached.
• 24 And when the messengers of John were departed,
  he began to speak unto the people concerning
  John,
• Hag 113 Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger
  in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I
  am with you, saith the Lord.
• Matt 118 For this is he, of whom it is written,
  Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
  which shall prepare thy way before thee.

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• There are also divine messengers
• Celestial or spirit beings from Heaven
• Gen 321-2 And Jacob went on his way, and the
  angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw
  them, he said, This is God's host and he called
  the name of that place Mahanaim.
• Luke 213-15 And suddenly there was with the
  angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising
  God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest,
  and on earth peace, good will toward men.
• 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone
  away from them into heaven, the shepherds said
  one to another, Let us now go even unto
  Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to
  pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
• Today we will focus on the messengers from
  Heaven

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Nature of Angels Spirit Beings

• Like God, angels are spirits do not have
  physical bodies
• Heb 114 Are they not all ministering spirits,
  sent forth to minister for them who shall be
  heirs of salvation?
• John 424 God is a Spirit and they that
  worship him must worship him in spirit and in
  truth.
• Luke 2439 Behold my hands and my feet, that it
  is I myself handle me, and see for a spirit
  hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
• But they could see Angels Could they see Jesus
  here

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• Angels like God could appear in bodily form
• 1 Tim 316 And without controversy great is the
  mystery of godliness God was manifest in the
  flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,
  preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the
  world, received up into glory.
• Ezek 91 He cried also in mine ears with a loud
  voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over
  the city to draw near, even every man with his
  destroying weapon in his hand. 2 And, behold,
  six men came from the way of the higher gate,
  which lieth toward the north, and every man a
  slaughter weapon in his hand and one man among
  them was clothed with linen, with a writer's
  inkhorn by his side and they went in, and stood
  beside the brasen altar. 3 And the glory of the
  God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,
  whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house.
  And he called to the man clothed with linen,
  which had the writer's inkhorn by his side

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• 4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the
  midst of the city, through the midst of
  Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of
  the men that sigh and that cry for all the
  abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 5
  And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye
  after him through the city, and smite let not
  your eye spare, neither have ye pity 6 Slay
  utterly old and young, both maids, and little
  children, and women but come not near any man
  upon whom is the mark and begin at my sanctuary.
  Then they began at the ancient men which were
  before the house. 7 And he said unto them,
  Defile the house, and fill the courts with the
  slain go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew
  in the city. 8 And it came to pass, while they
  were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell
  upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God!
  wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in
  thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

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• 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house
  of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the
  land is full of blood, and the city full of
  perverseness for they say, The Lord hath
  forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not. 10
  And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare,
  neither will I have pity, but I will recompense
  their way upon their head. 11 And, behold, the
  man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by
  his side, reported the matter, saying, I have
  done as thou hast commanded me.

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God Had Angels Visit Men

• Gen 182 And he lift up his eyes and looked,
  and, lo, three men stood by him and when he saw
  them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and
  bowed himself toward the ground, ( angels ate
  bread, Jesus fish )
• Luke 244 And it came to pass, as they were much
  perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by
  them in shining garments
• 23 And when they found not his body, they came,
  saying, that they had also seen a vision of
  angels, which said that he was alive.
• John 2012 And seeth two angels in white sitting,
  the one at the head, and the other at the feet,
  where the body of Jesus had lain.

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Angels were Holy Beings

• Pure, blameless, upright, sinless
• Matt 2531 When the Son of man shall come in his
  glory, and all the holy angels with him,
• Mark 838 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed
  of me and of my words in this adulterous and
  sinful generation of him also shall the Son of
  man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of
  his Father with the holy angels.
• Called, saints Deut 332, sons of God Job 16,
  21 and holy ones Dan 413, 23.

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Angels were unlike God in this ..

• God cannot be tempted
• James 113 Let no man say when he is tempted,
  I am tempted of God for God cannot be tempted
  with evil, neither tempteth he any man
• Angels can be tempted
• 2 Peter 24 For if God spared not the angels
  that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and
  delivered them into chains of darkness, to be
  reserved unto judgment

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Angels in Scripture Were Always.

• Men- never women, not even once
• Remember the first slide, portraying an Angel as
  a woman, as in many things that man does, it is
  incorrect. In every Bible instance, an Angel is
  a man

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Angels in Scripture Were Always.

• Immortal- Angels cannot die
• Luke 2036 Neither can they die any more for
  they are equal unto the angels and are the
  children of God, being the children of the
  resurrection.
• Angels are ageless and immortal
• They are not corruptible or subject to decay
• 1 Cor 1549-50 And as we have borne the image
  of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of
  the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that
  flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
  God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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Angels in Scripture Were Always.

