WARFARE WITH FALLEN

ANGELS,WORKING

WITH GOD’S HOLY ANGELS

Spiritual Warfare 4NIHOP

June 2015

RANKING OF ANGELS:

RANK 1 – CHERUBIM (some say SERAPHIM)Rank 2 – THRONE BEARERSRANK 3 – “creatures” or “beasts” (EZEKIEL 1)RANK 4 – 24 ELDERSRank 5 – SERAPHIM (SOME SAY CHERUBIM)Rank 6 – PRINCIPALITYRANK 7 – powersRank 8 – rulersmessengers

THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF THIS STUDY:

1.WARFARE AGAINST FALLEN ANGELS

2.WARFARE AND WORKING WITH GOD’S HOLY ANGELS

1. WARFARE AGAINST FALLEN ANGELS

EPHESIANS 6:10 ”Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes (strategies). 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities (principalities), against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”

2. WORKING AND WARRING WITH GOD’S HOLY ANGELS

Hebrews 1:1414 Are they (ANGELS) not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Ministering – leitorgikos – service (system of service, such as civil service, temple service, military service)Minister – diakonia (deacon) – “one who goes through the dust”; hands-on service; attendant

THE PROMISE OF PSALM 911 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." 3Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

PSALM 919 IF YOU MAKE THE MOST HIGH YOUR DWELLING– (note: visitation versus habitation) EVEN THE LORD, WHO IS MY REFUGE--10 THEN NO HARM WILL BEFALL YOU, NO DISASTER WILL COME NEAR YOUR TENT. 11 FOR HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS; 12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

An important word first: WORSHIP OF ANGELS (INCLUDING PRAYING TO ANGELS) IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN!!• “This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven…’” (Matthew 6:9

;Luke 11:2). If praying to angels were something we, as His disciples, are to do, this would have been the place for Him to tell us. Clearly, we are to pray only to God. This is also evident in passages such asMatthew 11:25-26, where Christ's prayer introduction begins with "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth....“• angels reject our worship (Revelation 22:8-9), • Revelation 19:10

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.• “Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of

angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions,” Colossians 2:18.

REVELATIONS 22:8-9

8 I, rJohn, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, sI fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9 s

but he said to me, “YOU MUST NOT DO THAT! I am a fellow servant4 with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those mwho keep the words of this book. WORSHIP GOD.”

THE RANKS OF ANGELS:(GOD is not an angel; He created angels so He is at the Highest peak of the hierarchy…)

- (Seraphs) Ministers to God Who sits on His Throne- (Cherubs) Enforces God orders directly from the Throne- (Thrones/Rulers) Ruling angels under whose command are companies of angels (like extension offices)- (Dominions/Principalities) are like army detachments (of angels) in charge of areas- (Powers) are angels with specific skills (ex., healing, worship, understanding, miracles, etc.

THE SERAPHS or the SERAPHIMThe seraphim (fiery, burning ones) are angelic beings associated with the prophet Isaiah's vision of God in the Temple when God called him to his prophetic ministry (Isaiah 6:1-7).Isaiah 6:2-4records, “Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.’ At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.” Seraphs are angels who worship God continually.

• Isaiah chapter 6 is the only place in the Bible that specifically mentions the seraphim. Each seraph had six wings. They used two to fly, two to cover their feet, and two to cover their faces (Isaiah 6:2). The seraphim flew about the throne on which God was seated, singing His praises as they called special attention to God’s glory and majesty. These beings apparently also served as agents of purification for Isaiah as he began his prophetic ministry. One placed a hot coal against Isaiah's lips with the words, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for” (Isaiah 6:7). Similar to the other types of holy angels, the seraphim are perfectly obedient to God. Similar to the cherubim, the seraphim are particularly focused on worshipping God.

THE CHERUB or CHERUBIM• The word Cherub may come from an Arabic word karab, meaning 'to

guard' which would fit well with their role. No where in the Bible are the Cherubim actually called angels!• Having four faces on four side of their heads and being arranged in a

square, they can travel in any direction without having to turn.

BEST BIBLICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHERUBEzekiel 1

• 1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth of the month--it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin-- 3 the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the LORD was upon him. 4 I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north--an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, 5 and in the fire was what looked like FOUR LIVING CREATURES. In appearance their form was that of a man, 6 but EACH OF THEM HAD FOUR FACES AND FOUR WINGS. 7 Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. ALL FOUR OF THEM HAD FACES AND WINGS, 9 and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.

Cherubim

• 10 Their faces looked like this: EACH OF THE FOUR HAD THE FACE OF A MAN, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE EACH HAD THE FACE OF A LION, AND ON THE LEFT THE FACE OF AN OX; EACH ALSO HAD THE FACE OF AN EAGLE. 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering its body. 12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13 The APPEARANCE OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS LIKE BURNING COALS OF FIRE OR LIKE TORCHES. FIRE MOVED BACK AND FORTH AMONG THE CREATURES; IT WAS BRIGHT, AND LIGHTNING FLASHED OUT OF IT. 14 THE CREATURES SPED BACK AND FORTH LIKE FLASHES OF LIGHTNING.

Ezekiel 1: 1-14

CHERUB•22 Spread out above the heads of the living

creatures was what looked like an expanse, sparkling like ice, and awesome. 23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. 24 When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. Ezekiel 1:22-24

SO IF THIS IS HOW ONE SERAPH LOOKS LIKE (WITH THE HEAD OF A LION…)

THIS IS HOW A CHERUB MAY LOOK LIKE:

SERAPH: CHERUB:

What Ezekiel saw (Ezekiel 1) – seraphs and cherubs

THE SERAPH’S/CHERUB’S POSITIONING:

1. ABOVE AND AROUND THE THRONE

2. AROUND THE CAMPS OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL SURROUNDING THE TABERNACLE

ARCHANGEL - MICHAELDANIEL 12

1 And at that time (GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD) shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Archangel GABRIEL – Daniel 8

• 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.• 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks

of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.• 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he

came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.• 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a

deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.• 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know

what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

GABRIEL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

• Gabriel is mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. He’s known for bearing good news of Jesus’ coming birth, but his first biblical appearance is in Daniel 8:16, when he is told to explain a vision to the prophet.

