demon: an evil spirit. a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin.
The word, DEMON is not found in the KJV Bible.
devils: used to refer to the group of demons.
evil spirit: a spirit tending to cause harm.
unclean spirit: spirit being who is unclean and immoral in nature and activities.
Many would be surprised to learn that there’s no verse in the Bible that explains where demons came from. Christians typically assume that demons are fallen angels, cast from heaven with Satan (Lucifer, the Devil) right before the temptation of Adam and Eve. But guess what? There’s no such story in the Bible. Where do they come from? … In ancient Jewish texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls, demons are the disembodied spirits of dead Nephilim giants who perished at the time of the great flood.
The fact is, God, in the Scripture refers to devils and unclean spirit. The Old Testament has 4 references to devils:
God tells the Israelis, no more:
Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
King Jeroboam:
2 Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
Israel forgot the God that delivered them from Egypt:
Psalm 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
The Gospels mentions devils 34 times, they were very active as the Lord walked the earth: …..
11 times in Matthew: Matthew 4:24, 7:22, 8:16,28,31,33, 9:34, 10:8, 12:24,27-28
10 times in Mark: Mark 1:32,34,39, 3:15,22, 5:12, 6:13, 9:38, 16:9,17
16 times in Luke: Luke 4:41, 8:2,27,30,33,35-36,38, 9:1,49, 10:17, 11:15,18-20, 13:32
It’s interesting that John does not mention devils
Paul, the apostle to the gentiles, refers to devils 5 times and warns gentile believers:
1 Corinthians 10:20-21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
A warning, activity from the devils will increase in the latter times:
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
James issues a fact:
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
During the Tribulation devils are again very active.
Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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