Is Satan Alive and Well on Planet Earth?

Is Satan Alive and Well on Planet Earth?

 by I. Penn
 To make correct decisions you must know your adversary, you can’t defeat an enemy you don’t know. By reviewing ancient documents and what was written all those years ago, maybe we can get a picture of who or what is our adversary and what will happen as we approach the “Tribulation”.
  The turn of the millennium went without disaster, December 2012 has passed away without any great worldwide calamity, in fact nothing discernible has happened, the end of the Mayan calender has not resulted in the end of the world, but !!!
 I wrote the following a few years ago, before internet, information was from books and the media, remember how limiting it was :

 “I have a feeling, hunch, that something dramatic is going to happen in our world in the near future, I don’t know what it will be or when it will happen, it could be something good, it could be something bad, but I feel that it will affect the whole world, every person on the planet, every continent and every country, another war, economic collapse, something cosmic or a combination of these. “

On what did I base this?  Many people have written on this subject and many more have their opinions, including on World Mysteries and I acknowledge these but probably the first and in my opinion most beautiful was Enoch, the following is an extract from the first chapter of the Book of Enoch. “ The words of the blessing of Enoch wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, “ “the angels showed me and from them I heard everything and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation but for a remote one which is to come.” So Enoch was told that a great tribulation was to happen in the far distant future? The End Time???  Another ancient text that deals with this subject, things that will happen in the future is of course Revelations at the very end of the New Testament of the Bible.  There are various characters in this text, the Beast, the Harlot/ Prostitute, under the control of Satan, and the Lamb, who or what could they represent???

Beasts and Prostitutes/Harlots are rather nasty characters but the Lamb the young sheep, isn’t it the most innocent and charming of creatures? Have you ever watched a group of them in a springtime field gamboling, running and jumping about playfully, the most charming and innocent of animals.
The same text includes “ And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought.”

Couple of relevant definitions from the Dictionary:

Prostitute, put (oneself or ones talents) to an unworthy or corrupt purpose for the sake of personal or financial gain. Greed.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, four allegorical mounted figures , commonly identified as Conquest , War, Famine and Death whose arrival heralds the end of the world.

Let me continue with my unusual interpretation, maybe revealing, of the Four Horses from Revelations, these are the signs to look for,

“ Come up here and I will show you things which must take place after this,”

Are we seeing these signs today, in our modern society?
Are we in the final times before the tribulation and who or what is behind this?
The Lamb opened the “scroll” to loose the seven seals, the Four Horses of the Apocalypse are the first four of the seven seals to be opened during the lead in to the Apocalypse.
Revelations 6.2, Scroll 1.

And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him and he went out conquering and to conquer.

 Could this signify the white Europeans conquering and colonizing the world? the Germans, French, Dutch, Belgians, Italians, Spanish and Portuguese, Britain painted the world map red.
This started with the famous explorers, Columbus, Vasco da Gama, etc —–who discovered those countries far away from Europe but soon afterwards those Europeans started to emigrate, going to live in those far distant lands, to bring back the wealth, develop trade, America, Australia and all the rest. Those Europeans had superior weapons than the local populations and were able to dominate because of their power, the gun. Since the early 19^th century peoples of white European origin including the Jews dominated the political, financial, industrial structure of the world.
 Throughout the 20^th century this power has been reduced, the independence of the colonies, the emergence of Japan, China, India and Europeans knocking the sh– out of each other in the First World War and starting the Second World War which really did become worldwide and cause worldwide disruption.
Could the election of Barak Obama signify the end of white mans domination of the world?
WHITE MEN WENT OUT FROM EUROPE TO CONQUER THE WORLD.
 Revelations 6.3-4:

  When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.”
Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a mighty sword.

Communism, signified by the color RED, much has been written about the origins of communism, I have read that the name comes from the Paris communes during the French Revolution. Documented by Carl Marx and put into practice in Russia after the fall of the Tsar regime.  It developed under Lenin and Stalin during his reign of power and terror.
 After the Second World War communism split the worlds major land mass in two, Russia was communist, China became communist after the great march lead by Mao tse-tung.
 Put your finger on a world map or better a globe run it down the line that split Germany in two, across middle Europe, down the Adriatic Sea, through the Black Sea, north of Turkey across the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan, north of India, down through Vietnam, split Korea in two and go up between China and Japan basically you have a frontier between Communism and Non Communism with only a few small exceptions such as Cuba. The majority of the battles or wars over the last sixty years have been fought along this line, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan etc.
The two main powers of communism were of course USSR and China the two regimes under Stalin and Mao Tse-tung caused more deaths in their own countries than any other regimes in the history of mankind, nobody knows how many people died, many put the figures at much more than those caused by Hitler.   The “mighty sword”, could of course be the power of these countries with atomic weapons.
UNDER THE RED FLAG MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THESE REGIMES.
(For the readers information I was in China, Shanghai for five weeks during the spring of 1967, the height of the Cultural Revolution. I was a young man then in my early 20′s)
 Revelations 6.5-6:

6.5, When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say. “Come and see.” So I looked and behold a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
6.6, And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

It was this horse, THE BLACK HORSE, that gave me these ideas, I was pondering over a possible meaning of this text for a long time, what came during communism? What possible meaning could this text have? my thoughts went to many areas, they always came back to “POVERTY IN BLACK AFRICA “
 With the advent of television in our homes during the 1950s, we have seen images of people starving to death, children with bloated stomachs because of lack of food and water, this lack of sustenance was caused by battles or wars or climate change, not enough rain to grow crops or feed the animals.
IN BLACK AFRICA SCARCITY OF FOOD
Revelations 6.7-8:

 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”
 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them to them over a forth of the earth. To kill with the sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

I thought and thought about this, many times, my mind went down many paths, what was the significance of “Death and Hades’ ??? what was the significance PALE horse, a pale colour is not bright, not prominent almost HIDDEN, my mind kept going to the conclusion that it could signify the two types of terrorism we have in the world today, Islamic terrorism, and the terrorism of the western governments, banks and other institutions.
For the sake of clarity I will separate the two and define :
Military Terrorism, the idea that small, hidden groups of people, could, using modern weaponry, cause massive destruction of property and death, indiscriminately, to many, in most opinions, innocent peoples.
What is the difference between Revolution and Terrorism? Terrorism is hidden, the people carrying it out are hidden /secret.
Terrorism has a long history throughout the development of our civilization and was developed in Europe in the 1970s by Bader Meinhof, the Red Brigade as an anti imperialism organization to bring down capitalism. The ideas quickly went to nationalist organizations such as ETA, the IRA
Islamic Terrorism is the most prominent form of Military Terrorism in the world today, with its goal International Jihad.
The following is from an Islamic Hadith:

