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But then Satan wanted permission to attack his health. And his body broke out in boils. And he wound up sitting out in the garbage dump scraping these boils with pieces of pottery that was out at the garbage dump.
And his friends were walking by and shaking their heads saying "Wow, the richest man in the area, so blessed. Now look at him." In fact, Job's wife yelled through the fence "Just curse God and die." Get it over with, you know? And some people think this is why Satan didn't attack his wife, because she was a good tool, saying just curse God and die.
You see, Satan thinks that we are too attached to too many things in this world, and if he gets permission to touch those things, that we're going to get mad at God.
So be careful. We're being scouted. And Satan only wants to attack us in the areas that he knows that we have problems with. "Oh, that person means a lot to you? That car means a lot to you? That house means a lot to you? Well, let's see what we can do about that!"
And he tries to get you to curse God to His face because of your loss of worldly goods.
Revelation Chapter 12 tells us that when Satan rebelled against God, that he took a third of the angels with him. And those are the demonic spirits that we hear of and know of today.
From the book of Revelation, we know that Satan himself is standing before the throne of God. Satan is the accuser of the brethren. He is not omnipotent, omniscient, nor omnipresent. He's in one place. And the angels that rebelled with him are coming and giving him information. We get that from Job Chapter 1, how Job was scouted by Satan.
And the messengers come and give Satan the information, and then Satan accuses the brethren before God. If you want to know what he accuses, you can read Job Chapters 1 and 2. It's very interesting because Satan's one principle and purpose for what he's doing is permission to attack God's people in a certain way so as to get them to speak against God. He has to get permission. That's all he can do.
So, everything that happens to us, well, we trust the Lord for a while. And then something else happens and it's like "Oh no, well Lord, you can handle this too." And as time goes on, we become bitter and tired. And all Satan wants us to do is speak against God, shake our fist at Him, and tell Him we're not going to cooperate anymore because we don't serve a God that's going to allow this to happen.
That's his purpose. That's what he accuses. He says just let me touch his life and I'll show you that he will curse you to your face. That's what he said about Job. So, it's to turn us away from the Lord. What can happen? In Job's life, his family members were killed, his cattle were stolen, and he still praised the Lord.
If God did this, then He's not slumbering, and He's not delaying about His judgment. And this is interesting because it shows a past tense. God did not spare angels that sinned but cast them down to hell. The word for hell is TARTARUS. And it is the Greek version of the term for Hades, where the unseen spirits go, in a compartment waiting for judgment. It's the only place where it's found in the bible.
And so, he says that God in past, He cast these angels who sinned into TARTARUS, and delivered them into chains of darkness.
Now it's the darkness that is the chains. How do you take spirits and put chains on them? It's a phrase that associates locking someone up so that they cannot escape.
And to be reserved for judgment. So, if God did not spare the angels that sinned, how's He going to spare these that sinned?
We will find out more about these angels when we get into Jude Verse 6. It's a one-chapter book. Both Jude and Peter run along the same lines and minister the same thing. And the evidence provides for us that Peter used some of Jude's warnings in order to have a unanimous unifying warning to all the churches.
It's interesting, but in Jude Verse 6, when he talks about these same angels, he says these angels which kept not their first estate, that is, the angels that rebelled against God with Satan, but left their own habitation, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
So, these are angels who had sinned and had left their first estate. Many believe that these are the angels that brought on the evil that forced God to bring the flood, the demonic forces that are mentioned in Genesis Chapter 6.
But it is interesting that it is well known amongst the apostles and amongst the early church that there were angels who had sinned.
But then Satan wanted permission to attack his health. And his body broke out in boils. And he wound up sitting out in the garbage dump scraping these boils with pieces of pottery that was out at the garbage dump.
And his friends were walking by and shaking their heads saying "Wow, the richest man in the area, so blessed. Now look at him." In fact, Job's wife yelled through the fence "Just curse God and die." Get it over with, you know? And some people think this is why Satan didn't attack his wife, because she was a good tool, saying just curse God and die.
You see, Satan thinks that we are too attached to too many things in this world, and if he gets permission to touch those things, that we're going to get mad at God.
So be careful. We're being scouted. And Satan only wants to attack us in the areas that he knows that we have problems with. "Oh, that person means a lot to you? That car means a lot to you? That house means a lot to you? Well, let's see what we can do about that!"
And he tries to get you to curse God to His face because of your loss of worldly goods.
Hopefully this is of some help!
Revelation Chapter 12 tells us that when Satan rebelled against God, that he took a third of the angels with him. And those are the demonic spirits that we hear of and know of today.
From the book of Revelation, we know that Satan himself is standing before the throne of God. Satan is the accuser of the brethren. He is not omnipotent, omniscient, nor omnipresent. He's in one place. And the angels that rebelled with him are coming and giving him information. We get that from Job Chapter 1, how Job was scouted by Satan.
And the messengers come and give Satan the information, and then Satan accuses the brethren before God. If you want to know what he accuses, you can read Job Chapters 1 and 2. It's very interesting because Satan's one principle and purpose for what he's doing is permission to attack God's people in a certain way so as to get them to speak against God. He has to get permission. That's all he can do.
So, everything that happens to us, well, we trust the Lord for a while. And then something else happens and it's like "Oh no, well Lord, you can handle this too." And as time goes on, we become bitter and tired. And all Satan wants us to do is speak against God, shake our fist at Him, and tell Him we're not going to cooperate anymore because we don't serve a God that's going to allow this to happen.
That's his purpose. That's what he accuses. He says just let me touch his life and I'll show you that he will curse you to your face. That's what he said about Job. So, it's to turn us away from the Lord. What can happen? In Job's life, his family members were killed, his cattle were stolen, and he still praised the Lord.
This is what I can offer on 2 Peter 2:4:
(Part 1)
If God did this, then He's not slumbering, and He's not delaying about His judgment. And this is interesting because it shows a past tense. God did not spare angels that sinned but cast them down to hell. The word for hell is TARTARUS. And it is the Greek version of the term for Hades, where the unseen spirits go, in a compartment waiting for judgment. It's the only place where it's found in the bible.
And so, he says that God in past, He cast these angels who sinned into TARTARUS, and delivered them into chains of darkness.
Now it's the darkness that is the chains. How do you take spirits and put chains on them? It's a phrase that associates locking someone up so that they cannot escape.
And to be reserved for judgment. So, if God did not spare the angels that sinned, how's He going to spare these that sinned?
We will find out more about these angels when we get into Jude Verse 6. It's a one-chapter book. Both Jude and Peter run along the same lines and minister the same thing. And the evidence provides for us that Peter used some of Jude's warnings in order to have a unanimous unifying warning to all the churches.
It's interesting, but in Jude Verse 6, when he talks about these same angels, he says these angels which kept not their first estate, that is, the angels that rebelled against God with Satan, but left their own habitation, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
So, these are angels who had sinned and had left their first estate. Many believe that these are the angels that brought on the evil that forced God to bring the flood, the demonic forces that are mentioned in Genesis Chapter 6.
But it is interesting that it is well known amongst the apostles and amongst the early church that there were angels who had sinned.
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