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What are Angels and Demons?

Angels and demons are spiritual beings, meaning they exist in the unseen realms of the spirit. But they are not limited to the spiritual arena, they move freely from the physical realm to the spiritual, as they are directed.

ANGELS

The Word Angel in the original language of the Old Testament, Hebrew, is "Malak" (Strong's # 4397) It is a masculine noun  It means Messenger or representative.

Angels are called messengers and servants of God. Angels exist to serve God and part of this service is to the portion of mankind that have accepted Jesus as Lord and are therefore called "Heirs of Salvation."

There are 109 occurrences of the singular word Angel, and 13 occurrences of the plural word Angels, in the Old Testament. In the verses in the OT, (which you can read by downloading the Bible Program from Bible Study Tools section of the main page, and searching the word Angel and Angels in the Old Testament) we see Angels speaking to people for God. We also see Angels actually intervening in peoples lives. Angels appear in dreams and visions and encourage and instruct the one that is blessed with the dream or vision and reinforce their faith in God.

Some things that angels are not:

Col:2:18: Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels,

intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

(where did those myths arise?)

(I have been blessed to have seen two angels....More about this later)

Some things that Angels ARE:

Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer are the only Angels named in the Bible,

but they are definitely male names.

 

Heb:12:22: 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,Re:5:11: And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Psalms:68:17: The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

Archangels, Seraphim and Cherubim are  classes of Angels.

2Pe:2:11: Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. M't:26:53: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve *legions of angels?(*Legion is a military term used to denote large units of soldiers)

Lu:1:19: And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.Lu:1:20: And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Angels call Heaven and the presence of God, Home.

Lu:2:15: And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven,.... M't:18:10: Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Angels have limited freewill, which brings us to demons.

 

DEMONS

Devils in the Greek (Strong's #1139) Daimonizomai and means under the power of demons

I say angels have limited freewill because we know that Lucifer was an Archangel that  chose to wage a war against God. When He lost the battle and was booted out of heaven, and he took 1/3 rd of the angels with him. I believe the angels that followed Lucifer chose to, but since they are subject to Children of God in Jesus Name I say that their freewill is limited!

Please understand that there is a school of thought that says that the "angels" that followed Satan are not the same spirits that are described as devils and unclean spirits in the NT. But since the people that teach this theory have no replacement theory for just who these unclean spirits are and since all of the spiritual authorities I have studied do credit these unclean spirit with being the fallen angels, that is the idea that we are going with. BUT Remember when there is dispute among believers we agree to disagree and decide to ask God when we get there!

 

Isa:14:12: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!Jude:1:6: 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.    Re:12:7: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Re:12:8: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.M't:25:41: 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:2Pe:2:4: 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;Job:4:17: Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?Job:4:18: Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:Lu:8:30: And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. Lu:8:31: And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

We can see that the demons, devils or unclean spirits in the New Testament are really love giving  mankind a rough way to go! They like to inhabit human form and are capable of inhabiting animals. We see them actually taking up residence in people and doing all manner of nasty stuff! Luke 8 27-36. Demons bring sickness and madness to the people or animals they take up residence in. To bottom line their goal, it is the same as Satan's goal, to take pleasure in trying to bring  misery and pain to God by killing, stealing and destroying his creation, and to keep unsaved men from learning about Jesus and getting saved! Joh:10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.2Co:4:4: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 

To tell the truth he,Satan, and those pesky devils he commands have been doing a pretty good job on planet earth! How many people sit in churches all over the world thinking that going to church, or wearing a Jesus Pin or having a bumper sticker, is enough to earn heaven and never even hear that they need to be saved by the blood of Jesus alone.

It is Satan himself that has introduced the deadly doctrine that a person goes to hell for being bad and to heaven for being good. There is no correlation between your actions and your salvation. ONLY JESUS SAVES. You go to heaven having accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour and you go to hell only by rejecting Jesus as Lord and Saviour. Think about it! If you could earn it, WHY DID JESUS DIE?

 

GOOD NEWS!

 

Here is the best news! I saved it for last! If you are saved and living In Christ, you do not have to fear demons or any of the "misery" that they bring to you! Jesus gave us power over the enemy, through Faith and obedience to His Word!

Much of Jesus' ministry was focused on healing the sick and casting out devils. ( Search "healed" in the NT) Often when a person was sick Jesus addressed the devil in that person and commanded it to COME OUT! No fancy rituals, no fanfare, just the spoken edict to COME OUT! Now remember Jesus said Joh:14:12: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.What do you think he meant? Well to be sure you are clear on what He meant I will show you What he commands his followers to do!

M't:10:1: 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.

M'r:16:15: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.M'r:16:17: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;M'r:16:18: They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Demons are subject to those in Jesus Christ in Jesus Name.

 

Good News about Angels!

They too are sent to help you, and they react in ministering to the heirs of salvation according to voice of Gods Commands! (Words spoken according to Scripture!)

Psalms:103:20: Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Heb:1:14: Are they (*)not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?   * angels

Psalms:91:11: For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

 

This is My Personal account of my Angelic encounter

Now I will relate my personal encounter with Angels of God. This is my testimony and I stand by it all the way. I am not crazy nor am I easily duped. I saw what I saw and you can read it and be blessed to know we have Mighty and Powerful Angles  fighting the evil right along side of us, or you can scoff and not believe. That will be your choice, as is the case with every facet of your life.

 

I was in Upstate New York, Pookeepsie to be exact, attending Meetings where a well known evangelist was ministering. This event took place out side of the Church. After the evening service, I was walking with the group of people that I traveled with, to Pookeepsie from NW Pennsylvania, to find a local market to get some supplies. Two members of the group were in a argument, sisters in law, they were really going at it. Neither were saved at the time and one was for some reason hell bent on making the other bend to her reality. I don't even know what the argument was about. But the aggressor began to push the other out into the busy street that we were walking next to, and I had to intervene and forcefully rebuke the aggressor and make her leave the other alone! Something just rose up on the inside of me (way out of character for me)  and with words alone I addressed them and the fighting stopped and the angry one just took off back to the church parking lot. At that moment I turned around and looked up at a hillside which ran beside the road that we were on and there were TWO HUGE Angels. They were not standing on the ground but it seems they were standing 5 or 6 feet above the ground. I was awe struck at the sight! They were very tall, at least 7 feet or more, they were dressed in what appeared to be knee length tunics of blue and they had leather strapped garments like soldiers, on their upper bodies. Their arms were very large and muscled. Their legs were bare and the sandals they had on laced up their calves, There arms were folded across their chests and they both had swords hanging at their sides. I did not see any wings but I did not see the back of them, so they may well have had wings, but they didn't show from the front. They had long straight hair and their countenance spoke Peace and power! The most striking thing about them though was that they radiated Strength and PEACE. Peace just shone off of them like a light radiating from them! I just stared at their faces, amazed at their beauty! I came to my senses and wondered if anyone else was seeing them and turned back to the group to see, and when I turned back around they were gone! I have not seen them since, but I know they are here with me, protecting me and keeping me safe. It is quite a confidence builder, and humbling at the same time to know that God loves me enough to assign these magnificent beings to stay near me.

 

Please feel free to e-mail me with any demonic or angelic encounters you have had. Or if you must, you can e-mail me and tell me how crazy you think I am:)

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