Scott Downey
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If you mean demonic possession, yes, that first gets much more notice in the gospels. When Jesus came there were many evil spirit possessed people, there always were, but they who were like that was nothing could be done for them except by the Spirit of God for them to be delivered in the OT. People and families always knew that some had an evil spirit. Even King Saul gets tormented by an evil spirit and multiple times tries to kill David. That there seems so many mentions in the NT is due to them getting stirred up by the Spirit of God and interaction with Christ. But they were always there, just not much written in scripture about them. Jesus delivers people from demonic oppression, so this was one of the signs of who He was to the people.I find it interesting that there is no mention of devils before the Gospel.
It's as if they were hiding in the caves or among swine, but they weren't in plain view..
until...
Jesus started moving. It's as though they started coming out of the woodwork.
Next thing you know all the disciples are casting out devils.
Where did they come from? Where were they hiding?
Now look around today. There have always been "evil" people, but not as numerous and out in the open as they are today.
Whole groups of people parading in the streets this month, shaking their privates in children's faces.
Drag Queens in Libraries, and now they say they want a drag queen in every school.
Pedophilia is on the rise everywhere.
Jesus warned them about hurting little children.
And we see now to what extent that can happen.
The Spirit of God is moving. If he wasn't then these devil's would still be hidden behind the scenes.
But for some reason God has a way of drawing them out, like poison in an infected wound.
Time for the casting out of them is near.
Lot of people prisoned in their minds, controlled by powers we can't see.
But we know their there.
Have to get rid of the gateway drugs that leave people susceptible, and punish the wrong doing.
The war is here. And we have to be prepared to fight.
And we know the battle, and we know the armour it will take to win.
Now we just need courage to stand our ground.
Put on the whole armour of God.
And take a stand.
Hugs
- Luke 7:21
And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations - Luke 8:2
and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,
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14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
Mark 7:24-26 New King James Version
24 From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden. 25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.