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Celestial Grace Ministry Spiritual Warfare Between the Kingdoms of God and Satan
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In the universe as we know it today, most
Theologians, Priests, and Pastors believe that
there are two Kingdoms that exist within our
universe:
The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of
Satan; and between those two Kingdoms,
there is an on-going battle of spiritual warfare
between malevolent and benevolent spirits.
Therefore, as Human Beings, in order to successfully engage in spiritual
warfare against evil, we must first know and understand the opposition
that exists between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Satan.
God’s Kingdom is eternal, both in time and in space. Since God Himself
is from eternity to eternity, so also is His Kingdom from eternity to
eternity. Furthermore, since God Himself is in light, so also is God’s
Kingdom in light. Its foundation is of truth, righteousness and love.
Satan’s Kingdom and reign is not eternal. As
to time, it is limited in time; as to space, it is
limited to the air (the ether) and the Earth.
Furthermore, his kingdom exists in darkness,
the exact opposite of the Kingdom of God.
Its foundation is of lies, deceit and hatred.
Also, there is still another great difference:
God’s Kingdom is legitimate and sovereign,
whereas the Kingdom of Satan is illicit.
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The whole universe was created by God and is owned by Him; hence,
God has the legitimate and legal right to reign. On the contrary,
however, Satan’s Kingdom was established by rebellion against God;
hence, it is entirely illegitimate and has no moral governance.
In (Isaiah 14:12-15 and Ezekiel 28:11-17), through the King of Babylon
and the King of Tyre (both of whom had been instruments utilized by
Satan), God relates the process of Satan’s rebellion. Satan was originally
an anointed Cherub, an Archangel named Lucifer, (meaning, Bearer of
Light) who occupied a special place before God, and within His kingdom.
Satan became filled with vanity because of his stature and his many
amazing accomplishments; he desired to exalt himself to equality with
God. He rebelled against God and tried to overthrow God’s authority,
thereby establishing his own reign of authority, and since that event,
there has existed in the universe the illicit and evil Kingdom of Satan.
Satan’s Kingdom is the sphere of Satan’s
reign. The Lord Jesus once called Satan “the
Prince of the World” (John 14:30). This
reveals that Satan not only has his Kingdom,
but also reigns over it. Moreover, within his
Kingdom are his messengers and minions of
various ranks, many of which were Angels
who followed Satan in rebellion against God.
Today these are the principalities, powers, rulers, dominions, and
spiritual hosts of wickedness in the sea and air (the ether) with Satan
being their head and leader, (Ephesians 6:12; 2:2; 1:21).
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It is also believed, that in Satan’s Kingdom, there are many demons and
evil spirits who serve as his servants, and are directed to deceive and
corrupt mankind. Based on the various records in the Bible, we can
ascertain that before the six days of recovery work of the heavens and
the Earth as referenced in (Genesis 1), there existed a world which was
inhabited by a group of intelligent living beings with spirits.
When Satan rebelled against God, they all followed him and rebelled
together. Therefore God judged that world, on one hand by shutting off
the sun and moon in the sky so that they gave forth no light, and on the
other hand by destroying the Earth and all its living beings with water.
These living beings, judged as they were by water, became separated in
body and spirit. These disembodied spirits who dwell in the waters of
judgment are the demons, the evil spirits mentioned in the Bible.
Therefore, originally, there were three
groups of characters in the Kingdom of
Satan: First, Satan, the head and the
ruler; Second, the angels who followed
Satan in rebellion against God, and who
served as ministers and officials to rule
for him in the air (the ether); and Third,
the disembodied evil spirits or demons,
who acted as Satan’s servants to run his
errands and corruption on Earth.
Later, after Human Beings populated the Earth, Satan came to entice
them, and succeeded in deceiving and corrupting a significant majority.
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Many human souls became his Kingdom’s subjects, these are the ones
who were deceived, controlled, and abused by him, and fell into sinful
iniquitous activity.
Therefore, there are four classes of personalities in Satan’s kingdom
today:
In the air (the ether), there are Satan and his messengers, and on the
Earth there are his minions and servants, and his subjects, the
innumerable demons and the myriads of people.
At the time when the Lord Jesus Christ was
preaching the gospel on Earth, He met people
everywhere who were possessed by demons.
In the world today, there are still myriads of
demons that are maneuvering, possessing, and
controlling people causing evil activities.
Although their dwelling place is in the ether, they like to seek an earthly
flesh body where they can dwell. When we say a person is possessed by
evil, we usually refer to the human body being possessed by a demon.
In summary, the kingdom of Satan consists of these four classes of
personalities:
They are organized altogether into a system through which Satan
usurps the air (the ether) and the Earth to the end that he may
overthrow God’s authority and set up his own Kingdom.
Therefore, this kingdom, organized by Satan’s rebellious force is
absolutely illegitimate and illicit, and has no laws of morality.
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It was not till four thousand years after the fall of the human race, at
the beginning of the dispensation of the New Testament, that the Lord
Jesus Christ came forth and established His ministry and declared,
“Repent yee: for the Kingdom of Heaven is now at hand.”
Therefore, what Jesus had revealed, was that before His coming, it was
the Kingdom of Earth, the Kingdom of Satan, wherein Satan ruled, and
held sway; but now it is the Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom of God,
that is coming upon the Earth to reign.
Later He taught the disciples to pray, “Let thy Kingdom come, thy will
be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven.”
The full accomplishment of this event will began in the future, at the
sound of the seventh trumpet as referenced in (Revelation 11:15).
Then the kingdom of this world will become
the Kingdom of God and Christ. Thus, God’s
Kingdom will practically and completely come
upon the Earth.
Before that day arrives, the period in which
we are now living is the time for the people
of God to fight for Him on Earth.
From the time the Lord Jesus Christ came forth to minister, and through
the time of His second coming, those people that have chosen to
believe in God, that have faith in Him, that have resisted iniquity and
have done His works, those are instances and acts of spiritual warfare.
All acts of spiritual warfare by humans against evil are blessed by God.
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Its God’s desire to rescue all people who were deceived and captured
by Satan, and to recover the Earth which was usurped by Satan and his
demons. Therefore, God will use those that belong to Him, those
people that have established themselves as spiritual warriors of God.
For those people, it is the strength of their faith, the words of God, the
Holy Spirit, and the power of Jesus Christ that is their armor, and is the
weapons they use to battle against Satan and his evil demons.
This rescuing and recovering is, according to what the Lord Jesus
revealed as written in the New Testament Bible, (Matthew 12), is the
warfare between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Satan.
May the light of wisdom shine down upon you --- Amen. Pastor Andy Anderson
The Army of The Lord
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Through Jesus Christ, You Can Be Unbound from Satan’s Sins, and Reborn from Death.