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Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit
is there of circumcision? 2 Much in every way!
PENING
low the Shofar
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PENING
Why do we blow the Shofar?
Exodus 19:16
“On the morning of the third day there was
thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over
the mountain, and there was the sounding of
a very loud SHOFAR blast. Everyone in the
camp trembled.”
Because this is the way G-D begins sacred
assemblies
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Announcements
• BBQ at Bob and Linda’s? What day and what
time?
News
• Prime Minister of Italy Berlusconi: Italy won't recognize Palestinian state
• “Italy has always stood by Israel," he said, "even within the framework of
the EU when it opposed decisions that were unbalanced and unjust towards
Israel."
• The Italian prime minister praised Israel for being the only true democracy
in the Middle East and said that his country supports Israel when it is in
"difficult situations."
• "According to the Bible, God created on the sixth day Moses's staff, the
Bible, the manna from heaven and the rainbow," Berlusconi said. "May
Israel be strong as Moses's staff, fair as the Bible, as blessed as the manna
and as happy and joyous as a rainbow."
News
• Netanyahu says Sarkozy, Cameron will not accept
any Palestinian gov't that fails to renounce terror,
refuses to recognize Israel.
• Netanyahu said he recognized that the Palestinians
could easily bring the United Nations General
Assembly to pass any resolution they wanted in
support of statehood.
“Can there be an automatic majority in the UN? The
answer is yes. They can say the earth is flat, and they
can pass it,” he said.
HEMA ISRAEL
Hear oh Israel
Shema Israel
Adoni
Elohaynu
(Hear
oh Israel the L-RD
our G-D)
Adoni
Echad
(The L-RD
is one)
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HEMA ISRAEL
Hear oh Israel Part 2
Barukh shem k'vod malkhuto
l'olam va'ed.
Blessed be the Name of His
glorious kingdom for ever and ever.
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hy do we recite/sing the SHEMA?
Because Messiah said it was the greatest Commandment
Mark 12:28-29
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard
them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had
answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the
greatest commandment of all?”
29 And Yeshua answered him, “The first of all the
commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord
our God is One Lord:”
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e-nay Ma Tov
Behold how good - Psalm 133:1
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He-Nay Maw tove
Behold how good
Oo-maw nye—eem
And how pleasant it is
Shevet aw-heem
For brothers to dwell
Gum Yaw Hawd
In unity
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-Seh Shalom
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O-seh Shalom
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Beem rue-mawv
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Who yah-seh
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Shalom aw-lay-nu
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V'al kol
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Ya-a-seh sha-lom Ya-a-seh sha-lom
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Shalom aw-lay-new V’al kol Yees-raw-ale
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May He who makes peace in His heights make peace
upon us and upon all Israel…Amen."
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A-men ….A-men….A-men, A-men, A-men
Baw-rouk Ha-Shem, Baw-rouk Ha-Shem,
Blessed be the Name, blessed be the Name
Baw-rouk Ha-Shem Me-she-ach
Blessed be the Name of Messiah
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Chavareem Toveem!
• Chavareem Toveem!
• Meet any new people. Let them see that Messianics truly
understand community and brotherly/sisterly love.
• If someone is already talking to a visitor stand in line to meet
them don’t just walk away. We want to descend on them like
they are a lost relative.
• Say hello to old friends. Find out how their week has been
going. Show that you care.
• Say hello to anyone you have something against… and give
them a hug . There is room in the Body for forgiveness.
• Exercise modesty with your hugs.
Chavareem Toveem
Chavareem Toveem
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Chavereem toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem (Good friends)
this is the time to stand up and sing
Chavereem Toveem (Good friends) Chavereem Toveem (Good friends)
on this Sabbath day it's an offering we bring
Baruch HaShem chavere shellee (Blessed be The Name my friend)
we're brothers and sisters… one family
Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem
this is the time to stand up and sing
Chavereem toveem chavereem toveem
on this Sabbath day it's the offering we bring
Baruch HaShem chavere shellee
united in Him we will live throughout eternity.
Chaveereem toveem
Prayers
• Today we’re going to start learning the prayer
the L-rd taught us to pray (aka The L-rd’s
Prayer, Yeshua never asked The Father to
“forgive Him of His trespasses”). Every week
we’ll add another verse!
Prayers
• Joann, Barbara, Pam, Karin, Jesse, Bob for
healing.
