When Angels and Demons Collide l The War in Heaven l The Devil and God

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When it comes to angels we're fascinated with them as much as some people are with demons. But let's start with the winning side first. Angels are considered messengers of God and in the Bible, angels, in particular, are described as a series of spirits who God created. This involves more specific categories including cherubim, seraphim and archangels. As we traverse carefully over to the devil's camp we will find that he employs a supernatural agent of evil, the demon. Demons are evil, fallen angels who follow satan instead of God. These fallen angels chose to revolt against God when satan was cast out of heaven. As they look to satan as their leader, they do everything in their power to ruin mankind and God's plans. Here are 7 ways that angels and demons collided.

The Struggle is Real

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Ephesians 6:12 tells us “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the Heavenly realms.” The author warns us of the presence of demons and their desire to shift us closer to darkness. We find in 1 Timothy 4:1-3, people will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the "Insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth." The good news is we know that God also said He will give His angels charge over us.

Satan Loses Power

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Why would satan work so hard to defeat God's people? To find out, we need to go back to the beginning. Let's put it this way, satan was a high-ranking angel at one point. "God dressed him in the finest jewels and placed him on the Holy Mountain. You were in Eden, the garden of God--every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings." But the devil messed up and was cast out of Heaven. He then put his demons to work to distract us from the Word in an attempt to insulate us from God like he is now. If you were God's main guy and were kicked out of the High Office, you would be a bit peeved.

Don't Be Deceived

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The devil lies and is very crafty and he will use people or mask things to make it look like it is from God. So test everything against the Word. The Bible warned us: "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness." As the devil and his misfits look to cause a muck, we also have God's agents working for us. However, we are reminded that angels are there to comfort us, according to Hebrews. "Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?"

A Great Ending

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We love a good ending. Revelation 12:9 explained what the final chapter in the saga will be in the war of good and evil. "And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and satan, the deceiver of the whole world— he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." God uses His angels to accomplish His goal of protecting us from the enemy and his evil ways. "In the end, Satan and all his pain serve to magnify the power, wisdom, love, grace, mercy, patience and wrath of Jesus Christ. We would not know him in the fullness of his glory if he had not defeated Satan in the way he did," desiringgod.org explained. This ending sounds good to us.

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