TWO YAHWEH'S - NYOBS 89.02

Two Yahweh’s

Polytheism – Demigods – Two Councils of God - Theophany – Christophany

Principalities – Powers – Thrones – Dominions – Authorities - Rulers

Setting the Stage

·         As students of the Book we approach it with a boat load of BS; a Belief System which filters the way we read God’s Word.  “I believe this, therefore the Bible must teach it.” What you are going to read is a MIND GRENADE, it’s going to go blow up your BS. - I am asking you to consider for this study, the possibility that the scriptures that are normally viewed as SYMBOLIC, may indeed actually be LITERAL.

·         If the supernatural is removed from the Bible, our FAITH in our salvation and our resurrection to a new life with Jesus Christ is all in vain.   There are so many things of the supernatural that we as Christians DO embrace, but there are so many other things we keep at arm’s length because of what we have always heard; it’s part of our Belief System.

·         The Disciples considered the parents bringing their children to Jesus for a blessing, was a distraction to Him while He was teaching, and they made an effort to stop them. - Realizing this was a TEACHING MOMENT, Jesus said, LET THEM STAY, for those who are like these children will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. – What’s going on here?  

·         Children are teachable, their minds are open as they are just beginning to develop their BS their Belief System. – Jesus is just saying to His followers; OPEN UP YOUR MINDS.

Mark 10:13-15 – Come as a child comes believing to the Father
¹³ One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
¹⁴ When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For THE KINGDOM OF GOD BELONGS TO

THOSE WHO ARE LIKE THESE CHILDREN.
¹⁵ I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the

Kingdom of God LIKE A CHILD will never enter it.” (NLT)

God physically on Earth

·         Theophany is a manifestation of the God YAHWEY during the Old Testament period that was in a visible physical human form, tangible to the human senses.

·         The appearances of God while in VISIONS looked different to each human mind as they perceived their concept of God.  Ezekiel saw a wheel, Isaiah saw a lofty throne with a robe with a long train. - Nebuchadnezzar saw a Fourth Man in the fiery furnace that looked like a God. – Hagar saw Him as an Angel of the Lord.  Adam walked & spoke to a human person.

• Christophany is the manifestation of Jesus Christ during the Old Testament period before He was born of woman that was in a visible physical human form, tangible to the human senses. - Joshua saw Him as the Commander of the Lord’s army.  – Abraham saw Him as Melchizedek King of Salem who was the Priest of God Most High.  The Book teaches that Christ came to earth at various times before the New Testament period.  Many times He is referred to as “The angel of the Lord” or “the Son of God” and in Genesis as “THE WORD”.  

Genesis 3:8 – ADAM AND EVE walked with God in the Garden
⁸ 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.

(NIV2011)

Ezekiel 1:3-10 – EZEKIEL’S mind/spirit saw God as a wheel

3 The word of THE LORD CAME EXPRESSLY UNTO EZEKIEL the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

10 And as for THEIR APPEARANCES, they four had one likeness, as if a WHEEL HAD BEEN IN THE MIDST OF A WHEEL.

KJV

Isa 6:1 – ISAIAH’S mind/spirit saw Christ in a long robe

1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I SAW THE LORD

SEATED ON A THRONE, HIGH AND EXALTED, and

the train of his robe filled the temple

NIV

Gen 14:18 – ABRAHAM saw Melchizedek King of Jerusalem.

18 Then MELCHIZEDEK king of Salem brought out bread and wine. HE WAS PRIEST OF GOD MOST HIGH, NIV

Hebrews 7:3 – Without Genealogy – Without Beginning or End

3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, LIKE THE SON OF GOD he remains a priest forever. NIV

Genesis 16:7 – HAGAR saw the ANGEL OF THE LORD

7 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.

NIV

Genesis 32:24-30 - JACOB wrestles & sees the Glory of Jesus

24 So Jacob was left alone, and A MAN WRESTLED WITH HIM till daybreak –

26 Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

30 So JACOB called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because

I SAW GOD FACE TO FACE, and yet my life was spared." NIV

John 12:41 – ISAIAH saw the Glory of Jesus

41 Isaiah said this because he saw JESUS' GLORY and spoke about him. NIV

Joshua 5:13-14 – JOSHUA worships Jesus; the Army Commander

13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"

14 "Neither," he replied, "but as

COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE LORD I have now come." Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, NIV

Daniel 3:25 – NEBUCHADNEZZAR sees the Fourth Man as a god

²⁵ Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I SEE FOUR MEN, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And

THE FOURTH LOOKS LIKE A GOD!” NLT

The Beginning

·         In eternity past, in the very beginning, nothing else existed except God in THREE dimensions 1) God the Spirit that indwells the hearts of Believers, and 2) God the Father; YAHWEH the ONLY God of Israel, and 3) God the Son; God’s only “begotten” son in physical human flesh. - Jesus of Nazarene was also known as the Christ and most especially; THE WORD. 

·         The term “begotten” comes from the Greek word “mono genos” suggesting uniqueness; it actually means He is “ONE OF A KIND”; so when speaking of Jesus as ONE of the Sons of God, He is unique among them and stands alone; He is “ONE OF A KIND” among all the others.

·         YAHWEH never does anything until He reveals his plans first to His servants; the Prophets. He not only appeared in human form as Jesus in the New Testament, He also appeared physically numerous times in the Old Testament to the Kings as well as the Prophets. 

·         The Book says; in the beginning “the Word” already existed.  “The Word” was with God, and “the Word” WAS GOD, so when you see “the Word” in scripture coming to someone, IT IS LITERALLY Jesus the Christ “the Word” appearing to someone in visible physical human flesh.  -  NYOBS 01.21 – DID CHRIST APPEAR BEFORE HE WAS BORN

·         What we must picture here is that we have simultaneously TWO YAHWEH’S; one YAHWEH image that is spiritual invisible in heaven and one YAHWEH image that is physically visible on earth. – There are Two YAHWEH’s – Did your mind just explode? - It’s in the Book –

John 1:1-4 - Jesus is the WORD, the visible Yahweh
¹ IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD ALREADY EXISTED.

The WORD was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD.
² He existed in the beginning with God.
³ God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
⁴ THE WORD GAVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.

(NLT)

John 1:14 – Jesus; the Word became a physical human
¹⁴ So THE WORD BECAME HUMAN and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of THE FATHER’S ONE AND ONLY SON.

(NLT)

Matthew 1:23 – Jesus’s Name is Immanuel; God is with us
²³ The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him IMMANUEL, which means ‘GOD IS WITH US.’”

(NLT)

Colossians 1:15– Jesus the Visible image of the Invisible Yahweh
¹⁵ CHRIST IS THE VISIBLE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, (NLT)

John 14:8-9 – Jesus is God - Yahweh – The Father – The Word
⁸ Philip said, “Lord, SHOW US THE FATHER, and we will be satisfied.”
⁹ Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am?

ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER! So why are you asking me to show him to you? (NLT)

Amos 3:7 – Jesus Yahweh before He acts comes His PROPHETS
⁷ Indeed, THE SOVEREIGN LORD NEVER DOES ANYTHING UNTIL

HE REVEALS HIS PLANS TO HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS. (NLT)

Genesis 15:1 – Jesus came physically to father ABRAHAM
¹ After this, THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO ABRAM in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” (NIV2011)

1 Chronicles 22:8 - Jesus came physically to KING DAVID
⁸ But THIS WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO ME (David): ‘You have shed much blood and have fought (NIV2011)

1 Kings 6:11 – Jesus came physically to KING SOLOMON
¹¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO SOLOMON:

(NIV2011)

1 Kings 16:1 - Jesus came physically to KING JEHU
¹ Then THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO JEHU son of Hanani concerning Baasha: (NIV2011)

1 Kings 13:1 – Jesus came physically to KING JEROBOAM
¹ By THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) a man of God CAME from Judah TO Bethel, as JEROBOAM was standing by the altar to make an offering. (NIV2011)

1 Samuel 15:10 – Jesus came physically to the prophet SAMUEL
¹⁰ Then THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO SAMUEL: (NIV2011)

1 Kings 12:22 – Jesus came physically to prophet SHEMAIAH
²² But THIS WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO SHEMAIAH the man of God: (NIV2011)

1 Kings 13:20 – Jesus came physically to old LYING PROPHET
²⁰ While they were sitting at the table, THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO THE OLD PROPHET who had brought him back. (NIV2011)

1 Kings 17:2 - Jesus came physically to the prophet ELIJAH
² Then THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO ELIJAH: (NIV2011)

1 Chronicles 17:3 - Jesus came physically to prophet NATHAN
³ But that night THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO NATHAN, saying: (NIV2011)

Isaiah 38:4 - Jesus came physically to the prophet ISAIAH
⁴ Then THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO ISAIAH: (NIV2011)