• Prayer for Salvation for loved ones and the
Jewish people…
• Sha'alu shalom Yerushalayim
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. May His
Shalom (Yeshua) come quickly. Pray for G-d’s
will in the Middle East.
• Evi’s family
Prayers
• Pray for Pam’s family (Cinda). We went
and visited her again.
• Pray for our government
• Karin’s Granddaughter Heather
• Barbara’s grand-daughter Karlie in New
York for safety and Salvation and her
son Van.
Prayers
• Wayne’s friend Ariel
• Amy’s cousin’s girlfriend for treatment for
drugs.
• Steve for aftermath concerning cancer
• Pastors in Wenatchee
• Joann’s eye and her mom for her memory to
return.
• Russ’s oldest daughter for surgery on her ears.
ring our gifts to the altar
We Bring Our Sacrifice With Praise
We Bring Our Sacrifice With Praise
Unto the House of the LORD (2 X)
And we offer unto Him
Our sacrifices with thanksgiving
And we offer unto Him
Our sacrifices with joy
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La'asok B'divray Torah
Blessing Before The Reading Of The Torah
Next Week’s Parsha
• May 21, 2011 Bechukotai ("In my statutes"):
• Leviticus 26:3-27:34
• Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
• Luke 23-24
Today’s Parsha
• May 14, 2011 Behar ("On mount Sinai"):
• Leviticus 25:1-26:2
• Jeremiah 32:6-27
• Luke 21-22
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We’ll read…
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
Jeremiah 32:6-27
Luke 22:47-62
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 39 "'If a member of your people has become poor
among you and sells himself to you, do not make him
do the work of a slave. 40 Rather, you are to treat
him like an employee or a tenant; he will work for
you until the year of yovel. 41 Then he will leave you,
he and his children with him, and return to his own
family and regain possession of his ancestral land. 42
For they are my slaves, whom I brought out of the
land of Egypt; therefore they are not to be sold as
slaves.
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 43 Do not treat him harshly, but fear your
God. 44 "'Concerning the men and women
you may have as slaves: you are to buy menand women-slaves from the nations
surrounding you. 45 You may also buy the
children of foreigners living with you and
members of their families born in your land;
you may own these.
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 46 You may also bequeath them to your
children to own; from these groups you may
take your slaves forever. But as far as your
brothers the people of Isra'el are concerned,
you are not to treat each other harshly. 47 "'If
a foreigner living with you has grown rich, and
a member of your people has become poor
and sells himself to this foreigner living with
you or to a member of the foreigner's family,
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 48 he may be redeemed after he has been
sold. One of his brothers may redeem him; 49
or his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem
him; or any near relative of his may redeem
him; or, if he becomes rich, he may redeem
himself.
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 50 He will calculate with the person who
bought him the time from the year he sold
himself to him to the year of yovel; and the
amount to be paid will be according to the
number of years and his time at an
employee's wage.
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 51 If many years remain, according to them
will he refund the amount for his redemption
from the amount he was bought for. 52 If
there remain only a few years until the year of
yovel, then he will calculate with him;
according to his years will he refund the
amount for his redemption.
Leviticus 25:39-end of chapter
• 53 He will be like a worker hired year by year.
You will see to it that he is not treated harshly.
54 "'If he has not been redeemed by any of
these procedures, nevertheless he will go free
in the year of yovel -he and his children with
him. 55 For to me the people of Isra'el are
slaves; they are my slaves whom I brought out
of the land of Egypt; I am ADONAI your God.
END (Baruch HaShem)
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 6 Yirmeyahu (Means…Exalted of the Lord)
said, "This word of ADONAI came to me: 7
'Hanam'el (Means…God is gracious) , the son
of your uncle Shalum (Form of Shalom
“peace”), will approach you and say, "Buy my
field at 'Anatot (town north east of
Jerusalem, a town of priests the name means
“poor”); you have next-of-kin's right to
redeem it; so buy it."'"
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 8 AS ADONAI had said, my cousin Hanam'el came to
me in the guards' quarters and said, "Please buy my
field at 'Anatot, in the territory of Binyamin
(Binyamin means Son of my right hand. Smol is left,
yamine is right) ; because you will inherit it, and you
have next-of-kin's right to redeem it, so buy it for
yourself." Then I was certain that this was ADONAI's
word. 9 So I bought the field at 'Anatot which
belonged to my cousin Hanam'el and weighed out
the money for him, seven ounces of silver shekels.
