For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)
Satan
Satan is mentioned in the Christian Bible in both the Old and New Testament. However, the Jewish scholars have a different definition of Satan than the New Testament Scholars. In the Jewish Bible, the Tanakh, Satan is called the accuser, hinderer or tempter. He is a son of God and is called the Prosecutor. He is not a fallen angel and therefore does not do anything to mortals unless he asks the permission of the Lord. Throughout the Tanakh, Satan challenges God to test the true loyalty of his followers, including Adam and Eve, Abraham and Job. Satan is inferior to God and cannot take action on mortals without God’s permission. In the Talmud and Midrash, Satan appears as the force in the world, responsible for all sins. Some Midrashim believe that the sounding of the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah is done to keep Satan away as Jews begin to atone for their sin. On the morning after Yom Kippur, many Jews attend services to guarantee Satan does not make one last effort to cause them to commit sin. This definition is consistent with some passages in the New Testament. After Jesus was baptized he was driven into the wilderness to be tested by Satan (Matthew 4:1-11). In Luke 22:31-34, Jesus said to Peter, ‘Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren." Satan asked for permission before testing Peter. In Judaism, God is the force behind all things, both good and evil and that Satan works for God and not against Him.
In Christianity, Satan, also known as the Devil and Lucifer, is depicted as a fallen angel who rebelled against God in an attempt to become equal to God himself. They believe that Satan was expelled from heaven at the beginning of time, before God created the material world and is at constant opposition to God. This standard depiction of Satan was created in the medieval time by Gregory the Great. Satan is a fallen angel who believes himself to be god. He fell from heaven with all those angels that rebelled with him.
Testimony of an Ex-Satanist
A girl escapes a Satanic Cult
From Psychic Medium to Jesus
From witchcraft to Jesus
Belial or Beliar
Belial is a Hebrew word used to define a wicked or worthless person. The word often understood as ‘lacking worth’, is formed from two words, beli- without, and ya’al- to be of value. Another spelling is Beliar and this word occurs once in the New Testament. In the Hebrew text, the phrase is either "sons of Belial" or simply "sons of worthlessness". There are 27 references to this name in the Old Testament and is used to indicate worthless people, including idolaters. In 1 Samuel 2:12, Eli sons were called sons of Belial.
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1 Samuel 2:12 (King James Bible)
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.
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The New King James Bible say that the sons of Eli were corrupt. The New International Version Bible says that Eli’s sons were scoundrels. Belial frequently refers to worthless men of the lowest sort, such as men who would induce worship of other gods. There is a large number of references to Belial in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In The War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness, Belial is the leader of the Sons of Darkness. He is the Angel of Darkness. Belial is also described as the King of Evil and the Prince of Darkness in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Damascus Document, which is part of the scrolls, explains that during the days of judgement on the human soul and mankind, God will let loose Belial against Israel, as prophesied by Isaiah. The fragments speak of "three nets of Belial" which are said to be fornication, wealth, and pollution of the sanctuary.
In the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs Belial is portrayed as God's opponent and not his servant. The Testament describes that when the Messiah comes, the angels will punish the spirits of deceit and Belial and that the Messiah will bind Belial and give to his children the power to trample the evil spirits.
The 72 Infernal Spirits evoked by Solomon
Belial
Nimrod
The father of Nimrod is Cush. The father or Cush is Ham who is the son of Noah. After the flood Cush started the building of the tower of Babel which was continued by Nimrod. Babel is the original name for Babylon which means confusion. Nimrod, who is known as the mighty hunter in the Bible, set out to accomplish three things. He wanted to build a strong nation, to propagate his own religion, and make a name for himself. All these things he accomplished and called himself god. All the world's major religions (non-Judeo-Christian) can be traced back to ancient Babylon.
In Genesis 10:8-12 is an account of his accomplishments.
8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).
The names of his cities is significant. Babel means confusion or mixing and this became the heart or capital of Babylon. Erech means to lengthen, prolong or live with. Accad means subtle. It is from a root word meaning ‘a fortress to strengthen. Nimrod was able to strengthen the living with confusion and mixing by the building of his next city. He built a city called Calneh which means ‘fortress of Anu.’ Anu was from the Samaria culture and a god that many other gods derived from. This period after the great flood that destroyed man was the beginning of the mystery religion of Babylon and the beginning of paganism or the belief in many gods, polytheism.
The true knowledge of the goals of these gods is only given to the few. These people were the high priests and priestesses that passed down the religions. They needed to sacrifice to the gods and they were the only ones able to commune with the gods. They had secret knowledge which gave them power over those that did not have the knowledge. If some knew about the sun and when the eclipse would occur it would seem as though they could control it. People would then worship and follow that man.
