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Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual
Warfare Additional Quotes and Definitions
Spiritual
Warfare Part 1a: A Study of Demonic Activity
Spiritual
Warfare Part 1b: A Study of Demonic Activity
Spiritual
Warfare Part 2a: The Spiritual Warfare of the Believer
Spiritual
Warfare Part 2b: The Spiritual Warfare of the Believer
Spiritual
Warfare Part 2c: The Spiritual Warfare of the Believer
Spiritual
Warfare Part 2d: The Spiritual Warfare of the Believer
Spiritual
Warfare P. 3a: Biblical/Historic View of Angels & Demons
Spiritual
Warfare P. 3b: Biblical/Historic View of Angels & Demons
Spiritual
Warfare P. 3c: Biblical/Historic View of Angels & Demons
Spiritual
Warfare Study Conclusions
Spiritual
Warfare Additional Quotes and Definitions
Additional
Quotes
Quotes from the Importance of the Book of Enoch to the
early church
Barnabus (100 AD) (quotes it three times)
For the Scripture says, "And it will come to pass in the last
days, that the Lord will deliver up the sheep of His pasture,
their sheepfold, and their tower to destruction" (quote of
Enoch 89:56-89)
The final stumbling-block (or source of danger) approaches,
concerning which it is written, as Enoch (12) says, "For for
this end the Lord has cut short the times and the days, that
His Beloved may hasten; and He will come to the inheritance."
Tertullian (160-230 AD)
I am aware that the Scripture of Enoch, which has assigned
this order of action to angels, is not received by some.
For it is not admitted into the Jewish canon, either. I suppose
they did not think that, having been written before the deluge,
it could have safely survived that worldwide calamity, the
destroyer of all things. If that is the reason for rejecting
it, let them remember that Noah, who survived the deluge,
was the great grandson of Enoch himself…There is still this
consideration of this Scripture: [Noah] could equally have
rewritten it, under the Spirit's inspiration, if it had been
destroyed by the violence of the deluge.
Since in the same scripture, Enoch has preached similarly
concerning the Lord, nothing at all must be rejected
by us that pertains to us. We read that every Scripture suitable
for edification is divinely inspire. So it may now seem to
have been rejected by the Jews for that very reason - just
like nearly all the other portions that speak of Christ…To
these considerations is added the fact that Enoch possesses
a corroboration in the apostle Jude.
Quotes from the Book of Enoch about angels and demons
Enoch, Chapter 9 - And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority
to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to
the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the
9 women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them
all kinds of sins. And the women have 10 borne giants,
and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and
unrighteousness.
Enoch, Chapter 12 - 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness,
go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the
high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves
with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and
have taken unto themselves 5 wives: "Ye have wrought
great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no peace
nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight
themselves in their children, The murder of their beloved
ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children
shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity,
but mercy and peace shall ye not attain."
Enoch, Chapter 15 - And go, say to the Watchers of heaven,
who have sent thee to intercede for them: "You should intercede"
for men, and not men 3 for you: Wherefore have ye left the
high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled
yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves
wives, and done like the children 4 of earth, and begotten
giants (as your) sons? And though ye were holy, spiritual,
living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with
the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the
blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after
flesh and blood as those also do who die 5 and perish.
Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate
them, and beget 6 children by them, that thus nothing might
be wanting to them on earth. But you were formerly 7 spiritual,
living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations
of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for
you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven
is their dwelling.
Enoch, Chapter 19 - 1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand
the angels who have connected themselves with women,
The Book of Noah - And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him:
'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have
already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in
the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven
transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit
sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with
women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them,
and have begot children by them. And they shall produce on
the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according
to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the
earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.
Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth,
and there shall be a deluge and 16 a great destruction for
one year.
Enoch, Chapter 10 - And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind
Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with
women so as to have defiled themselves 12 with them in all
their uncleanness…And destroy all the spirits of the rebrobate
and the children of the Watchers, because they have wronged
mankind.
Enoch, Chapter 10 - 8 And now, the giants, who 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 and from the holy Watchers is their beginning
and primal origin; 10 they shall be evil spirits 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 these spirits shall rise up against the children
of men and against the women, because they have proceeded
from them.
