Chapter6
Marking Time
The Fourth Day
REBELLION BEGINS
The angels must have beheld the process of creation
with awe and wonder. We know that they were not
informed of all that God was doing since the
Scriptures say, "they have preached the gospel unto
you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which
things the angels desire to look into" (1 Pet. 1:12).
Lucifer never understood the gospel for if he did, he
"would not have crucified the Lord of glory" (1 Cor.
2:8). The setting of the stars had no meaning unto
Lucifer until he heard God speak to Adam and his
godly descendants.
The Lord knew that Lucifer would rebel, yet he was
still "perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
wast created, till iniquity was found in thee" (Eze.
28:15). But judgment can only be meted out when sin
is acted out, which came to him at Christ's
crucifixion. Until that time he had access to the
throne of God. His iniquity was only in his heart.
The iniquity found in Lucifer's heart would have
undoubtedly caused him to influence other angels. It
is apparent from Scripture that God only gave man and
the angels a free moral will. All other creatures
have free will but are incapable of making moral
decisions. In talking to other angels, Lucifer
convinced "the third part of the stars of heaven"
(Rev. 12:4a) to rebel against God, by the time of
Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. At this time,
however, he is slowly influencing the angels one by
one. Lucifer was very crafty. He himself never
committed a crime against God so was able to come and
go into His throne room (Job 1:6, 2:1 - 7). He
understood the laws of God. The psalmist says, "Shall
the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,
which frameth mischief by a law?" (Psa. 94:20).
Because of his understanding of God's laws, he became
the accuser of the brethren, or Satan. The table
lists some of his demonic followers.
Demonic Spirits
Satan
Chief among the fallen angels is Satan,
formerly known as Lucifer and Son of the
Morning. Satan means, "accuser," which
reflects his chief activity - finding fault,
indictment, and bringing condemnation on
mankind. He is also called the "great red
dragon" (Rev. 12:3), that "old serpent," "the
Devil," and "Satan" (Rev. 12:9). Satan has
command over 1/3 of the angels that fell away
from God.
Baal -Zebub
Means, "lord of the flies," and is first
mentioned in 2 Kings 1:2 when Ahaziah, king
of Samaria, fell through a lattice and became
ill. He sent messengers saying, "Go, inquire
of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I
shall recover of this disease." Jesus was
accused by the Pharisees of performing
deliverance miracles by the power of
Beelzebub the prince of the devils. He
responded, "If Satan cast out Satan, he is
divided against himself; how shall then his
kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your children cast them
out?" (Mat. 12:26 & 27a). It seems that
Beelzebub is another name for Satan.
Abaddon or Apollyon
The king of the bottomless pit from which the
locusts with men's faces and crowns of gold,
women's hair, lion's teeth, breastplates of
iron, wings, and scorpion's tails (Rev. 9).
Four Angels bound in the Euphrates
River
They ride horses that have lion's heads, fire
is in their mouths and they have tails like
serpents with heads (Rev. 9)
Demonic Spirits (by function)
- Spirit of Antichrist (1 John 4:3): any
spirit contrary to God.
- Spirit of Bondage (Rom. 8:15): any spirit
that puts people back under the law.
- Spirit of Divination (Acts 15:16): any
spirit used by mediums in the occult.
- Spirit of Muteness (Mark 9:17 & 25):
any spirit that causes impediment of speech,
or removal of speech.
- Spirit of Error (1 John 4:6): any spirit
that causes someone to miss the truth.
- Spirit of Fear (2 Tim. 1:7): any spirit
that creates fear in a person.
- Spirit of Jealousy (Num. 5:14): any
spirit provoking unnatural jealousy.
- Spirit of Whoredom (Hos. 4:12): any
spirit that encourages one to leave God for
idols.
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