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To all our fellow pilgrims in this dark, deceitful world
With love
THE SEVEN ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES:
Visiting prophets, pastors and teachers are increasingly cross-pollinating the churches with dangerous inter-denominational doctrines. In the process, they focus the attention of believers on strange charismatic ‘signs and wonders,’ ‘personal’ angels and other unbiblical phenomena. Unbelievably, some even allege that church pastors have in fact, become angels! As with every twisted doctrine, they get their theory from misinterpreting a Bible verse or two. In this case, they abuse John’s letters to the seven churches in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3, “To the angel of the church of Ephesus… Smyrna… Pergamos…”
As usual, they derived this angel-turned-pastor doctrine, (which stems directly from dreadfully deceiving (Old) Apostolic doctrine,) by taking these verses entirely out of context. We need only to read the very first verse of Revelation Chapter one, to understand exactly what the 'seven angels of the seven churches' really means.
The opening statement of the Book of Revelation reads as follows, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants, [or every sincere believer of Christ, the New Testament, royal priesthood, Rev. 5:9-10,] things which must shortly take place. And He, [Jesus,] sent and signified it by [or via] His angel, [which is an angelic messenger, or one of God's servant spirits,] to His [human] servant John, who bore witness to the Word of God..."
It’s really not difficult to understand. Jesus Christ Himself sent several angelic (spirit) messengers to deliver the Book of Revelation and its specifics to His human servant John, who in turn related that information to the rest of Jesus’ body of believers.
A human being can never be, or become an angel.
They are simply two different species!
Paul wrote in Col. 1:16, ‘For by [Jesus] all things were created that are in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible… Let all the angels worship Him… Who makes His angels… ministering spirits, [whom He sends] forth to minister to [His human believers.]” – Heb. 1.
Yet in Rev. 22:8-9 John stresses the fact that both the holy angelic species and the born again human species are the messengers of Christ. They work together under the banner of Jesus in bringing His Gospel of Grace to a lost and dying world.
"Now I, John, saw and heard these things [which the angel had shown him,] and I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel... Then he said, 'See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.'"
ANGELS ARE REAL, BUT SO ARE DEMONS:
In his book, ‘Masters of Deception,’ F.W. Thomas related this incredible testimony, “I was a young man of twenty when I joined the merchant marine. One day while having lifeboat drill in the midst of the Atlantic Ocean, I was at my station on deck, waiting for orders to do my part in guiding the soon to be released lifeboat over the side. It weighed thousands of pounds, but I had to stand directly in the path that the boat would swing upon being released so I could see the captain on the bridge. Upon his command I was to step out of the way. While waiting for the signal, suddenly a pair of strong hands grabbed me at the back of my knees, knocking my legs out from under me. I fell to the deck of the ship and turned to see who had played this joke on me. To my utter amazement, there was no one near me! A few inches from where I now lay was the ship’s edge and beyond this the open sea. Cargo ships did not have railings on the lifeboat deck. At the same instant, I suddenly became aware of the swish of the lifeboat now swinging directly over my head! The lifeboat had come loose prematurely. The men working on it were unable to notify the captain, and he could not signal me to move out of the way. Had I not been grabbed by unseen hands and made to fall to the deck, I would have been hit by the swinging boat and knocked into the sea… On the bridge, the captain declared in awe, ‘Man, but you have amazing reflexes!’”
This book, an analysis of the anti-biblical teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, was one of the reasons why God commanded his angel to save F.W. Thomas’ life.
Late one night, a man from our congregation came banging urgently on our locked garden gate. As he sat down in our lounge, three 'fairy lights' followed him into the room and floated directly in front of his face, clearly threatening him. We recognized these dot-like lights as demons, and began to bind and rebuke them in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, suddenly, God opened our spiritual eyes and we 'saw' that there was a massive spiritual war raging in the air, all around our house. Hundreds of angels and demons were fighting one another with swords, and the Holy Spirit moved us to do battle with the angels by praying against the forces of evil, (Gen. 3:24; Mt. 26:52-52; 1 Chron. 21:16; Ps. 91:11, etc.)
This lasted for a long time. Then, suddenly, all was quiet. Nevertheless, the man refused point blank to leave our home. It was the beginning of the Easter weekend, and to the dismay of our two teenage sons, we were pinned down in our home while we ministered to this man until he was good and ready to face the world 'out there' again.
During that long weekend, we were harassed and attacked by demons in many upsetting ways, but we knew that the holy angels were there all the time. Once we even heard a scuffle on the roof of our house as evil forces attacked the angels, although, that time, we could not see any of them.
