Understanding the Differences Between Demons and Fallen Angels! Yes, They Are Real!

Remember if you have been following my study into the Book of Revelation with me, as a believer in Jesus Christ, we won't have to be here when hell comes forth unto the earth like we are studying today. The wrath that comes to the earth during the Tribulation period is for those who have rejected God's offer and instead want to do things their own way.

Revelation 9:3-4 ~ "And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads."

Remember that Satan has been given the key to open the bottomless pit by the authority of God and when it is opened, demonic power comes forth in a smoke like cloud. Creature-entities will come forth upon the earth and they will afflict with terrible pain. They are living spiritual beings. Satan is real and demons are real. There are fallen angels and demons and both are real. Fallen angels appear and disappear. They have no need to take on a human body, animal, idol or statue. Demons have to have a human body, an animal, an idol or a statue to manifest their will. Fallen angels nor heavenly angels need any of that. Angels appear and disappear at will. We know that 1/3 of the fallen angels that God created fell when Satan tricked them although the exact number is unknown.

We know that they inflict pain for a short time. These are not earthly locusts that you might know of. So why does John mention the word "locust" then? If you live in the Middle East or in Africa, the word locusts sends fear into your mind right now. When normal locusts come, they leave nothing left. There is nothing left to eat, they eat all the bark off of trees, killing the trees and unless you can move to another area, you will die. Did you know that? They leave nothing behind when they attack. These locusts have the ability to sting like a scorpion. Locusts don't sting. Demonic aflliction will come upon those on the earth who are not (1) believers in God, because those who are believers are sealed and are protected by God,  and (2) those who have rejected Christ during the Tribulation period. This devilish affliction will be for 5 months. Now the question remains as to whether mankind will be able to see them when they come.

I believe that they will not be seen, that the apostle John was given the power to see them as this is being revealed to him. I believe that human beings will be tormented by the invisible spiritual realm for 5 months that is coming upon them. John sees them in the spirit and he tries to communicate that to us. One of the ways of demonic affliction is to get people away from the truth. Demonic affliction is nothing new. In many nations where the gospel is not preached there is a strong sense of demonic activity and demonism.

1 Timothy 3:16, 4:1 ~ "Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great. He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory. The Spirit clearly says that in the later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons."

When someone knocks on your door with something that is abhorrent or off from the Bible, the Bible says that when they come knocking, they are promoting the doctrine of demons. That is the origin. When these creature entities come forth among the earth, their attack will be well directed. Look locusts consume grass and these locusts were ordered not to attack the grass, trees or any plants. These are not normal locusts. Those that are sealed are the only ones who can not be harmed, and those are the 144,000 Jewish evangelists from Revelation 7 as well as those who come to God during the Tribulation. There is no visible seal that you can see, just like if you look in the mirror you can't see anything, but if you are a believer in Christ, the Bible says that we have been sealed by the seal of our living Father in the book of Ephesians, chapters 1 and 2. You may not see anything, but God sealed you the day you accepted Christ. Those who trust in God during that time will be delivered and protected.

Matthew 12:43-45 ~ "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, "I will return to the house I left." When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation."

The interesting thing to note and consider further study on is why when a demon leaves a human body does it go to arid places, places without water? That is another study for another day but it is very interesting and one you may had never considered. Demons refer to the human body as their house. When the demon comes back and finds it empty it means the Holy Spirit did not move in, the person remained undecided. They didn't get saved. There is a vacancy. No God in their life. No Holy Spirit. Jesus shared an interesting insight into the demonic world.

When Hell meets earth, mankind will receive a token of eternity, to truly suffer, is to suffer without God's grace.

Revelation 9:5-6 ~ "They were not give power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die; but death will elude them."

The Book of Daniel, Chapter 12 and John's gospel 5:28-29 ~ "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out - those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned."

In the end, there will be a judgment of the righteous and the unrighteous, did you know that? Those of us that are Christians, will be judged by Jesus Christ, for the opportunities that were given to us, the open doors to us that allowed us to serve Him, to bring glory to His name. We will not be judged on any of our sins, or regarding heaven or hell. It's called the Bema seat! The judgment seat of Christ found in 1 Corinthians. It is a good thing! We all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ. We will receive rewards of what we have done while we were in our bodies here on earth. Did we live for Jesus or did we live for us? Did we give our attention to God? Did we help to expand His kingdom and did we give our money for the advancement of the Lord? Did we invest in God's kingdom? He is going to ask us this one question, "What did you do for My Son?" Jesus might say, "What did you do for Me? Let's take a look and see!" We will suffer loss or be blessed based on how we responded in faith to those opportunities. We need to figure out for ourselves what those opportunities are, that are given to us from God. This has nothing to do with heaven or hell! You're safe at this point. You are going to heaven.

But to those who are not Christ's...they do not appear before the judgment seat of Christ. The Bible says that they appear before God the Father. Without Christ, without Jesus' intervention. They stand before God in Revelation 20:11 and the books are opened and they are judged out of the books and the things written therein. It says that all those whose names are not found written in the Lamb's Book of Life, who are judged and cast into hell. What a horrific thing. Perhaps you are saying to yourself, "I don't want to go there." I don't want you to go there either.

The Bible says that the Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to eternal life. We all fear judgment and there is a looming fear of that in the back of all of our minds. If we don't reconcile what God has said and what is in the Bible, the choice to accept God and what He has said throughout the Bible or to reject it all. The implications of those choices are ours alone. God doesn't send anyone to hell. We choose where we will go. If we accept God and the Bible and all that goes along with it, the choice is heaven. If we reject God, the Bible, Jesus and everything that goes with that, the choice is heaven. Even if we choose to not accept God, that choice determines our eternity for us. It's simple. Know Jesus, Know Life!  No Jesus, no life!