• Gabriel stands in the presence of God. This is how he describes himself to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:19). The Greek word for “stands” is paristánō, which means to wait before a superior. The Septuagint uses this word to describe how Joshua served Moses and how David assisted King Saul. angels who stand in the presence of God as archangels, and so Gabriel has been called an archangel by tradition.

• Gabriel looks like a man The name Gabriel means “man of God” or “strength of God.” The second time Daniel encounters Gabriel (Daniel 9:21), he describes Gabriel as a “man [. . .] seen in the vision previously.” We don’t get any more details on Gabriel’s looks. Perhaps that’s because his messages are always so important.

• Gabriel scares people. When Daniel meets Gabriel, he is frightened and falls on his face. When Gabriel greets Zacharias, his first words are, “Do not be afraid.” Mary’s greeting is more celebratory, but Gabriel still follows up by telling her not to fear.

• Gabriel anticipates Jesus. Gabriel relays a prophecy concerning “Messiah the Prince” to Daniel. He tells Zacharias that John the Baptist will be a forerunner before the Lord. And most famously, he tells Mary that her son will be called “the Son of the Most High.”

It is presumed Satan has his own similar organizationSATAN’S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2 Cor.4:3-4, Eph. 2:1-2 1) Satan (cherub level): The devil was originally a cherub, first in rank among the elect angels, 2) Thrones (elder level): These "kings" are apparently the heads of Satan's world-wide network for administering his "kingdom of this world" (Rev.11:15). 3) Princes (archangel level): These are the sarim discussed under archangel above. Daniel 10:13 and 10:20-21 mention the "prince of Persia" and the "prince of Greece", 4) Authorities (authority level): This is the only rank level for which there is apparently no additional or alternative name among the fallen angels. 5) World-rulers (power level): These are the demon equivalent to the dynameis or "powers". 6) (spirit level): This is both the rank and file of fallen angels and the common name by which all of them are described. Known by a variety of names, 7) demons

1/3 of angels went with Satan in his rebellion against God• We are also told that one third of an “innumerable company of angels” (

Hebrews 12:22) chose to rebel with him. John saw this great wonder in heaven, “…an enormous red dragon…His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth…the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him” (Revelation 12:3-9).

Since Satan is referred to as a star which fell or was cast down to earth, and Revelation 12:4 says a third of the stars were cast out with him, then the conclusion is that the stars in Revelation 12 refer to fallen angels, fully one third of the heavenly host. If the one-third number is in fact accurate, what assurance that is! Two thirds of the angels are still on God's side, and for followers of Christ, they are on our side as well.

Revisiting EPHESIANS 6“10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities (principalities), against the powers OF THIS DARK WORLD and against the SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS.”

Recalling DEMONIZATION

• “DAIMONIZOMAI” – to be “possessed by a demon”- “demon-possession” is used 12 times in the N.T. it does not, however, mean “to be owned” by a demon.“daimon” – demon, and “iz” the causative stem in the word, implies an active cause in the verb“omenos” – passive ending, signifies passivity of the object•Functional definition: “demon-possession” is

demon activity resulting in the passitivity of the object; or

“to be under the effective control or influence of demons”

Based on this definition, “demon possession” or demonization can be said of: 

• Individuals – Matt. 8:28, Matt. 9:33, 12:22 etc.•Territories – Rev. 2:13, (towns and cities as seen

clearly implied in Jude 6 and 7)• Institutions – (such as governments and

government leaders) – Book of Daniel; EXAMPLES: Hitler’s Nazi Government, ISIS, Boko Haram, Communist governments•objects (idols) – 1 Cor. 10

DEMONIZATION OF TERRITORIES 

God has a plan for cities. In the O.T., there were all kinds of cities for different purposes: storehouse cities, cities of refuge, cities of defense, spiritual centers for renewal and blessing.• (See Numbers 35:1-34; 2 Chron. 8:5-6, 11:5; Deut.

16:18; Psalm 72:16; Proverbs 11)• Jeremiah 29:7 – “Work for the welfare of the city,

and pray to the Lord for it (for the city), for in its blessing you too will be blessed.”• Jer. 12:10-11 – “They have made it desolate; it

mourns Me; the whole land is made desolate, because no one takes it to heart.”•Cities and territories are part of God’s plan.

TERRITORIAL DEMONIZATIONTerritories can be demonized by: 1. By dedication to Satan, whether intentionally or in ignorance.-- Acts 19 (Ephesus was dedicated to Artemis/Diana and the demon may have caused the riot there)2. By commission of great sin there, especially persistent.-- Sodom and Gomorrah – Gen. 18:20 (in relation to Rom. 1:26)3. By Satanic choice (Pergamum --- Rev. 2:13)4. By human leadersEzek. 27 (Tyre was cursed because of the king of tyre)Germany in the time of Hitler

WAGING WARFARE FOR TERRITORIESPromise to claim:•PSALM 2:8 – “Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.”•WE MUST ASK THE LORD MAKE NEGROS ISLAND HIS INHERITANCE.•This is very compatible with the Great Commission – “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to ALL nations…”•Superior weapons to use – 2 Cor. 10

BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR WARRING AGAINST FALLEN

ANGELS

1. FIRST PRINCIPLE, VERY IMPORTANT:DO NOT SLANDER CELESTIAL BEINGS

(Book of JUDE)• 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the

salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. • 4 For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago

have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. • 5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the

Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. • 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but

abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

JUDE• 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding

towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. • 8 In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own

bodies, REJECT AUTHORITY and SLANDER CELESTIAL BEINGS. • 9 BUT EVEN THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, WHEN HE WAS

DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL ABOUT THE BODY OF MOSES, DID NOT DARE TO BRING A SLANDEROUS ACCUSATION AGAINST HIM, BUT SAID, "THE LORD REBUKE YOU!" • 10 Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do

not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals--these are the very things that destroy them.