In counseling, we discovered that this poor man's father was a Satanist, who sexually molested and physically abused him. (Satanists in all their various forms always make a pact with the devil concerning the lives and souls of their descendants.) Our counselee fiercely hated his mother for not protecting him against this wicked man. He also had sexual relations with his own sister, and was into all kinds of demonic games like dungeons-and-dragons and glassy-glassy, (a ‘game’ in which people consult spirits, who move a glass on a table.) Although he had accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior, he slipped back into occult sin on occasion, and seemed powerless in overcoming his past. During that weekend we helped him to remember and confess every one of those sins to God the Father. He openly and honestly shared all his fears and sorrows with Him, breaking every yoke in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and destroying every foothold which the devil had gained in his soul.
DEMONIC HARASSMENT:
The post-deliverance recovery-process, however, was not an instant thing. Long afterwards, we still had to assist this man in prayer and fellowship. Those who strive to live fruitful lives in the wil of God will be persecuted and harassed, as Paul warned in 2 Tim. 3:12.
We can be sure that God does forgive instantly when we confess our sins and He had promised to ‘cleanse us from all unrighteousness,’ (1 Jn. 1:1-10.) Ever so often, however, we remain bound by the consequences of our sin, as some of those consequences are simply irreversible in this life. For instance, if I murdered the breadwinner of a family, God will forgive me if I truly confess my sin and repent, but the family will still suffer financially as a result.
Also, it seems that God does not always choose to resolve a bad situation immediately. Most often, He will rather choose to, mysteriously and in time, ‘work all things together for good for those who are in Christ Jesus,’ thus building Godly character and spiritual endurance in His believers, (Rom. 8:28; Mt. 26:13.)
A rarely preached fact is that demonic harassment remains a realistic part of our born again life in Christ. Satanic persecution becomes a real ‘thorn in the flesh’ when we have to struggle as a result of the consequences of sin. Especially so when we are continually abused by the unrepentant sin of others, and there seems to be no physical escape. After all, when we have committed a sin, we have the luxury of choice. We can choose to confess, repent, and do restoration. When others unrepentantly continue in destructive abuse against us, however, we have ‘only,’ (literally spoken,) the guideline of God’s Word and the power of His judgment to deal with the ordeal – which might take a long time and test our faith to the limit. While waiting on God, we can grow weary and faint-hearted, and become in danger of loosing our faith.
Satan will always use unresolved or lingering problems to try to gain a foothold in our souls. He will always send his demons to attack us when and where we are most vulnerable. Satan never fights fair. Yet in defending ourselves against the evil one, we always have to obey the Holy Spirit and follow Scriptural commandments. In the process, we are continually at odds with the devil in this struggle called ‘life here on earth.’
DEMONIC POSSESSION:
Satan never gives up a soul easily. He always tries to scare us into submission to his control; attempt to deceive us wherever possible, and once we are free of his control through the blood of Jesus Christ, his demons will “return to see if their place is nicely swept and clean, [or merely religious,] but empty, [without a sincere relationship with Christ.] Each one of these evil spirits will then try to bring seven others more wicked than himself, to enter and dwell in that person,” (Mt. 12:43-45.)
So, can a Christian really have a demon?
According to the Lord Jesus Christ, the answer is a definite ‘yes,’ (Mt. 12:43-45.)
In Mark 5:1-15, a possessed man lived among the tombs in the land of the Gadarenes. Most Bible scholars believe the Gadarenes were ‘apostate Jews who threw themselves out of God’s Old Testament covenant, thus allowing Satan dominion over them.’
That compares well to the condition of back-sliding Christians.
Moreover, this tormented man was possessed by a whole legion of demons. A Roman legion numbered 6,000 men – in this case, a powerful, well-armed, well-organized, well-trained battalion of demonic beings working together to assault, conquer, and destroy just one person.
This proves just how many demons Satan sends to fight an all out battle for a single soul - and of course, how many angels the Almighty God will dispatch to protect that soul.
What incredible danger sin and especially the sin of deception, nevertheless poses to us!
Dare we forget that ‘the wages which sin pays is death?’ (Rom. 6:23.)
May God have mercy on us all!
The good news, however, is that Christ has set us free from the power of sin, and Scripture describes the almighty ministry of the Holy Spirit and His angelic armies in a way which nobody can deny.
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![Text Box: “They laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, Go, stand in the temple [again] and speak [again] to the people all the words of this life.” Acts 5:18-19.
“If he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit [a bogus ‘holy spirit,’] which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted– you may well put up with it!...
“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into workers of Christ.
“And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” - 2 Cor. 11:4, 13-15.
“And I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, [or mighty demons of devastation ] that the wind [of their devastation] should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree…” - Rev. 7:1 “
“Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem… So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.” - 1 Chron. 21:16.
“For He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra. The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot…” Ps. 91.
“So He drove out the man [from Eden,] and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.” - Gen. 3:24.](image1658.gif)