Jeremiah 1:11 - Jesus came physically to prophet JEREMIAH
¹¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO ME: “What do you see, JEREMIAH?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. (NIV2011)

Hosea 1:1 - Jesus came physically to the prophet HOSEA
¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) that CAME TO HOSEA son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel: (NIV2011)

Joel 1:1 - Jesus came physically to the prophet JOEL
¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) that CAME TO JOEL son of Pethuel. (NIV2011)

Ezekiel 1:3 - Jesus came physically to the prophet EZEKIEL
³ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) 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 on him.  (NIV2011)

Jonah 1:1 - Jesus came physically to the prophet JONAH
¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO JONAH son of Amittai:

Micah 1:1 - Jesus came physically to the prophet MICAH
¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) that CAME TO MICAH of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—the vision he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem

Zephaniah 1:1 - Jesus came physically to prophet ZEPHANIAH
¹ THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) that CAME TO ZEPHANIAH son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah

Haggai 1:1 - Jesus came physically to the prophet HAGGAI
¹ In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME THROUGH THE PROPHET HAGGAI to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest

Zechariah 1:1 - Jesus came physically to prophet ZECHARIAH
¹ In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, THE WORD of the LORD (Jesus) CAME TO THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:

Luke 3:2 - Jesus came physically prophet JOHN THE BAPTIST

² during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, THE WORD of God (Jesus) CAME TO JOHN son of Zechariah in the wilderness.   

Sons of God

·         "Sons of God” (Bene Elohim) is a phrase used in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the Kabbalah where the Sons of God are considered as a part of Jewish ANGELIC HIERARCHIES, they are referred to as Divine beings in heavenly places. -  Sons of God are also known as physical Human beings on earth. – Both were made by God, but their similarity ends there; their function in the plan of God are totally different as the Book reveals.

·         Jesus is also called the Son of God which is even more different. – HOLD THESE THOUGHTS  

 Angels - Genesis 6:2 – Angelic Divine Sons of God in Heaven
² the SONS OF GOD saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives. (NLT)

Mankind - John 1:12 – Humanity that believe will become sons of God
¹² But AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, to them He gave power to BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name:

Deity - John 11:27 – Jesus is the Messiah; the Son of God
²⁷ Yes, Lord (Jesus), she (Martha) told him. “I have always believed

YOU ARE THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD, the one who

has come into the world from God.” (NLT)

Other gods

·Before we go any further, I want to look back on scripture noting the many, many times that the Book shows people carving an idol out of a piece of wood and then worshiping it.  We know this is SILLY if not STUPID, because what kind of god can be made with human hands?  - The notion of the existence of another god is just IGNORANT SUPERSTITION passed down in ERROR by some worldview generation tradition.

·         The Book instructs us to not think of our God as an idol designed by some craftsmen made of gold or silver or stone, because it is in our God that we live and move and exist; ‘We are his offspring.”

·NOTE:  The Book did NOT say that there are NOT any other gods, it said idols made by human hands were NOT gods. – Hold that thought -

Jeremiah 10:14 – Its stupid and ignorant to worship an idol
¹⁴ everyone is STUPID and IGNORANT. Every goldsmith is put to shame by ⌊his⌋ carved image, for his

CAST IMAGES ARE A LIE; there is NO BREATH IN THEM. (HCSB)

Habakkuk 2:18-19 – It is foolish to carve an idol and worship it
¹⁸ What good is AN IDOL CARVED by man, or A CAST IMAGE that deceives you? HOW FOOLISH to trust in your own creation—

A GOD THAT CAN’T EVEN TALK!
¹⁹ WHAT SORROW awaits you who say to WOODEN IDOLS, ‘Wake up and save us!’ To SPEECHLESS STONE IMAGES you say, ‘Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but THEY ARE LIFELESS inside. (NLT)

Psalm 135:15-17 – The Nation’s Idols are lifeless and dead
¹⁵ THE IDOLS OF THE NATIONS ARE of silver and gold,

MADE BY HUMAN HANDS.
¹⁶ They have mouths but CANNOT SPEAK, eyes, but CANNOT SEE.
¹⁷ They have ears but CANNOT HEAR; indeed, there is NO BREATH in their mouths. Those who make them are just like them (HCSB)

2 Kings 19:18 – Idols made by hands are not gods at all
¹⁸ And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them!

THEY WERE NOT GODS AT ALL—

ONLY IDOLS OF WOOD

AND STONE SHAPED BY HUMAN HANDS. (NLT)

Jeremiah 10:5 – Idols do neither evil nor good; must be carried
⁵ THEIR IDOLS ARE LIKE SCARECROWS in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; THEY HAVE TO BE CARRIED,

for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for

THEY CANNOT DO EVIL, NEITHER IS IT IN THEM TO DO GOOD.”

(ESV)

Acts 17:28-29 – God is not an idol designed by craftsmen
²⁸ For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
²⁹ And since this is true,

WE SHOULDN’T THINK OF GOD AS AN IDOL DESIGNED BY CRAFTSMEN FROM GOLD OR SILVER OR STONE. (NLT)

Fence Post Theology

·         When you see scripture on a subject that plants a fence post that seems to be OUT OF LINE, your Belief System takes over and assigns a biblical view to it that pulls the fence post back in line… But when you see several scriptures that say the same thing with ALL the fence post lining up differently, you have to think, either I am wrong or the Book is wrong.

·         Such is our thought on demigods or little gods, it’s just hard to accept that there are other gods till we see what God has already said 25 plus times in His Book; there ARE other gods and YAHWEH CREATED them; when you embrace what the Book says, then the fence post begin to line up.                    – It’s in the Book -

- COMMANDS –

Exodus 20:3 ³ YOU MUST NOT HAVE ANY OTHER GOD BUT ME.

(NLT)

Exodus 23:13 ¹³ Pay close attention to all my instructions.

YOU MUST NOT CALL ON THE NAME OF ANY OTHER GODS. Do not even speak their names. (NLT)

Deuteronomy 6:14 ¹⁴ You must not worship any of the

GODS OF NEIGHBORING NATIONS,

(NLT)

- YOU ARE GODS –

John 10:35 ³⁵ If HE CALLED THEM ‘GODS,’ to whom the word of God came—and SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE SET ASIDE—

(NIV2011)

1 Corinthians 8:5 ⁵ For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as INDEED THERE ARE MANY “GODS”

and many “lords”—
(ESV)

John 10:34 ³⁴ Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to CERTAIN LEADERS of the people,

‘I say, YOU ARE GODS!’
(NLT)

Daniel 3:25 ²⁵ He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a

SON OF THE GODS.”
(NIV2011)

Daniel 2:11 ¹¹ The king’s demand is impossible. No one except

THE GODS CAN TELL YOU YOUR DREAM,

and they do not live here among people.”
(NLT)

- OTHER GODS –

Deuteronomy 32:17 ¹⁷ They sacrificed to false GODS, which are not GOD — GODS they had not known, GODS that recently appeared, GODS your ancestors did not fear.

(NIV2011)

Exodus 12:12 ¹² On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the

GODS OF EGYPT, for I am the LORD! (NLT)

2 Chronicles 25:20 ²⁰ Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the GODS OF EDOM.

(NIV2011)

1 Chronicles 14:12 ¹² The PHILISTINES had abandoned their GODS there, and David gave orders to burn them in the fire.
(NIV2011)

Isaiah 36:19 ¹⁹ Where are the GODS OF HAMATH and

GODS OF ARPAD? Where are the GODS OF SEPHARVAIM? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?

(NIV2011)

Judges 10:6 ⁶ Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD. They served THE BAALS and THE ASHTORETHS, and the

GODS OF ARAM, the GODS OF SIDON, the GODS OF MOAB, the GODS OF THE AMMONITES and the GODS OF THE PHILISTINES. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,

(NIV2011)

2 Kings 18:34 ³⁴ Where are the GODS OF HAMATH and

GODS OF ARPAD? Where are the GODS OF SEPHARVAIM,

GODS OF HENA and GODS OF IVVAH? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?
(NIV2011)

2 Kings 19:12 ¹² Did the GODS OF THE NATIONS that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—

the GODS OF GOZAN, GODS OF HARRAN, GODS OF REZEPH and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?
(NIV2011)

- YAHWEH IS THE GOD ABOVE ALL GODS –

Deuteronomy 3:24 ²⁴ O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant.

IS THERE ANY GOD IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?

(NLT)

1 Kings 8:23 ²³ and he prayed, “O LORD, GOD OF ISRAEL,

THERE IS NO GOD LIKE YOU in all of heaven above or on the earth below. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.

