Demonology Part 4

INTRO: Well, we are back to our subject of demonology after missing a number of weeks. So let me refresh our memories. In the first message we looked at the fact that we are in a battle here on earth and this battle is being waged between God and the devil and the battlefield is the mind of man.

Then in the second message we looked at the various views of the origin of demons and concluded that demons are fallen angels. We looked at the fall of Lucifer, who we believe became the one we know as Satan or the devil and how he took one third of the angels with him. In the third message we looked at the meanings of these key words: Satan, devil and demons. The meaning of Satan is adversary or opponent. He is God's chief opponent and he opposes everything good and godly. The key idea of the word devil is to slander. To overthrow someone's character by slander. And then, last, the word 'demon' comes from the word daio, meaning to distribute fortunes and it was used to refer to gods or goddesses of lesser deity. I recommended that these are those angels that fell with Lucifer and that possibly Satan promised to distribute the glory he would receive with them.