“The time is near in which nothing will remain of Islam but its name, and of the Qur’an but its mere appearance, and the mosques of Muslims will be destitute of knowledge and worship; and the learned men will be the worst people under the heavens; and contention and strife will issue from them, and it will return upon themselves. “ (Hadith) (Hadiths are a collection of sayings of the prophet Muhammad that are not included in the Quran.) WS pg 778

Some of the “Learned men” of Islam seem to meet this description, almost every day we hear of some attack in some place in the world that is attributed to Islamic Terrorism.
International Jihad, a long way from Greater Jihad, which is the spiritual struggle within oneself against sin, put in my words “The Purification of the Soul”
Government and Institution Terrorism.
What is the terrorism of the western institutions? A popular subject today.
The governments, national, (federal) and local, the banks and other financial institutions, the oil companies, the drug companies, the militaries, etc all seem to be working together to control our society, more bureaucracy, taking away more and more of our freedoms everyday.
Greed seems to be the main driving force behind their operations, just look at the banks, almost every transaction you make, the bank earns money and only last week I read in a newspaper “Rich Rewards for Executives, Investment Chief reaps $26 million amid legal woes and flagging profit.”. In Italy they tell me there is a law that makes it illegal to not have a bank account, what is behind this? Is it some kind of conspiracy? No need to say more at this stage, many of us have opinions about this.
 Last year I was driving through Georgia US, I had some spare time on my hands, I decided to visit the Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County Georgia US, with the help of the friendly lady in my GPS, I found it, a few other people there, I hadn’t realized that it was June 20^st summer solstice and the significance of this, as I talked with the other people I learnt of the sunlight passing through the small hole in the granite onto the ground making a solar clock, we tried to trace the light and watch it move, we talked about the other astronomical features of this monument.
As I was looking at the ten guidelines a few of us were discussing what could be the meaning of these guidelines, there was a guy from Texas homing in on guideline # 4, “Rule passion- faith-tradition and all things with tempered reason” his point was that whoever built this monument, nobody knows who R.C.Christian was, wants to rule humanity, this guy didn’t want to be ruled by whoever this was. I didn’t pick up on him properly then, but now only a few months later I think I see his point, that there is a group of people ???? in the world today that RULE us and want more RULE over us, I take this question a lot further, is this something to do with SATAN whose guidestone is bondage and slavery?
Interesting, Georgia Guidestones, no mention of God or Jesus, unusual in this part of US.
As I am looking, searching questioning, we are in the Chinese year of the SNAKE, it takes me back to a small study I did a few years ago, I was looking at the references to the DEVIL and the various names he has, what he did and what where the consequences of what he did?
When looking for references don’t forget Rev, 12.9

“So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil or Satan who deceives the whole world.”

 Sooo, the Dragon the Serpent the Devil and Satan are all the same divinity. Does this include Lucifer, Siva, Iblis, and all the other names most of which are associated with serpents, snakes, reptiles or dragons?
  The Ancient Egyptians had an interesting take on this, “Just as a dead person faced many challenges in the Duat, Ra faced attack in the underworld from the evil serpent Apep.
Apep was an evil young god in ancient Egyptian religion, the deification of darkness and chaos and thus opponent of light and Ma’at (order/truth)
Ra was the solar Deity, bringer of light and thus upholder of Ma’at, Apep was viewed as the greatest enemy of Ra.
As the personification of all that was evil, Apep was seen as a giant snake/serpent, or occasionally as a dragon, he had various names, Enemy of Ra, Serpent from the Nile and Evil Lizard.

 Apep or Apophis  was an evil god in ancient Egyptian religion, the deification of darkness and chaos, and thus opponent of light and Ma’at (order/truth), whose existence was believed from the 8th Dynasty (mentioned at Moalla) onwards. Strangely, Aphophis is the name of an asteroid which is predicted to nearly hit our planet in 2029… 

My across literature searching has lead me to conclude that the ancient books are referring to divinities in the following order:
THE LORD GOD.
The ALL, the Creator, the Father the Holy Spirit,“him who is and who was and who is to come.”  -  he that has no name.
OTHER GODS,  The Seven Lords.
Most ancient cultures have various gods, the monolithic religions do not address these other gods.  Except maybe “ You shall have no other Gods before Me”
Interesting here is that in our modern languages the names of the days of the week in latin languages are taken from the names of the Roman gods and in English from the names of the Scandinavian or Northern European Gods. I use the French and English names but it is true for other languages such as Italian or Flemish.
French, Dimanche, from the latin word for god, deus, lundi, from lune meaning moon, mardi from the roman god Mars, mecredi, from the roman god Mercury, jeudi, from the roman god Jupiter, vendredi, from the roman goddess Venus, and samedi from the roman god Saturn.
In, English, Sunday, from the sun god, Monday, from the moon, Tuesday from the god tiw, Tyr or Tiwasz, Wednesday from Woden or Odin, Thursday from the god Thor, Friday from the goddess Frigga or Freya. (Try using the word frigga with an Italian, they look shocked, thats a very rude word in our language, they say, something to do with the “V” of Venus.)

If you look up the names of the Northern European gods, they are the same characters as the Roman Gods.
ANGELS
What do the texts tell us about angels?
The Book of Enoch introduces us to the idea that there was a few thousand angels and that they are the Watchers rather like a “Project Team” in the Creation.
Also in Job, 1:6,

“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan was also among them”

Job, 38: 6/7,

“OR who laid it’s cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy?”

 Could this be recording some sort of cosmic impact that resulted in some great achievement in the Creation that the angels witnessed?
The shouting for joy of the team is just like the reaction of the team during the landings on the Moon in July 1969 and the return of the cosmonauts to earth, we all saw this on our TV screens.

Angels are described as somewhere between God and us, divinities yes, but not as God, they are spiritual, and can be physical.
 Enoch gives us the names of the angels Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Phanuel and many others.
Genesis, 1:6, introduces us to the story of the sons of God taking the daughters of man as wives and the offspring being giants or mighty men, this was a great sin and God produced the flood to destroy the result.