2 PETER 2:9-13• 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from

trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. • 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of

the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, THESE MEN ARE NOT AFRAID TO SLANDER CELESTIAL BEINGS; • 11 YET EVEN ANGELS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STRONGER AND MORE

POWERFUL, DO NOT BRING SLANDEROUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SUCH BEINGS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. • 12 BUT THESE MEN BLASPHEME IN MATTERS THEY DO NOT

UNDERSTAND. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish. • 13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.

Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “SLANDER CELESTIAL BEINGS”

• Michael’s behavior in Jude 8-9 was a matter of RESPECT FOR A DIGNITARY, OR A PERSON IN AUTHORITY.• The same rule APPLIES TO FATHERS, PASTORS, SERVANTS OF THE

LORD, LEADERS• Although he had rebelled, Satan held a higher rank than Michael.

Jude’s point in these verses was that it’s disrespectful to slander celestial beings. We are to respect them whether they’re obedient or not. But we are not to fear them, and that includes Satan. James 4:7 says if we resist Satan he’ll flee from us, and 1 John 4:4 says the One who is in us is greater than the one who is the world.• The Prince of Persia was a powerful being, but remember he only

withstood God’s messenger. It was Michael who intervened and freed the messenger to complete his assignment (Daniel 10:13).

SHOCKER: THERE IS NO RECORD IN SCRIPTURES OF CHRISTIANS BINDING OR CASTING OUT FALLEN ANGELS OR TERRITORIAL SPIRITS AS THEY DID with DEMONS!!!

Demons (disembodied spirits) are cast out. Fallen angels however are not “cast” out, or “bound”.1. Jesus did not “bind” Satan when Satan tempted him (Luke 4)2. Paul did not “bind” Satan for giving him a thorn in the flesh (2 Cor.

12); this thorn in the flesh was not by a demon but by Satan3. The Lord Himself did not bind Satan when Satan was accusing

Joshua (Zechariah 5)4. Paul did not “bind” the spirits of idolatry etc in Ephesus or any city

where he preached

FALLEN ANGELS ARE NOT DIS-EMBODIED SPIRITS (OR DEMONS); WARFARE AGAINST THEM IS DIFFERENT!

HOW THE LORD REBUKED SATAN• (Zechariah 3:1-5) "Then he showed me Joshua the

high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?" Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, "Take off his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put rich garments on you." Then I said, "Put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by."

Are we not supposed to have authority over demons? Why then are we warned against slandering celestial beings?

1. WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER SATAN AND HIS DEMONS2. THAT AUTHORITY HAS TO BE EXERCISED PROPERLY AND

CORRECTLY:A. demons, being disembodied spirits that inhabit human

flesh, are properly cast outB. Fallen angels, having celestial bodies, however, are still

angels and are higher than humans (“WE ARE MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS” Psalm 8:5-9, Hebrews 2:7-9 )

C. But “we are seated WITH GOD IN CHRIST in the heavenlies, FAR ABOVE ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY…” (Ephesians 2:6, Ephesians 1:21)

DID JESUS GIVE US AUTHORITY TO CAST OUT ALL EVIL SPIRITS?

• Matt. 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” All authority has not been passed on to us. We need to be under his authority to have any.• Then he said “GO YE THEREFORE, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL

NATIONS (MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS), BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED YOU…”• HE DID NOT SAY CAST OUT TERRITORIAL SPIRITS

COMMON SENSE: if we can cast out fallen angels, evil spirits (of immorality, murder, etc.) OUT OF CITIES OR TERRITORIES BY SIMPLY COMMANDING OR BINDING THEM, THEN WHY IS THE EARTH STILL NOT YET A PARADISE?

How the LORD HIMSELF commissioned his 70 disciples (LUKE 10)• 10 Now after this the Lord appointed [a]seventy others, and sent

them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.2 And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. • 3 Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry

no money belt, no [b]bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ • 8 Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before

you; 9 and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’10 BUT WHATEVER CITY YOU ENTER AND THEY DO NOT RECEIVE YOU, GO OUT INTO ITS STREETS AND SAY, 11 ‘EVEN THE DUST OF YOUR CITY WHICH CLINGS TO OUR FEET WE WIPE OFF IN PROTEST AGAINST YOU; YET [F]BE SURE OF THIS, THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME NEAR.’ 12 I SAY TO YOU, IT WILL BE MORE TOLERABLE IN THAT DAY FOR SODOM THAN FOR THAT CITY. (NOTE: HE DID NOT SAY BIND THE DEMON OF UNBELIEF.)

Luke 10• 17 The [i]seventy returned with joy, saying, “LORD, EVEN THE DEMONS

ARE SUBJECT TO US IN YOUR NAME.” 18 And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN? DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO BIND SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS (SPIRITS) OR NOT?

This is my view and understanding. CHECK IT WITH THE LORD HIMSELF (THE HOLY SPIRIT) WHEN YOU STUDY THE SCRIPTURES, OR ASK YOUR TEACHERS:

Our AUTHORITY AGAINST SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS IS FIRST OF ALL CHIEFLY DEFENSIVE, NOT YET OFFENSIVE:Job 1 – Satan has to ask permission from God to attack JobJames 5:7 – RESIST THE DEVIL and he will flee from you (He did not say “ATTACK THE DEVIL”)Ephesians 6 – ARMOR OF GOD is to enable us to STAND WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES; VERSE 13

“Therefore, put on the full armor of God so that WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND, AND AFTER YOU HAVE EVERYTHING, TO STAND.” (This is DEFENSE!!)

