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All New - Updated Godhead Spirit Realm Prophecy Holy Days Commentary

FALLEN ANGELS AND DEMONShere is a great deal of misunderstanding regarding the fallen angels and the demons. Many people believe these designationsare simply different names for the same beings. However, this assumption is inaccurate. In this article, we will examine the

rigin and activities of both these evil entities, and look at what the Scriptures and other reliable sources say about them.

The Scriptures don't explicitly tell us when the angelic realm was created. However, the available information implies that the angelswere formed after God created the heavens but before he fashioned the earth. Passages from Job and Nehemiah seem to bolsterhis view:

JOB 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you haveunderstanding, 5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the lineon it? 6 On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morningstars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? ( NASU )

NEHEMIAH 9:6 You alone are the LORD; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, w ith all their host , the earth and everything on it, the seas and all that is inthem, and You preserve them all. The host of heaven w orships You . ( NKJV )

The expressions "morning stars" and "sons of God" used in Job 38:7 refer to the angels, as does the phrase "host of heaven" usedn Nehemiah 9:6. These passages indicate that the angelic domain was created after the heavens, but before the earth was given finalorm.

Very soon after the creation, Satan (a powerful and high-ranking cherub) sinned by tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden (Eze.8:12-15). For more information about the fallen angel Satan, refer to my article " Satan, the Adversary of Mankind ."

atan's fall from grace is the first instance documented in the Bible of angels disobeying God, but it is not the only one. There isnother incident recorded in Genesis 6 which occurred soon after Satan's rebellion:

GENESIS 6:1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters wereborn to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and theymarried any of them they chose. . . . 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days – and also afterward – when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and hadchildren by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ( NIV )

ust as it did in Job 38:7, the term "sons of God" in Genesis 6:2, 4 refers to the angels. For detailed proof that these "sons of God" were angels and not men, see my article " Genesis 6 - Who Were the Sons of God? "

The ancient books of 1 Enoch and Jubilees also record the angelic rebellion of the "sons of God" in detail. As Hershel Shankseveals in his book on the Dead Sea Scrolls, these books were held in high esteem at the time the New Testament was written:

Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls the apocryphal book of Enoch (moreprecisely, I Enoch) was known only in an Ethiopic translation. Now as many as twenty

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fragmentary copies of the Aramaic original have been found at Qumran, which suggeststhat Enoch and perhaps other books now considered apocryphal were regarded asauthoritative Scripture at least by some groups. Allusions to Enoch occur at least fourteentimes in the New Testament; the New Testament Letter of Jude quotes from Enoch ashaving the authority of inspired Scripture (Jude 14-15). In some copies of the EthiopicBible Enoch is included in the canon.

Jubilees, the so-called Rewritten Bible, was apparently considered authoritative atQumran: At least fifteen copies of this book have been identified, an immediate indicationof the importance the Qumran sectarians attached to it. To this day, it is consideredcanonical by the Abyssinian Church in Ethiopia. (pp. 160 -161, The Mystery and Meaning of the

Dead Sea Scrolls )

rom 1 Enoch , we learn more about the sin of the Watchers (Dan. 4:17), angels charged with watching over mankind:

ENOCH 6:1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in thosedays were born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, thechildren of the heaven, saw and lusted after them , and said to one another: 'Come,let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and beget us children.' ( The

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H. Charles)

ubilees also elaborates on the sin of these angels:

JUBILEES 5:1 And it came to pass when the children of men began to multiply on the faceof the earth and daughters were born unto them, that the angels of God saw them ona certain year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful to look upon; and they tookthemselves wives of all w hom they 2 chose, and they bare unto them sons and

they were giants . . . . ( The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H. Charles)

After the angels sinned by marrying human women, they bore them gigantic hybrid children. The Bible calls these offspringephilim , the "mighty men of old, warriors of renown" (Gen. 6:4). When they appear again later in the Scriptures, they are calledy a variety of names, including Rephaim, Zumim, Emim and Horites (Gen. 14:5), Anakim (Deu. 2:11), Zamzummim (Deu. 2:20),nd Avim (Deu. 2:23).