• Innumerable great number, 10,000, 12 Legions or
  72,000, Daniel John witnessed 10,000 X 10,000
  100 million Angels
• Heb 1222 But ye are come unto mount Sion,
  and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
  Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
  angels,
• no baby angels no marriages- all males, no
  need, host already present very powerful host
  Psa 6817

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Angels in Scripture Were Always.

• Powerful they destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
• Gen 1913 For we will destroy this place,
  because the cry of them is waxen great before the
  face of the Lord and the Lord hath sent us to
  destroy it.
• Killed 185,000 Assyrians
• 2 Kings 1935 And it came to pass that night,
  that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in
  the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore
  and five thousand and when they arose early in
  the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
• Angel delivered Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
  from the fiery furnace (Dan 3) and deliver Daniel
  from the mouths of the Lions (Dan 6) and freed
  Peter from prison (Acts 12 16).
• They will come with Jesus in Flaming Fire at
  Judgment (2Thess 1)

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Angels in Scripture Were Always.

• Supersonic very, very fast
• Their appearance and disappearance before men
  was sudden and unexpected
• Judg 612 And the angel of the Lord appeared
  unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with
  thee, thou mighty man of valour. (Gideon)
• Judg 133 And the angel of the Lord appeared
  unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now,
  thou art barren, and bearest not but thou shalt
  conceive, and bear a son. (Sampsons Mother)
• Dan 921 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer,
  even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
  vision at the beginning, being caused to fly
  swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening
  oblation.

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• Even though swift, nothing in the Bible proves
  that Angels had wings save the Cherubim and
  Sepharim
• Ezek 1 10 Isa 62, Rev 48
• Angels are not omnipresent like God Psa 1397,
  Jer 2324, their abilities are limited
• Dan 10 talks of Michael your prince, appeared to
  him in a vision during his fast to give him
  strength vs 1-21
• Intelligent with a free will

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• Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their
  first estate, but left their own habitation, he
  hath reserved in everlasting chains under
  darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
• The majority of Angels love and obey God
• Ps 10320-22 Bless the Lord, ye his angels,
  that excel in strength, that do his commandments,
  hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless
  ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ye ministers of
  his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord,
  all his works in all places of his dominion
  bless the Lord, O my soul.

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What is a

• Three words in Hebrew (OT) referring to demons
• SHEDIM - Deut 3217 They sacrificed to demons,
  not to God, To gods they did not know, To new
  gods, new arrivals That your fathers did not
  fear.
• SAYIR Harry Goat Demon - Lev 177 They shall
  no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after
  whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a
  statute forever for them throughout their
  generations."'
• 2 Chron 1115 Then he appointed for himself
  priests for the high places, for the demons, and
  the calf idols which he had made.

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What is a

• Three words in Hebrew (OT) referring to demons
• LILITH Night Monster A female goddess known
  as a night demon who haunts the desolate places
  of Edom - Isa 3414 The wild beasts of the
  desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of
  the island, and the satyr shall cry to his
  fellow the screech owl also shall rest there,
  and find for herself a place of rest.

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What is a

• In the Greek (NT) - 3 words that refer to
  demonic spirits
• DAIMON 5X DAIMONION- 60X Supernatural spirit
  of a bad nature Matt 831 So the demons
  begged Him, saying, "If You cast us out, permit
  us to go away into the herd of swine."
• Matt 932-33 As they went out, behold, they
  brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed.
  33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute
  spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, "It
  was never seen like this in Israel!"

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What is a

• PONEROS 77X Evil, wicked, bad
• Luke 721 And that very hour He cured many of
  infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits and
  to many blind He gave sight.
• Luke 82 and certain women who had been healed
  of evil spirits and infirmities Mary called
  Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,
• Acts 1912-13 So that from his body were brought
  unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the
  diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits
  went out of them. 13 Then certain of the
  vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call
  over them which had evil spirits the name of the
  Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom
  Paul preacheth

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What is a

• AKATHARTOS 33X - Unclean or impure
• Matt 101 And when he had called unto him his
  twelve disciples, he gave them power against
  unclean spirits, to cast them out
• Matt 1243 When the unclean spirit is gone
  out of a man, he walketh through dry places,
  seeking rest, and findeth none.
• Luke 433 And in the synagogue there was a man,
  which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried
  out with a loud voice,

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While the Devil is a demon, there is only one
devil who is Satan!

• Rev 202 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old
  serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound
  him a thousand years,

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What is a

• Not disembodied spirits of dead people
  (spirits of wicked people), those who died
  untimely deaths or committed suicide.
• Not disembodied spirits of a pre Adamic race
  corrupted by Satan. This theory not biblical
  truth, of a former creation before our earth
  (based on the gap theory) of another creation
  occurring between Gen 12 and Gen 12
• Not from the offspring of angels and earthly
  women. The theory is sons of God (Angels) that
  married earthly women and bore giants and they
  died in the flood whose wicked spirits live on.