(NLT)

Daniel 2:47 ⁴⁷ The king said to Daniel, “Surely your

GOD IS THE GOD OF GODS and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.”
(NIV2011)

Deuteronomy 10:17 ¹⁷ For THE LORD YOUR GOD IS THE

GOD OF GODS and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.

(NLT)

Exodus 15:11 ¹¹ WHO IS LIKE YOU AMONG THE GODS, O LORD— glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders? (NLT)

Psalm 86:8 ⁸ AMONG THE GODS THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours  (NIV2011)

Psalm 95:3 ³ For THE LORD IS a great God, a great King

ABOVE ALL GODS (NLT)

Psalm 96:4 ⁴ Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise!

HE IS TO BE FEARED ABOVE ALL GODS.(NLT)
Exodus 18:11 ¹¹ Now I know that THE LORD IS GREATER THAN ALL OTHER GODS, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” (NIV2011)

Psalm 97:9 ⁹ For you, O LORD, are supreme over all the earth;

YOU ARE EXALTED FAR ABOVE ALL GODS.  (NLT)

God’s Unseen Family

·         The Book speaks of YAHWEH as being the Lord God Most High. -  Is the Book speaking of God as being higher than all of the other gods; could there really be other gods? - Is this scripture teaching us POLYTHEISM? - Our Belief System says that there are NO other gods, there is only THE ONE TRUE GOD, YAHWEH, all the rest are just MAKE-BELIEVE gods just like in Greek Mythology.

·         The Book is not teaching POLYTHEISM, but it IS teaching that God through Jesus Christ CREATED everything that there is in the visible EARTHLY REALM as well as in the invisible HEAVENLY REALM and that includes OTHER DIVINE BEINGS known as the “Sons of God”; They are all part of God’s unseen non-human family. - Some are made for the express purpose of ruling over specific nations. – The term “Sons of God” plays an important role throughout the Book.

·         While I do not find an Angel Hierarchy in the Book, I do find it in ancient literature on angels that has been passed down through the ages. -  The following thoughts are just interesting, so just do with this information as you think best. 

·         Angels seem to be divided in descending order into three triads of “Choirs” of angels. The term “Choir” is used perhaps because we find Angels singing and praising God in the scriptures. - There are nine groups in the three triad of Choirs.  - NYOBS 34.17 - ANGELS

·         First Choir - Cherubim, Seraphim and THRONES*

·         Second Choir – Dominions, Virtues and POWERS*

·         Third Choir – Angels, Archangels and PRINCIPALITIES*

·         It seems the third Choir; Angels and Archangels are the only ones that interface with man.

·         Some domination’s pray to and worship images of angels, believing that some OT saints are now angels. - This is a perversion of the scriptures - Humans will never become Angels.

Genesis 14:18-22- Yahweh is the God Most High
¹⁸ And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of

GOD MOST HIGH, brought Abram some bread and wine.
²² But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the LORD, GOD MOST HIGH, Creator of heaven and earth, (NIV2011 & NLT)

Psalm 7:17 - Yahweh is the Lord Most High
¹⁷ I will thank THE LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to

the name of THE LORD MOST HIGH. (NLT)

Psalm 18:13 – The Lord is the Most High
¹³ THE LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of

THE MOST HIGH resounded amid the hail and burning coals. (NLT)

Psalm 47:2 - Yahweh is the Lord Most High
² For THE LORD MOST HIGH is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth. (NLT)

Colossians 1:17 – Nothing existed before Yahweh
¹⁷ HE EXISTED BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, and he holds all creation together.(NLT)

Colossians 1:16 – God created the Angels, Kingdoms & Rulers
¹⁶ For through Him (Jesus) GOD CREATED EVERYTHING IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as

THRONES, KINGDOMS, RULERS, and AUTHORITIES in the unseen world.  Everything was created through him and for him.

Ephesians 6:12 – Principalities* - Powers* - Thrones*
¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against PRINCIPALITIES, against POWERS, against the RULERS of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (KJV)

1 Corinthians 15:39-40 – Angel bodies different from Earthly bodies

39 All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.

40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the HEAVENLY BODIES IS ONE KIND, and the splendor of the EARTHLY BODIES IS ANOTHER. NIV

Side Bar

·         NOTE: In the Jewish Kabbalah, as described by the Golden Dawn, there are TEN archangels each commanding one segment of the “choirs” of angels. – They even have the names of each Archangel.   – The Kabbalah is Interesting, but not Inspired of God. - NYOBS 34.12 - KABBALAH

·         The hierarchy of angels in heaven includes a Divine Heavenly Council with creations called the “Sons of God”.  God certainly does not need a heavenly council, but He chose to have one and they seem to be made up of Thrones, Powers, Principalities, Dominions, Rulers, and Authorities.

·         These Sons of God were given authority over the nations according to their number.

·         Some believe there to be TEN members of this council since TEN is the Biblical number for the “The Law”. - Reflecting back and using God’s Arithmetic; I see that THREE is the symbolic number for “the God head”; the Trinity and FOUR is symbolic of God’s handiwork.  Three plus four is SEVEN which is the number for completeness. - I prefer to think of TEN, (the law) times SEVEN (completeness), gives us SEVENTY, the Law in it fullness. – God commanded Moses to establish 70 Hebrew elders and Jesus sent out 70 disciple / witnesses before Him into the towns.  They were sent out “two by two”; THE LAW required “two witnesses” for a thing to be established. – (Forgiveness was SEVENTY times Seven; just saying.)

Ezekiel 8:11 – Seventy Elders on the Council of Israel
¹¹ And before them stood SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS

OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up. (ESV)

Exodus 24:1 – Seventy Elders of Israel
¹ Then the LORD instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and SEVENTY OF ISRAEL’S ELDERS. All of you must worship from a distance.

(NLT)

Numbers 11:16 – God told Moses to get 70 elders for council
¹⁶ Then the LORD said to Moses,

“GATHER FOR ME SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. (ESV)

 Luke 10:1 – Jesus appointed and sent out seventy disciples
¹  After these things THE LORD APPOINTED SEVENTY others also, and SENT THEM TWO BY TWO before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. (NKJV)

Immunity to Sin

·         Angles were made perfect, pure, holy and Godly and with FREE WILL, but were without an immunity to sin. – With all their privileges, honor and status, they became dissatisfied and Satan wasted no time in taking advantage of their situation. – As soon as he corrupted one-third of the angels in heaven, he then started in on the earth with God’s greatest creation, Adam and Eve AND in God’s very own Garden at that.  

·         You must get this, if Satan could involve the angels and mankind in sin, he would be placing them in the same category as he was; he did not believe God would judge his greatest creations and punish them; causing them to endure Hell fire forever and ever. – Satan would be just one of the crowd that rebelled.

·         The serpent was splendid, attractive, intelligent, and impressive and walked upright; it was nothing like the snakes that we know today. - Satan with no code of conduct nor a rule book took the form of this serpent and loaded with schemes, started in on Eve the weaker vessel, with conversation inferring something about God that was unfair and restrictive; imputing sinister motives to God as if He was withholding something; she could be as a god.

·         As you already know, God took away the serpent’s splendor and attractiveness and made him repulsive, and cursed him to grovel in the same dust that man was made from with no eye lids to give relief from the irritants of the dust and every one that saw him would want to stomp his head.

·         It would seem impossible to believe, that a God loving, pure Holy Angel could become a Devil; but what’s more astonishing is that mankind who is filled with the HOLY SPIRIT could reject the righteous rule of God and choose the corrupted rule of Satan.  And MAN DID

Genesis 3:1 – The Serpent was the shrewdest of the animals
¹ The SERPENT WAS THE SHREWDEST of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” (NLT)

Ezekiel 28:17 – Satan had beauty and splendor
¹⁷ Your heart was filled with pride because of all your BEAUTY. Your WISDOM was corrupted by your love of SPLENDOR. So I threw you to the ground and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.

(NLT)

Genesis 3:14-15 – God caused hostility between man & the snake
¹⁴ Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild.

YOU WILL CRAWL ON YOUR BELLY, GROVELING IN THE DUST

as long as you live.
¹⁵ And I WILL CAUSE HOSTILITY between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring.

He will STRIKE YOUR HEAD, and you will strike his heel.”

(NLT)

Acts 13:52 – Believers are filled with the Holy Spirit
⁵² And the believers were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit (NLT)

Principalities and Powers

·         Satan is superbly organized with layers of Principalities, Powers, Thrones, Dominions, Authorities and Rulers which are all titles given to spiritual forces; they are mentioned some five times mostly in the KJV of the Book. -  The terms seems to denote different orders of angels, good or bad.  – However, I must point out that nowhere in scripture do we find the actual organization, structure or authority of the spirit world taught.

·         As I read the scriptures these titles all seem to denote the same thing, but just uses different words to describe an entity that projects darkness and evil. - The Greek word for Powers means jurisdiction, authority, magistrate, rule or strength.