The Book of Enoch, greatly expands on this story, there are two hundred angels who took wives, he gives the names of their leader and other leaders and the offspring are described as monsters, just like the Cyclops the one eyed monster and other monsters of Greek Mythology.
The text says that these angels taught men many arts, metal working, growing roots, (crops), writing, warfare, in fact most of what we prescribe to civilization today (see PS at the end of this article).
The Lord God condemns these angels and does not forgive them, they were not allowed to return to heaven, they had their right to eternal life taken from them.
Their leader Semyaza, was buried under a rock in the desert in a place called Dadael. Gadreel was the one who lead Eve astray. (A common place for snakes to live is under rocks in the desert.)
What else do the texts say about angels?
We have the description when John met the Angel, Revelations 1-14,

“ His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow and his eyes like a flame of fire.”

Also in Enoch we have Noah.

“Methuselah chose a wife for his son Lemech and Noah was bourn.”

106.2 “And his body was white like snow and red like the flower of a rose, and the hair on his head was white like wool.”

106 5, And he said to him “ I have begotten a strange son; he is not like a man but like the children of the Angels of Heaven, of different type.”

And his eyes are like the rays of the sun.
Is this describing an albino condition?
Lemech went into panic when he saw his son.
Do any readers have any more instances of descriptions in ancients texts that could be describing divinities as albino?
Albinos have a aversion to light, they have to keep out of strong sunlight, hidden?
In certain parts of Africa specifically Tanzania and Burundi, there is a rather nasty, evil practice, young albinos are being murdered and witchdoctors are using the body parts to make magic potions, not a very nice practice. I can’t find the motive behind this, do they think it will help them to be like angels?
Where does Satan fit into all this?
There are many references to Satan in the texts, just a few for the sake of this article:

We first meet Satan/Serpent in Genesis where he tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, Adam & Eve can understand the difference between good and evil, the Serpent is condemned.
Another reference to Satan is in Job, For me this is one of the most interesting texts in the Bible
Job, 1:7 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” so Satan answered the Lord and said “From going to and fro on the earth, and walking back and forth on it.”
He was visiting places all over planet earth.
 Have you noticed that stories and depictions of dragons are prominent in the extremes of the Europe/ Asia land mass, China and the far west of Europe, in Wales UK, for example there is a dragon on the national flag, there are stories such as St George and the Dragon etc, no need to go into detail about Chinese of Korean dragons but have you noticed that there are fewer stories of dragons in the central part of this land mass… and other American cultures of Feathered Serpent Gods, Quetzalcoati, Kukulcan, Viracocha, Vutan, Ioskeha and many others ????? Look at the facial features jaw lines etc Have you also noticed that the features of dragons in Chinese art often resembles the those depicted by the Aztecs

 I suspect there is much more to the Serpent Mound in Ohio US than the experts say 1000-1500 AD Indian construction ???? come on you alignment and numbers guys any lead on this? Study the arial view, just like Nazca, could only have been laid out from the air.

 

The Hopi people performed a annual Snake Dance to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an underworld spirit) to renew the fertility of nature.

Next we have the temptation of Jesus, where Satan tries to tempt Jesus to join him.
Matthew 4:8-11, King James Version (KJV):

⁸ Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
⁹ And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
¹¹ Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Finally in Revelations Satan is the dragon, serpent, devil etc he is now the big enemy of God, the big battle results in his defeat.
Where is this all leading me? What conclusions do I have and what questions are still open in my mind.
The following appears in the writings of Thoth:

“In the form of man they amongst us, but only to sight were they as men.
Serpent-headed when the glamour was lifted but appearing to man as men among men.
Crept they into the councils, taking the forms that were like unto men.
Slaying by their arts the chiefs of the kingdoms, taking their form and ruling o’er man.
Only by magic could they be discovered.
Only by sound could their faces be seen.
Sought they from the Kingdom of shadows to destroy man and rule in his place. “

Whoever wrote these words and there are many theories about the age and authorship, had tremendous knowledge, my inclination is to regard them as very ancient.

Note: When I reference “ ancient documents” in this text I mean books such as The Book of Enoch, The Emerald Tablets, The Divine Pymander, some of the texts from the Nag Hammadi Library, The Olivet Discourse, The Zend Avesta and others, in fact, any book from ancient times that extolls GOODNESS, condemns EVIL and promises Eternal Life as a reward for goodness is on my reading list.

 Did Plato have access to these some of documents? and were they ancient at his time, why did he not reference the source of his knowledge? was it hidden? Was it because his society was ruled by the fallen angels?

Know ye O man, that far in the future, invaders shall come from out of the deep ( The Dweller Of Unal)

IS SATAN ALIVE AND WELL ON PLANET EARTH?
IS THE PALE HORSE DEPICTING THE END TIME? AND WHAT ROLE DOES SATAN HAVE IN THIS?
If you have read and understood the above text it does not take much to come to the following possible conclusions:

• There are two hundred fallen angels who because of their sin of taking human wives and upsetting the genetic code of humans, were not allowed to return to heaven, so are spiritually and maybe physically still somewhere on planet earth.
• These angels are hidden and have supernatural abilities.
• They are spiritual and can appear as men but their natural physical form is as a serpent, snake or reptile.
• Among them is Satan, who is probably a young or minor God, probably now their leader.
• The Lord God has condemned them to a spiritual death along with all other sinners when he returns to to establish his PARADISE, the New Jerusalem here on Earth.
• Satan and his angelic followers are desperate, they are doing everything they can to establish their power.
• They are preparing the peoples of the world for the great battles between the Beast, the Harlot, (Islamic Terrorists and Western Institutions) and the Lambthat will reduce world population to 5000,000,000. that could be controlled.
• They are preparing themselves for the cosmic battle with the Lord God.
• Satan will try to overthrow his FATHER, take over his power on planet earth.
• If you follow and understand my logic it gives a possible explanation for EVERY ONE, ALL, of the unexplainable or badly explained mysteries on our planet.

Footnote
As I am preparing this text we are in April 2013, International Jihad flexed it’s muscle this week, The Boston Marathon Bombing, the two young guys of Chechnyan / Islamic origin introducing their brand of terrorism to US soil, who or what is behind their deeds or who or what is behind their reason, who or what is behind their radicalization?
Their father recently went back to Russia, he is reported to have described the younger of his sons as an angel, perhaps he was right but not the type of angel we normally think of.
Why, Why people are asking, there seems no reason, I heard one person say.
 Copyright 2013 by I. Penn

PS Great Teachers of Humanity

Was the “Great Design” work of Nature or God(s)?… At this time we cannot be certain. However, one thing is clear: either by their own intelligent inquiry into nature or by teachings received from god(s), ancient architects and builders encoded the knowledge about the Grand Design in their “projects (pyramids and temples).  It is amazing, that all major religions mention their gods as “teachers of mankind”… Here are few examples:

Ea (Enki), the god of ancient Sumeria

In remote times, according to this myth, when men lived in a lawless manner like beasts, Ea appeared from the sea. Part man and part fish, the double-headed god instructed men in handicrafts, farming, letters, laws, architecture, and magic. He softened the primitive rudeness and since that time nothing has been added to improve on his teaching. After a day of instruction Ea retired into the sea, whence the divine fish man made only three other appearances over a period of thousands of years.