2. Second principle (warfare against fallen angels): The OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST FALLEN ANGELS (SPIRITS) ARE DONE BY GOD’S ANGELS THEMSELVES (Daniel 10)

• 10 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a [a]message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the [b]message was true and one of great [c]conflict, but he understood the [d]message and had an understanding of the vision.• 2 In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning (fasting) for three entire

weeks. 3 I did not eat any [e]tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed. 4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great river, that is, the [f]Tigris, 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz. 6 His body also was like [g]beryl, his face [h]had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a [i]tumult. 7

Daniel 10

• 10 Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my [l]hands and knees. 11 He said to me, “O Daniel, man of [m

]high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand [n]upright, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.12 Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.13 BUT THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA WAS [O]WITHSTANDING ME FOR TWENTY-ONE DAYS; THEN BEHOLD, MICHAEL, ONE OF THE CHIEF PRINCES, CAME TO HELP ME, FOR I HAD BEEN LEFT THERE WITH THE KINGS OF PERSIA. 14 Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the [p]latter days, for the vision pertains to the days yet future.”

NOTICE:1. DANIEL WAS FASTING AND PRAYING FOR THREE

WEEKS (his basic need was understanding and revelation)

2. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT AN ANGEL WAS SENT TO HIM ON THE FIRST DAY

3. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT HIS MESSENGER ANGEL WAS INTERCEPTED BY A PRINCE FALLEN ANGEL

4. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT MICHAEL HAD TO RESCUE THE MESSENGER ANGEL

5. DANIEL WAS NOT PRAYING A BINDING OR LOOSING PRAYER, OR A CASTING OUT PRAYER

6. HE WAS JUST PRAYING FOR UNDERSTANDING AND REVELATION (V. 12)

Paul in ACTS 17 - Paul at Athens• 16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was

being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. 17 So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present. 18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [n]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this [o]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him [p]to the [q

]Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is [r]which you are proclaiming? …. (so he explained his faith to them…)• 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,

some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you [x]again concerning this.” 33 So Paul went out of their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

WHAT’S THE POINT?Paul FEARLESSLY PREACHED THE GOSPEL AND SPREAD THE WORD, AND NOT ENGAGE IN CASTING OUT OR BINDING SPIRITS OF UNBELIEF OR IDOLATRYDID HE PRAY???OF COURSE HE PRAYED A LOT!!! NIGHT AND DAY, DAY AND NIGHT!!!(2 Tim. 1:3, I Thess. 3:10)BUT NOT BINDING PRAYERS OF SPIRITS! HE PRAYED TO THE LORD, FOR THE LORD TO WORK, FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO ILLUMINE AND ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE’S MINDS, BUT NOT CASTING OUT OF SPIRITS..AND HE KEPT ON PREACHING THE GOSPEL!!(“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God unto salvation….” Romans 1:16)

Acts 4 – LOOK AT HOW THEY PRAYED…• 4 As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the

captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, 2 being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming [a]in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the [b]message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.• 23 When they had been released, they went to their

own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O[p

]Lord, it is You who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM,

Acts 4• 29 And [V]NOW, LORD, TAKE NOTE OF THEIR THREATS, AND GRANT

THAT YOUR BOND-SERVANTS MAY SPEAK YOUR WORD WITH ALL CONFIDENCE,30 WHILE YOU EXTEND YOUR HAND TO HEAL, AND [

W]SIGNS AND WONDERS TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE NAME OF YOUR HOLY [X]SERVANT JESUS.” 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.• Sharing among Believers• 32 And the [y]congregation of those who believed were of one heart

and soul; and not one of them [z]claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. 33 And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all. 34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the[aa

]proceeds of the sales 35 and lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need.

PAUL’S THORN IN THE FLESH (2 Corinthians 12)• 1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come

to visions and revelations of the Lord.• 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I

cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.• 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I

cannot tell: God knoweth;)• 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard

unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.• 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of

the revelations, THERE WAS GIVEN TO ME A THORN IN THE FLESH, THE MESSENGER OF SATAN TO BUFFET ME, lest I should be exalted above measure.• 8 FOR THIS THING I BESOUGHT THE LORD THRICE, THAT IT MIGHT

DEPART FROM ME. (NOTE: HE DID NOT “CAST IT OUT” OR “BIND IT.”)• 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is

made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

So what is BINDING AND LOOSING?

•For us to understand its true meaning, we need to go to the text it was first used in Matt. 16:13-20. (Remember, all scripture is to be read in its context for us to understand the original intent of the author.)•Matt. 16:13-20 -- Jesus asked the disciples a direct question of who they say He is. Peter is then given a revelation from the Father calling Him the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.

BINDING AND LOOSING:• Binding and loosing were used in two different manners judicially and

legislatively. 1. JUDICIALLY - “to bind” meant to punish, “to loose” meant to release from punishment.2. LEGISLATIVELY “to bind” meant to forbid something, “to loose” meant to permit.• We see Peter using THE KEYS beginning in the book of Acts, when the

Church is born. He used his authority by opening the door to three groups to enter the body of Christ on three separate occasions, using the keys legislatively (loosing) to permit that which was formerly not permitted such as the gentiles to be part of Gods kingdom by faith.• In Acts 2:5-41 - In his first sermon to the Jews on Pentecost, 3,000 Jews

were saved (although the Jewish people are given the Gospel first and are the natural branches in the olive tree, the church is beginning to be formed, it will consist of both Jews and gentiles as believers in one body). Eph. 2:14-17.