Enoch and Jubilees both speak of these crossbred beings:

ENOCH 7:1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and eachchose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves withthem . . . And they 3 became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men couldno longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5 them and devoured mankind .And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6 fish, and to devourone another 's flesh, and drink the blood . Then the earth laid accusation against thelawless ones. ( The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H. Charles)

JUBILEES 5:2 . . . And lawlessness increased on the earth and all flesh corrupted its way,alike men and cattle and beasts and birds and everything that walks on the earth - all of them corrupted their ways and their orders, and they began to devour each other , andlawlessness increased on the earth and every imagination of the thoughts of all men 3(was) thus evil continually. . . . ( The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H.Charles)

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Both these ancient books, recorded long before the New Testament, speak of two primary identifying signs of the pre-Flood age:1) the illicit marriage of the angels with humans, and (2) the voracious eating and drinking by their hybrid offspring, the nephilim .t's very interesting that these two signs mirror those spoken of by Yeshua when he described the situation which would exist onhe earth before his second coming:

MATTHEW 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they w ere eating and drinking,marrying and giving in marriage , until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and didnot know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son

of Man be. ( NKJV )

God was very angry at the rebellion of the Watchers, and decreed that these wayward angels would be locked up underneath thearth in a prison for spirits until the day of judgment. Jubilees and 1 Enoch both speak of this punishment:

JUBILEES 5:6 And against the angels whom H e had sent upon the earth, He w asexceedingly wroth, and He gave commandment to root them out of all theirdominion, and He bade us to bind them in the depths o f the earth , and 7 beholdthey are bound in the midst of them, and are (kept) separate. ( The Apocrypha and

Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H. Charles)

ENOCH 10:11 . . . And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjaza and hisassociates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves 12with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and theyhave seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventygenerations in the valleys of the earth, t i l l the day of their judgement and of their consummation , till the judgement that is 13 for ever and ever is consummated. Inthose days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and 14 to the torment and the prisonin which they shall be confined for ever. . . .' ( The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H. Charles)

Enoch and Jubilees agree with the Scriptures which show that a portion of the fallen angels are currently restrained in a spiritualrison called "the Abyss" (Luke 8:31):

JUDE 6 And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their properdwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgment of the

great Day. ( NRSV )

II PETER 2:4 For indeed God did not spare the angels w ho sinned, but cast themdow n in chains of darkness into the low regions and delivered them to be kept forthe judgment of torment. ( Magiera NT Peshitta translation )

I PETER 3:19 . . . He went and preached to the spirits in prison , 20 who formerly weredisobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark

was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.( NKJV )

While there are clearly some fallen angels who can move around freely, the Bible teaches that the Watchers who lusted after humanwomen are currently locked up in "chains of darkness."

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Mankind was originally given dominion and rulership over the earth (Gen. 1:26-28). However, the fall of man set the stage for Satannd the angels to assume control. Several biblical passages allude to the fact that both good and evil angels currently have differentevels of authority over the peoples of the earth:

DEUTERONOMY 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated thesons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God . 9 And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of hisinheritance. ( Brenton's LXX )

The passage shown above is from the 3rd-century BCE Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures known as the Septuagint .When God divided mankind into 70 nations at the tower of Babel, He apportioned rulership of the world among the angels,eserving only Abraham (father of the future nation of Israel) for Himself. God gave the angels varying levels of authority over theesulting nations of mankind.

n the official Jewish version of the Old Testament, the Masoretic Text , Deuteronomy 32:8 reads "sons of Israel" (Heb. beneyYisrael ) instead of "angels of God." However, an Aramaic copy of the book of Deuteronomy found among the Dead Sea Scrolls

as "sons of God" (Heb. beney 'elohim ) instead of "sons of Israel" in verse 8. The Septuagint translators understood that thesons of God" spoken of in Deuteronomy 32:8 and elsewhere were the angels, and rendered it that way several times (Deu 32:8;ob 1:6; 2:1; 38:7). The ancient text found at Qumran verifies the Septuagint rendering of this verse, indicating that the officialewish version was altered at a later date for some reason.

salm 82 speaks of the angelic council which was given rulership over the 70 nations of the earth:

PSALM 82:1 {A Psalm of Asaph.} God has taken his place in the divine council ; in themidst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 "How long will you judge unjustly and showpartiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain theright of the afflicted and the destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver themfrom the hand of the wicked." 5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding, theywalk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I say, " You are

gods, sons of the M ost High , all of you; 7 nevertheless, you shall die like men, and falllike any prince." 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; for to thee belong all the nations! ( RSV )

n this psalm, God chastises the angelic rulers ("the gods") for their injustice and iniquity in carrying out the responsibilities that Heas assigned to them. God tells them that their fate for disobedience will be to "die like men." Asaph ends the psalm by exhorting

God to judge the earth and its angelic rulers, because all the nations actually belong to Him. For more information on these rulingpirit beings, see my article " The Heavenly Divine Council ."

