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◆ SIDE NOTE: Lucifer, Angels in Hell, the Devil, devils, spirits, and the DEEP.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44) To speak lies is to also murder the truth. The serpent’s lies led to the death of Adam and Eve, therefore, by causing their deaths the devil was a murderer. Lucifer attempted to murder GOODNESS, Holiness and Righteousness. Even before Adam and Eve, the devil in the heavenly realm under the name of the created anointed cherub Lucifer, became a murderer. How did Lucifer become a murderer? What did he murder, or kill? Lucifer drew a third part of the angelic hosts into his failed coup d’état to overthrow God. (Revelation 12:4) Consequently, these entities created by God to serve Him and to perform various functions and governmental operations throughout God’s massive realm of the SEEN and the UNSEEN were in essence murdered, removed from their position of power and from their assigned place of service. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 1:6) Their first estate was not a location, it was a position of power, their own habitation was their righteous and holy service to a Righteous and Holy God.
● Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. (Luke 20:36)
● But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Hebrews 2:9)
● For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2nd Peter 2:4)
● And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 1:6)
● And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Revelation 12:9)
We often confuse angels with spirits, and spirits with demons, and demons with devils. Christians are careless who they listen to, and who they follow, and for many Christians they carelessly read Scripture. It is not how fast that one can read Scripture it is how faithfully it is read. Line upon line, precept upon precept, line upon line . . . that takes TIME and repetition. Although angels cannot die, the angels who fought alongside of Lucifer have been chained in hell and are reserved for judgment.
It is here that many speed readers get lost in the weeds of words erroneously believing that ‘fallen angels’ sexually mixed with humans. They were NOT fallen angels; they were human GIANTS. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4) CLICK here for more about giants in the earth.
In Luke 8:31, the devils begged the Lord Jesus Christ not to be sent into THE DEEP. THEY FEARED THE DEEP. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. Twice Scripture records the phrase the face of the deep. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2) The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. (Genesis 38:30) These devils no longer had the unction of the POWER of God, they had been removed from the POWER and the PRESENCE of God, held in chains, powerless and waiting for their eternal and never-ending judgment.
● Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. (Psalm 103:20)
● And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (2nd Thessalonians 1:7)
● For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2nd Peter 2:4)
● Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matthew 25:41)
● And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 1:6)
The book of Job is rich with spiritual gems from the Holy Spirit about God’s creatorial powers. It is not only considered the oldest book in Scripture, but it overflows with God’s works in time and in timelessness. Want to know about ancient times, read Job. Want to know more about the ages before the creation of man, read Job. The following verses disclose more about THE DEEP.
● The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. (Job 38:30) In Luke 16:26, we have the face of the deep seen as a great gulf fixed. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that [would come] from thence. To the spirits of devils, the deep represents a formless void that is a frozen, fixed and an unmovable state of being where they are eternally trapped unable to freely act and although they had once been creatures mighty in strength and able to move through time and space, (as described in the first Chapter of the book of Ezekiel) they are no longer relevant nor with purpose.
● He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. (Job 41:31) Do you recognize this boiling like a pot, as a sea like a pot of curative ointment? What is the lake of fire? It is like a pot boiling as an endless sea curing as a remedy and solution for sin and death and for all those who rejected the SAVING POWER of a Righteous and Holy God.
● He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary. (Job 41:32) Here is another truth about THE DEEP . . . it is hoary. As you follow the word hoary in Scripture it is linked to AGE.
● Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. (Leviticus 19:32)
● Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? (Job 38:29)
● He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary. (Job 41:32)
● The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness. (Proverbs 16:31)
What have we learned about THE DEEP? 1 . . It is FIXED, FROZEN in a state of perpetual existence. 2 . . . THE DEEP is the lake of fire. 3 . . . THE DEEP is AGELESS, it is forever and forever, from everlasting to everlasting. It is introduced to us in Genesis 1:2, as the FACE of THE DEEP. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Notice that DARKNESS was upon the face of THE DEEP and when the Spirit of God moved, it is SEPARATE from the FACE of THE DEEP as He moved across the FACE of the waters. There are two separate elements here: THE FACE OF THE DEEP and THE FACE OF THE WATERS. And in the last book of the Bible THE DEEP is seen as the LAKE of FIRE. There are only four mentions of a LAKE OF FIRE and ALL are documented in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
● And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20)
● And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 19:10)
● And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (Revelation 19:14)
● And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 19:15)
The devils in Matthew 8, unclean spirits, begged to remain relevant. Consequently, they begged the Lord Jesus in Matthew, Mark and in the gospel of Luke to send them into the UNCLEAN swine. Demons, unclean spirits need positive active matter to remain relevant. From glory to swine was quite a state to be found in . . . an irreversible and unredeemable state of being. As unclean evil seducing spirits of devils required relevancy during their physical existence as ungodly rebellious haters of God, their wicked spirits continue to traverse the domain of man searching out those who are willing to house their unclean spirits for a price: the price of fame, the price of wealth, the price of beauty, the price of power, and the price of false relevancy. Many a writer, many a musical genius, many religious entities, and many political men and women have sold their souls for a brief moment in the fading spotlight of popularity in bodies of swine. It is easy to spot the women of popularity by the clothes that they are almost wearing.
