| Demons Not Found In the Bible |
Added: May-28-04 |
Demons took part in the wickedness at the time of the flood of Noah's time (Genesis 6:1-4). Pagan worship is attributed to demons (Leviticus 17:7; Psalm 106:7). They are called "unclean spirits" (Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7), "wicked spirits" (Luke 7:21; Acts 19:12-13) and "deceiving spirits" (1 Timothy 4:1). They are referred to as the "spirit of evil" (1 John 4:6), "spirits of devils" (Revelation 16:14) and the "spirit of divination" (Acts 16:16). The primary purpose of Jesus was to be victorious over Satan. This included overthrowing the demonic realm (Matthew 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22; John 12:31; 1 John 3:8). Jesus was falsely accused of being the prince of demons, Beelzebub (Mark 3:22; John 8:48). We must not forget that we are involved in a spiritual warfare with the realm of darkness (Ephesians 6:12).
The difference between the fallen angels and demons. The fallen angels are those angels who were cast out of heaven with Lucifer (Satan) as described in Revelation 12:4 and Jude 1:6. They --because of their rebellion and sin against mankind-- were cast into Tartaros, the lowest abyss of hell. They are to be kept there until the time of the Great Tribulation Period --a time of Judgment upon unrepentant men-- as seen in Revelation, Chapter 9. These fallen angels are not the same demonic beings which have caused so much havoc throughout history, but they are directly responsible for the existence of demons.
Here's the scoop: The idea I am about to present is by no means a new one. The early church subscribed to this view, Josephus, in his writings, quotes at great lengths about it; Justin Martyr, Irrenous, Pythagoras, Tertullian, Eseubius and Julian subscribed to the same idea. That is, "That the sons of God (angels) saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose (Genesis 6:2)
The fallen angels mated with the daughters of men which produced half-human, half-fallen-angel creatures called the Nephilim. This is where the legends of such half-god, half-human heroes was born including Hercules and many others. The Nephilim are not the fallen angels who are kept in chains of darkness in the bottomless pit called Tartaros (2 Peter 2:4; Jude v.6). Those found in Tartaros are the fallen angels only. Again, they are the ones who mated with the daughters of men and were thus cast into Tartaros. The offspring of this unnatural union are the Nephilim, coming from the Hebrew word nephiyl, meaning "giant" (Genesis 6:4). They cannot take material form as do angels (Hebrews 13:2) or as did the fallen angels before they were cast into Tartaros, but they can have a great effect on the material world and the minds of those who readily accept and look for such phenomenon as "extra terrestrials" and so on.
The Nephilim are the offspring of the fallen angels and the daughters of men, part human, part fallen angel. Therefore, when the flesh part died, these spirits became disembodied spirits, because spirits cannot die. These demonic disembodied spirits are ever searching for new bodies to inhabit. Neither do they die when the bodies of their new victim dies. This is why so many who tend toward the occult --through psychics, mediums, familiar spirits, and so on-- believe in reincarnation. Upon opening themselves up to the occult, that is, the world of "familiar" spirits, they become possessed by these immortal beings who have lived in previous bodies. The re-embodied spirit --having the thoughts and memories of previous victims-- may convey those thoughts and memories to the new victim. The new victim is thus convinced that he or she has lived before in a previous life. This is a very deceptive tactic of Satan. These are the demons or demonic spirits who have played havoc on behalf of Satan, their leader.
Seth lineage. Some believe that the sons of God were the Sethites and the daughters of men were from the lineage of Cain. In the 4th century the church was under attack by the world and the angel belief was challenged. So the Seth theory was invented and became embraced by Augustine, thus, it is embraced by the Catholic church. Therefore, the Seth-Cain connection was carried into the mid-evil world and even bled over into mainline Protestant denominations. When the true church (born again believers) separated itself from Roman Catholic dominance during the Dark Ages, it went far into the salvation issue, but not far enough into other theologies, one being the sons of God issue.
There are some problems with the Seth-Cain lineage mix. The structure of the grammar in the Hebrew is given to reveal an antithesis, the sons of God, the daughters of men. The argument lies in the assumption that the whole of the line of Seth was faithful. However, Seth's son Enosh was the one under whom men began to defy God. If the Sethites were so faithful, why did they perish in the flood? The real clincher is that the offspring of this union were unnatural. If a believer and an unbeliever get married and have children, they may be little monsters, but they are not monstrous.
I agree with the consent of the Rabbi's, who, by and large, held the angel view. I agree with Philo, Justin Martyr, Irrenous, Pythagoras, Tertullian; with the Dehaan's, Morse's, Mackintosh's, Lindsey's of today when looking into the sons of God and the daughters of men issue.