E.A., the standing serpent wave, offers the secret of the stars to a priest.

JAHVEH, the LORD of Israel

And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See , the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach , both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman , and of the embroiderer , in blue, and in purple, in scarlet , and in fine linen, and of the  weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.  — Exodus 30-35 (Bible, KJV)

Quetzalcoatl, the god of Mesoamerica

In his wrote: “In the city of Tollan reigned many years a king called Quetzalcoatl…. He was exceptional in moral virtues … the place of this king among these natives is like King Arthur among the English.’ The temple pyramid dedicated to Quetzalcoatl in this advanced city had been built by the Toltecs, whose ninth emperor priest he was. Three centuries after the collapse of Toltec power the rulers of Aztecs were pleased to call themselves ‘successors of Quetzalcoatl’. He was regarded as the greatest historical king: he started the cultivation of maize; he introduced weaving, the polishing of stone, and the making of feather mantles; he taught men how to measure time and study the movements of the stars; he invented the calendar along with its fixed ceremonies and days of prayer; he expounded religious doctrines.  –  Bernardino de Sahagun “History of Things of New Spain” (written in the sixteenth century)

Quetzalcoatl, the Mayan “lord of life”and King of Tula being `consumed’ by a `serpent’.

Viracocha

Viracocha is the great creator god in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth recorded by Juan de Betanzos, Viracocha rose from Lake Titicaca (or sometimes the cave of Pacaritambo) during the time of darkness to bring forth light. He made the sun, moon, and the stars. He made mankind by breathing into stones, but his first creation were brainless giants that displeased him. So he destroyed it with a flood and made a new, better one from smaller stones. Viracocha eventually disappeared across the Pacific Ocean (by walking on the water), and never returned. He wandered the earth disguised as a beggar, teaching his new creations the basics of civilization, as well as working numerous miracles. He wept when he saw the plight of the creatures he had created. It was thought that Viracocha would re-appear in times of trouble. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa noted that Viracocha was described as “a man of medium height, white and dressed in a white robe like an alb secured round the waist, and that he carried a staff and a book in his hands.”

Image courtesy of Ken Bakeman

Graphic showing part of the frieze with Viracocha and winged figures converging on the central deity. These images are part of the Sun Gate calendar from Tiwanacu. 

According to some researchers (e.g. Zecharia Sitchin),  our ancestors knew their gods. They were not gods in any religious sense, and there was no religion as such. The gods were not a matter of belief: the people lived side by side with them in cities built by human laborers under the direction of Anunnaki architects and engineers.

http://blog.world-mysteries.com/ancient-writings/is-satan-alive-and-well-on-planet-earth/

Satan, Demons And Devils

I have always sought to understand the nature of demonic entities and evil beings. For me growing up I was attacked yes by negative forces, mainly when I was heavy in to Catholicism for whatever reason, I lived in fear because of it. Finally after leaving the church my life was finally freed if you will, I could sleep at night, the nightmares were over, and I could finally breath. Many will say that the reason I was being attacked was because I was following the path of the light, but I beg to deffer. Knowing what I know now about manifestation I realize that it is very very true that what put your energy or focus towards becomes exactly what you will experience. That much is true. Because of the church I lived my life focused on repelling evil forces and so that was the very thing I attracted towards me.

Since then I began an endless search for enlightenment on the subject. What was the truth behind the theory of demonic forces? What was this global dis-ease that plagued millions of people causing them to live in pure fear? I dug deep and eventually came across a truth that resonated with my own heart. YOU are encouraged to follow YOUR OWN truth, I want to make that clear, DO NOT take what is written here as fact.

