Are they all different words for the same thing?
Are some more powerful or weaker than others?
Are some more powerful or weaker than others?
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Are some more powerful or weaker than others?
Demons are the spirits of the Nephilim who died in the flood and left to roam the world as powers of the air, disembodied.
They are the children of fallen angels who took human women as wives. So my view is demons are not fallen angels.
One clue about that is Peter and James say the angels who sinned God locked up in gloomy dungeons to await the judgement of the great DAY, so how can they be free to roam the earth?
Some translations use devils, not 'the Devil' to describe foul unclean spirits
Unclean spirits possess people
What you really have is the creature singular, called the 'Devil' who was a high ranked angel before he fell and God cursed in Eden.
You have maybe a third of the angels who fell and came to the earth to cause mayhem and rule before the flood.
Then you have the demons who were the giants, children of fallen angels whose mothers were human who ruled over men before the flood and corrupted all flesh. Since they were part human, part angel, they had a different fate and were left by God to be the evil unclean spirits who torment sinful mankind.
What I will acknowledge for my thinking is God may have only locked away the fallen angels who took human wives, leaving others free to roam the earth seeking to devour human lives with miseries.
v6 and 7 describe this
Their sin brought on the great flood, partly due to them birthing the Nephilim who must have been spreading and growing across the earth like a plague totally corrupting human DNA, there would be none left who were pure human being as God intended from whom the Christ could be born. So God had to destroy all flesh, and preserved Noah who was described as this perfect in his generations, God had preserved the human race through NOAH's family line alone. All other flesh was corrupted and unsuitable for the Christ to be born of a human women in the future.
Genesis 6:9
This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Jude
5 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
v7 saying 'which likewise indulged' points back to the fallen angels who did the same things back before the flood that happened in Sodom and Gomorrah.
I used to believe as you do, that Gabriel was fighting a fallen angel. Recently, I read that is an oversimplification. Now, I'm not sure what to believe.Personally, I believe Gabriel was a messenger angel, not an Archangel. He was fighting an evil Archangel, the Prince of Persia, and couldn't win until Michael came and helped him.
I reached the same conclusion myself. These are the "unclean spirits". In the OT, when you follow the word "rapha" through the different places it appears, this are as you say the spirits of the dead nephilim, who are not in sheol, who do not have a resurrection, who go about looking for a body because that's how they were born, with bodies.Demons are the spirits of the Nephilim who died in the flood and left to roam the world as powers of the air, disembodied.
They are the children of fallen angels who took human women as wives. So my view is demons are not fallen angels.
Are they all different words for the same thing?
Are some more powerful or weaker than others?
Satan entered into Judas.Its interesting to note that Jesus said......"and one of you is = A Devil".
And that is the correct translation.
Christ didnt say Judas had one, or that Judas had an unclean spirit, as had that been the case then the Lord would have dealt with that demonic situation.
This was something more...
Known unto GOD are all things . JESUS KNEW exactly what judas was , when he was chosen .Its interesting to note that Jesus said......"and one of you is = A Devil".
And that is the correct translation.
Christ didnt say Judas had one, or that Judas had an unclean spirit, as had that been the case then the Lord would have dealt with that demonic situation.
This was something more...
From diabolos, that is, slanderer, false accuser. That can be an human person also.And being a devil, means to me of a type belonging to the devil. One of children of the devil is then a devil too, like father, like son. According to their nature.
Get thee behind me satan . JESUS told that to peter . At that time peter was following satan and JESUS rebuked him for it .From diabolos, that is, slanderer, false accuser. That can be an human person also.
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Let the CHOIR SING . FLEE ANY APPEARANCE of this unity lets get along lie . Oh i know i say it oftenFrom diabolos, that is, slanderer, false accuser. That can be an human person also.
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Satan entered into Judas.
And being a devil, means to me of a type belonging to the devil.
Pard , those who pratice sin are OF THE DEVIL , even if they can lip the name of JESUS .Yes, that verse is true.
However, Jesus said Judas is A Devil, which is different then having a devil, or manifesting one.
Something also to consider...
Sin is the nature of the Devil. And all unbeliever practice sin, and are SINNERS because the Devil, is their spiritual father.
Jesus said, "you are of YOUR FATHER, the devil, and the lusts of YOUR Father, (sin) you will do"., and that is not just the pharisees.
That is every unbeliever, not born again.
So, if you want to explain to your sunday school, or your congregation, the LITERAL meaning of "born again".
It literally means to become the Spiritual Child of a different father...
The person is leaving their original father, the devil, and are born again by another FATHER, who now has become the new one.
While it still would be a stinging rebuke, as "satanas" means "adversary", Jesus was not necessarily addressing Peter as the one we know as Satan.Get thee behind me satan . JESUS told that to peter . At that time peter was following satan and JESUS rebuked him for it .
YET Judas , NOW he was a child born of darkness . PETER was an apostel who erred , THERE IS A DIFFERENCE .
THOUGH , as i said , TRUE ONES Repent of error , false ones justify error and just continue in darkness .
Rather odd , though , HE does say satan . A point is being made . EITHER WE FOLLOW CHRIST or darkness .While it still would be a stinging rebuke, as "satanas" means "adversary", Jesus was not necessarily addressing Peter as the one we know as Satan.
Much love!
Jesus only prays for those the Father has given to Him as believers in Him.While it still would be a stinging rebuke, as "satanas" means "adversary", Jesus was not necessarily addressing Peter as the one we know as Satan.
Much love!