Binding and loosing• In Acts 8:14-17 - To the Samaritans, Philip preached, they believed,

vs. 12 -- Peter then came and laid hands on them, vs. 17 -- (both Peter and John).• Peter used the keys in a judicial sense binding punishing Annanias

and Sapphirra for their lying to the Holy Spirit.• Peter also uses these keys in a legislative sense of ‘loosing”

something after he has the vision in Acts 10:9-48. The Lord was telling him to eat what was on the sheet. Peter refused because it was forbidden to eat unclean animals under the mosaic Law. After three times of the Lord saying to eat because they are now clean, Peter then begins to contemplate what the vision means. • In Acts 10:44-48 - To the Gentiles - Peter used his authority to permit

these into the body of Christ, by recognizing God's work that was done by Spirit baptism. (I Cor. 12:13

CHURCH DISCIPLINE• Matthew 18:15-20• We are told in this text that when one brother commits a trespass to

another brother, the one offended is to go to the offender alone the first time, v.16. If he does not listen, or agree with the offended brother, then the offended brother is to take one or two more as witnesses to work this out. If there is still no cooperation, the one who offended is to be placed under church discipline. (Excommunication until he comes into reconciliation.) This is a progression of steps to be taken toward reconciliation until there is no alternative. The goal is always to be restoration.• Verses 18-20, the two or three in agreement, asking the Father in

Jesus' name is in the context of counseling brothers for reconciliation. Jesus is in the midst of them, as the Counselor-Peacemaker. If you are gathered in His Name, His will is to bring peace to all situations. (Whatever we touch and agree on, v.19.)

WHAT IS THE POINT???

That BINDING AND LOOSING DOES NOT EXTEND TO BINDING FALLEN ANGELS AND SPIRIT BEINGS (EXCEPT DEMONS – DISEMBODIED SPIRITS).

There IS ANOTHER WAY TO FIGHT THEM, BUT NOT THROUGH THIS, AS WE WILL EXPLAIN….Why can we bind demons and not fallen angels?

From the point of view of authority, demons “stooped to our level” by inhabiting or possessing humans, so we have the right and authority to evict them in Christ.

3. Third principle - WARRING AGAINST FALLEN ANGELS: DEVELOP CHRIST’S BRIDAL CHARACTER (Esther 5)

5 Now it came about on the third day that ESTHER PUT ON HER ROYAL ROBES and STOOD IN THE INNER COURT of the king’s palace in front of the king’s [a]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [b]throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace. 2 WHEN THE KING SAW ESTHER THE QUEEN STANDING IN THE COURT, SHE OBTAINED FAVOR IN HIS SIGHT; and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter. 3 Then the king said to her, “WHAT IS TROUBLING YOU, QUEEN ESTHER? AND WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST? EVEN TO HALF OF THE KINGDOM IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU.” 4 Esther said, “If it pleases the king, may the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

4. Fourth Principle - BE IN THE LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER AND FASTING • Matt. 6:16 -- “when you pray”, “when you fast” (not

if)• Acts 1:14 -- Church born in prayer• Acts 2:42 -- “… devoted themselves to prayer…”• Acts 13 -- Sending of Paul and Barnabas was by fasting

and prayer Mathew 17:21"But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.“

THE PRINCIPLE OR REASON BEHIND FASTING:1 Corinthians 15:50 (KJ21) 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

5. Fifth principle: BE IN A LIFESTYLE OF THANKSGIVING, PRAISE AND WORSHIP! (PSALM 149)

1 Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. 3 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. 4 For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation. 5 Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. 6 MAY THE PRAISE OF GOD BE IN THEIR MOUTHS AND A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD IN THEIR HANDS, 7 TO INFLICT VENGEANCE ON THE NATIONS AND PUNISHMENT ON THE PEOPLES,8 TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH FETTERS, THEIR NOBLES WITH SHACKLES OF IRON, 9 TO CARRY OUT THE SENTENCE WRITTEN AGAINST THEM. THIS IS THE GLORY OF ALL HIS SAINTS. PRAISE THE LORD.

BE WARY OF COMPLAINING, WHINING, “RECLAMO-IZING” SPIRIT!!!• 37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against

the workers of iniquity.• 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green

herb.• 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily

thou shalt be fed.• 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of

thine heart.• 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it

to pass.• 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment

as the noonday.• 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of

him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.• 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do

evil. (IT LEADS ONLY TO EVIL DOING).”

6. Sixth principle: MASTER THE WORD OF GOD!!!

MATTHEW 22:29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, NOT UNDERSTANDING THE SCRIPTURES NOR THE POWER OF GOD.”

Luke 4 – when Satan tempted Jesus, Jesus answered him three times IT IS WRITTEN (IT IS SAID IN THE SCRIPTURES…)

Ephesians 6:17 – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT IS THE WORD OF GOD….

2 Timothy 2:15 King James Version (KJV)15 STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

7. Work with the UNITED BODY OF CHRIST

EPHESIAND 3:9 … and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;10so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known THROUGH THE CHURCH to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. 11This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,…

8. Eight Principle: PRAY IN TONGUES

I CORINTHIANS 13:1“…THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS…”

Ephesians 6:18 – PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND REQUESTS… BE ALERT AND ALWAYS KEEP ON PRAYING FOR ALL THE SAINTS…

9. Ninth principle, OPERATE IN THE PROPHETIC

ANGELIC MOVEMENTS ARE REVEALED TO PROPHETSANGELS WORK WITH PROPHETS. ANGELS WAR AGAINST SATAN’S ARMY WITH PROPHETS1. Elisha 2. Daniel3. Ezekiel, etc.