·         These agencies wield PHENOMENAL POWER backed by the gates of hell; causing hostile persecution, division, error, unbelief, inventing sin, causing lust, temptation, unfaithfulness,  and the pride of wealth. - They are invisible, can move at the speed of thought and are not affected by the laws of nature.  They have intellectual ability that is beyond our limited knowledge, they don’t slumber nor sleep and can transform themselves into angels of light. They produce counterfeit power and signs and miracles. - Their greatest power is Darkness; SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE which is what causes man to stumble.

·         The Book teaches about Satan’s great power and illuminates his darkness and evil, but we can praise the Lord anyway, because his power has been limited by YAHWEH.

·         The Book’s focus is really on the point that the Good News of the Gospel SHOUTS that Christ has risen far above ALL the principalities and powers and we have already been delivered out of the deepest gloom of darkness and the chains that have bound us there have been broken; we just don’t see it ALL realized yet, but it’s on the way. It’s in the Book

·         Our misconception is that our BS, our Belief System tells us that at the cross Satan’s power and authority and the principalities, powers and Rulers have already been dis-empowered and place under our feet, but that doesn’t become fully realized until the second coming of Jesus Christ. - Satan REMAINS the god of this age until Jesus removes him.

Colossians 1:16 – Thrones, Dominions, Principalities & Powers
¹⁶  For BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether

THRONES or DOMINIONS or PRINCIPALITIES or POWERS. All things were CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM. (NKJV)

Ephesians 6:12 Principalities, Powers & Rulers
¹² 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. (NKJV)

Ephesians 3:10 – Principalities and Powers
¹⁰ to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS in the HEAVENLY PLACES,

(NKJV)

Romans 8:37-39 – Principalities and Powers
³⁷ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
³⁸  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor PRINCIPALITIES nor POWERS, nor things present nor things to come,
³⁹  nor height nor depth, nor any other CREATED THING, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(NKJV)

Colossians 2:15 – Principalities and Powers
¹⁵ Having disarmed PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

(NKJV)

Ephesians 1:20-21 – Jesus above Principality, Power, Dominions
²⁰ Which he wrought in CHRIST, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

²¹ far above all PRINCIPALITY, and POWER, and MIGHT, and DOMINION, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

(KJV)

2 Corinthians 11:13-14 – Transform into an angel of light
¹³ For such men are FALSE APOSTLES, DECEITFUL WORKMEN, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
¹⁴ And no wonder, for even

SATAN DISGUISES HIMSELF AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. (ESV)

2 Thessalonians 2:9 - Counterfeit power and signs and miracles
⁹ This man will come to do the work of Satan with

COUNTERFEIT POWER AND SIGNS AND MIRACLES.

(NLT)

Proverbs 4:18-19 – Spiritual Ignorance causes stumbling
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like DEEP DARKNESS;

they do not know over what THEY STUMBLE.

(ESV)

2 Corinthians 2:10-11 – We’re familiar with Satan’s evil schemes
¹⁰ When you FORGIVE this man, I FORGIVE him, too. And when I FORGIVE whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit,
¹¹ so that Satan will not outsmart us.

FOR WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH HIS EVIL SCHEMES.

(NLT)  

Psalm 107:13-15 – Jesus has led us out of Darkness
¹³ LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
¹⁴ HE LED THEM FROM THE DARKNESS AND DEEPEST GLOOM; he snapped their chains.
¹⁵ LET THEM PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GREAT LOVE and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

(NLT)

2 Corinthians 4:4 – Satan is the god of this age
⁴ SATAN, WHO IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD,

has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. (NLT)

Romans 16:20 – Satan will be crushed at Christ’s return
²⁰ The God of peace will soon CRUSH SATAN under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (NLT)

1 Corinthians 15:23-25 – Jesus will destroy every ruler & power
²³ But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.
²⁴ After that THE END WILL COME, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, HAVING DESTROYED EVERY RULER

AND AUTHORITY AND POWER.
²⁵ For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. (NLT)

Something Happened

·         The Book says Satan will have great authority until the end of this age.  He will give the antichrist his authority for 3 ½ years during the last half of The Great Tribulation Period,  so until that time, just as Paul said, we still will wrestle with the  Principalities, Powers, Thrones, Dominions, Authorities and Rulers.

·         I won’t try to go beyond what the scriptures say about these entities; so here are the facts as I have gleamed them.

·         A principality is a region within a larger domain; it’s a seat of authority presided over by a ruler called a “Prince”.  - They were all created by God for His pleasure and purpose.

·         The Book calls angels both good and evil “Princes”, they are also called “Sons of God” and they occupy the Heavenly places even unto this day.

·         According to the Book, everything God created was GOOD, but the Book also confirms that SOMETHING HAPPENED;’ these HEAVENLY ENTITIES became EVIL, the Book referees to these sons of God as “Spiritual Host of Wickedness” that rule the darkness of this age.

·         After the fall when Satan lost his rule in the Garden of God, his throne on earth was re-located to Pergamos, and all of the principalities or regions continued to be ruled by the now fallen angels called “Princes” or “SONS OF GOD”. – It’s in the Book -

Genesis 1:31 – God said that all He had made was VERY good
³¹ Then GOD looked over ALL HE HAD MADE, and he saw that

IT WAS VERY GOOD! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day. (NLT)

Daniel 10:13 –  There are GOOD angels and FALLEN angels
¹³  The PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA withstood me twenty-one days, but MICHAEL, ONE OF THE CHIEF PRINCES, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, (ESV)

Ezekiel 28:1-2 – A prince of TYRE is an Angel
¹  The word of the LORD came to me:
²  “Son of man, say to the PRINCE OF TYRE, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I AM A GOD, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god— (ESV)

Daniel 10:20 – Prince of PERSIA and the Prince of GREECE
²⁰ Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the PRINCE OF PERSIA; and when I go out, behold, the PRINCE OF GREECE will come.

(ESV)

Ephesians 2:2 – SATAN – Prince of the power of the air
² in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

(ESV)

Revelation 13:2-7 – Satan given authority for 3 ½ years
² This beast looked like a leopard, but it had the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion! And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority.
⁵ Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. AND HE WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY

TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTED FOR FORTY-TWO MONTHS.
⁷ AND THE BEAST WAS ALLOWED

TO WAGE WAR AGAINST GOD’S HOLY PEOPLE and to conquer them. AND HE WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY

TO RULE OVER EVERY TRIBE AND PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE AND NATION. (NLT)

Ezekiel 28:12-19 - Your throne was in the Garden of God

12 "`You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You WERE in Eden, THE GARDEN OF GOD; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. KJV

Revelation 2:12-13 – Satan’s throne relocated to Pergamum
¹² Write this letter to the angel of the church in PERGAMUM. This is the message from the one with the sharp two-edged sword:
¹³ I know that you live in

THE CITY WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.

 (NLT)

What happened?

• There was a time in eternity past when Pride was discovered in Satan the most high angel as he rebelled against God and ONE-THIRD OF THE ANGELS followed him.  Some of these “Fallen” Devine beings are identified as “SONS OF GOD” who were part of God’s Heavenly Council and were princes over the different regions of earth; they were demigods. 
• Some of the Sons of God who are called NEPHILIM took the women of earth in marriage resulting in a hybrid of giants. – NYOBS 22.30 – GIANTS
• The Book says it started “When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them”.  - This is a special passage when you realize that daughters of men had always been born to them – It seems at some point, ( probably when Satan fell ), A DESIRE WAS AWAKENED in the “SONS OF GOD” and they took “whoever they chose” to marry. – NYOBS 02.10 – WHY IS SATAN
• The corruption of the Nephilim was one of the main reasons God destroyed the earth and started over with Noah and his family of EIGHT.      – It’s in the Book -

Ezekiel 28:15 – Satan’s “WILL” was toward self

15 You were PERFECT IN THY WAYS from the day that you were created, till INIQUITY WAS FOUND in thee.

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and THOU HAST SINNED: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

KJV

Ezekiel 28:17 – Pride was born

17 Your heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:

18 Thou hast DEFILED THY SANCTUARIES by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic. KJV

Isaiah 14:13-14 – The five I wills

13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.  

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." NIV

Revelation 12:4 – One third of the angels followed Satan

4 And his tail drew THE THIRD PART OF THE STARS (angles) of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: KJV

Jude 6 – Some angels left their own habitation.

