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DON’T Overemphasize Demons and DON’T Worship Angels
Some ministers & Christians speak as if there’s a demon behind every bush. The problem with this is that they’re putting so much emphasis on a defeated foe that it becomes a veritable testimony to the devil & his filthy spirits. In essence, they’re praising the kingdom of darkness (!)…
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Why Is the King of Babylon Paralleled With Satan in Isaiah 14?
– In Isaiah 14 Satan is paralleled with the “king of Babylon,” Sennacherib.* – * Assyrian king Sennacherib (suh-NAK-uh-rib) conquered Babylon and hence dubbed himself the King of Babylon. – Let’s read the passage in question: – 12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down..
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Why Are Both Lucifer and Christ Called the “MORNING STAR”?
Before his fall from Heaven (Luke 10:18), Satan is referred to in the Bible as “Lucifer, son of the morning” (Isaiah 14:12 KJV), a ruling spiritual being (paralleled in this context with the king of Babylon, Sennacherib). The word translated as “Lucifer” (in the King James Version) is helel (hay-LAYL);..
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Was There a “Talking Snake” in Genesis 3?
Unbelievers, and especially militant atheists, are known to ask this question for the purpose of mocking the Bible’s depiction of events in the Garden of Eden just before the fall of humanity. The scenario takes place in Genesis 3, but the creature wasn’t a snake in the sense that we..
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WHAT DID JUDE MEAN About Not Daring to Bring a Slanderous Accusation Against the Devil?
The subject of the passage is established in verse 4: “godless men who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our sovereign and Lord.” That is, they deny Christ through their unrepentant immoral actions; see Titus 1:16.
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PAUL’S THORN — What Was It?
As you can see, Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was a “messenger of Satan” whose purpose was to torment him. In today’s vernacular this “thorn” could be described as a pain in the neck or pain in the butt. Why was he given this thorn?
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The FALL OF MAN (Humanity) and Slavery to Satan
Incredibly, the Bible teaches that unredeemed humanity is in slavery to Satan. In this article we’re going to look at what this means, how it happened, and what are its ramifications.
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Why Is THIS WORLD So Messed Up?
Everyone born into this world eventually discovers that we live in a really messed up reality, a world plagued by lies, pain, disease, aging, death, grief, immorality, perversion, confusion, corruption, injustice, abuse, hostility and war.
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What Is the SPIRIT OF THE WORLD?
The same Greek word for “world” in 1 Corinthians 2:12 is also used in Ephesians 2:2. “The ruler of the air, the spirit who in now at work in those who are disobedient” would be satan and, by extension, his filthy spirits.