The book of Daniel gives us some further verification of this angelic authority over humanity.

DANIEL 10:5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen,whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz! 6 His body was like beryl, his face like theappearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnishedbronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude. . . . 12 Then hesaid to me, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart tounderstand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I havecome because of your words. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of P ersia withstoodme twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, forI had been left alone there with the kings of Persia . ( NKJV )

The passage above gives us a fascinating inside glimpse into the order and activities of the spiritual realm. The angel that visitedDaniel was sent to give him an understanding of what would happen to his people (the Jews) in "the latter days." However, thisngel was delayed for 21 days because "the prince of the kingdom of Persia" stood against him. Here we see a three-week spiritualattle described by one of the participants, a holy angel! Indeed, if Michael, who is described in Dan. 12:1 as "the great prince whoas charge of your people," had not helped in this fight, Daniel's messenger might not have been able to deliver his information.

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DANIEL 10:20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I must returnto fight against the prince of Persia , and when I am through with him, the prince of Greece will come. 21 But I am to tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth. There isno one with me who contends against these princes except Michael, yourprince ." ( NRSV )

After conveying his message to Daniel, the angel states that he must return once again to do battle with "the prince of Persia." Bute says that he will also eventually have to combat "the prince of Greece" after he has finished with "the Prince of Persia." Theicture derived from this brief account is one of continual spiritual warfare between the holy angels and the numerous spirit beings

who have been given dominion over the nations of this world. For additional information on Michael, the spiritual prince oversrael, refer to my article " Christ in the Old Testament ."

The apostle Paul takes this idea one step further by showing that mortal Christians are also involved in this spiritual warfare:

EPHESIANS 6:12 For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against theprincipalities , against the powers , against the w orld rulers of this present darkness,against the spiritual hosts of w ickedness in the heavenly places. ( RSV )

The phrase "world rulers" in Ephesians 6:12 comes from the Greek word kosmokratoras . Friberg's Analytical Lexicon to theGreek New Testament defines this word as " one holding power over the world ; plural in the NT for devilish forces,pirit-beings who control parts of the world system, world rulers (EP 6.12) ." Paul here clearly states that the fallen angelsold sway over the world! Paul goes on to describe the "whole armor of God" that is needed to defeat these wicked angels in theeavens and spiritual world rulers (Eph. 6:13-18).

n Hebrews 2:5, the author indirectly establishes the current rulership of our world by angels:

HEBREWS 2:5 For He did not su bject the age that is to come , about which we speak,

to angels . ( Magiera NT Peshitta translation )

By saying that God has not appointed angels to rule the coming world, the author implies that the current world is being ruled byngels. Indeed, the Bible clearly teaches that Satan is the supreme ruler and "god" (II Cor. 4:4) of this present world.

The Bible shows that God uses fallen angels and evil spirits to accomplish certain tasks which fulfill His plan:

I KINGS 22:19 Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD

sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and onHis left. 20 And the LORD said, 'Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall atRamoth Gilead?' So one [ angel ] spoke in this manner, and another [ angel ] spoke in thatmanner. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I willpersuade him.' 22 The LORD said to him, 'In what way?' So he said, 'I will go out and bea lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the LORD said, 'You shall persuadehim, and also prevail. Go out and do so.' 23 Therefore look! The LORD has put a lyingspirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disasteragainst you." ( NKJV )

The story of Saul recorded in I Samuel reveals another instance where God used an evil spirit to do His will:

I SAMUEL 16:14 Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit fromthe LORD tormented him. 15 And Saul's servants said to him, "Behold now, an evilspirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord now command your servants, who arebefore you, to seek out a man who is skilful in playing the lyre; and when the evil spirit

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from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well. . . ." 23 And whenever the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand; soSaul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. ( RSV )

I SAMUEL 18:10 And on the morrow an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and heraved within his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul hadhis spear in his hand; 11 and Saul cast the spear, for he thought, "I will pin David to thewall." But David evaded him twice. 12 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD waswith him but had departed from Saul. ( RSV )

I SAMUEL 19:9 Then an evil spirit from the LORD came upon Saul, as he sat in hishouse with his spear in his hand; and David was playing the lyre. 10 And Saul sought topin David to the wall with the spear; but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear intothe wall. And David fled, and escaped. ( RSV )

n the first instance, the "lying spirit" that persuaded Ahab was one of the "host of heaven," or an angel. But was the "evil spirit"hat God sent upon Saul an angel, or was it a demon? To understand the difference between the two, we have to understand the

ate of the nephilim that were killed in the Flood. To do that, let's go back to the book of 1 Enoch .