In the Old Testament, ‘Satans’ (though rarely mentioned) are portrayed as obedient servants or sons of the Gods (the bene ha-elohim) who perform specific functions of strategic obstruction. The Hebrew root of the definition is STN, which defines an opposer, adversary or accuser, whereas the Greek equivalent was diablos (whence, diabolical and devil), which relates to an obstructor or slanderer. Until Christian times, the word ‘Satan‘ had no sinister connotation whatever and, in the olden tradition, members of a straightforward political opposition party would have been called satans. In the book of 1-Samuel (29:4), David is himself referred to as a satan (adversary) of the Philistines.
Whenever a bene ha-elohim (Anunnaki) appears in the Old Testament, he is seen as a member of the heavenly court-a member who carries out God‘s more aggressive dictates. In the book of Job (1:6-12,2:1-7) for example, a satan is sent twice by God to tease and frustrate Job, but with the express instruction that he should not seriously harm the man-an instruction which is duly obeyed. In the book of Numbers, when Balaam decided to take his ass where God had warned him no to go, ‘God’s anger was kindled…and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary [a satan: le satan-lo] against him’ (Numbers 22:22). In this instance, although performing an obstinate role of physical obstruction, the satan was acting for Balaam’s own benefit at God’s command.
By the time of the Old Testament’s penultimate book of Zechariah (3;1-2), the appointed satan (chief magistrate) is portrayed with an independent will, for here we see him in conflict with God in a social matter. In this instance, the Jews returning from Babylonian exile were attempting to regain their family stations in Jerusalem, but they arrived to find a high priest and a governing establishment already in place. God sided the residential Israelites in the dispute, but the satan took the side of the disaffected Jews. Nonetheless, despite the political stand-off, there is still no indication of anything remotely dark in the character of satan. The sinister satanic figure (sometimes called Lucifer, Beelzebub or Belial-meaning ‘worthless’) emerged mainly through the onset of Christian dualism-the concept of two opposing and equally powerful gods. According to different traditions, Satan was either the brother or the son of Jehovah/Enlil (read more about that here) himself. In essence, the Jehova-Satan conflict was representative of the ancient pre-Christian tradition of the symbolic battle between Light and Darkness as perceived by the Persian mystics.
This tradition found its way into the ascetic Judaism of sects such as the Essene of Qumran, and it is to some extent recognizable in the New Testament, but it was not apparent in the Hebrew lore of the Old Testament wherein satans are seen to perform specific duties of mundane opposition. SO, from what original concept or Bible entry was the modern Christian image of Satan born? In the Old Testament book of Isaiah is a section dealing with the prophesied fall of Babylon, and in referring to the city and its despotic king, Isaiah says, ‘How are you fallen from Heaven, day star, son of the dawn! How are you fallen to Earth, conqueror of nations!” (Isaiah 14:2). Many centuries after this was written, the image of the fallen day star (Venus) was redefined as a ‘light bearer’. and when translated into Latin with a proper noun connotation it became Lucifer. Hence, Lucifer appeared in the Venus context in St. Jerome‘s 4th century Vulgate Bible, to become associated with an evil satan some 1400 years later in John Milton’s Paradise Lost:
Of Lucifer, so by allusion called,
Of that bright star to Satan paragon’d.
Today, the Isaiah verse in authorized Christian Bibles retains the Latinized entry which emanated from the Christian Church’s creation of its own Satan mythology during Roman Imperial times. The Roman faith was based wholly on subjugating people at large to the dominion of the bishops to facilitate this subordination an anti-God/anti Christ figure was necessary as a perceived enemy. This enemy was said to be Satan, the evil one who would claim the souls of any who did not offer absolute obedience (Sound familiar?) to the Church. For this scheme of threat and trepidation to succeed, it was imperative for people to believe that the diabolical Satan had existed from the beginning of time, and there was no earlier story with which he could be associated than that of Adam and Eve. The only problem was that Genesis made no mention whatever of Satan-but there was, of course the inherit account of Eve and the wise serpent. The serpent lord was Enki, but in parts of Chaldea he had been called Shaitan, and so it was determined that the story could be rewritten to suit the desired purpose. Read more here about Enki: http://annunakifiles.blogspot.com/2012/03/enlil-marduk-opression-of…
The original text was, after all, a Jewish version and Christianity had become quite divorced from Judaism, even from the Westernized Judaism of Jesus. In those days there was no understandable translation of the Bible available to Christians at large. The Jews had their Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Versions of the Old Testament, while the primary Christian Bible existed in an obscure form of Church Latin, as translated by St. Jerome in the 4th century. Outside of the immediate Roman Church of the west, there were enthusiastic Eastern Christian branches in places such as Syria, Egypt and Ethiopia, and it was mainly from these regions (where the Jewish competition was stronger) that the new Genesis accounts emerged for the Christian market.
Among these was an Egyptian and Ethiopic work called The Book of Adam and Eve, subtitled The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan. which was produced sometime in or after the 6th century AD. This lengthy book not only features Satan as a central character, but even goes so far as to say that the cross of Jesus was erected on the very spot where Adam was buried! A Syriac work entitled The Book of the Cave of Treasures (M’arath gaze) is a compendium of earthly history from the creation of the world to the crucifixion of Jesus. It appears to have been compiled in the 4th century AD, but the oldest extant edition comes from the late 6th century. Once again, this book introduces Satan as the consultant protagonist evil, setting the scene for the dark and sinister element that flourished in the Church-promoted Gothic tradition that evolved during the brutal Catholic Inquisition.
In one instance, Adam and Eve are seen to be dwelling in a cave when Satan comes fourteen times to tempt them, but each time an angel of God puts the demon to flight. The book even maintains that the orthodox Christianity was in place before the time of Adam and Eve and the emergent Hebrews. In this regard, and as previously mentioned (Chapter 2), it is claimed that when God said ‘Let us go down’, he was referring to the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Ghost-a concept not established until the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. Another volume which upholds this same notion concerning the Christian Trinity is The Book of the Bee -Nestorian Syriac text from about 1222, compiled by Bishop  Shelemon of Basra, Iraq. Its title is explained by virtue of the fact that it ‘gathered the heavenly dew from the blossoms of the two Testaments, and the flowers of the holy books’, thereby applying Christian doctrine to the traditional Jewish scriptures which it reinterpreted.
If these books can be said to have anything in their favor it is taht their Old Testament genealogies are very much in accordance with the far more ancient Jewish works such as the book of Jubilees. Apart from that, they are no more than fictional fables, designed to undermine the historical record and to intimidate readers in to compliance with the dogmatic and sexist rule of the Christian bishops. Their portrayals of Satan are entirely fabricated, and they are contrary to all original Sumerian, Canaanite and Hebrew archives.

 http://anunnakifiles.com/2012/03/13/satan-demons-and-devils/

Journey to the Sun With a Son of a Son of the Sun (Satan)

“Thou spiritual Sun! Satan, Thou Eye,
Thou Lust! Cry aloud! Cry aloud!
Whirl the Wheel, O my Father, O
Satan, O Sun!” –Liber Samekh."