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 10 I signed on the purchase contract, sealed it, called
witnesses and weighed out the money for him on a
balance scale. 11 I took the purchase contract, both
the sealed copy with the terms and conditions, and
the unsealed copy, 12 and gave the purchase
contract to Barukh (Blessed) the son of Neriyah (The
Lord is my Lamp) , the son of Machseyah (The
works/creations of God) , in the presence of my
cousin Hanam'el, the witnesses who had signed the
purchase contract and the people from Y'hudah
(Judah) sitting by the guards' quarters.
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 13 In their presence I instructed Barukh as
follows: 14 "Here is what ADONAI-Tzva'ot (G-d
of Hosts), the God of Isra'el, says: 'Take these
contracts, both the sealed and unsealed
copies, and place them in a clay jar, so that
they can be preserved for a long time.' 15 For
ADONAI-Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says that
one day homes, fields and vineyards will again
be bought in this land."
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 16 After giving the purchase contract to
Barukh son of Neriyah, I prayed to ADONAI: 17
"ADONAI, God! You made heaven and earth
by your great power and outstretched arm;
nothing is too hard for you. 18 You display
your grace to thousands but also repay the
guilt of the fathers into the lap of their
children who follow them. Great, powerful
God, whose name is ADONAI-Tzva'ot,
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 19 great in counsel, mighty in deed! Your eyes
are open to all the ways of human beings in
order to repay each one according to his ways,
according to the consequences of what he
does. 20 You gave signs and performed
miracles in the land of Egypt which continue
to this day, also in Isra'el and among other
people; thus you made yourself the reputation
you have today.
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 21 You brought your people of Isra'el out of
the land of Egypt with signs and miracles, with
a strong hand and an outstretched arm and
with great terror. 22 Then you gave them this
land, which you had sworn to their ancestors
that you would give them, a land flowing with
milk and honey.
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 23 They entered and took possession of it; but
they did not pay attention to your voice, did
not live according to your Torah, and did
nothing of all you ordered them to do.
Therefore you made this complete disaster
befall them -
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 24 the siege-works are already there; they
have come to the city to capture it; and the
city, by means of sword, famine and plague, is
being handed over to the Kasdim Chaldeans
fighting against it. What you foretold is being
fulfilled; here, you see it, yourself.
Jeremiah 32:6-27
• 25 Yet you, ADONAI, God, have said to me,
'Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;
even as the city is being turned over to the
Kasdim!'" 26 Then this word of ADONAI came
to Yirmeyahu: 27 "Look, I am ADONAI, the
God of every living creature; is there anything
too hard for me?
• END (Baruch HaShem)
Luke 22:47-62
• 47 While he was still speaking, a crowd of
people arrived, with the man called Y'hudah
(one of the Twelve!) leading them. He came
up to Yeshua to kiss him, 48 but Yeshua said to
him, "Y'hudah, are you betraying the Son of
Man with a kiss?"
Luke 22:47-62
• 49 When his followers saw what was going to
happen, they said, "Lord, should we use our
swords?" 50 One of them struck at the slave
of the cohen hagadol and cut off his right ear.
51 But Yeshua answered, "Just let me do this,"
and, touching the man's ear, he healed him.
Luke 22:47-62
• 52 Then Yeshua said to the head cohanim, the
officers of the Temple guard and the elders
who had come to seize him, "So you came out
just as you would to the leader of a rebellion,
with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was
there with you in the Temple court, yet you
didn't arrest me. But this is your hour -- the
hour when darkness rules."
Luke 22:47-62
• 54 Having seized him, they led him away and
brought him into the house of the cohen
hagadol. Kefa followed at a distance; 55 but
when they had lit a fire in the middle of the
courtyard and sat down together, Kefa joined
them.
Luke 22:47-62
• 56 One of the servant girls saw him sitting in
the light of the fire, stared at him and said,
"This man also was with him." 57 But he
denied it: "Lady, I don't even know him." 58 A
little later, someone else saw him and said,
"You're one of them too"; but Kefa said, "Man,
I am not!"
Luke 22:47-62
• 59 About an hour later, another man asserted
emphatically, "There can be no doubt that this
fellow was with him, because he too is from
the Galil!" 60 But Kefa said, "Man, I don't
know what you're talking about!" And
instantly, while he was still speaking, a rooster
crowed.