We've already seen from the Bible, 1 Enoch , and Jubilees that the Watchers were locked in the Abyss for their sins. However, asdditional punishment, God decreed that the nephilim , the children of the angels, would be destroyed from the face of the earth:

ENOCH 12:4 . . . Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of theheaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiledthemselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken untothemselves 5 wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall haveno peace nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in theirchildren, the murder of their belo ved ones shall th ey see, and over thedestruction of their children shall they lament , and shall make supplication untoeternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain." ( The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H. Charles)

The Bible teaches that a human being is made up of body, spirit, and soul (I The. 5:23; Heb. 4:12). The body is the physical partf a man, the spirit is the non-physical part, and the soul (Gr. psuche , Eng. "psyche") is the character or personality. When aerson dies physically, their spirit (which has no consciousness apart from the body) returns to God who gave it (Ecc. 12:7).

However, since the hybrid nephilim had both physical and spiritual natures, they were able to survive (in a fashion) the deaths of heir physical bodies. These hybrid spirits, which were not part of God's creation, had nowhere to go when their physical existenceeased. 1 Enoch tells us what became of the departed spirits of these crossbreeds:

ENOCH 15:8 And now, the giants, w ho are produced from the spirits and flesh,shall be called evil spirits upon 9 the earth , and on the earth shall be their dwelling.Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men andfrom the holy W atchers is their beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall be evilspirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called . [As for the spirits of heaven,in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon

the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict,oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble:they take no food, but nevertheless 12 hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And thesespirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the w omen , becausethey have proceeded from them. ( The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament , R.H.Charles)

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children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 28 But she answered and said to Him, "Yes,Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs." 29 And He said toher, "Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter." 30 Andgoing back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.( NASU )

LUKE 9:38 Suddenly a man from the multitude cried out, saying, "Teacher, I implore You,look on my son, for he is my only child. 39 "And behold, a spirit seizes him, and hesuddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs fromhim with great difficulty, bruising him. 40 So I implored Your disciples to cast it out, butthey could not." 41 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation,how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." 42 And as he wasstill coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked theunclean spirit , healed the child, and gave him back to his father. ( NKJV )

ACTS 19:11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that evenhandkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases leftthem and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish

exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who hadevil spirits , saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 Also therewere seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" 16 Then the manin whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed againstthem, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ( NKJV )

During his ministry, Yeshua gave his disciples dominion and supremacy over these unclean spirits:

LUKE 9:1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power andauthority over all demons , and to cure diseases. ( NKJV )

We can conclude from this grant of authority that demons and fallen angels are indeed separate entities. Otherwise, Yeshua's grantf power to the twelve disciples over all demons would have included Satan and the other angelic rulers of the divine council.

Clearly this was not the case.

n his Gospel, Luke records an incident between Christ and some demons who had possessed a man which gives us additionalnsight:

LUKE 8:26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who haddemons for a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in thetombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and with a loud voicesaid, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do nottorment me!" 29 For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Forit had often seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles;and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness. 30 Jesusasked him, saying, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons

had entered him. 31 And they begged Him that He wo uld not command them to goout into the Abyss . 32 Now a herd of many swine was feeding there on the mountain.So they begged Him that He would permit them to enter them. And He permitted them. 33Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd ran violentlydown the steep place into the lake and drowned. ( NKJV )

As the Scripture above shows, the demons who inhabited this man were terrified of being banished by Yeshua into the Abyss.

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This is the same place where the fallen angels were chained. Apparently, those fallen angels and demons who get too far out of lineere on earth are restrained in the Abyss until the day of judgment.

n the end-time prophecy recorded by John in the book of Revelation, the Abyss plays a large part in the events leading up to theeturn of the Messiah. During the period of the "seven trumpets," when God's wrath is poured out on an unrepentant mankind, the

Abyss is opened at the sounding of the fifth trumpet:

REVELATION 9:1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallenfrom the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss . 2 When

he opened the Abyss , smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. Thesun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss . 3 And out of the smokelocusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of theearth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but onlythose people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not givenpower to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they sufferedwas like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 During those days menwill seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. 7 Thelocusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something likecrowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women'shair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariotsrushing into battle. 10 They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they hadpower to torment people for five months. ( NIV )

The unlocking of the Abyss releases a horde of fallen angels and depraved demons upon mankind. God uses them as annstrument of His wrath for five months; they are allowed to torment those on the earth who don't have God's seal on theiroreheads (Rev. 7:2-8).

n his commentary on Revelation 9:1, 3, Daniel H. Stern writes:

1 The star is not Satan (despite Isaiah 14:12, Lk 10:17), but an angel, who still has thekey at 20:1. The Abyss is not Sh'ol (as at Ro 10:7), but a place where demonic beingsare imprisoned (vv. 2-11, 11:7, 17:8, 20:2-3). In the Apocrypha, God is called, "You whoclose and seal the Abyss with your fearful and glorious name" (Prayer of Manasseh3). . . .