Everything about Prince T., my royal Demon Commander, surprised me that day.  I had been busy working with a slew of wonderful and powerful demons and he was feeling a bit ignored in all the excitement and he had let me know of that.  Finally I got some time and that day I felt a strong draw to have a Ouija session.  It was Prince T., calling me to use this as the chosen method of connecting with him.
Using the Ouija board to connect with demons in my keep has been a surprisingly potent tool that I use when it's fitting, both personally and in work with our coven.  .Of all the entities, I find demons to be the strongest and most powerful communicators.  I communicate primarily with claircognizance, telepathy and clairvoyance.  On the surface it seems almost like a step backwards to use the Ouija, but what happens is it can open you up to communication that the demon may not be able to get through to you by the other psychic means.  In our coven, we may use the Ouija with certain of our DCs that respond well to it from time to time, to explore their capabilities, or in cases of DCs that are serving our coven it may be used as an aspect of ongoing communication, but as a tool it is something we use fairly rarely as opposed to the usual psychic means.  When we do use it, we get a lot out of it.
It's very interesting speaking with our demons through the Ouija.  When speaking with a Demon Commander through the Ouija, he may say something incredibly obscure, like 'Rodeo', interjected in between other sentences of the session.  This happened when I was working on a spell with Prince Venom, another of our royal DCs.  Looking up the etymology of the word rodeo, it was an exact communication of precisely what we needed to cast the energy of the spell to do – surround, and herd.  He conveyed this chunk of relevant info through one word used in an incredibly obscure manner.  That's what I love about communicating with bound demons using the Ouija!
It can allow for such subtle communications at times, versus other psychic means.  I find when I'm using the Ouija to communicate with one of my demons, I usually am hearing the words in advance of the planchette spelling them out – telepathy definitely comes into play.  The Ouija is a very powerful focusing tool for spirit communication.  It's interesting for me, as the medium, sensing the different energies of the different DCs I am communicating with – the energies surround the board and the planchette moves differently.
When I opened up the session with Prince T the other day, his energy was very strong in front of me and around the Ouija, and there was much excitement in the quick movement of the planchette.  I could tell he was glad I had made the time for a session.
And I was about to be surprised, and then blown away… taken on the soul journey of a lifetime as casually as if we were going out to coffee.
He did not beat around the bush.  Based on what he said then and the journey that followed, it was clear he had this planned.  It had been only a matter of me being ready for it.  After I inquired about and caught up with him on his recent activities, I let him take the lead.
"I HAVE FEELINGS…"  I waited, but he trailed off.
"How do you feel?" I asked him.
"I FEEL…
"LOVE FOR YOU!"
To say the least, I was caught by surprise.  Our developing relationship had been fun but not emotionally intimate, more casual sexy in interaction and utilitarian in tasks, protection, and guidance.  Immediately, he began downloading to me via claircognizance some of his thoughts on human/demon relationships and love relationships in general. He is all for polyamory, he considers life is short. He let me know he is not jealous and it is fine if I hang out with as many demons and men as I please, as long as I make time for my relationship with him.
He had made the initiative to let me know directly he had developed feelings of love for me. Akelta wasn’t there during the session, but when I told her later, she was not surprised – she'd seen this coming. High-level demons are notorious womanizers and very passionate lovers of women. I knew he was a womanizer, but hadn't expected him to fall for me and hadn't even gotten to know him on that level. 
He wanted to arrange a date for that night.  Through the board, he then gave me the cryptic message:
"WE CAN HIDE OUT.  TAN IT.  WE RIDE.  FUN.  RIDE WITH ME TONIGHT."
I didn't understand the reference – I had received enough cryptic demonic messages through the Ouija that I understood that if I didn't understand what he was referring to yet, I would – it would be revealed in the journey he wanted to take me on.  I accepted the date, for 11 PM that night, and as I did, I heard his pleased, demonic laughter.
I was glad to hear his laughter, the sound of this kind of demonic laughter always pleases me. Of late, I have been having communications with Satan where I tune into his laughter at opportune moments (see blog post, posting soon), and Prince T.’s laughter was similar but quite distinct.  It makes sense that he laughs and in a similar way to Satan, because, as he finally revealed to me in our journey together that night, he is a direct bloodline descendant of Satan, from a Son of Son bloodline. 

At 11 PM I met Prince T., lying down in meditation.  I gradually began to sense his presence on a deeper level, sensed his love and for the first time felt an openness and felt my own love for him as I began to connect with him and discover who he is, beyond the pure devil form.  Up until then, I had only ever seen him in pure devil form, indicating his very high status.  His horns are huge, like rams.  As he began to coax me out of my body, I began to see him for the first time in his demonic human form, as a dark handsome man – as he shows me this he indicates that he does not show this form often or to many, it is a form he keeps private and hidden.  This is a form he only shows when he reaches a level of trust.
He also shifts in and out of his devil form, as we begin walking together, and I accept him in his demon form as much as I do in his human form.  I have a longing not to be separated by the realms, to be with him in his or have him with me in mine, and he responds, well, why not?  And he shares thoughts with me of astral meetings and physical manifestations.
He has successfully coaxed me away, and he then takes me to a sea of light, golden yellow, warming light, thick light that, we bask in it and it is as if we are floating downstream in a little raft of light.  It is the sun, he has taken me to a realm of the sun, where we hide and privately hang out, we are protected, we can be ourselves, no one can see us.  It's relaxing, like going to the spa.  Now his earlier statement through the ouija makes perfect sense, we tan, we ride, it is fun.
He tells me that this is a part of what we consider the underworld, where some types of infernals dwell.  He says they are actually there, physically, but we call them spirits because science hasn't discovered them yet and the physical existence of this realm in and around the sun is something that we may never discover.
Prince T. took me on a journey to a protected area in a realm of the sun as if we were going on a date to hang out on the beach.  Of course, in some circles the Sun is equated with Satan, as in the poem above.  I spent a while hanging there with him before I lost consciousness and woke up an hour and a half later, feeling incredible.  I was full of energy and felt quite healed, peaceful and relaxed.  My Prince could have taken me anywhere and given me access to many strange realities, and where he took me was pure, primordial, powerful, private, Satanic, and it was exactly what I needed for the cleansing, healing and rejuvenating effects.  He had his plans which he must have had for a while, before announcing them to me that day.  I think that is incredibly sweet and it was an incredible gift.  I'm still a little speechless…

Awakening to this private side of Prince T. was quite the unexpected gift of love.  The next morning when I connected with him, he showed more closely and in human form, and greeted me with his satanic laughter.  I love it and am excited for what awaits in my travels with him!
I'll close by saying I have a few other blog posts planned which are related to this one, one on Satanic laughter, and one on trust in relationships with demons.  And several others are also in the works, along with updates to the site, and new sites Akelta Wilde and I are working on.  Our next few listings will probably be for our Son of Satan, a most wonderful and powerful entity, a couple of incredible Demon Commanders, a custom listing for a very special type of demon from a protected realm, a new Satanic spell, and a few other new spells. 

http://castaspell.info/

Enki-Satan

from EarthHistory Website

 

The Enki, Satan (Devil) doctrine

In the coming story we will find a contradiction with the original story and the rewritten story of the sin fall as regarding to Monotheism.

 

It is obvious that the author who rewrote this story was convinced of the existence of only one God and he made the conclusion that the events that took place hereafter were to blame to an evil creature and he made the conclusion that the Devil (Satan) was the one who persuaded Eve to disobey the Gods and not as originally was intended by one of the leader Gods by us known as Enki.

We read further in The Apocalypse of Moses: chapter 16:

And the devil spake to the serpent saying, Rise up, come to me and I will tell thee a word whereby thou mayst have profit.’ And he arose and came to him. And the devil saith to him: ’I hear that thou art wiser than all the beasts, and I have come to counsel thee.

 

Why dost thou ’eat’ of Adam’s tares and not of paradise? Rise up and we will cause him to be cast out of paradise, even as we were cast out through him.’ The serpent saith to him, ’I fear lest the Lord be wrath with me.’ The devil saith to him: ’Fear not, only be my vessel and I will speak through thy mouth words to deceive him.’

In this verse the Devil (Satan) was wrath to Adam because through him the Devil was cast out of Paradise, a little strange clause because we know already that the Devil once lived in ’Paradise’ (see the battle in Heaven below, where we could read that Satan was permanently cast out of Paradise by the Gods).