6 And the ANGELS which KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE, but

LEFT THEIR OWN HABITATION, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. KJV

Genesis 6:1-2 – Nephilim known as “The sons of God”

1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

2 the SONS OF GOD saw that the DAUGHTERS OF MEN were beautiful, and they MARRIED any of them they chose. NIV

Job 1:6 – Satan and the sons of God present themselves

6 Now there was a day when the SONS OF GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. KJV

Genesis 6:4 – The Nephilim had sex with the women of the earth

4 The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the SONS OF GOD went to the daughters of men and had children by them. NIV

Genesis 6:5 – Nephilim had corrupted all of mankind
⁵ The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that EVERYTHING THEY THOUGHT OR IMAGINED WAS CONSISTENTLY AND TOTALLY EVIL. (NLT)

Genesis 6:13 – God wiped out the Nephilim and mankind
¹³ …“I HAVE DECIDED TO DESTROY ALL LIVING CREATURES, for they have filled the earth with violence. I will wipe them all out

Zechariah 3:2 – God rebukes Satan’s and rejects accusations
² And the LORD said to Satan,

“I, THE LORD, REJECT YOUR ACCUSATIONS, SATAN.

Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, REBUKES YOU. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire.” (NLT)

Heavenly Council

·         Psalm 82 in the Book says GOD presides over THE GREAT ASSEMBLY; He renders JUDGMENT AMONG THE “GODS”. – What our BS FILTERED MIND wants to do, is identify these “gods” as being just MAKE-BELIEVE gods like in Greek Mythology or perhaps human judges on earth who are ruling on God’s behalf.  You may recall that God told Moses that he would be as a god to Aaron as he spoke through him to Pharaoh. – YOU MUST GET THIS. - God is literally telling us, that He has created some littles god angels who were enormously privileged and exalted above all the other angels and were known as “the Sons of God”.

·         The Book indicates that there are THREE LEVELS of the Heavenly Council that rule and reign with Him. 1) Yahweh is at the top 2) next the demigods (little gods); called the “Sons of God” who make up the Heavenly Court; the Great Assembly, 3) next are the common angelic messengers who carry out God’s decrees. – These little gods as well as the common angels were all created by Yahweh for His pleasure and for His purposes before the foundations of the earth were formed, and all were present as the heavens and the earth were created.

·         The Book gives us really great examples on HOW the Great Assembly, the Heavenly Court operates and gives us an insight to “thoughts” on PREDESTINATION and FREE WILL.  - It says; one day the Great Heavenly Council had convened with Yahweh presiding who had just PREDESTINED King Ahab to DIE and had presented it to His court for their FREE WILL recommendations on HOW Ahab should die.  One of the council members said he would go and be a “False Lying Spirit” in the mouths of Ahab’s prophets and thereby entice Ahab to go into battle and be killed; Yahweh said, sure; let it be just as you have decided; go for it.

·         The Book gives another great example of how King Nebuchadnezzar had displeased Yahweh and was PREDESTINED to be punished, however, Yahweh left it up to the FREE WILL of His Heavenly court to decide on HOW he would be punished. - They decided that the King was to go CRAZY and eat grass like a cow, laying in the field soaked with dew for seven years; the Great Assembly then sent a Watcher, a Holy one to carry out their judgment on him. – God decrees the END and delegates the MEANS to His Great Assembly.  (Predestination & Free Will)

·         Daniels prophecy of the Fourth Beast (the Anti-Christ) that devours the whole world and that tramples and crushes everything in its path, will cause the Great Heavenly Court to convene at a future date, and pass judgment on the Beast and destroys him and then give his nations to the Holy people of the Most High God.     – It’s in the Book -

Psalm 82:1-8 – God has a heavenly court
¹ GOD PRESIDES OVER HEAVEN’S COURT; he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings:

(NLT)

Psalm 89:5-7 – God has a council of Heavenly Beings
⁵ LORD, the heavens praise Your wonders— Your faithfulness also— in the assembly of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among THE HEAVENLY BEINGS is like the LORD?
⁷ God is greatly feared in the COUNCIL OF THE HOLY ONES, more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

(HCSB)

Deuteronomy 32:8-9 – God assigned lands according to His Court
⁸ When the Most High ASSIGNED LANDS TO THE NATIONS, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples

ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER IN HIS HEAVENLY COURT.
⁹ For the people of Israel belong to the LORD; Jacob is his special possession. (NLT)

 1 Kings 22:19-22 – The Council convened to decide Ahab’s death
¹⁹ Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD: I saw THE LORD SITTING ON HIS THRONE, and

THE WHOLE HEAVENLY HOST was standing by Him at His right hand and at His left hand.
²⁰ And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.
²¹ Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’
²² The LORD asked him, ‘How?’ “He said, ‘I WILL GO AND BECOME A LYING SPIRIT IN THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS PROPHETS.’ “Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail.

GO AND DO THAT.’ (HCSB)

Daniel 4:13-23 – Council delivered decree with Yahweh’s approval
¹³ I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold,

A WATCHER, A HOLY ONE, came down from heaven.
¹⁴ He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.
¹⁵ But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, AMID THE TENDER GRASS OF THE FIELD. LET HIM

BE WET WITH THE DEW OF HEAVEN. LET HIS PORTION

BE WITH THE BEASTS IN THE GRASS OF THE EARTH.
¹⁶ LET HIS MIND BE CHANGED FROM A MAN’S, AND LET A

BEAST’S MIND BE GIVEN TO HIM; AND LET SEVEN PERIODS OF TIME PASS OVER HIM.
¹⁷ THE SENTENCE IS BY THE DECREE OF THE WATCHERS, the decision by the word of THE HOLY ONES, to the end that the living may know that THE MOST HIGH rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.’
¹⁸  This dream I, KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
¹⁹  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!
²⁰ The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,
²¹ whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived—
²² it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.
²³ And because the king saw A WATCHER, A HOLY ONE, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, IN THE TENDER GRASS OF THE FIELD, AND LET HIM BE WET WITH THE DEW OF HEAVEN, AND LET HIS PORTION BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, till seven periods of time pass over him,’

(ESV)

Daniel 7:23-28 – The Future Court judges the fourth beast
²³ Then he said to me, “This FOURTH BEAST (Anti-Christ) is the fourth world power that will rule the earth. It will be different from all the others. It will devour the whole world, trampling and crushing everything in its path.
²⁴ Its ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire. Then another king will arise, different from the other ten, who will subdue three of them.
²⁵ He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.
²⁶ But then THE COURT WILL PASS JUDGMENT, and

ALL HIS POWER WILL BE TAKEN AWAY

AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
²⁷ Then the sovereignty, power, and greatness of ALL the kingdoms under heaven will be given to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will last forever, and all rulers will serve and obey him.”
²⁸ That was the end of the vision. I, Daniel, was terrified by my thoughts and my face was pale with fear, but I kept these things to myself.

(NLT)

Much is expected

·         The Book says; One day some select ANGELS, known as the SONS OF GOD who were members of THE HEAVENLY COURT assembled to report to the LORD MOST HIGH on their assignments on earth, and Satan the TOP DOG angel was also present.

·         These Sons of God; God’s Divine Heavenly Council angels were as little gods to the nations, ruling over them, walking in God’s precepts as they judged the nations rightly, but there came a day when they were found oppressing the weak and needy and not judging rightly.  

·         God chastises these “little gods” saying to them; they know nothing, they don’t understand anything. They walk about in darkness and have shaken the very foundations of the earth.  He told them, “YOU ARE GODS”; SONS OF THE MOST HIGH, but you will DIE like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler. -  When Satan is cast down everyone will stare at him and ask, can this be the one who shook the very foundations of the earth?

·         NOTE: To whom much is given, much is expected and God addresses this wrong doing in Psalm 82 when He PROPHESIZES that one day He will do away with these LITTLE GODS that He created for His Heavenly Council.  - Although these angels or little gods have sinned and “fallen”, they have still maintained their seats of authority over the regions of earth in a heavenly place.

·         The “WAR IN HEAVEN” with Satan and the archangel Michael doesn’t happen till the middle of the great tribulation period when Satan and these fallen “Sons of God” are thrown out of heaven and are confined to earth. – This is a future date.    - It’s in the Book -

Psalm 82:1-7 – God presides over the Great Assembly of gods.
¹ God presides in THE GREAT ASSEMBLY; he renders judgment AMONG THE “GODS”: (NIV2011)

² How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?
³ Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy;
⁴ deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
⁵ THE ‘GODS’ KNOW NOTHING, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH ARE SHAKEN.
⁶ I said, ‘YOU ARE “GODS”;

YOU ARE ALL SONS OF THE MOST HIGH.’
⁷ BUT YOU WILL DIE LIKE MERE MORTALS; you will fall like every other ruler.”

(NIV2011)

(NLT) Job 1:6 – God has a Heavenly Court – The Divine Council of God
⁶ One day the MEMBERS of THE HEAVENLY COURT came to present themselves before the LORD, & the Accuser, Satan, came with them.

(KJV) Job 1:6 – The Sons of God members of the Divine Council of God
⁶ Now there was a day when THE SONS OF GOD came to present themselves BEFORE THE LORD, and Satan came also among them.