Enoch, Chapter 69 - …this is he who showed the children of
men all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons,
Enoch, Chapter 19 - 1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand
the angels who have connected themselves with women, and their
spirits assuming many different forms are defiling mankind
and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods,
(here shall they stand,) till the day of the great judgement
in 2 which they shall be judged till they are made an end
of.
Enoch, Chapter 99 - 7 And again I swear to you, ye sinners,
that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing bloodshed. And
they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver
and wood (and stone) and clay, and those who worship impure
spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to
knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them.
Quotes from The Early Church Writers confirm the Book of
Enoch
Ignatius (30-107 AD, disciple of John the Apostle)
CHAP. II.--IGNATIUS IS CONDEMNED BY TRAJAN.
For Trajan…threatening them with persecution unless they should
agree to(6) worship daemons, as did all other nations,
thus compelled(7) all who were living godly lives either to
sacrifice [to idols] or die…Thou art in error when thou callest
the daemons of the nations gods.
CHAP. III.--HONOUR YOUR YOUTHFUL BISHOP.
Josiah also, beloved of God, when as yet he could scarcely
speak articulately, convicts those who were possessed of
a wicked spirit as being false in their speech, and deceivers
of the people. He also reveals the deceit of the demons,
and openly exposes those that are no gods;
Justin Martyr (c. 110-165 AD)
"The angels transgressed this appointment and were captivated
by love of women. And they begat children, who are those called
demons."
"The poets and mythologists did not know that it was the [wicked]
angels, and those demons who had been begotten by them,
who did the various things to men, women, cities, and nations
that the poets and mythologists wrote about. So they ascribed
them to God Himself and to those who were considered to be
His very offspring…For they called them by whatever name
each of the angels had given to himself and to his children."
CHAP. V.--CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH ATHEISM.
…but, yielding to unreasoning passion, and to the instigation
of evil demons… For the truth shall be spoken; since of old
these evil demons, effecting apparitions of themselves… not
knowing that these were demons, they called them gods, and
gave to each the name which each of the demons chose for himself…we
not only deny that they who did such things as these are gods,
(2) but assert that they are wicked and impious demons
CHAP. IX.--FOLLY OF IDOL, WORSHIP.
And neither do we honour with many sacrifices and garlands
of flowers such deities as men have formed and set in shrines
and called gods… but have the names and forms of those wicked
demons which have appeared.
CHAP. LXXIX.--HE PROVES AGAINST TRYPHO THAT THE WICKED ANGELS
HAVE REVOLTED FROM GOD.
And you are aware that David said, 'The gods of the nations
are demons.' "(13)
CHAP. LXXVI.--FROM OTHER PASSAGES THE SAME MAJESTY AND GOVERNMENT
OF CHRIST ARE PROVED.
And, ' Many shall say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have
we not eaten, and drunk, and prophesied, and cast out demons
in Thy name? And I will say to them, Depart from Me.'(11)
Again, in other words, by which He shall condemn those who
are unworthy of salvation, He said, Depart into outer darkness,
which the Father has prepared for Satan and his, angels.'(12)
And again, in other words, He said, 'I give unto you power
to tread on serpents, and on scorpions, and on scolopendras,
and on all the might of the enemy.'(13) And now we, who believe
on our Lord Jesus, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
when we exorcise all demons and evil spirits, have them
subjected to us.
CHAP. LXXXV.--HE PROVES THAT CHRIST IS THE LORD OF HOSTS FROM
PS. XXIV., AND FROM HIS AUTHORITY OVER DEMONS.
For every demon, when exorcised in the name of this very
Son of God--who is the First-born of every creature, who
became man by the Virgin, who suffered, and was crucified
under Pontius Pilate by your nation, who died, who rose from
the dead, and ascended into heaven--is overcome and subdued.
But though you exorcise any demon in the name of any
of those who were amongst you--either kings, or righteous
men, or prophets, or patriarchs--it will not be subject to
you.
CHAP. CXXXI.--HOW MUCH MORE FAITHFUL TO GOD THE GENTILES ARE
WHO ARE CONVERTED TO CHRIST THAN THE JEWS.