Luke 22:47-62
• 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at
Kefa; and Kefa remembered what the
Lord had said, "Before the rooster crows
today, you will deny me three times." 62
And he went outside and cried bitterly.
Noten HaTorah
• Baruch atah Adonay Eloheynu melech
ha'olam, asher bachar banu mikol-ha'amim,
venatan lanu et-torato.
Baruch atah Adonay, noten hatorah.
• Blessed are You, LORD our God, king of the
universe, who chose us from all the peoples
and gave to us His Torah. Blessed are You,
LORD, giver of the Torah.
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Rebbe’s Parsha
• Let’s talk a little about
the cutting off of the
ear of the servant in
our Parsha in Luke.
• The servant's name
was Malchus
Rebbe’s Parsha
• One writer puts it this
way…
• “According to John, one
of the disciples, the
Apostle Peter, being
armed with a sword, cut
off the servant's ear in an
attempt to prevent his
Master's arrest.”
Rebbe’s Parsha
• Another commentator
writes… “Peter
seemed to always be
on the wrong
wavelength in
understanding Christ
and his mission.”
Rebbe’s Parsha
• These are unwarranted
attacks on Peter.
• Peter is often times
portrayed as rash and not
a very good aim, like he
was trying to cut off this
mans head and missed.
• He wasn’t actually trying
to kill this servant.
Rebbe’s Parsha
• This isn’t really what
was going on here.
• Peter was making sure
that Malchus could
never be high priest
so he did something
that someone before
him had done. He cut
of his right earlobe.
Rebbe’s Parsha
• Josephus tells us that
Hyrcanus had been
maimed by Aristobulus
in the same way a
generation before.
• So Peter knew what he
was doing, he was an
expert swordsmen.
Today’s Joke
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An Israeli landed at Heathrow Airport in
London, at passport control the officer asked
him, “occupation?” and the Israeli answered,
Today’s Joke
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“No!!! I’m just here for a visit.”
Demonology
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Today we’re going to
look at the kingdom of
Satan and how his
hierarchy is set up.
By understanding this
we’ll understand how
demons rank in his
empire.
This is a real park in
Connecticut
Demonology
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Satan has always been
an imitator, he can not
create.
But, we shouldn’t
mistake this for lack of
intelligence.
Demonology
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He can imitate better
then any human and
much of what he does
can appear created to
us simple humans.
Much of what we
perceive as invention,
to him, is only a series
of educated guesses.
Demonology
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That being said, since
he allowed pride to
take him over when he
was the covering
Cherub (Cherubim) he
has relentlessly tried to
take the place of
G-d.
Demonology
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Likewise he has set up
his kingdom to mirror
G-d’s Kingdom.
Early on he
constructed his
domain based on the
only realm he’d ever
known.
Demonology
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Since we know this we
can begin to
understand his method
of order.
“Now wait a second? I
thought Satan’s
Kingdom was chaos?”
Demonology
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No, Satan does cause
chaos at times but he
maintains order,
allegiance and
obedience from his
hosts.
There is method when
it comes to The
Adversary…
Demonology
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Eph. 6 says this…
11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye
may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.
Let’s look at the word “wiles” in Greek
Demonology
Stand against the methods of the Diabolic One
Demonology
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Satan knows what he’s
doing and so do his
minions.
He and the Evil Spirits
with him will even, at
times, promote good.
Demonology
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That is provided that
good will result in a
larger evil (ie. The
Mormon Church).
II Cor 11 says
Satan becomes an
angel of light, not that
he becomes AS an
angel of light.
Demonology
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And no marvel; for Satan
himself becomes an angel
of light.
I know the NIV and others
say “masquerades” or
“disguises” as an angel of
light and so forth.
However, no such word
exists in the Greek texts of
this passage.
Demonology
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This passage tells us
this for a reason…
It tells us so we can
understand just how
deceived Satan really
is.
Demonology
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The Devil can
and does do
good.
He is indeed
the Diabolical
One.
Demonology
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So what does his kingdom look like, how is it
set up?
It is a militaristic society!
We read in Daniel 11:38 But in his estate shall
he honour the god of forces and a god whom
his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold,
and silver, and with precious stones, and
pleasant things.