(NIV2011) Job 1:6 – The Angels; Sons of God member of the Council
⁶ One day THE ANGELS came to present themselves

BEFORE THE LORD, and Satan also came with them.

Job 2:1 – Regular meetings of the Heavenly Court
¹ AGAIN there was a day when the SONS OF GOD came to present themselves BEFORE THE LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.  (NKJV)

Exodus 4:16 - Moses will be as a god to Aaron and Israel
¹⁶ He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and YOU SHALL BE AS GOD TO HIM. (ESV)

Luke 12:48 – To whom much is given, much is required
⁴⁸ But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and

WHEN SOMEONE HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH MUCH,

EVEN MORE WILL BE REQUIRED. (NLT)

Revelation 12:7-9 – War in Heaven – Angels thrown down
⁷ Then there was war in heaven. MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS fought against the DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS.
⁸ And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
⁹ This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was

THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH WITH ALL HIS ANGELS. (NLT)

Isaiah 14:16 – Can this be Satan who shook the foundations

¹⁶ Everyone there will stare at you and ask,

CAN THIS BE THE ONE WHO SHOOK THE EARTH

AND MADE THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD TREMBLE?

Cause and Effect

·         God established a Heavenly Council to rule the heavens before He ever created the foundations of the earth.  - He also established an Earthly Council in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and their descendants that would rule over the nations of the Earth.

·         Eden was paradise as it was in Heaven and everything came forth without effort; no pain in child bearing and there was peace among the animals.

·         Because of man’s sin, mankind and the animals became cursed as well as the earth.  God’s plan is to start over at the end of the millennium with a new heaven and a new earth and once again earth will be like the original design of the Garden of Eden. – It’s in the Book -

Psalm 82:1 – God created a Heavenly Court
¹ GOD PRESIDES OVER HEAVEN’S COURT; he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings:

(NLT)

Job 38:4-7 – Council already created in Heaven before earth
⁴ Where were you when

I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH? Tell me, if you know so much.
⁵ Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?
⁶ What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone
⁷ as THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER

AND ALL THE ANGELS SHOUTED FOR JOY? (NLT)

Genesis 2:15 – Adam’s job was to tend to and watch over earth
¹⁵ The LORD God placed the man in THE GARDEN OF EDEN

TO TEND AND WATCH OVER IT. (NLT)

Shadow of War in Heaven

• The plagues of Egypt are a shadow of the War in Heaven that will occur on the Lord’s Day when all the demigods, the little “Sons of God” will be thrown down and destroyed. - The worship of these little gods originated at the Tower of Babylon.
• To discuss the plagues of Egypt, we must be able to see the symbolism of each plague which was far more than the actual event itself.  While the story of the Exodus of Israel from Egypt is important, it is ALSO about the judgment on the PAGAN GODS OF EGYPT. When the judgment plagues began, the Israelites; God’s chosen people, did not comprehend what was going on, so how much more were the Egyptians baffled. - The plague announcements were made “in advance” in order to give the Magicians time to come up with their “Secret Arts” and sleight of hand to replicate it.
• While the magicians tried to “duplicate” the judgments they never tried to “reverse” them. The magicians finally gave up and told Pharaoh that “THIS IS THE FINGER OF GOD”, (NOT Israel’s Jehovah God.)
• All the plagues must happen. - Pharaoh must resist letting the people go, until God has shown All of Egypt that their little gods are nothing; helpless to intervene and helpless to save. - Finally, All of Egypt will realize that the one and only true God is the God of Israel.
• God makes the rules under which sin shall be sinned, though He Himself is not the author of sin. (The Invisible War - Donald Grey Barnhouse)                                                

    FIRST Plague on the waters – BLOOD - The little god trinity - Stink, Stank, Stunk. The water of the River Nile turned blood RED as well as the water in their wooden and stone vessels. This first judgment of Moses was “DEATH” to their fish; their food source and their lively hood, putting terror in their heart.

• Osiris, the god of the Nile couldn’t help them or his companion Isis the mother god and their child Horus – This “trinity” of little gods could do nothing, but stink. - There were other gods; Nu the god of life in the Nile; Hapimon in the north and Tauret at Thebes the hippopotamus goddess of the river. - These gods were the most favored gods of the common people; but WERE USELESS. – It’s in the Book -

    SECOND Plague on the Land – FROGS - The Nile was putrid and frogs invaded the land with such multitude that they were even in their houses and in their beds and even in their kneading troughs and ovens.

• Hekt the goddess of Land, who helped women in childbirth, was always depicted with a human body and the head of a frog.  – For crying out loud, these frogs had come out of the sacred Nile. Since the frogs were seen as gods, the Egyptians would not even lift their hand to destroy them. - How in the world can you make war on a god? – Chuckle, Chuckle - Can’t you just imagine God laughing at their prayers and offerings to their silent pagan gods.
• When the frogs literally “dropped dead” the whole land STUNK, adding to the already dead stinking fish. – It’s in the Book -

    THIRD plague on the Soil – FLEAS AND GNATS - This Prague came against the soil which produced bountiful crops of cucumbers, melons, onions, leeks and garlic. – Man and animals became the recipient of this itching curse.

• Different translations say the plague was LICE or GNATS, or even MOSQUITOES, but the Hebrew word “ken” means to dig, as in dig under the skin – Some translators think it was sand fleas, that swarmed over the land.  Think how one flea can drive your puppy crazy. – Think how millions could drive you “buggy”. – Did you get it – “buggy”
• This small scourge of blood sucking insects covered your whole body like a cloud of dust, creeping into your eyes, nose and ears. – (Today we have the tiny “No-see-um” mosquitoes.)
• Geb the great god of the earth was silent; the sacrifices of the priest availed nothing.

    FOURTH plague on the land – FLIES - God sent swarms of insects; the BEETLE and the COCKROACH; the GAD FLY and DOG FLY, plus the large blood sucker STABLE FLY; biting flies that lay hundreds of eggs in animal dung that transmits the “skin anthrax” plague.

• Background - The Egyptians noticed that this scarab beetle rolled golf size balls of dung across the field to store them for food – The Egyptians un-mistakenly thought the beetle put their larva in them and therefore thought the balls represented life.
• The sun was considered the seed of life. - The scarab beetle was considered the god that rolled the sun from morning to evening. – No upstanding Egyptian would kill a beetle god.
• Amon-Ra (Amun-re) was considered the king of gods – “Amon” means hidden. – This “invisible” king of eternity and guardian of the dead was always pictured with the head of a BEETLE. - This beetle just gnaws on man or beast, clothes, books, furniture and plants. - The magicians could not duplicate nor reverse this “DRIVE YOU CRAZY” plague; their demonic “secret arts” WERE USELESS.

    FIFTH Plague on livestock – DISEASE, MURRAIN - God sent a contagious epidemic disease among the Egyptian’s livestock; the donkeys, camels, sheep, horses and cattle, from the livestock of the simple countryside farmer to the SACRED BULLS of the high temple priest.  Their temples were defiled by the dead animals. “All that were infected” died. – There is no evidence the plague was ever removed from the sacred bulls.

• A distinction however was made - No harm came to any of the animals of the Israelites.
• Their many gods were of NO HELP; Apius, the sacred bull god - Hathor the cow-headed goddess of the deserts - Bubastis, the cat goddess - Ra the livestock calf god - The bull Bakis of the god Mentu - none could do anything to save them - And to make matters worse, Anubis the “Jackal headed” dog god got his reputation slammed by the DOG FLY plague.

    SIXTH Plague on man – BOILS, LEPROSY - The handful of soot or dust that Moses cast into the air was representative of the custom of the Egyptian Priest of castings soot from idol sacrifices over the people. - They counted the dust or soot as a blessing from the priest; in this case it was a curse.  Furnaces or brick-kiln’s were an symbol of oppression to the Israelites; and now the soot from them was a symbol of chastisement against Egypt.

• Got sent a “BURNING PLAGUE” against men; that of BOILS and RUNNING SORES, which some translate as “LEPROSY” which cannot be healed. – No evidence that this plague was recalled; presumably it wore itself out.

• The Egyptians had local gods as well as national gods. – To use a big word; they were “Polytheistic”, they believed in many gods. – If one god was good, then ten gods was better.

• Great healing powers were attributed to their gods Apis, Serapis and Imhotep, but they could do nothing. – The magicians got BOILS in their “PRIVATE PARTS” and could not even stand up and even their “secret arts” WERE USELESS.  