NOW WE LOOK AT THE FASCINATING MATTER OF

WORKING WITH GOD’S HOLY

ANGELS

Biblical bases for desiring to work with angels:

1. JESUS IS LORD OF HOSTS, HE WORKS WITH ANGELS – Psalm 24:10

2. JESUS ACTIVELY WELCOMED THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS – Mark 1:13, Matthew 25:31

3. We cooperate with angels I CORINTHIANS 2:9 (“No eye has seen…”

4. Angels have been sent to minister to us – HEBREWS 1:14, DANIEL 10

Working with angels…5. Angels will gather the elect (angels are the harvesters and we have been called to labor in the harvest field) - Matthew 24:30-316. OPEN HEAVENS ARE CREATED BY ANGELS John 1:51 – Jesus said: “I tell you the truth, YOU SEE HEAVEN OPEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD DESCENDING AND ASCENDING ON THE SON OF MAN.”7. LOOSING AND BINDING IS CARRIED OUT BY ANGELS

Revelations 20:1-2– An ANGEL with a great chain, having the key to the ABYSS, SEIZED THE DRAGON. THE ANCIENT SERPENT, WHO IS THE DEVIL, SATAN AND BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS…”

THREE LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ANGELS1. ANGELS COMING DOWN TO YOU - Jacob (Genesis 28:10-21) - shepherds (Luke 2)- Zechariah, Mary (Luke 1, Luke 2)2. YOU ARE BROUGHT TO THE REALMS OF ANGELS (2ND HEAVEN)- Paul (2 Cor. 12:1-4)3. YOU ARE BROUGHT BY THE ANGELS TO BE WITH THEM IN THE REALMS OF GOD WITH THE DIVINE COUNCIL

- Ezekiel in Ezekiel 1- Daniel in Daniel 7- John in Revelations 4- Paul (2 Cor. 12:1-4)

UNDERSTANDING SPIRITUAL GATES – GATES OF SPIRITS OR ANGELS• X. SPIRITUAL GATESThe concept of spiritual gates is one of the most important in spiritual warfare.“Gates” in O.T. refer to places of councils and decisions, where decisions are enforced.

• Deut. 22:15 – “the ELDERS IN THE GATES…”• Ps. 9:13 – “lift up your HEADS, O YE GATES”• Ps. 69:12 – “they that SIT IN THE GATES SPEAK AGAINST ME…”• (Gen. 4:7 – “…sin is crouching at your door…”)• There are “GATES OF DEATH” – Ps. 107:18• There are GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – Ps. 118:19

GATES• Isaiah 62:10 – “go through the gates, prepare ye the way of the Lord…” (in relation

to Luke 1:1 ff)• Gen. 22:17 – “you shall possess the gates of your enemies…”• Gen. 24:60 (promise to Rebekah):And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:“May you, our sister,Become thousands of ten thousands,And may your descendants possessThe gates of those who possess them.”

WHAT IS THE IDEA? HE WHO CONTROLS THE GATES CONTROL THE TERRITORY. (Same principle in warfare against the flesh, and the world.)

DISCERN THE GATES:1. Study the history of the city/territory…)

• For individuals, is it pornographic materials (so that the “elders” of lust and pornography have taken their places in the mind of the person?); is it depression (thoughts contrary to faith, and therefore insultive of God?)

• Many times, demons have established their gates in the minds of individuals. In this instance, 2 Cor. 10:3-5 is direct to the point. It is often necessary in deliverance for the counsellor to address the spirit of lust, doubt, etc. and rebuke it in the name of the Lord as a form of “possessing the gates of the enemy.”

• For territories: watch out for things being entered through seaports and airports. Are pornographic materials, contraband goods, criminal items/tools/weapons, stolen objects (chop-chop vehicles), etc. entered through these gates?

GATES BECOME FOOTHOLD, FOOTHOLDS BECOME STRONGHOLDS.

LEADERS BECOME GATES

• Study the government leaders of the city.• Territories can be blessed thru their leaders. (Abraham)• Territories can be demonized thru their leaders, especially if a leader is

engaged in occult or cult.• Ezek. 11:1-3 – At the entrance of the gates were the leaders of the people.• Verse 2: “son of man these are the men who desire iniquity and give evil

advice to the city.”

The laws that the leaders give to the land become gates!!!

All leaders become gates • Ezek. 8:7-18 – the religious leaders of Israel perform abominable sacrifices in the

entrance of the gate of the Lord’s house..• IMPORTANT NOTE!!!: Government and religious leaders have an incalculable impact

on territories. If they are evil, their cursive effect on the land is direct:• Ezek. 22:23-31 –v. 23 You are a land that has had no rain or shower

why? Because:v.24 …your princes (government leaders) devour people, take treasures and precious things, and makes widows (by murder of husbands) within the land…v.25 her priests do violence to my law and profane My holy things…v.27 her officials shed blood to make unjust gain…v.28 her prophets whitewash their deeds for them… the result?v.29 the people of the land practice extortion and robbery, they oppress the poor, denying them justice…What is the need of the land then? INTERCESSORS!v.30-31 “I looked for a man from among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap in behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none… Therefore I will destroy the land…”

HAS THE PLACE BEEN DEDICATED?

• If the territory referred to is a house, a hacienda or a smaller area (just a small part of a city or town), the following steps can be taken:•Make a history of the place (“spy out the land”)•Were there blood sacrifices there in the construction• Any ritual• Dedicated to any PERSON OTHER THAN THE LORD?•Was feng shui applied•What was the place before? Is it burial ground, or site of

some great sin, persistently done (abortion clinic? House of prostitution? People there always quarrelled? Gambling house?)?

AFTER THE INITIAL ASSESSMENTS, WE NEED TO WORK WITH ANGELS…

•HOW?Let’s begin by understanding what angels do…

1. ANGELS RELEASE REVELATION

(Daniel 10:1-12)

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Daniel 10-1-12• Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his

words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT THOU DIDST SET THINE HEART TO UNDERSTAND, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

OBSERVE:• While having this vision:• It was real to the bodily senses: Daniel was in his body, he saw with his

eyes, he heard with his ears, he felt a hand of an angel touch his body, felt being on his hands and knees and later standing up, and he felt bodily trembling• The vision Daniel saw was overlaid on top of the reality everyone else

could see, but others could not see the vision. (Dan10:7)• What Daniel saw was unusual, and even impossible-seeming, such as a face

with the “appearance of lightning”. Also the voice of the singular being he was seeing sounded like a multitude of voices.• Daniel was awake, and not dreaming, nor in a trance.• Daniel’s body was still surrounded by objective reality, the river, the

landscape, and the men fleeing from something they couldn’t see but felt emotionally. The men could see the river and the landscape. However, Daniel’s mind was also seeing a vision from an angel overlaid onto this objective reality, and this vision that he interacted with felt completely real to his bodily senses. He saw it, he heard it, and felt it, yet no one around him could even see it, though they felt fear.