Demonology
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Who is this god of
forces?
It isn't just a demon…
it’s Satan himself.
What does it mean by
a “god of forces”?
Demonology
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The word there in
Hebrew is Maozim
(maw-oh-zeem).
When we say “Maoz”
(forces) in Hebrew
we’re talking about
the military (literally
means stronghold).
Demonology
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Just as there are
different ranks of
G-d’s angels likewise
there are different
ranks of evil spirits.
Demonology
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There is a power hierarchy
and institutions of
government for the
execution of specific tasks.
This government has it’s
own type of CIA (I’m
referencing the CIA as an
example).
Demonology
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The evil spirits of this
sector collect
information on
individuals.
The information is
then used to exploit
people’s weaknesses,
passions and evil
desires.
Demonology
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These CIA type evil
spirits are
fundamentally
messengers, reporting
back to their superiors
then returning to the
human they’re
assigned to.
Demonology
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Just as Satan they have
to go to and fro
because they are not
omnipresent (they
can’t be everywhere at
once).
Job 1:6…
Demonology
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6 One day the angels came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan also
came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan,
“Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming
throughout the earth, going back and forth on
it.”
Demonology
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Demons and Satan
can’t be everywhere
at once.
So these demons
report.
They can’t harm us
unless we allow
them to by the
choices we make.
Demonology
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As Believers, we have a hedge of protection
around us. Job 1:9 says,
9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan
replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around
him and his household.
Can that hedge be removed? Yep, it sure was
with Job.
Demonology
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It’s an odd case with Job,
he hadn’t made any poor
choices.
But if we make poor
choices (sin, sometimes
ignorance etc) that hedge
can be weakened and
even removed
depending.
Demonology
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Christians often
confuse this hedge
and think it a hedge
of Salvation.
It isn’t. It’s a hedge of
protection.
Demonology
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There are more
powerful demons
(then these CIA types)
who are assigned to
earthly
governments/regions.
Demonology
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Satan has
correctly
concluded that
one of the best
ways to influence
the human
masses is through
their leaders.
Demonology
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These evil spirits are
“Commando type”
forces.
Stealth and of higher
intelligence then most
(but not all) other evil
spirits.
Demonology
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These were once arch angels in heaven before
they fell.
Gog is one of these arch angels…
Ez. 38:1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2
“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the
land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and
Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is
what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against
you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal.
Demonology
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How do we know that
this Gog isn’t a
human?
1. He’s called a Chief
Prince.
You’ll only find this
term in one other
passage in all the
Bible…
Demonology
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Daniel 10:10…
10 A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands
and knees. 11 He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed,
consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and
stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said
this to me, I stood up trembling.
12 Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the
first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to
humble yourself before your God, your words were heard,
and I have come in response to them. 13 But the prince of the
Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael,
one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was
detained there with the king of Persia. 14 Now I have come to
explain to you what will happen to your people in the future,
for the vision concerns a time yet to come.”
Demonology
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Secondly, we see Gog not only at the
beginning of the millennium but also at the
end of the 1,000 reign.
Rev 20:7 7 When the thousand years are over,
the Adversary will be set free from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the
four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog,
to gather them for the battle. Their number is
countless as the sand on the seashore;
Demonology
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Michael is an archangel!
Gog is an arch-evil
spirit in charge of
the government of
Turkey and that
region which also
includes…
Demonology
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…ancient Assyria.
Meshek is identified by
Josephus as Cappadocia.
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We talked last week about the zeriym (foreign
gods).
Gog is a chief of the zeriym.
Dan 11
39 He will deal with the strongest fortresses
with the help of a foreign god. He will confer
honor on those he acknowledges, causing them
to rule over many and distributing land as a
reward. CJB
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We see Yeshua
speaking to evil spirits
in the New Testament
from time to time.
I said last week that I
believed there were
myriads of demons
out there.
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In one man there
were approx 6,000
demons.
The demon’s name
was Legion.
A legion is comprised
of about 6 thousand
and that was just in
one man.
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Rev 9:16 speaks of
an additional 200
million that have
been locked up till
the End Days.
We’ll be looking at
that passage
shortly
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Another minor point
just looking at it
rationally, in order for
Lucifer to attempt a
rebellion…
He must have had a
large following behind
him.
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So as in the case of
Legion, we see Yeshua
speaking to evil spirits.