    SEVENTH Plague on the produce - THUNDER, RAIN with HAIL and FIRE beating down; herbs, produce and fruit. - It almost never rained in Upper Egypt, receiving only about one inch of total rainfall a year; the land was always sunny. - God sent a judgment of immense PEALS OF THUNDER and the WORST HAIL STORM that Egypt had ever seen; with FIRE from LIGHTNING that zigzagged back and forth on the land as if trying to catch hold of itself - (This is where we get the phrase “Great Balls of Fire”, and maybe not.)

• Although some died, this plague was not sent against the slaves and livestock, but against the produce of the land. – They were warned; some believed Moses’ words and lived.
• The Egyptians worshiped red water and FIRE. - Shu, the wind god - Nut the sky goddess, Horus the elder and the hawk-headed sky god were all silent; THEY COULD DO NOTHING.
• God is serious about these little gods, whether Make-Believe Fables or the Demigods; the Sons of God that He created; who expressed their “FREE WILL” and rebelled against God.

    EIGHTH Plague on the vegetation – LOCUST - A Massive Locust “Invasion” had never been felt before in Egypt and would exceed anything they had ever heard about in the past; it was now in the land of the Nile and what was left standing after the hail and fire, was being consumed by the locust. – The land turned black with THREE INCH, RED SPOTTED, DOUBLE WINGED LOCUST, jumping with legs of springs; a ravenous army of creeping, gnawing and destroying critters. – stripping the land to a barren desert.

• Where were their gods? - Nepri the grain god - Ermutet goddess of crops and childbirth - Anubis, the jackal-headed guardian of the fields – Where was their agricultural god Osiris, the great head of the Hamitic trinity. – They were ALL SILENT and USELESS. -

    NINTH Plague on Man - DARKNESS FEAR and TERROR - Egypt had sunshine 365 days a year – But suddenly as a lion springs on its prey, darkness consumed the light. – They could not see one another or their hand in front of their face.

• God sent darkness on the land of Egypt that was SO DARK THAT YOU COULD FEEL IT. Imagine for three days and nights that the air is so thick with moisture that you can hardly breathe. – So much moisture and so little oxygen that a candle can’t be lit. – You’re like a fish out of water gasping for life. – Added to that, a strong HOT wind picking up fine DUST with static electricity, thickening and polluting the air in your lungs even more. – GOOD GRIEF 
• You must now imagine crossing over from where the Egyptians lived into the land where the Israelites lived. – When you crossed over, you immediately moved from darkness to light. Light is certainly symbolic of the difference between the unbeliever and the believer.
• From time to time, Pharaoh would repent and humbled himself; confess he had sinned and ask for prayers of protection from the Hebrew God.  His feelings of remorse was only temporary; as before, when things got better, he would go right back with his fist in the air toward the God of Israel. – He recognized that JEHOVAH was the God of the Hebrew, but He was certainly not the god of the Egyptian.
• Ra the great sun god had disappeared – There was no help from Aten, the sun disc – and the symbol of Ankh known as the “symbol of life” from the sun, was of no help - No need for Horus the god of the sunrise or Tem the god of sunset or Shu the god of light or the many other deities of the moon and planets. - Their Gods were USELESS. - Pharaoh, Egypt as well as “Israel” will come to KNOW that Jehovah Elohim is the ONE and ONLY TRUE God.

    TENTH Plague on man - FIRST BORN DIES - Pharaoh sees HIMSELF as a god – The King was believed to be the incarnation of Horus the son of “Re” the sun god - Pharaoh was all powerful – Life and death was in his word.

• Ten in scripture is the number for the Law; it represents Judgment – Consider as an example the law of the Ten Commandments.
• The tenth judgment and final plague was every first born child of every Egyptian family would die; from the slave girl to the Pharaoh; including the first born of all their cattle.
• On the 14^th of Nisan; a distinction was made between the Egyptians and the Israelites; the land of Goshen would not experience the DEATH PLAGUE. – There would be such tranquility among the Israelites that not even a dog would have an occasion to bark – But among the Egyptians, mourning could be heard everywhere.
• With death at their doorstep, Pharaoh’s advisors were telling him, it might be a good idea “to let the people go”, in fact let’s help them go; - “Send them out of the land in haste”.
• Archaeologists have uncovered coffins with the inscriptions; “That night of slaying of the firstborn”. – Other inscriptions say; “That day of the slaying of the firstborn”.

• Judgment has now come on ALL the pagan gods of Egypt including the defiant Pharaoh.  As students of the word, we are urged to trace the cause of the judgments, which in this case was wrath on a grossly idolatrous blasphemous PHARAOH and his IDOLATROUS nation.

#1 Exodus 7:19 – The water turned to blood and stunk.

19 Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their RIVERS, over their STREAMS, and over their POOLS, and over all their PONDS of water, that they may BECOME BLOOD; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt,

both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

ASV

#2 Exodus 8:3 – Frogs everywhere, I mean everywhere

3 and THE RIVER SHALL SWARM WITH FROGS, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy BED, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy OVENS, and into thy KNEADING-TROUGHS:

ASV

Exodus 8:13 – Something Stinks

13 And the FROGS DIED out of the houses, the courts,

and out of the fields. They gathered them together in heaps;

and THE LAND STANK. ASV

#3 Exodus 8:17 – Lice, Gnats, Flies, Fleas.

17 And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were LICE upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

ASV

Exodus 8:17 – Gnats came out of the dust of the soil

17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, GNATS came upon men and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.

NIV

#4 Exodus 8:21-22 - God sends swarming insects - Flies

21 If you do not let my people go, I will send SWARMS OF FLIES on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses.

THE HOUSES OF THE EGYPTIANS WILL BE FULL OF FLIES, and even the ground

22 "`But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land.

NIV

#5 Exodus 9:3-4 – Horses, donkeys, camels, sheep, goats and cattle die

3 the hand of the LORD will bring A TERRIBLE PLAGUE on your livestock in the field--on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats.

4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.'

NIV

#6 Exodus 9:8-9 – Festering boils – Leprosy on men and animals

8 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace, have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh.

9 It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and FESTERING BOILS will break out on men and animals throughout the land."

NIV

Deuteronomy - 28:27 – Cannot be healed - Leprosy

27 The LORD will afflict you with THE BOILS OF EGYPT

and with TUMORS, FESTERING SORES and THE ITCH,

from which you cannot be cured.

NIV

Leviticus 13:18-19 – A boil on the skin - Leprosy

18 "When someone has A BOIL on his skin and it heals,

19 and in the place where the boil was, a WHITE SWELLING OR REDDISH-WHITE SPOT appears, he must present himself to the priest.

NIV

Exodus 9:11 – The magicians got boils where the sun doesn’t shine.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the BOILS; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

NIV

#7 Exodus 9:18-19 – The worst hailstorm ever in Egypt

18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the WORST HAILSTORM that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.

19 Bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the HAIL will fall on every man and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die. NIV

Exodus 9:24 – Fire and lighting

24 HAIL fell and LIGHTNING flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land

NIV

Exodus 9:20-21 – Some believed Moses warning and were saved.

20 Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.

21 But those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the field.

NIV

Exodus - 9:26 No hail in Goshen

26 The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.

NIV

#8 Exodus 10:12 – Locust ate what the hail did not destroy

12 And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that LOCUSTS will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail."

NIV

Exodus 10:14-15 – The land was black with locust

14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS, nor will there ever be again.

15 THEY COVERED ALL THE GROUND UNTIL IT WAS BLACK. They devoured all that was left after the hail--everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

NIV

#9 Exodus 10:21 – Darkness that could be felt.

21 The LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that DARKNESS will spread over Egypt –

DARKNESS THAT CAN BE FELT

NIV

Ex 10:22-23 – The Israelites had light

22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and

TOTAL DARKNESS covered all Egypt for three days.

23 No one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived. NIV

#10 Exodus 11:4-6 – The first born shall DIE

4 “About midnight I will go throughout Egypt.

5 Every firstborn son in Egypt WILL DIE, from the

FIRSTBORN SON OF PHARAOH, who sits on the throne, to the

FIRSTBORN SON OF THE SLAVE GIRL, who is at her hand mill, and all the FIRSTBORN OF THE CATTLE as well”.

6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt--worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.

NIV

Exodus 11:7 – A Distinction - All Israel is saved.

7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any man or animal.' Then you will know that THE LORD MAKES A DISTINCTION BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL

NIV

Exodus 12:12 – Judgment on the many gods of Egypt.

12 "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn--both men and animals--and

I WILL BRING JUDGMENT ON ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT.

I am the LORD.

NIV.

Exodus 12:33- Send the out of the land with haste

33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might SEND THEM OUT OF THE LAND IN HASTE; for they said, We be all dead men.

KJV

Ezekiel 29:9 – Egypt will become a wasteland.

9 EGYPT WILL BECOME A DESOLATE WASTELAND.

THEN THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD. NIV

The Take Away

·         My BS, my Belief System believed that Satan HAD ALREADY been thrown out of heaven along with one third of his angels.  SO IF I BELIEVED IT, THE BOOK MUST TEACH IT. 