2. ANGELS GIVE OR CREATE VISIONS

• The Bible confirms that Visions caused by angels are experienced with the senses, seen with the eyes, heard with the ears, felt tactilely in the body, stating it plainly in Ezekiel 40 and 44.

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which [was] as the frame of a city on the south. And he brought me thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. [angel] And the man said unto me, Son of man,behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew [them] unto thee [art] thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. Eze 40:2-4

3. ANGELS DELIVER FROM PHYSICAL TROUBLEActs 12:5-12, 18-19Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. …. Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea toCaesarea, and there abode.

4. ANGELS APPEAR IN DREAMS

• Dreams Caused by Angels

Besides Visions, the Bible teaches that angels can also cause dreams, such as seeing an angel in a dream, as is in the case of Joseph the husband of Mary, surrogate father of Jesus Christ:• Matt 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord

appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.Matt 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.• The Bible also gives an example that some experiences may be a mix between a

dream and a vision, but happen when one is asleep in one’s bed. “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed” Job 33:15

THE ANGELS THAT SAVED LOT• Gen 19:1-7, 10-13, 24-28

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly….But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it…Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: And he looked towardSodom andGomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

5. ANGELS, WITH GOD’S ORDER, ATTACK THE ENEMIES OF GOD

• Acts 12:21-23 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and died.• In this case in Acts the angel was invisible, at least his public

appearance to the crowd is not recorded, and the angel caused a physical ailment resulting in death to the body of a person.

• The angels in Lot’s time rained down fire and sulphur on Sodom and Gomorrah

6. ANGELS CAN CARRY US INTO INVISIBLE REALMS

Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Paul

Ezekiel (carried in the spirit)

7. ANGELS CAN TELE-PORT US TO DISTANT PHYSICAL REALMS

• Eze 11:24, “Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.” • Philip the Evangelist in ministering to the Ethiopian eunuch (ACTS

8:26-40)

Angelic experiences (tele-portation) include our bodies:

• If a person is “carried away in the spirit” while having a vision caused by an angel, does this mean that a person’s spirit leaves their body?

No. The Bible indicates that a person who is having a Vision, taken in the spirit, actually never leaves their body. Daniel had “visions of his head upon his bed” and in the middle of the vision “was grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me.” (Dan 7:1,15) • The word here for “caught up” is “harpazo”, and the same word is used in

Acts 8:39 when “the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more”. And so being “caught up” does happen to be a term that can refer to the Holy Spirit moving someone to a new place, bodily. It is used in reference to Jesus’ ascension (Rev 12:5) and to believers being caught up into the air to be with the Lord (1 Thes 4:17). And so this word seems to reference more to people being transported by God bodily.

These experiences with angels can have physical after effects

• What John experienced was real to all the bodily senses, even including taste, and internal feeling in his stomach, as John perceived he was experiencing all this bodily. John ate a scroll which was part of the vision, tasted it, and it was “bitter to his stomach”.And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Rev 10:10

EXPERIENCES WITH ANGELS DEFY EARTHLY TIME

• And the devil took him up, to a high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time Luke 4:5 (Compare And he carried me away in the spirit, to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God Rev 21:10)• The word that is translated as “stigme” is “petha`” (6621) in Hebrew.

According to Thayer’s Lexicon, “petha” means “the opening of the eyes”, hence the meaning “a moment of time”. The amount of time referenced to here is the amount of time it takes to open your eyes. This is no more than the time it would take to blink. It takes a human about 300 to 400 milliseconds to blink; that is 3/10ths to 4/10ths of 1 second.

BUT ANGELIC EXPERIENCES ALSO ARE AFFECTED BY EARTHLY TIME• But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and

twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Dan 10:13

Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Rev 12:12

A Vision Caused by an Angel Can Seem So Real As to be Indistinguishable from Reality• Peter couldn’t tell if something was real or a Vision, and so in Acts mistook

reality for a Vision, because Visions can seem so indistinguishably real. Peter followed him (an angel) out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision” Acts 10:9• There is a second witness to this by Paul. I believe in this example the

Bible speaks on the difficulty of the confusion in telling one from the other, with guidance on how we should handle that difficulty.It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 2 Corinthians 12:1-4

ANGELIC VISIONS CAN INVOLVE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING

• Visions Caused by Angels Can Contain Just About Anything• Visions can include settings or landscapes of just about any place, be about anything,

and can include anyone or anything as a character in the Vision, and can include perception of travel.

Daniel had a Vision that occurred where he stood by the River Chaldea. Peter had a Vision while on the housetop where he was, of the housetop, though he was in a trance. So Visions can be of places that are a person’s normal surroundings. John had a Vision where he saw heaven, as did Isaiah (Isa 6) and Daniel (Dan 7), and so a Vision could be of Heaven.

Ezekiel saw a Vision of Jerusalem, of the temple, which was a real place. Ezekiel also had a Vision of a valley full of bones, and when the bones came to life into an army, this was not of something taking place in an actual valley somewhere (Eze 37). And so Visions can be of real places or invented places. Even if the valley was a real valley somewhere, what Ezekiel saw was not actually taking place in that valley. Though, what Ezekiel saw in Jerusalem was taking place there. So Visions can be of things that are happening somewhere, or of things that are not actually happening somewhere (but are symbolic, and of truth being taught only in the case of visions from Holy angels).