 

Therefore he could not enter the Garden of Eden anymore. Nevertheless the rewriter tells us in the next verses that the Devil still had the opportunity to come in into the Garden of Eden although it was guarded by the Cherubim’s. The above verse is also in contradiction with the story in The first book of Adam and Eve, chapter 13, where God told Adam that Satan was cast out of the Garden of Eden forever and became horrible to look at and a Demon forever.

 

Because of this it was impossible for Satan to come in into the Garden of Eden again; So he could not communicate with Eve who was still in the Garden of Eden.

We read further in The Apocalypse of Moses: chapter 17:

And instantly he hung himself from the wall of paradise, and when the angels ascended to worship God, then Satan appeared in the form of an angel and sang hymns like the angels. And I bent over the wall and saw him, like an angel.

 

But he saith to me: ’Art thou Eve?’ And I said to him, ’I am.’ ’What art thou doing in paradise?’ And I said to him, ’God set us to guard and to ’eat’ of it.’ The devil answered through the mouth of the serpent: ’Ye do well but ye do not ’eat’ of every plant.’

 

And I said: ’Yea, we ’eat’ of all. save one only, which is in the midst of paradise, concerning which, God charged us not to ’eat’ of it: for, He said to us, on the day on which ye ’eat’ of it, ye shall die the death.’

We can read here that Paradise (The Garden of Eden) was surrounded by a wall, it is most likely because of the dangers on planet Earth that the builders of the colony ( most likely the Angels) made strongholds to defend the Garden of Eden against intruders from outside. A strange part at the beginning of this verse is that the Devil hanged himself from the wall of Paradise in the form of a serpent but even that he was able to look like an Angel?

The conclusion must be clear, someone else was talking to Eve and NOT Satan. The serpent was used as an intermediary between two beings, in this case Enki and Eve. I mentioned already that not Satan but the God Enki spoke to Eve in the form of a serpent to persuade her to ’eat’ of the plant (the tree of good and evil) because Enki’s intension was to evaluate Adam and Eve to self thinking and supporting beings.

 

Keep also in mind that Enki knew that Adam and Eve feared Anu and Enlil of which the were no more than slaves in the Garden. Enki was the scientist of the triad of Gods and had the intension to create a suitable MAN to live on earth as a self supporting being (Adam and Eve were at that time still unable to get children).

 

We will see later that Enki once more tricked Enlil to protect his creations, when the Gods decided to destroy ALL living creatures with a Great Flood, by telling Noah to build an Arc to survive the flood.

We read further in The Apocalypse of Moses: chapter 18:

Then the serpent saith to me, ’May God live! but I am grieved on your account, for I would not have you ignorant. But arise, (come) hither, hearken to me and ’eat’ and mind the value of that tree.’ But I said to him, ’ I fear lest God be wroth with me as he told us.’

 

And he saith to me: ’Fear not, for as soon as thou eatest of it, ye too shall be as God, in that ye shall know good and evil. But God perceived this that ye would be like Him, so he envied you and said, Ye shall not ’eat’ of it. Nay, do thou give heed to the plant and thou wilt see its Great glory.’ Yet I feared to take of the fruit. And he saith to me: ’Come hither, and I will give it thee. Follow me.’

The reader should have noticed already that Eve could not recognize either the Devil nor Enki was talking to her because the appeared to her in the form of a serpent.

 

In the above verse we can find prove that Enki was grieved to Anu and Enlil that Adam and Eve were kept innocent and he persuaded Eve, for their own benefit, to ’eat’ of the forbidden plant.

We read further in The Apocalypse of Moses: chapter 19:

And I opened to him and he walked a little way, then turned and said to me: ’I have changed my mind and I will not give thee to ’eat’ until thou swear to me to give also to thy husband.’ (And) I said. ’What sort of oath shall I swear to thee? Yet what I know, I say to thee: By the throne of the Master, and by the Cherubim and the Tree of Life! I will give also to my husband to ’eat’.’

 

And when he had received the oath from me, he went and poured upon the fruit the poison of his wickedness, which is lust, the root and beginning of every sin, and he bent the branch on the earth and I took of the fruit and I ate.

Again a strange detail that Eve was able to open the Garden of Eden while it was guarded by the Cherubim’s.

 

It is obvious that here is prove again that the rewriter of the story overlooked this strange clause. The only one who could enter the Garden must have been a God himself who was familiar with the Cherubim’s. Indeed he was and we met him already, Enki. The fact that Enki forced Eve to swear that Adam also would ’eat’ of the plant is understandable because Enki had to bee sure that both of them would ’eat’.

Conclusion so far:

The God Enki, one of the triad of Gods, was the God who instructed Eve to ’eat’ of the plant, the tree of good and evil, and NOT the Devil.
 

 

The Revolt of Satan, and the Battle in Heaven

In The Book of the Cave of Treasures we can read:

And when the prince of the lower order of angels saw what Great majesty had been given unto Adam, he was jealous of him from that day, and he did not wish to worship him. And he said unto his hosts, ’Ye shall not worship him, and ye shall not praise him with the angels. It is meet that ye should worship me, because I am fire and spirit; and not that I should worship a thing of dust, which hath been fashioned of fine dust.’

 

And the Rebel meditating these things would not render obedience to God, and of his own free will he asserted his independence and separated himself from God. But he was - swept away out of heaven and fell, and the fall of himself and of all his company from heaven took place on the ’Sâtânâ’ because he turned aside [from the right way], and ’Shêdâ’ because he was cast out, and ’Daiwâ’ because he lost the apparel of his glory.

 

And behold, from that time until the present day, he and all his hosts have been stripped of their apparel, and they go naked and have horrible faces. And when Sâtânâ was cast out from heaven, Adam was raised up so that he might ascend to Paradise in a chariot of fire And the angels went before him, singing praises, and the Seraphim ascribed holiness unto him, and the Cherubim ascribed blessing; and amid cries of joy and praises Adam went into Paradise.

 

And as soon as Adam entered Paradise he was commanded not to ’eat’ of a [certain] tree; his entrance into heaven took place at the third hour of the Eve of the Sabbath (i.e. on Friday morning).

As we can read here Satan was a prince and belonged to ’The Lower order of Angels’ and was ’fire and spirit’ He was jealous to Adam because Adam was of ’Higher’ rank as Satan and Satan should worship Adam (a thing of dust).

