WITCHCRAFT IN THE PEWS (Part 3)

WITCHCRAFT IN THE PEWS (Part 3)

HOW SATAN WORKS

To understand witchcraft we must understand the order of Satan's kingdom.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:11-12 NKJV)

According to this passage, Satan's kingdom has four divisions. First, we find "principalities," or the domain of evil spirits. The word principalities is a combination of the word princes and in the palace. In other words, evil spirits are territorial.

DANIEL 10:12-13

In the Old Testament, Daniel prayed, fasted, and mourned before God for three full weeks, but there was no answer. Had God turned a deaf ear to his cry? Finally, the angel Gabriel spoke these words to Daniel:

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. 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 (Daniel 10:12-13 NIV).

During those three weeks, the angel could not give Daniel the answer because he was held up by a spirit assigned to Persia. It wasn't until the archangel Michael came to Gabriel's assistance that he was even able to contact Daniel with God's answer

POWERS AND RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE

The second of Satan's divisions are "powers," the evil spirits representing the power of the unseen kingdom: demons, fallen angels, and seducing spirits.

Third are "rulers of the darkness of this age" which refer to such phenomena as psychic hotlines, enchanters, witches, warlocks, and prognosticators.

GEORGE BLOOMER (Witchcraft In The Pews)