…but He makes it manifest through Jesus, who was crucified,
of whom also those symbols were fore-announcements of all
that would happen to Him, the demons would be destroyed,
and would dread His name, and that all principalities and
kingdoms would fear Him; and that they who believe in
Him out of all nations would be shown as God-fearing and peaceful
men; and the facts already quoted by me,
Ireneaus (120-202 AD, disciple of Polycarp, the disciple
of John the Apostle)
CHAP. VI. --THE ANGELS AND THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD COULD
NOT HAVE BEEN IGNORANT OF THE SUPREME GOD.
By calling upon Him, even before the coming of our Lord, men
were saved both from most wicked spirits, and from all kinds
of demons, and from every sort of apostate power. This
was the case, not as if earthly spirits or demons had
seen Him, but because they knew of the existence of Him who
is God over all, at whose invocation they trembled, as there
does tremble every creature, and principality, and power,
and every being endowed with energy under His government.
CHAP. VI -- THE HOLY GHOST, THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES,
MADE MENTION OF NO OTHER GOD OR LORD, SAVE HIM WHO IS THE
TRUE GOD.
3. When, however, the Scripture terms them [gods] which are
no gods, it does not, as I have already remarked, declare
them as gods in every sense, but with a certain addition and
signification, by which they are shown to be no gods at all.
As with David: "The gods of the heathen re idols of demons;"(11)
and, "Ye shall not follow other gods"(12) For in that he says
"the gods of the heathen"-- but the heathen are ignorant of
the true God -- and calls them "other gods," he bars their
claim [to be looked upon] as gods at all. But as to what they
are in their own person, he speaks concerning them; "for they
are," he says, "the idols of demons."
CHAP. XII. --DOCTRINE OF THE REST OF THE APOSTLES
For, as they did not speak to the Gentiles in compliance with
their notions, but told them with boldness that their gods
were no gods, but the idols of demons;
CHAP. VI.--EXPLANATION OF THE WORDS OF CHRIST, "NO MAN KNOWETH
THE FATHER, BUT THE SON," ETC.; WHICH WORDS THE HERETICS MISINTERPRET.
PROOF THAT, BY THE FATHER REVEALING THE SON, AND BY THE SON
BEING REVEALED, THE FATHER WAS NEVER UNKNOWN.
…while He received testimony from all that He was very man,
and that He was very God, from the Father, from the Spirit,
from angels, from the creation itself, from men, from
apostate spirits and demons, from the enemy, and last
of all, from death itself.
CHAP. XXVIII.--THE DISTINCTION TO BE MADE BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS
AND THE WICKED. THE FUTURE APOSTASY IN THE TIME OF ANTI-CHRIST,
AND THE END OF THE WORLD.
And we must not be surprised if, since the demons and apostate
spirits are at his service, he through their means performs
wonders, by which he leads the inhabitants of the earth astray.
Barnabus (100 AD)
CHAP. XVI.--THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE OF GOD.
Before we believed in God, the habitation of our heart was
corrupt and weak, as being indeed like a temple made with
hands. For it was full of idolatry, and was a habitation of
demons, through our doing such things as were opposed to [the
will of] God.
Tertullian (approx. 197 AD)
"Furthermore, we are instructed by our sacred books how
from certain angels, who fell of their own free will, there
sprang a more wicked demon brood, condemned of God along
with the authors of their race…Their great business is the
ruin of mankind. So, from the start, spiritual wickedness
sought our destruction.
Athenagoras (approximately 175 AD)
"These angels, then, who have fallen from heaven, and haunt
the air and the earth, and are no longer able to rise to heavenly
things, and the souls of the giants, who are the demons
who wander about the world, perform similar actions."
Commodianus (approx. 240 AD)
"From the seed [of the fallen angels and women], giants
are said to have been born. By them, arts were made known
in the earth. They taught the dyeing of wool and everything
that is done. When they died, men erected images to them.
Yet, because they were of an evil seed, the Almighty did not
approve of their being brought back from death when they had
died. For that reason, they wander and they now subvert
many bodies. And it is these whom you [pagans] presently worship
and pray to as gods."