In fact every writer of the
New Testament talks
about demons with the
exception of the author
of Hebrews (and even he
writes about Satan).
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Mathew, Mark, Luke
and John all speak of
demons.
Paul of course does as
well, so does James
(2:19, 3:15) Peter (II
Peter 2:4) and even
Jude (Jude 6).
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So they obviously
believed in their
existence.
They don’t speak of
them as androids (no
personality) either…
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We know of at
least three
attributes of
personality in
demons.
These three
attributes are
intellect, emotion,
and limited will.
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First, do demons have
intellect? Yes, and this
is evident in different
ways: first, demons
know who Yeshua is.
Mk. 1:24…
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They entered K'far-Nachum, and on Shabbat Yeshua
went into the synagogue and began teaching. 22
They were amazed at the way he taught, for he did
not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as one
who had authority himself. 23 In their synagogue just
then was a man with an unclean spirit in him, who
shouted, 24 "What do you want with us, Yeshua from
Natzeret? Have you come to destroy us? I know who
you are -- the Holy One of God!"
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second, demons know their own future doom Mt.
8:28-29
28 When Yeshua arrived at the other side of the lake,
in the Gadarenes' territory, there came out of the
burial caves two men controlled by demons, so violent
that no one dared travel on that road. 29 They
screamed, "What do you want with us, Son of God?
Have you come here to torture us before the
appointed time?"
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third, demons know that God is One
James 2:19
19 You believe that "God is one"? Good for you!
The demons believe it too - the thought makes
them shudder with fear!
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fourth, demons have a counterfeit system of
doctrine
I Tim. 4:1
1 The Spirit expressly states that in the acharithayamim some people will apostatize from the
faith by paying attention to deceiving spirits
and things taught by demons.
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fifth demons have
the ability to
communicate by
speech (Lk. 4:34,
35, 41; 8:28-31).
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Demons also have
emotions…
this can be seen in two
ways: first, they have the
emotion of fierceness
and anger (Mt. 8:28);
and, second, they have
the emotion of fear (Mt.
8:29; Ja. 2:19).
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Demons also have a
limited will.
This can be seen in 2
ways: first, they have
the will to make
requests (Mt. 8:31; Lk.
8:32);
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and, second, they have the will to leave a person, seek
a new place to live, or return to the place where they
formerly lived (Mt. 12:43-45).
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he
walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth
none. 44 Then he saith , I will return into my house
from whence I came out ; and when he is come , he
findeth it empty , swept , and garnished . 45 Then
goeth he , and taketh with himself seven other spirits
more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell
there: and the last state of that man is worse than the
first.
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There is one other
way in which we can
know that demons
have personality:
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When the New
Testament speaks of
demons, it uses the
personal pronoun.
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It never refers to a
demon as an it,
which would be
fitting if demons
were mere
emanations. Instead,
the text uses the
pronouns we, us,
they, your, I, and me
to refer to demons.
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Names:
Legion was one name of
a demon and most teach
that John names another
of these evil spirits.
A very powerful “demon”
according to them
named Abaddon.
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They say this demon,
Abaddon (The word
means
“destroyer/destruction”).
is in charge of the Abyss.
I understand why they
(commentators) think
this, but it’s incorrect.
Fictitious picture of
Abaddon
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“Abaddon” can actually
mean 3 different things.
It can be the name of a
person/spirit or the
name of a place (i.e. hell)
or it can simply mean
“destruction” depending
on it’s context.
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We’ll look at some Scriptural examples of a place first.
Job 31:12 CJB
9 "If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and
I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door; 10 then let
my wife grind for another man, and let others kneel
on her. 11 For that would be a heinous act, a criminal
offense, 12 a fire that would burn to the depths of
Abaddon, uprooting all I produce.
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Psalms 88 CJB
10 Will you perform wonders for the dead? Can
the ghosts (spirits) of the dead rise up and
praise you? (Selah) 11 Will your grace be
declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in
Abaddon?
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verse by verse commentary… Rev 9
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Yeshua is a messenger… Mark 1:35 Very early in
the morning, while it was still dark, Yeshua got
up, left, went away to a lonely spot and stayed
there praying. 36 But Shim`on and those with
him went after him; 37 and when they found
him, they said, "Everybody is looking for you."
