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Ezekiel 28:12 describes this angel as “the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.” The passage reveals that Lucifer (also referred to as the King of Tyre) had been in Eden and had been the “anointed cherub who covers” with access to the holy mountain of God (verse 14). There was one angel who resented God’s power and plan and authority. Most of God’s created angels rejoiced at His outpouring of loving kindness to man however, there was one who despised it. Scripture emphasizes this truth by stating twice that God placed man in this lush garden (Genesis 2:8,15). Rather, earth is man’s abode, and God designed it for man’s enjoyment. With His throne room in heaven, earth is merely God’s footstool (Matthew 5:35). For all these splendid features, God did not adorn earth with gardens and rivers and jewels for His own benefit. These rivers flowed into lands full of gold and onyx (Genesis 2:9-14). Genesis 2:8 says He planted a garden, which might be thought of more as an orchard because it contained every tree that is “pleasant to the sight and good for food.” This garden was watered by a river that parted into four riverheads. They are Satan’s servants committed to his plan to thwart the plan of God.ĭuring the interlude between Genesis 1 and Genesis 3, Scripture indicates God continued to be intimately involved with his creation, lovingly appointing the earth in exquisite detail. Who Do Demons Work For?Īllow me to state it plainly: demons are fallen angels. Evil entered our world when Satan and his angels determined in their hearts to oppose the plans of Almighty God. So, it shouldn’t surprise us to see the metaphor unveiled in verse 8 where we are told that the great dragon represents Satan and the stars are his angels. Our studies in part one acquainted us with the biblical connection between angels and stars. Here, in our mind’s eye, we observe a third of the stars of heaven being thrown to the earth by the dragon as it threatens the woman and her child. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born….And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. We must understand God neither invented nor inspired evil it grew apart from Him.īehold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. Scripture does not elaborate much upon their origins, but something curious happened between the glorious goodness of Genesis chapter 1 and the appearance of a cunning serpent who would forever change the course of human history in Genesis chapter 3. They slinked onto the scene sometime after the world was created.
When we study Scripture’s record of Creation, Genesis 1:31 reveals God’s opinion of His handiwork: “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.” If angels are part of God’s “very good” Creation, then what are demons, and where did they come from? Who do they work for? How do they interact with humans? What does this have to do with me? What Are Demons?Ĭonsidering that the totality of Creation was “very good” and God’s nature is the very essence of goodness, we can logically conclude God did not create demons. We know that they were created early in the Creation week, likely on day two. They are real spirit beings with constraining limitations. In part one of this series, we learned that angels are God’s messengers who minister to God’s people.
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