● And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. (Matthew 8:30) So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. (Matthew 8:31) And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. (Matthew 8:32)
● Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. (Mark 5:11) And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. (Mark 5:12) And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. (Mark 5:13)
● And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. (Luke 8:32) Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. (Luke 8:33)
Rebellious angels who fought in the First Battle of the Universe, have been chained waiting for their sentence. The words demon and demons are not in Scripture. However, the words devils, spirits, familiar spirits, unclean spirits, evil spirits, seducing spirits and spirits of devils are documented throughout Scripture. God has purposely kept the spiritual realm of these entities separate from the physical realm of mankind with just a few documentations because it is BEYOND our comprehension level of understanding. This article is not a treatise on the spirit world. In summarizing the fear of the DEEP it is ONLY written about evil spirits. Many have speculated the origin of these evil spirit entities. Think along the lines of those who perished in the universal flood of Noah. Those who rejected the message of Noah of salvation numbered into the millions. Those who followed Nimrod and hunted the souls of men numbered into millions. Throughout biblical history, millions have been born, lived and died rejecting God’s redemptive plan. These people were NOT angels, nor did they have the substance of angelic matter. Men NEVER mixed and mingled sexually with angels. THAT is a TRAGIC theory. Let me rephrase that, that theory is a LIE. That LIE cannot be validated by Scripture. The offspring of the line of Cain were GIANTS, the line of Cain corrupted the line of Seth until there was only ONE person who remained on earth who was called righteous, and that was NOAH. That is a brief summary tying millions of individuals together perishing under the waters of the deep.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1st Peter 3:18)
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; (1st Peter 3:19)
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1st Peter 3:20)
Scripture clearly states that the spirits in prison whom Christ preached to were from the time span during the age of Noah. However, Scripture also clearly states the spirits of evil men and women have been active throughout the history of mankind. For instance, the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria . . . the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians . . . the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia . . . the spirit of Egypt . . . the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes . . . the spirit of whoredoms . . .
The DEEP that the unclean spirits and evil devils feared was their judgment, not death. Their judgment is eternal darkness, from everlasting to everlasting. These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. (Psalm 107:24) Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. (Psalm 69:15) God’s wonders IN THE DEEP is much more than wonders of the deep in the seas of the earth. There are many wonders of God IN THE DEEP of timelessness. God’s wonders that created the universe that can be SEEN is certainly beyond words. But, beyond God’s wonders in the SEEN there are the wonders of God in the UNSEEN, in the DEEP where His treasures of wisdom, and understanding founded the earth and established the heavens. As Christ told Nicodemus in John 3:12, If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? Therefore, God’s treasures within the DEEP are not meant for mortal beings to comprehend. Yet, within His written treasures of Scripture He allows man to briefly glimpse spiritual gems from His LIGHT of perfection to see into the absolute glorious PERFECTION of His Divine Being through the Living WORD and through the written word. Above all things, we, the children of God, are blessed upon blessings with the words of God from the mouth of God breathed by the Spirit of God. Yes, I LOVE THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD because it reflects the beauty within THE LIVING WORD OF GOD: the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, the Lord Jesus Christ.
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. (Proverbs 3:19)
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Proverbs 136:5)
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.(Jeremiah 51:15) ◆ End of Side Note: Lucifer, Angels in Hell, the Devil, devils, spirits, and the DEE
This is a SIDE NOTE taken from an article title THE RIVERS – Part 5, The Second River is Gihon. CLICK HERE to be safely redirected to that article.