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38 He answered, "Let's go somewhere else -- to the
other villages around here. I have to proclaim the
message there too -- in fact this is why I came out.“)
sounded his shofar (This is concerning the End Days);
and I saw a star that had fallen out of heaven onto the
earth, and he was given the key to the shaft leading
down to the Abyss (notice not the key to the abyss, but
to the shaft leading TO the abyss).
Star! What did we learn about stars?
They’re ALWAYS…?
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2 He opened the shaft of the Abyss (this
human was given power to open this shaft),
and there went up smoke from the shaft like
the smoke of a huge furnace; the sun was
darkened, and the sky too, by the smoke from
the shaft. 3 Then out of the smoke onto the
earth came locusts (a term used to mean evil
spirits), and they were given power like the
power scorpions have on earth.
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4 They were instructed not to harm the grass
on the earth, any green plant or any tree, but
only the people who did not have the seal of
God on their foreheads (so we see here, the
Saved are still here at this point). 5 The locusts
were not allowed to kill them, only to inflict
pain on them for five months; and the pain
they caused was like the pain of a scorpion
sting.
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6 In those days people will seek death but will
not find it; they will long to die, but death will
elude them. 7 Now these locusts looked like
horses outfitted for battle. On their heads
were what looked like crowns of gold (these
fallen demons were once angels who stood in
the presence of G-d), and their faces were like
human faces.
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8 They had hair like women's
hair (not long hair), and their
teeth were like those of lions.
9 Their chests were like iron
breastplates, and the sound
their wings made (it says in
Greek the “sound these flyers
made”, not “sound their
wings made” wings was a
word the English translators
inserted because they
believed angels had wings)
was like the roar of many
horses and chariots rushing
into battle.
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So what kind of sound is
it talking about.
2 possibilities…
One, they move so fast
that it sounds like the
wind cracking as
something moves quickly
through it or…
Two just the sounds of
their screams or war
calls.
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10 They had tails like those of scorpions, with
stings; and in their tails was their power to
hurt people for five months. 11 They had as
king over them the angel (messenger) of the
Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is "Abaddon"
and in our language, "Destroyer (or
Destruction)." 12 The first woe has passed, but
there are still two woes to come.
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13 The sixth angel sounded his shofar, and I
heard a voice from the four horns of the gold
altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel,
the one with the shofar, "Release the four
angels (messengers, in this case evil spirits)
that are bound at the great river Euphrates!"
15 And they were released. These four angels
had been kept ready for this moment, for this
day and month and year, to kill a third of
mankind;
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16 and the number of cavalry soldiers was two
hundred million! - I heard the number. 17 Here
is how the horses looked in the vision: the
riders had breastplates that were fire-red, irisblue and sulfur-yellow; the horses' heads were
like lions' heads; and from their mouths issued
fire, smoke and sulfur.
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18 It was these three plagues that killed a
third of mankind - the fire, smoke and sulfur
issuing from the horses' mouths. 19 For the
power of the horses was in their mouths - and
also in their tails, for their tails were like
snakes (seraphim in Hebrew), with heads, and
with them they could cause injury.
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Sometimes in
demonology we have to
look for clues in
Scripture.
There’s not a lot of
detailed information
always… I believe this
passage is one of these
clues concerning what
kind of evil spirits are
being talked about
here.
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It’s not enough for me to
stake my reputation on
it, but I do believe it
because it fits with
proper hermeneutics
concerning this topic
and with an overall
understanding of how
things work in Satan’s
kingdom.
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So, I believe this
passage is telling us
what kind of demons
these are… Seraphim.
The Seraphim were
more powerful then
the average demons
but not as powerful
as the Cherubim
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20 The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by
these plagues, even then did not turn from what they
had made with their own hands - they did not stop
worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver,
bronze, stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or
walk (remember we talked last week that not all idols
are actually demons, people can simply make them
up). 21 Nor did they turn from their murdering
(leshediym ie child sacrifice), their involvement with
the occult and with drugs, their sexual immorality
(toe‘eebat) or their stealing.
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So let’s walk through
this passage again.
The star that fell was a
Believer who turned
his back on G-d, an
apostate who listened
to the doctrines of the
leshidim.
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This human who was
given the key to the shaft
that leads to the Abyss is
the Anti-Christ.
You can see what can
happen if one
misunderstands Jewish
symbolism and confuses
humans (stars) with
demons
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These demons which
are released are very
powerful, that’s why
they’ve been locked up
till that very hour.