 

Because of that Satan became independent from God and separated himself from God. apparently he had the power to do so but God swept him and his companions out of heaven, to Earth, as we will see later. And Satan and his companions were stripped of their apparel and glory and were naked and had horrible faces after they were cast out of Heaven, this will all sound familiar when we read the sin-fall of Adam and Eve later.

What is the meaning of ’And Adam was raised up that he might ascent into Paradise in a Chariot of fire?' There is only one possibility, Paradise was not on the Earth but somewhere above the Earth, maybe another planet in, or outside our Solar System. What was the ’Chariot of Fire’, you can imagine yourself, but I will help you, even if you don’t belief it, it was an ancient SPACESHIP and I will prove that in later chapters.

 

The reason that Adam was raised up to ’Paradise’ can only mean one thing he was temporary raised up to protect him from Satan and for the battle in Heaven. Satan was indeed cast out of Heaven and expelled to Earth because we can read later that he appeared to Adam and Eve in ’The Garden of Eden’ after their return on Earth and many more times after that.

You should have drawn your own conclusion already that there is indeed a difference between ’MAN’ (the offspring of ’The God of creation’ and Eve) and on the other hand the offspring of Adam and Eve, as we will see later called ’CHILDREN OF GOD’ although they also belonged to MAN, and finally many ages later shortly after the Great Flood the creation called ’MEN’

When thinking over the story so far we can make the conclusion that Adam was an Angel himself because he was higher in rank, then Satan and his hosts, who at first belonged to ’The Lower Angels’.

 

Adam and Eve also belonged to the Angels and as so to the Generations of Heavens who were later forced to live on Earth. Finally we can make the conclusion now that the Biblical term "MAN" is used for the Angels who were "chosen" to live on Earth permanently.

 

Due to their permanent stay on Earth they became immortal although they lived for a period of about 1,000 years.

 http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/alien_watchers10a.htm

Belial,Satan

Why Is Satan Called Belial?

By Dr. Paul M. Elliott

"What accord has Christ with Belial?" Paul asks. The answer to his rhetorical question is, of course, "None." But most Christians don't understand who Belial is, or the origin of his name.

In previous articles, we have discussed Satan's origin as Lucifer; his essential nature as the adversary of God and the saints, and the father of lies; his role as the destroyer; and his relationship to this present world. In our last two articles, we began addressing questions regarding Satan's relationship to believers in Christ. We saw that it is impossible for Satan to cause a believer to lose his salvation, and that it is impossible for Satan or demons to possess a true believer in Christ.

Today we consider the essential nature of the believer's relationship with Satan. In 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1, the Apostle Paul uses the nature of this relationship - more accurately, non-relationship - as a central point of his inspired argument for the imperative of Biblical separation:¹

"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.' Therefore 'Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.' 'I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.' Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." (2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1)

"What accord has Christ with Belial?" Paul asks. It is, of course, a rhetorical question. The answer is, "None." But most Christians don't understand who Belial is, or the origin of his name.

Belial: A Name Almost as Old as Sin

Belial is a Hebrew name that appears sixteen times in the Old Testament, and is also translated "ungodliness" in other passages. The Hebrew name was later directly transliterated into the Greek of the New Testament. The only New Testament occurrence is in 2 Corinthians 6:15. The name is pronounced Be-lee-ál in Hebrew (emphasis on last syllable) and Be-lée-al in Greek, although most modern English speakers pronounce it Be-líe-al.

The origins of the name are rooted in antiquity. It was apparently in use soon after the Flood, which indicates that the name may have also been known in the sinful degradations of the pre-Flood world. Belial appears to have been a very early name for a pagan god, and the name soon became synonymous with Satan. Belial is translated "ungodliness" in 2 Samuel 22:5 and Psalm 18:4. The Hebrew expression, "the floods of ungodliness (Belial)," that appears in those passages was sometimes used as a euphemism for pagan deities. From the earliest days of Israel, Belial was a principal Hebrew name for Satan. Evil men are spoken of in several Old Testament passages as "sons of Belial" (e.g., Deuteronomy 13:13). The sinful sons of Eli, who like their father were priests of the Levitical tabernacle, bore the key identifying mark of an unbeliever: They "were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord" (1 Samuel 2:12).

The Personification of Pride, Lawlessness, Unprofitableness

Among Bible language scholars there are three schools of thought on the origin of the name. Belial may stem from the Hebrew words beli, meaning "not," and âl, meaning "over." The combination of the two words describes a person who is so filled with pride and envy that he will not tolerate having anyone over him, in a position of superiority or authority.

A second possible derivation of Belial is from the Hebrew word beli, meaning "not," coupled with ol, meaning "yoke." The combination of these two words describes a person who is utterly lawless, who refuses to be governed.

A third possible origin of Belial is from beli ("not") and yah-al, meaning "profit." This combination of words describes a worthless person who is good for nothing, neither to himself nor to others, and continually devotes himself to evil.

Some linguists think that as the Hebrew language developed over time, all three meanings may have contributed to the identification of Satan by the name Belial. All three vividly describe Lucifer, whose heart was lifted up with pride (Ezekiel 28:2), who said, "I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...I will be like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:13-14), and is continually devoted to evil.

The Believer's (Non)Relationship With Belial

Paul emphatically declares that the believer's relationship with the one named Belial is to be, in fact, a non-relationship. Righteousness has no fellowship with lawlessness. Light has no communion with darkness. Christ has no accord (or "concord" in the KJV) with Belial. The word translated "accord" or "concord" is symphonesis, from which comes our English word symphony. The basic meaning of the word is "harmony or agreement of sound," and metaphorically, harmony or agreement of any kind. There is no harmony or agreement, of sound or any other kind, between Christ and Belial. Jesus Christ is the Truth personified (John 14:6), while Belial is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44).

Therefore, Paul declares, believers are to maintain a position of spiritual separation from those who are aligned with and in concord with Belial, whether in the organized church or outside it. Peter writes:

"Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.' " (1 Peter 1:13-16)

"Be holy" (hagios, a word denoting set-apartness or separatedness), God says, "because I am holy" - I Myself am in a position of infinite separation from all that is sinful. The believer must always remember that his inherent relationship with Belial is a non-relationship. We have no part in the things of Satan, and any time we dabble in them or give him an opening to incite our old natures to sinful thoughts, words, or deeds, it is a living profanity against Christ Himself.

References:

1. The vital Biblical doctrine of separation is much neglected in the 21st-century church, largely due to the influences of postmodernism. The Lord willing, we plan to present a series of questions and answers on this topic in coming months.

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