Hebrew and Greek Definitions
(32) aggelos {ang'-el-os}
TDNT - 1:74,12 from aggello [probably derived from 71, cf
34] (to bring tidings) n m
1) a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger
from God
AV - angel 179, messenger 7; 186
(743) archaggelos {ar-khang'-el-os}
TDNT - 1:87,12 from 757 and 32
n m
AV - archangel 2; 2
1) archangel, or chief of the angels
The Jews, after the exile, distinguished several orders of
angels; some reckoned four angels (according to the four sides
of God's throne) of the highest rank; but the majority reckoned
seven (after the pattern of the seven Amshaspands, the highest
spirits of the religion of Zoroaster)
(1139) daimonizomai {dahee-mon-id'-zom-ahee}
TDNT - 2:19,137 middle voice from 1142 v
1) to be under the power of a demon.
(1140) daimonion {dahee-mon'-ee-on}
neuter of a derivative of 1142
TDNT - 2:1,137 n n
AV - devil 59, god 1; 60
1) the divine power, deity, divinity
2) a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men
3) evil spirits or the messengers and ministers of the devil
(1141) daimoniodes {dahee-mon-ee-o'-dace}
TDNT - 2:20,137 from 1140 and 1142 adj
AV - devilish 1; 1
1) resembling or proceeding from an evil spirit, demon-like
(1142) daimon {dah'-ee-mown}
TDNT - 2:1,137 from daio (to distribute fortunes)
n m/f
AV - devils 4, devil 1; 5
1) a god, a goddess
a) an inferior deity, whether good or bad
2) in the NT, an evil spirit
(1228) diabolos {dee-ab'-ol-os}
TDNT - 2:72,150 from 1225
(1225 diaballo, to throw over, send over, accuse, defame -
occurs 1 time in Luke 16:1 as accused)
adj
AV - devil 35, false accuser 2, slanderer 1; 38
1) prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
a) a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer,
2) metaph. applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of
God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with
him
Satan the prince of the demons, the author of evil, persecuting
good men, estranging mankind from God and enticing them to
sin, afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who
take possession of their bodies at his bidding.
(4151) pneuma {pnyoo'-mah}
TDNT - 6:332,876 from 4154
n n
1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal,
coeternal with the Father and the Son
a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality
and character (the "Holy" Spirit)
b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work
and power (the Spirit of "Truth")
c) never referred to as a depersonalised force
2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body
is animated
a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human being
feels, thinks, decides
b) the soul
3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least
all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing,
desiring, deciding, and acting
a) a life giving spirit
b) a human soul that has left the body
c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as
inhabiting the bodies of men
2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest
angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the
soul of any one
a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion,
desire, etc.
5) a movement of air (a gentle blast)
a) of the wind, hence the wind itself
b) breath of nostrils or mouth
AV - Spirit 111, Holy Ghost 89, Spirit (of God) 13, Spirit
(of the Lord) 5, (My) Spirit 3, Spirit (of truth) 3, Spirit
(of Christ) 2, human (spirit) 49, (evil) spirit 47, spirit
(general) 26, spirit 8, (Jesus' own) spirit 6, (Jesus' own)
ghost 2, misc 21; 385
(4567) Satanas {sat-an-as'}
TDNT - 7:151,1007 of Aramaic origin corresponding to 4566
(with the definite affix) *[also see Hebrew 7854]
n pr m
AV - Satan 36; 36
1) adversary (one who opposes another in purpose or act),
the name given to
a) the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of
God and Christ
1) he incites apostasy from God and to sin
2) circumventing men by his wiles
3) the worshippers of idols are said to be under his control
4) by his demons he is able to take possession of men and
inflict them with diseases
5) by God's assistance he is overcome
6) on Christ's return from heaven he will be bound with chains
for a thousand years, but when the thousand years are finished
he will walk the earth in yet greater power, but shortly after
will be given over to eternal punishment
b) a Satan-like man
(4566) Satan {sat-an'}
TDNT - 7:151,* of Hebrew origin 07854
n pr m
1) adversary (one who opposes another in purpose or act),
the name given to
a) the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of
God and Christ
1) he incites apostasy from God and to sin
2) circumventing men by his wiles
3) the worshippers of idols are said to be under his control
4) by his demons he is able to take possession of men and
inflict them with diseases
5) by God's assistance he is overcome
6) on Christ's return from heaven he will be bound with chains
for a thousand years, but when the thousand years are finished
he will walk the earth in yet greater power, but shortly after
will be given over to eternal punishment
b) a Satan-like man AV - Satan 1; 1
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