LAST DAYS’ ANNOINTING IS HEAVY WITH PROPHETIC DREAMS AND VISIONS, WHICH IS THE WORK OF ANGELS• In the Bible, prophecy is heavily associated with a person having dreams or

Visions. And as we have established, dreams and Visions can be caused by Holy angels, who are God’s messengers.• “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my

Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” Acts 2:17• “And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the

LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.” Num 12:6• And so a person who has a dream or a Vision caused by a Holy angel is

classified by the Bible as a prophet. And while an angel delivers a message to the prophet, the prophet in turn delivers the message on to other people. The Strong’s definition of prophet is a “spokesman, speaker”, and to prophesy is to “a) be under the influence of a divine spirit” or to be “b) a false prophet”.

8. GOD’S ANGELS FIGHT WITH SATAN’S ANGELS

• Angels fight each other from the different camps• They fight each other from the different camps - God’s angels verses the fallen

angels• This is where the real spiritual warfare is waged.• “Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the

dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail…” Revelation 12:7-9• “The prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one

days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia,” Daniel 10:13• It is strongly believed, among many bible scholars, that Goliath died from an

unseen blow of an angel. The scriptures hint at this: “Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied,’” 1 Samuel 17:45.

9. ANGELS PROVIDE

• As angels were sent by God to provide sustenance for the Lord at the end of his forty days in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1-11), so he has undoubtedly on occasion done so for believers in our day. Some would include the provision of bread and water for Elijah (1 Kings 19:5-6), but this was a ministry of “the Angel of the Lord” which could simply mean, angel sent from the Lord, but it’s probably best to understand this as a reference a theophany, a manifestation of God to Elijah.12

PSALM 78:21 When the LORD heard them, he was very angry; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel, 22 for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance. 23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens; 24 he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. 25 Men ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

10. ANGELS WILL CARRY OUT THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LAST DAYS, AND IT IS THE INTERCESSOR PROPHET WHO WORKS WITH THEMEzekiel 9• 1 Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, "Bring the guards of the city here, each

with a weapon in his hand." • 2 And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north,

each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

• 3 Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the LORD called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side

• 4and said to him, "GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF JERUSALEM AND PUT A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS OF THOSE WHO GRIEVE AND LAMENT OVER ALL THE DETESTABLE THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN IT."

• 5 As I listened, he said to the others, "Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.

• 6 Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, BUT DO NOT TOUCH ANYONE WHO HAS THE MARK. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

Ezekiel 9

• 7Then he said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!" So they went out and began killing throughout the city. • 8 While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying

out, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"• 9 He answered me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is

exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.' • 10 So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring

down on their own heads what they have done." • 11Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back

word, saying, "I have done as you commanded."

WHO HAS THE MARK???

• Revelations 9• 9 Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which

had fallen to the earth; and the key of the [a]bottomless pit was given to him. 2 He opened the [b]bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.3 Then out of the smoke came locusts [c]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And [

d]they were not permitted to kill [e]anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it [f]stings a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

11. ANGELS MINISTER TO US1. JACOB AT BETHEL2. ANGELS MINISTERED TO JESUS3. ANGELS MINISTERED TO ELIJAH

12. ANGELS LOVE TO SING – whether on earth or heaven

13. ANGELS PICK US UP WHEN WE DIE (Luke 16:22 “… Lazarus died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side…”

14. ANGELS COLLECT OUR PRAYERSREVELATION 5:8“AND WHEN HE (THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN) HAD TAKEN IT (THE SCROLLS), THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES (ANGELS – CHERUB) AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS FELL DWON BEFORE THE LORD.AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAD A HARP AND WERE HOLDING GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE, WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS.”

FINAL THOUGHTS

• 1. The ministry of holy angels will never contradict the Bible.• 2. The actions of holy angels will always be consistent with the

character of Christ.• 3. A genuine encounter with a holy angel will glorify God, not the

angel. Holy angels never draw attention to themselves. They typically do their work and disappear.• It’s very true that many have “entertained angels unaware” (Hebrews

13:2). But we need to make sure we’re entertaining the right kind of angels!17

WE WORSHIP GOD, NEVER ANGELS!

SUMMARY:1. FALLEN ANGELS are distinguished from DEMONS (DIS-EMBODIED SPIRITS) – WARFARE AGAINST ONE GROUP IS DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER2. DEMONS ARE BOUND IN JESUS NAME AND CAST OUT3. FALLEN ANGELS (CELESTIAL BEINGS), ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE FOUGHT BY GOD’S ANGELS THEMSELVES. WE CAN ASK AND PRAY FOR ANGELIC ASSISTANCE, BUT WE DO NOT ATTACK THE CELESTIAL BEINGS THEMSELVES OR SLANDER THEM

WHAT WE DO IS:A. DEVELOP INTIMACY WITH GODB. SEEK UNDERSTANDING, WISDOM, AND REVELATIONC. WORK WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE ANGELS OF THE LORDD. THE WARAFARE AGAINST CELESTIAL BEINGS WE ENTRUST TO GOD’S ARMY, UNLESS WE RECEIVE REVELATION FROM THE LORD THAT WE ARE TO GIVE THE COMMANDE. WE MAINTAIN A LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER AND FASTING, SOAKING IN THE WORD AND WORSHIPF. WE OPERATE PROPHETICALLY WITH A UNITED CHURCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS:1. FOR NIHOP – we will raise up a company

of prophets

ACTS 13:1 “In the church at Antioch, THERE WERE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS…”

EARLIER: IN ACTS 11:27 “During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Cluadius.)The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea. This they did, sending their gifts to the elders by Barnabas and Paul.

For NEGROS ISLAND

We are raising up by the grace of God a NEGROS ISLAND COUNCIL OF INTERCESSORS (NICI)

FINAL THOUGHT:MAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES IN SUCH A WAY, AND BE INTIMATE WITH THE LORD IN SUCH A DEGREE, THAT THE ANGELS OF THE LORD WILL HAVE PLEASURE WORKING FOR US, AND WORKING WITH US.