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What is a

• Best Scriptural Explanation Demons are fallen
  Angels
• 2 Peter 24 For if God spared not the angels that
  sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered
  them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto
  judgment
• Jude 16 And the angels which kept not their
  first estate, but left their own habitation, he
  hath reserved in everlasting chains under
  darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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What is a

• SATANS ANGELS The Devil departed from the
  truth and other angels, evidently following his
  lead also sinned.
• John 844 Ye are of your father the devil, and
  the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
  murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
  truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
  speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own for he is
  a liar, and the father of it.

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• Rev 127-11 And there was war in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought against the dragon and the
  dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed
  not neither was their place found any more in
  heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out,
  that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
  which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out
  into the earth, and his angels were cast out with
  him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in
  heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and
  the kingdom of our God, and the power of his
  Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast
  down, which accused them before our God day and
  night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of
  the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony and
  they loved not their lives unto the death.

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• The Devil is portrayed as being the evil one in
  command of these fallen angels for they are
  called his angels.
• Matt 2541 Then shall he say also unto them on
  the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
  everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
  angels
• Rev 127-9 And there was war in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought against the dragon and the
  dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed
  not neither was their place found any more in
  heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out,
  that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
  which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out
  into the earth, and his angels were cast out with
  him.

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• He is prince of demons
• Matt 1224 But when the Pharisees heard it, they
  said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but
  by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
• Luke 1115 But some of them said, "He casts out
  demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.
• Demons and the angels of Satan are one in the
  same
• both are under Satans rule
• both angels and demons are spirits Heb 114, Lk
  433
• both are dedicated to practicing evil Rev 127-9
  Lk 721

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The Nature of

• Spiritual beings evil spirits and demons
  used interchangeably
• Heb 114 Are they not all ministering spirits,
  sent forth to minister for them who shall be
  heirs of salvation?
• Often called evil spirits or unclean spirits
• Mark 311 And unclean spirits, when they saw
  him, fell down before him, and cried, saying,
  Thou art the Son of God.
• Luke 433-34 And in the synagogue there was a
  man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and
  cried out with a loud voice, 34 Saying, Let us
  alone what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
  of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know
  thee who thou art the Holy One of God.
• A spirit does not have flesh and bones Lk 2439

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The Nature of

• Unholy beings opposite of angels or unholy
  angels
• Unclean in a moral sense unclean in thought or
  life
• Matt 101 And when he had called unto him his
  twelve disciples, he gave them power against
  unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
  all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
• They are sinister in nature, responsible for the
  evils of sorcery, idolatry, witchcraft and the
  spiritual destruction of mankind.

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The Character of

• Since they are unholy angels or fallen angels
  they have many of the same characteristics
• Males, immortal, powerful, fast, intelligent
• Demons are not said to be innumerable as angels
• It is probable that only one-third fell away
• Even though Satans demons are powerful, they
  are no match for the Lord and his angels.
• Rev 127-8 And there was war in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought against the dragon and the
  dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed
  not neither was their place found any more in
  heaven.

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• Rev 121-4 And there appeared a great wonder in
  heaven a woman clothed with the sun, and the
  moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of
  twelve stars 2 And she being with child cried,
  travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
  3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven
  and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads
  and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
  4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars
  of heaven, and did cast them to the earth and
  the dragon stood before the woman which was ready
  to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon
  as it was born.

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The Character of

• Demons have a strong desire to harm and even
  destroy man.
• In Jesus time on the earth, demons had an
  insatiable desire to inhabit the bodies of people
  and afflict them and destroy them.
• Matt 1243-45 When the unclean spirit is gone
  out of a man, he walketh through dry places,
  seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he
  saith, I will return into my house from whence I
  came out and when he is come, he findeth it
  empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he,
  and taketh with himself seven other spirits more
  wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell
  there and the last state of that man is worse
  than the first. Even so shall it be also unto
  this wicked generation.

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The Character of

• Demon possession leads people to commit sin, in
  particular acts of violence
• Matt 828 And when he was come to the other
  side into the country of the Gergesenes, there
  met him two possessed with devils, coming out of
  the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might
  pass by that way.
• Acts 1916 And the man in whom the evil spirit
  was leaped on them, and overcame them, and
  prevailed against them, so that they fled out of
  that house naked and wounded.

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• Demonic influence is especially great through
  false doctrines and religions that deceive most
  of the world
• 1 Tim 41 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
  that in the latter times some shall depart from
  the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
  doctrines of devils
• 1 Cor 1020-21 But I say, that the things which
  the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils,
  and not to God and I would not that ye should
  have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink
  the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils ye
  cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of
  the table of devils.
• Satan and his demons lead us into sin and destroy
  our faith causing us to be lost. I Pet 58, Eph
  611-12.

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Let Us Always Keep A Biblical Perspective of
the reality of

• It will better equip us for the
  Spiritual Battle
• that well be fighting each day