God knows everything, but He gives us the opportunity to choose. That is the only way to true love and life. People demand on going to hell, and reject Jesus. You are responsible for that choice, not God! Don't blame God. 

Demonic Activity is On the Rise and It Will Only Get Worse

If we apply the Bible to our lives specifically, we don't have to be afraid of being wrong. If you're biblical, you'll always be right. We have recently learned that America has vowed that they are no longer a Christian nation, contrary to what Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and Franklin believed so many years ago. This just goes to show how far as a nation, we have fallen in so many areas. It's not about changing to accept the beliefs of other religions, it is about refusing to stand up for what this country has been founded on for fear of offending someone. Lately that is all it seems to be, what offends someone needs to be removed. Now the minority rules the majority. How did things get so twisted?

The original founder of this nation, William Bradford wrote down in the Mayflower Compact, only two paragraphs long, that they have come to this continent for the propagation and establishment of the Christian faith.

We continue our study this morning about the falling of Satan from heaven, Jesus said, like lightning falls from the sky.

Luke 10:17-21 ~ "The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.: He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. At that time, Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit said, "I will praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure."

When ministry happens, Satan falls from heaven. When hell meets earth, this creature-personality will come and demonic activity will collide with this world.

Revelation 9:2 ~ "When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss."

It's pretty interesting to note the Satan doesn't have the key, he has to be given the key. God allows this to take place. Why? The Bible says that even God uses evil to His own glory. Nobody reads the Book of Job unless you're going through a "Job-thing." Some might not want to read it for fear it might come upon them. Satan could not get near Job until God said, "Okay, you are allowed to do this and this, but nothing else." You can't experience anything, not even your own heartbeat without the grace of God. He has given that to us as believers.

No attack, no flat tire, no sickness, no stress, no problem can come to us unless it is first filtered by our heavenly Father. Whatever is going on in our life, it is Father-filtered. God wants it to work that way. Remember when God reminded Paul after hearing about his issue three times said, "Enough, my grace is sufficient for you. My strength will become perfect in your weakness."

When we look at Revelation 9:2 we see that wholesale demonic activity is about to break forth upon the earth. Before this happens on the earth in full scale, we need to remember where we are in our Book of Revelation timeline. (1) The church has long been raptured, out of the earth and is in heaven by Revelation 9. (2) The world is about 4 years into that 7-year Tribulation period or 4 years into the 7-year peace treaty that Israel is under. (3) There has already been a temple rebuilt in Jerusalem by this time. The push to rebuild it is already all over the nation even today. Orthodox Jews believe at any moment that their Messiah will arrive. They are so ready to receive anyone who will bring peace to the Arabs and the Jews, and when the Antichrist comes he will do that and allow them to rebuild the temple. (4) Europe will have already become the religious and financial center of the world. This has to happen before we get to Revelation 9.

We already have the Euro that is shredding the US dollar by the way, we already have the largest conglomerate of nations that have surpassed the United States in gross national product when the European Union has become the largest empire since the Ancient Roman Empire. We know that the European Union will embrace a global faith. Everyone worshiping the same God in whatever manner they want to go. If it's good for you, it's good for us too! Did you know that the United Nation has a declared faith, the Bahi faith, did you know that? An all sincere, everyone go their own way religion.

Did you know that there are some demons and fallen angels that are so bad, that they are confined and locked up in hell. God won't allow them to be loosened on the earth at this time. That there is a rise in the amount of demonic activity and satanic ritualistic killings that law enforcement even have their own cult investigation unit that goes out to these cases where pentagram are carved in the floor the victims chest and forehead. That besides being tortured that they have been subjected to a satanic ritual and it is only increasing? Possession is being ruled out as psychological disorder, don't get me wrong but not all of them are the issue of chemical imbalances, but some for a fact are demonic in nature and increasing. Look around you today, Satanic materials are being distributed in schools, their are Satanic displays cropping up everywhere, from holiday displays, music, television and movies. No one is really concerned but they should be.

Jude 1:6-7 ~ "And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home - these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire."

These demons are reserved and are sitting in confinement like they did back in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. It was the very reason that God sent the flood.

Revelation 9:13-15 ~ "The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. It said to the sixth angels who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were release to kill a third of mankind."

These four are fallen angels. Demonic powers released for such a time during the Tribulation. The point I make today is do you know Jesus personally today, to escape these things? Do you think you will outlive it or die before it happens? That's not a relief. Jesus said it is appointed once for every man to die and then the judgment comes. He put it this way, "All those who trust in the Son of God, has passed from judgment into eternal life. You need to make sure today that you know Jesus Christ personally. I don't want you to leave here today saying I hope I will be okay in the end. You can't do that. You can't guess.

You must know. In your own mind and heart, the Lord is stirring you up right now. There is a little bit of fear and anxiety in your life right now. That is the Lord speaking to you right now. Don't leave here today without being sure. All God wants is a personal relationship with you. Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? It is your choice and your decision.

Can you lay down your life before Jesus? Then go for it. Christianity is a verb. Go for it. You can have that kind of love that casts out all fear. If you're not a Christian, you should be very fearful. Chapter 9 will happen, it will be fulfilled. Where will you be when it happens? You don't know when your last day will be. Fall into the arms of Jesus today and completely surrender it to Him. You will fail without Jesus, its just a matter of time. The only way you can win is to surrender to Jesus today.