3 Demonic monsters are released which fly like locusts (Exodus 10:12-20; Joel 1:4,2:4-14) and sting like scorpions (Ezekiel 2:6, Lk 11:12). (pp. 815, 816, Jewish NewTestament Commentary )

n Revelation 9:11, a mysterious character is introduced into the story. He is released from the Abyss along with the multitude of ngels and demons, and is identified as their king or ruler:

REVELATION 9:11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss , whose name inHebrew is Abaddon , and in Greek, Apollyon . ( NIV )

Abaddon/Apollyon (literally "Destroyer" in Hebrew/Greek ) is the angelic ruler of the Abyss. He is the highest ranking evil angel

ow confined in the Abyss. Although not specifically mentioned by these names anywhere else in the Bible, Abaddon plays amajor role in the events at the end of this current age. For additional information on the identity of this powerful fallen angel and hisctivities in the end-time, see my articles " Who Is The 'Destroyer'? " and " The Goat For Azazel ."

After the release of the angels and demons from the Abyss, another group of evil spirits is released onto the earth:

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REVELATION 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four hornsof the golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had thetrumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 Sothe four angels , who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year,w ere released to kill a third of mankind . 16 Now the number of the army of thehorsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw thehorses in the vision: those w ho sat on them had breastplates of fiery red,hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow ; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 18 By these threeplagues a third of mankind was killed – by the fire and the smoke and the brimstonewhich came out of their mouths. 19 For their power is in their mouth and in their tails;for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm. 20 But therest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons . . . ( NKJV )

n this passage of Scripture, we see that to further punish those who will not obey Him, God authorizes the release of fourowerful angels who have been held for just this occasion. Their mission is the destruction of 1/3 of mankind. To accomplish thiseat, they are given an army of 200 million evil spirits. Just as Christ and his angelic army later ride white horses (Rev. 19:11, 14),hese demons also ride "horses." Fire, smoke, and brimstone issue from the mouths of their horses, and with these plaguesossibly a billion and a half people are killed.

Both Abaddon, the imprisoned spirit currently ruling over the Abyss, and the four angels now "bound at the great river Euphrates"ppear to be high-ranking and powerful angels. They will be freed to fulfill their part of God's plan at the end of the age.

Yeshua tells us the fate of Satan and the fallen angels is to go into the age-lasting fire which has been prepared for them:

MATTHEW 25:41 "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, youcursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels : ( NKJV )

Only Satan and his angels are mentioned here by Yeshua as going into fire. The demons have a different fate awaiting them. Duringhe millennial reign of Yeshua, these unclean spirits will be restricted to the destroyed and uninhabited land of Babylon (Isa. 13:19-2; Jer. 51:37; Rev. 18:2). The Scriptures teach that the spirits of these hybrid giants will not be resurrected:

ISAIAH 26:14 Let not the dead live, let not the giants [ repha'im ] rise again: thereforehast Thou visited and destroyed them, and hast destroyed all their memory. ( DRA )

At some point, God will destroy the demonic spirits of the nephilim and put them out of their misery. They are not part of Hisreation, and they have no future in His plan.

CONCLUSIONhe earth is currently ruled over by angelic principalities and powers. Spiritual conflict is unseen but ongoing, with the holyangels often battling the fallen angels to fulfill God's will. Demons, the evil spirits of the departed nephilim , roam the earth

ormenting and afflicting mankind.

The fallen angels and the demons will be fully unleashed on the earth during the end of this age, when God's wrath is vented on ainning and unrepentant humanity. In the end, however, Christ will return and subjugate all who won't submit to God's authority,ncluding Satan and the fallen host. Their punishment will be age-lasting destruction and refinement within the lake of fire. Theisembodied spirits of the giants will eventually be destroyed forever.

Bryan T. Huieuly 5, 1997

evised: October 5, 2010

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