In my opinion, they are
fallen Seraphim
(Seraphim means
snake)
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They kill a third of the
unbelievers and yet the
remaining unbelievers still
continue to worship false
idols.
It’s logical to suppose
many of them don’t
realize they’re even
worshipping demons.
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If you asked the typical
unbeliever today if
they worship demons,
they’d say no.
On closer examination
you’d find they actually
do.
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They commit acts of
abortion or celebrate
the festivals of Ishtar
or commit acts of
homosexuality or
adultery and
immorality etc.
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Likewise in the
Last Days most
won’t think
they’re doing
anything wrong,
thus the word
“deception”!!!
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The line between
ignorance and
deception is when they
have a moment of
clarity and then think,
“Nah”… and that’s
when deception then
takes root.
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Abaddon is Satan, not a demon…
We read in Rev 9:11
They had as King over them the angel of the
Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is "Abaddon"
and in our language, "Destroyer."
Notice it says “King”. Only Satan is King of the
Evil Spirits. He allows Chief Princes,
Messengers etc., but only he is King.
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Who are the 4
messengers bound in
the Euphrates? I
believe they’re fallen
Cherubim.
These are the most
powerful of the Evil
Spirits.
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How powerful are
these spirits?
They could crush
planets/moons.
Now before we
get into this, I’ll be
challenging some
very basic
Christian beliefs.
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I don’t believe that G-d created the world in
Gen 1. Isaiah 45:18 clearly says
“For thus says the LORD, who created the
heavens, who is God, who formed the earth
and made it, who has established it, who did
not create it without FORM, who formed it to
be inhabited: ‘I am the LORD, and there is no
other.’” (NKJ)
Is this a contradiction of Gen 1? No…
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Genesis 1:2 is mistranslated in most English
translations – only the Rotherham Emphasized
Bible is close to the Hebrew…
Genesis 1:2
The earth BECAME without FORM, and void;
and darkness was on the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of
the waters.
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What does that mean
it “became without
form”? It means it
wasn’t always that
way.
Yes in 6 literal days
G-d brought the
universe back as the
first step to it’s
eventual restoration
(Tikkun Olam).
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Understanding
this also explains
why the whole
world wasn’t a
garden of Eden
when Adam and
Eve were kicked
out.
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There would’ve been
no such thing as a
garden.
The whole world
would’ve been a
garden.
If Gen 1 was the first
time around, it
would’ve been a
perfect world!
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G-d creates
perfect things.
The stars were
perfect, the
planets were
perfect, there
was no chaos.
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Then Lucifer fell.
And he didn’t go
without a fight.
When there are
wars in the
spiritual, it affects
the material… and
planets, moons,
stars even entire
star systems were
destroyed in this
war.
This picture is wrong
on so many levels!!!
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Ask any astronomer
what the rings are
around Saturn and
they’ll tell you…
They used to be
moons that were
crushed and
destroyed.
(BTW there are also
rings around Jupiter,
Uranus and Neptune)
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Stars were also
destroyed and some
became super nova
and black holes.
This is the death of a
star.
G-d did not create
them that way.
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Chaos came
into the
universe when
Satan fell and
he and his
demons
destroyed as
much as they
could.
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After the more
powerful evil spirits
were bound, G-d
then began to
recreate and that’s
where Gen 1 begins.
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Back to the Cherubim
Many believe that there
are only a few
Cherubim.
The two over the ark of
the covenant
(representing a
heavenly reality) and
Lucifer, the covering
Cherub.
NOT a good
representation
of the Cherubim
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They forget however that it says in Gen 3
24 So he drove the man out, and he placed at the
east of the garden of 'Eden the k'ruvim and a
flaming sword which turned in every direction to
guard the way to the tree of life.
Cherubim is plural, so at least 2 more were there.
We also see in the temple many carvings (I Kings 6)
of Cherubim which in the Hebrew reading leads us
to believe there were many of them.
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We also see other Cherubim embroidered
into the curtain of the Temple
II Chron. 3:14 He made the curtain of blue,
purple and crimson material and of fine linen,
with a design of k'ruvim worked into it.
Why would these Cherubim be bound in
water (The Euphrates)?
The ancient Rabbis have some ideas that may
shed some light on that.
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We’ll examine that
next week.
Shabbat Shalom