When the tower of Babel was created it was to challenge God and it was built in such a way that if God decided to flood the land again, it would survive. It gave him occult knowledge which gave him power over their people. Nimrod was able to communicate with the spirit world. This guided him to complete the tower of Babel. He, God was not happy with what they did and confused their language which stopped them from building it.
Nimrod married his mother, Semiramis, and when he died she made him the sun god. Semiramis then had an illegitimate son called Tammuz, who she claimed to be the son of Nimrod. Semiramis declared that her son, Tammuz, was in actuality the return or rebirth of her husband, Nimrod. Tammuz became symbolized by the golden calf. Semiramis became known as the "queen of heaven," and was the prototype from which all other pagan goddesses came. Tammuz is mentioned in the Bible and is so important to Judaism that his name is in the Jewish calendar. The Jewish month of Tammuz falls between June and July.
Tower of Babel
Nimrod
A woman and her experience with New Age demons
A Yoga Teacher is delivered
From Hindu to Christ
Dagon
Dagon, also known as Dagan is an ancient Mesopotamian and ancient Canaanite deity. He was worshipped as a fertility god in Ebla, Assyria, Ugarit, and among the Amorites. The name is associated with a Canaanite word for "fish" and this led to the interpretation of him being a "fish-god", and the association of "merman" motifs in Assyrian art. In the Bible, Dagon, the god of the Philistines had temples at Beth-dagon in the territory of the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19.27), and in Gaza ( Judges 16.23) which tells us how his temple is destroyed by Samson as his last act. Another temple, located in Ashdod, was mentioned in 1 Samuel 5:2–7 and again as late as 1 Maccabees 10.83 and 11.4. King Saul's head was displayed in a temple of Dagon after his death (1 Chronicles 10:8-10). There was also a second place known as Beth-Dagon in Judah (Joshua 15.41).
Dagon being a merman, that is half fish and half man, was a god of the Philistines that frustrated the Jewish people over many centuries. He is a marine spirit and is one of many that exist today. The female is called a mermaid and both types have powers that affect the church. They came into the world after the flood because the flood could not destroy them and Dagon is mentioned at the time of Babylon after the flood. There are many examples of people being delivered from this marine spirit. A popular one today, often found in the church, is the Queen of the Coast and is found in the Indian Ocean. Her existence is traced back to the flood. There is a Hindu god called Vishnu whom they believe have taken different forms over time. His first form or avatar, is half fish and half man and is traced back to the flood. He was called, Matsya, which is translated The Fish. The mermaid is known as a mythical creature that would lure ships to their destruction. Their appearance, which is often beautiful, is a deception. Many deliverances from this evil spirit takes place in the church.
List of Marine Spirits taken from Wikipedia
A woman confesses to having a mermaid spirit in church
A pastor confesses to using marine spirits in his ministry
A false prophet confesses to using marine spirits
A pastor preaching about the Queen of the Coast
A woman and her experience of the Queen of the Coast
Dagon
Vishnu
Serpent
In the book of Genesis the story is told of how man sinned against God and was cast out of the Garden of Eden.
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Chapter 2
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’
18 The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’
19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam[f] no suitable helper was found.
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[g] and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
‘This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called “woman”,
for she was taken out of man.’
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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The fall
Chapter 3
1 Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’
2 The woman said to the snake, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 but God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”’
4 ‘You will not certainly die,’ the snake said to the woman.
5 ‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realised that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, ‘Where are you?’
10 He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’
11 And he said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?’
12 The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me – she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’
The woman said, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’
Genesis 2:15-3:13 (NIV)
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The Serpent in the Garden on Mysteries of Eden by Dr. Rocco Errico
In 1997 I had a dream in which I saw a being that was shaped like a man but looked like a reptile. Its skin was like that of an alligator. There was a woman with it and it had the power to speak to her. It was able to hypnotise her and made her do things that she was unaware of. When I awoke from the dream a thought came to my mind that she was Eve.
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From this dream I came to the conclusion that this is how Adam and Ever were tricked into eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I believe that Adam and Eve were together when the serpent spoke. However, he was not able to hypnotise Adam but was able to hypnotise Eve. It was enough for the serpent because it knew that she would be able to persuade Adam to eat from the tree.
This use of hypnosis is very common today, and the best example I can find is Derren Brown. He is able to demonstrate remarkable feet's of hypnosis.
Feeling the Power of a live Crocodile
Recording Dreams - Messiah
Do you believe in God - faith and fear
Is the power of hypnosis used in church?
I once attended a church that appeared to put a lot of emphasis on faith. This was acceptable to me but I became concerned when the members appear to be putting their faith into objects like a lit candle and a piece of cloth that they had taken home and brought back to the service. I was not part of this, but when they went up to the pastor with their objects, they seem to be under some kind of hypnosis. I believe that the power of hypnosis is used by some churches and it is the serpents power.