·         But that’s just not what the Book says.  Satan and his angles will fight a WAR IN HEAVEN and will lose and be thrown out by the High Archangel Michael with his army of angles. – BUT that does not happen until the middle of the Great Tribulation Period; so that whole gang of little gods are still in heaven ruling over the nations and Satan is still accusing the Believer before God’s throne day and night.  But on the Day of the Lord, these immortal little gods will DIE as if they were just mortal men.      NYOBS 07.002 – ESCHATOLOGY

·         We are part of that war and many will become casualties because of ignorance of the inventory of weapons that God has already provided for us.  - Paul symbolically spells it out for us; we have the Belt of Truth, our Body Armor is God’s Righteousness. - Our Shoes are Peace in our spirit and our Shield is our Faith. - Our Helmet is our Salvation and our Sword is the Holy Spirit which is The Word of God. – He trains our minds and hands for battle. - Our job is to stand, because “the battle is the Lords”.

·         At the End of time on the Lords Day our Belief System says The Battle of Armageddon will be between good and evil; we see God starting with everyone on earth, but it’s more than that; the Book says that Judgment starts in the house of God. 

·         Judgment begins with the Sons of God in Heaven, these little gods on the Heavenly Council are judged and thrown down to the earth, then the SON OF GOD judges the other Sons of God on earth, then the Holy Ground of Israel is reclaimed, finally we get a new heaven and a new earth, more particularly a new Garden of Eden and man is placed back in it as God originally planned.

·         The Book says; what sorrow awaits you who say, “if only THE DAY OF THE LORD were here!” YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE WISHING FOR. That day will bring darkness, not light; in that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion only to meet a bear. - Escaping from the bear, you will lean your hand against a wall in your house and be bitten by a snake.  Yes, THE DAY OF THE LORD will be dark and hopeless, without a ray of joy or hope. 

·         God hates all your show and pretense, the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.  God will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. - He won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.  He will say away with your noisy hymns of praise! - I will not listen to the music of your harps.  Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living. – WORD FOR WORD - It’s in the Book –

·         Multitudes are waiting in the Valley of Decision. There the day of the Lord will soon arrive and you can no longer make a decision.  When you see it, it’s already a done deal, the choices you have made on this side of eternity NOW will have eternal consequences.  

Isaiah 11:6-9 – CHOOSE LIFE - New Garden of Eden
⁶ IN THAT DAY the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all.
⁷ The cow will graze near the bear. The cub and the calf will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like a cow.
⁸ The baby will PLAY SAFELY near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes WITHOUT HARM.
⁹ NOTHING WILL HURT OR DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, for as the waters fill the sea, so

THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LORD. (NLT)

Revelation 12:10 – Satan accuses us day and night before God
¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for THE ACCUSER OF OUR BROTHERS has been thrown down,

WHO ACCUSES THEM DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE OUR GOD (ESV)

1 Peter 4:17 – Judgment begins at the House of God
¹⁷ For the time is come that

JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? (KJV)

Psalm 82:1-7 – The little gods will be judged and will DIE
¹ GOD PRESIDES OVER HEAVEN’S COURT;

HE PRONOUNCES JUDGMENT ON THE HEAVENLY BEINGS:
⁵ …these oppressors know nothing; they are so ignorant! They wander about in darkness, while the whole world is shaken to the core.
⁶ I say, ‘YOU ARE GODS; you are all children of the Most High.
⁷ BUT YOU WILL DIE LIKE MERE MORTALS and fall like every other ruler.’” (NLT)

Revelation 12:7-9 – NT Prophecy - War in Heaven
⁷ Then THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
⁸ And THE DRAGON LOST THE BATTLE, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
⁹ This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—WAS THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH WITH ALL HIS ANGELS. (NLT)

Isaiah 14:12-17 – OT Prophecy  Satan to be cast out of Heaven
¹² How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! YOU HAVE BEEN THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
¹³ For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north.
¹⁴ I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’
¹⁵ Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.
¹⁶ Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘CAN THIS BE THE ONE WHO SHOOK THE EARTH AND MADE THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD TREMBLE?
¹⁷ Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’

(NLT)

Revelation 9:1-2 – Satan falls in the middle of the Tribulations

¹ Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw A STAR THAT HAD FALLEN to earth from the sky, (Satan fallen angel) and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
² When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.

(NLT)

Rev 20:1-3 – Satan seized & thrown into the Abyss, 1000 years

1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.

2 HE SEIZED THE DRAGON, THAT ANCIENT SERPENT, WHO IS THE DEVIL, OR SATAN, and bound him for a thousand years.

 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. NIV

Joel 1:15 – Destruction comes on The Day of The Lord
¹⁵ THE DAY OF THE LORD is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

(NLT)

Joel 3:14 – You are in the Valley of Decision
¹⁴ THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS ARE WAITING IN

THE VALLEY OF DECISION. There

THE DAY OF THE LORD will soon arrive.

(NLT)

Amos 5:18-24 The Day of the Lord; You have no idea
¹⁸ What sorrow awaits you who say, “If only THE DAY OF THE LORD were here!” YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE WISHING FOR. THAT DAY WILL BRING DARKNESS, NOT LIGHT.
¹⁹ In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion— only to meet a bear. Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house— and he’s bitten by a snake.
²⁰ Yes, the day of the LORD will be dark and hopeless, without a ray of joy or hope.
²¹ I hate all your show and pretense— the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
²² I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.
²³ Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
²⁴ Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.

(NLT)

Proverbs 21:31– The battle belongs to the Lord
³¹ The horse is made ready for the day of battle,

but THE VICTORY BELONGS TO THE LORD.

(ESV)

Isaiah 45:5 – God has equipped us for the Battle
⁵ I am the LORD; there is no other God.

I HAVE EQUIPPED YOU FOR BATTLE, though

you don’t even know me,

(NLT)

2 Chronicles 20:15 – Do not be discouraged or afraid
¹⁵ … This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid!

Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army,

FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD’S.

(NLT)

Psalm 149:6 – Let the praises of God be in our mouths
⁶ LET THE PRAISES OF GOD BE IN THEIR MOUTHS,

and a sharp sword in their hands—

(NLT)

Ephesians 6:10-18 – Put on the Full Gospel Armor of God
¹⁰ A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
¹¹ Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For
¹² WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST FLESH-AND-BLOOD ENEMIES, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against

evil spirits in the heavenly places.
¹³ Therefore, PUT ON EVERY PIECE OF GOD’S ARMOR so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.
¹⁴ Stand your ground, putting on the BELT OF TRUTH and the

BODY ARMOR OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
¹⁵ For SHOES, PUT ON THE PEACE that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.
¹⁶ In addition to all of these, hold up the SHIELD OF FAITH to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.
¹⁷ Put on SALVATION AS YOUR HELMET, and take the

SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, which is THE WORD OF GOD.
¹⁸ Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

(NLT)

Psalm 144:1-2 – He is my shield and trains my hands for battle
¹ Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for WAR and gives my fingers skill for BATTLE.
² He is my loving ally and MY FORTRESS, MY TOWER OF SAFETY, my rescuer. He is MY SHIELD, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.

(NLT)

Isaiah 42:17 - Trusting in Idols as a god will be turned away
¹⁷ But THOSE WHO TRUST IN IDOLS, who say to images,

‘you are our gods,’ will be TURNED BACK IN UTTER SHAME. (NIV2011)

2 Corinthians 2:11 - For we are not ignorant of Satan’s devices
¹¹ lest Satan should take advantage of us;

FOR WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF HIS DEVICES.

(NKJV)

In the multitude of counselors,

there is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:14

I am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical

information, and scripture verses.  Because of them I can stand on their shoulders

                         and see further that I otherwise ever could have.              

                                                                                                                                     

Antiquity of the Jews – Flavius Josephus Matthias

Apocrypha – Goodspeed

Baker Commentary on the Bible – Elwell

Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White

Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer

Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row

Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s

Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake

English Standard Version Bible – ESV

Expositor’s Bible Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein

Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World

Gospels Interwoven; The – Karmit Zarley

Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale

Interlinear Greek-English New Testament – Baker

Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse

King James Version Bible – KJV

Lost Books of the Bible; The - World

Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell

Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan

Meredith’s Book of List; 1&2 –Bethany House Publishers

Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press

Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest

Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson

Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan

New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas - Tenney

New International Version Bible (2011) – NIV

New Living Translation Bible - NLT

Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield

Systematic Theology – Wayne Grudem

Thru the Bible – J. Vernon McGee

Unseen Realm; The – Michael S. Heiser

Vincent’s Word Studies of the New Testament – Mac Donald

Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner

Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer & Harrison

Wikipedia –

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney