 Okay. So welcome to each one of you. Let's play and we'll start it for this class. Would like to request one to please lead me there. Thank you. Thank you. So people can start about authority. It's starting about power. It's starting about what authority means, what power comes, how to use it in a practical sense. And I've been saying that as we play, not just understanding but also applying this authority, we are in a better place to represent God and represent Him well, especially as believers. Because we have been given authority and power going on and we need to walk in that authority. Otherwise what happens, it's a defeat. Sometimes we say that we defeated Christian life, victorious Christian life. So our desire is that more and more we can live a victorious Christian life. We already have a victory. We can manifest that victory in our day to day lives. So with that perspective, we are learning about the different subjects and topics. We are discussing. So today we will try to understand more about Satan and the demons. So who is Satan? Who are the demons? That's a question that a lot of people have. And what does the Bible have to say about Satan? See in the Bible, we have passages that talk about the beginning. In the beginning, Genesis. So in the beginning is whose beginning? The beginning of the created world the way the Bible describes it. The name will change, right? In Genesis chapter 1, Genesis chapter 2. However, when God created that garden, there was a serpent who came and tried to see at a plane. You know that the Bible teaches us there is an enemy of God who is working against God and after he tried to see it and he was successful, we were the earth got corrupted with sin. So he already existed. So even though we learned the beginning, we are noticing that Satan existed. So he was there before the so-called beginning of the world, got it? Now beginning is not something that people talk about for God because God has no beginning, He has no end. He is eternal. That's it. So that beginning doesn't apply to the world. The world has a beginning. Satan also has a beginning. Why? Because he is a created being who is God, he is eternal. He is God, a created being. He is the creator. But what about Satan? He is a created being. So there was a beginning. Where did this beginning start? So we don't really see things record and in a very systematic way about Satan and many others. However, we have certain passages of scripture where there is revelation, God has given revelation to inspired writers about the origin of Satan and the demons. So from there we get some understanding. You see there are many other you may want to call it not gaps, but there are things that are not addressed. Like we know God created man in his own image. We know he created man in the dust of fear. How did God create Satan? So did He use something? We have all these questions. But for whatever reason the Bible doesn't give us answers. So it's not a gap. But it is that God wanted to reveal certain things to us. He has revealed. Now we get wondered and we can ask certain questions. It's not wrong to ask additional questions. But in an unhealthy way we are going deep into the things that we cannot find specific answers to. It's not helpful. Because the Bible asks if it's silent on many of the questions that we may have. But there are people who ask so many questions that the Bible doesn't have speeches for us to get the exact answers to those questions. And we can find answers from the Word of God. Or we can sort of associate with scripture and come up with an understanding. But then there are many unsaid, unknown things. There's no point going deep into that. Because we may never find the answers. So what am I saying now? There are a few things that are said about the origin of Satan. We get an idea from there and that in many ways is good enough for us to continue our quest for victorious Christian life. So there may not be a reason why you have to go so deep and pull out everything there. What type of people won't have time to sit back and form a teaching for the theology. Because there are many theologies there are many teachings that exist. But we cannot substantiate with the scriptures. So we have to be very careful. So what are some passages where we find details about the origin of Satan. We know that even things like creation, Moses, God gave it. Nobody saw how God gave it. But through the Holy Spirit the revelation was given for Moses to record all those things. And similarly when we look at the passage of Isaiah we will get some revelation. Isaiah was given that revelation about Satan. And then we will execute it. That's another passage that we will look at it. So before that Trump will ask a question. Trump will go ahead. You want to ask something? What was that by mistake? So Trump will say, what do you want to do? What exactly? How about the others? How about the others? On the online class? Are you having the same problem? Okay. Then the others are saying echo. Okay. We will try to correct it. Please give me a moment. Thank you for pointing this out during the one we will try to fix this. Yes. Is it any better? Any better? Still the water is still echo? Okay. So it's fine here. How about the online students? Is it comfortable? It's fine. Thank you so much. Okay. Let's cut. So Isaiah chapter 14 Isaiah chapter 14 over here verses through very confined talk about Satan. And we won't read all the verses because quite long there. Here there is a description of the fall of the king of Babylon but don't talk about the king of Babylon there there are these comparisons so it's talking about the king of Babylon however there are you see the kingdoms here on the earth in a way you would see that there are parallel parallel you know like authority figures in the demonic realm which are referred to with the same name for example you remember when we studied in the book of Daniel we said the prince of Persia the prince of Greece they were hitting the prayers of Daniel in the like in the heavens so second heavens who is the prince of Persia prince of Greece they should be on earth right the real princess should be human beings but what's happening the bible helps us understand that the demonic realm they they have these sort of parallel rulers assigned to maybe those territories and that's why they called by that name so here we are reading about the king of Babylon but it's actually talking about Satan king of Babylon so let's read it from verse 12 verse 12 it will come to talking directly about Lucifer so could somebody read it out the little log the passage that we have called we are going to read it Isaiah 14 verse 12 i will say above the heights of the ground i will be like the most heart yes you shan't work down to this world to the low steps of the queen though to see you will be pleased at you and consider you saying is this the man from where the heart tremble who's the kingdoms whom in the world and say wilderness and destroy it from its city put it no problem the heart of its citizens for the kings of the nations for them to sleep in glory every one being his own heart when you are cast out from the grave like an abominable brahmasan like an abominable of those who are strange who go down to the stone of the feet like a corpse so that it's understood you can read till 25 you will not be trying to get there because you have destroyed your land and claim your people the throne of the holy throne shall never be named with your sloucher for his children because of the dignity of their father lest they rise up and possess the land of the world and destroy it for the people to rise up again and save the world and the throne of the people and of the spirit and of the hostility save the world I was also making a position for the poor king for the time and the worship of the money but I was creating it with the proof of instruction save the lord of the hostility the lord of the hostility has learned to say surely that I have thought so it shall come apart and that I have the host so it shall stand that I will create the ashen in my land and own my country then I will put then if you shall remove of them and his burden removed from their children thank you so much quite a lot of passage there but you notice here it's talking about the anger of god over earthly it seems like some earthly princes and all but then very clearly in between there is the reference to Lucifer the reference to Lucifer and how he some of the things that he have been grasped here is he was thrown out can we can we say that have you seen it here how you have fallen from heaven okay because it says here how you have fallen from heaven so he is thrown out and you have some references to this of him being cast out of heaven again in the book of revelation so you know bits and pieces we can pick up from here and there and understand okay so he was cast out from heaven now why was he cast out why he was he thrown out fallen from heaven it says oh Lucifer so Lucifer is the name and obviously Lucifer he was one of the angels so that is why he was in heaven because you know god created him as a an angel and we will see later on that he was not just any angel but he was very blessed very blessed it also talks here as son of the morning how you are cut down to the ground and then it goes on to say about this interview you who we condemn nations for you have said in your heart and that entire next section there says he was trying to claim equality and even greatness above god we will ascend I will sit on the throne so what are we understanding so far here is an angel by the name of Lucifer he had other names also son of the morning he fell from heaven but he was small in the pride okay pride in against god and so what is the kind of response that god has towards angel anger okay so that much we picked up about Lucifer now let's read on we will look at another passage let's go to Ezekiel Ezekiel chapter 20 28 Ezekiel 28 we we could actually meditate on verses 1 through 19 but what we do is let's look at verses from 12 Ezekiel 28 verses 12 onwards we will look at verses 13 verses 14 verses 15 verses 16 verses 16 verses 17 verses 18 verses 19 verses 19 verses 20 verses 21 verses 22 verses 23 versesogi they were perfect you were perfect but but then but then your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you can take your wisdom for the strength of your standard. I cast you to the ground, I laid it, put it, that they find faith in you. If fire was sent sensually, then sensually by the method of your beauty, by the beauty of your beauty, therefore I approach you, put fire upon your lips, and I promote you, and I demand you to ash it upon me, in the sight of all my soul. All who knew, all who knew, to a month of people's heart as tarnished and new, you have become some father and shall be known to both forever. Thank you again for reading that long passage. So you see description, right? Description about Satan and it's helping us know who this Lucifer is and what is his standing in heaven. So from what we read, it seems like, you know, our God is saying you were made to perfection. So he was one of those angels who was made gloriously. And there are other things that I mentioned about him. You know, we see verse 12, it says, yeah, you were the seed of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. So full of wisdom meaning a good thing could understand, could make good choices, beauty, referring to, you know, he is exposed to, when we say beauty, it could also kind of refer to art, right? Like all the good imagination, those kind of things. So he is well first in all those matters. What else is so great about him? So we see wisdom, yeah, wisdom is something I mentioned verse 13. It also says that you were immediately the guard of, in every precious stone wall was your covering. And then, you know, all these stones are mentioned. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created. So he had everything, precious stones. So if he has precious stones then what? Very rich, resourceful, wealthy is a term that we can use. So he was familiar with all these things with wisdom, with art, beauty, with now we just talked about wealth and also other things. He was given timbrels. So what's all that? Timbrels and all is from music. So as a worshipper he had the instruments he needed and he was obviously, he had a card to claim worship in heaven and that's what we understand. So music, it's not like he doesn't know music. He was like a chief up in heaven who knew music and worship very, very well. Okay, what else can we know about Lucifer? Well, there's the music and then verse 14 turns as you were anointed. Sheru, who covers, I established you. You were on the holy mountain of God. You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. Wow, he had a great place in the presence of God, mountain of God, before God, anointed. Okay, meaning privileged, favour, God's favour was upon Lucifer. Then of course, 28 was 16 says trading, iniquity of your trading. So trading shows us that business, he did something, some trading, something he did. Now people ask the question, what trading? We can give some answers but exact answer, I don't know. Because see, there are many things which is not mentioned. So then how to give the answer for those questions. So that's what I'm trying to tell all of us. There can be some to some level we can answer those unknowns, but not very deep. If we keep going deep, it's unnecessary. Okay, so we know that he was well versed as far as business and those kind of things are concerned. What else? A ruler of all nations, we saw that. As I have 14, 12 you ruled the nations, it said. So why am I pointing out these specific things? See because, saintly, he fell from heaven. Where is he now? He's on the earth. Because obviously in the Garden of Eden, he went and then God finally incursed him. So he's still here on the earth. Jesus talks so much about the devil and all that. He's still here on the earth. From scriptures we know that he's defeated. And we are going to study that in our authority class. He's defeated, but at the same time, there is a timing at which God is going to put him. Like he will be banished. You want to use that word forever. He'll be removed from us or the people of God. But until such time, he's still around. And while he's still around, what are some of the things we know? See, he can influence all these areas. When we say wisdom, can he influence education? Yeah, Bible says he was very brilliant, full of wisdom. So he can influence the area, the field of education. Can he influence art? Can there be certain art forms that are influenced by the demonic? Yeah, it says beauty, wealth, he knows art. Different things, wealth, what about wealth? Can he influence the field of business? He can. He was very wealthy from what we see. All the resources that God gave him. It's not little business, wealth, money. He knows about all these things. So what are we trying to do? We're trying to understand, okay. So these are the qualities. This is the nature of Satan. He is not somebody who doesn't know or was not exposed. What about worship? He knew. He was right in the presence of God, anointed worshipping. So he knows very well. So what does it tell us? We have to be alert. Okay, not to create fear or anything. But we can understand his craftiness. When we know his sort of nature, his background, his exposure. So he knows all these things, worship. Yeah, he understands worship. What else? Yeah, rulership, rulership, government, you know, ruling over people, reigning over people, politics. Satan understands all these things because he has some exposure. Yeah, he was perfect at one point. He was perfect. But what went wrong? What does the Bible say? What went wrong in Satan's situation? Yeah, see it says until iniquity was found in you. God created him perfect. But you notice that pride. Pride is the issue. Well, he was not happy with how God created him. He wanted to become greater than God. So what corrupted him? What it says iniquity corrupted him. God made him perfect. He was so in pride. And the pride corrupted the perfection of God in his life. Which is why God got angry and he had to be thrown out. So pride, you could also say something like, you know, deception, deception, because how could he even think that he can become greater than God? He is just a creative being. God is uncreated. If you understand what God is, you never even go to compare yourself with God. But deception. Somewhere in himself, he felt that's a possibility. If God can be God, why can I not be God? So deception, he deceived himself. And we will see later on that he is named with his qualities. One of the things he continues to do today is deception. He tried to deceive Eve. So these are all his tactics, deception. He himself got deceived and now he is trying to deceive people who are created in Eve. So pride and deception. These are all things that actually caused him to be corrupted. And we see in other passages verse 17 of chapter 28 says, Your heart was filled up because of your beauty. So you were very proud. I have everything. I'm so great. You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I made you to cook things that they might gaze at you. So it's showing a rebellion, pride, deception, rebellion against God. And that kind of an attitude he had towards God. And there are other passages that show that he took angels with him and he was cast on the earth. So he did not come alone. But he led a rebellion, not just him. There were other deceived angels with him. So when you read Revelation chapter 12, we will understand that. So we won't go through the passages. Revelation chapter 12 tells us there was a war in heaven. See in the Bible, sometimes you're reading one passage. A little bit talks about the natural world. A little bit talks about the heavenly kingdom. A little bit talks about the future. A little bit talks about the present. A little bit talks about the past. So Revelation chapter 12 is like that. It's talking about many things that will take place. But at the same time, there is a small section there that captures what happened. There was a rebellion in heaven. It captures that. So from all these passages, we understood what kind of a creature Satan was. He thought and he had a set of angels with him and he was cast out from heaven with one third of the angels and both him and the angels are here on the earth. Those angels who were cast down with Lucifer are the ones that we refer to as demons. Who are they? All this Lucifer and his whole gang, they are all angels. But we also use the term fallen angels. Fallen angels, demons and that is their origin. That is their origin. Now just think about this. The creatures that got created. So you have the angels that got created and man also got created. Did you notice in Isaiah chapter 14, it said, Satan said to himself, I will ascend. I will become greater than God. So God gave the angels free will. Till now we are talking about free will for man. But even angels God gave free will. That is why Lucifer was able to say I will, you need a will for that. You need a decision. So he made a choice. He made a decision that I will and God never stopped it. Has God given free will to all the angels? He has given free will. So those other one third of the angels who were cast out to the earth, they also used their free will and they joined the rebellion. They joined Lucifer. See God did force. God did force. Is it okay our choice? So I will go on. He will say, how could you? You made a choice. Go with it. So that is how Satan and his demons rebel. They have free will and they have been cast out to the earth. What are a few more things which we can understand about Satan? We understand that they have gained rulership of the world. I told you that. When we said that in Genesis God gave the earth to man and said, you have dominion. You be truthful and multiply. But when we need the account of Jesus in the wilderness. Then what is Satan saying? I will if you bow down and worship me. I will give you the kingdoms. So remember we said a transfer took place when sin came into the world. Satan got rulership of the earth. And that is why Satan and the demons can influence. They can influence because they now have the rulership of the earth in many ways. And this began in the garden. The first time when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and now Satan has access into people's lives. Remember we ask all these questions when people are suffering. When there are natural calamities. How can God do this? But God is not the only one who is in church. In the sense he is sovereign. We know that. But it's like an order and a tenant. If the house is given to a tenant the owner owns the house. But if the house is messy it has overgrown flats outside and it's not painted. Is it the owner's fault? No. It's the tenant's fault who has been given the in charge of the house for that duration. In the same way in the world man has to take responsibility because we are the people who have been given the stewardship to take care of the earth. We are here to represent God. At the same time there is some interference. What is that interference? Satan is also here. He is also creating trouble. He is also putting sickness. He is also oppressing people. So for everything to say how can God do this? How is it fair? Always blame God. If something goes wrong people immediately I did God do this. See God is sovereign but stewardship interference of Satan all these things are there on the earth. We need to understand that. One more point I will make about Satan and then we can ask any questions if you have. The next point is when we read in the book of Jude Jude 1 there is only one chapter there but verse 9 basically there we see one of the angels he wants to speak against Satan but he says may the Lord revoke him he doesn't put down Satan put down in the sense doesn't curse Satan may the Lord revoke him So one more principle you could call it a principle that we notice is yes Satan is a defeated enemy and we have dominion we have authority over Satan the demonic world give us a license to sort of you know or speak destructive like put down put down Satan in an irresponsible way because there are there is a certain way of dealing with things so heavenly beings we find that even an angel is not speaking against another angel instead that angel may the Lord revoke him whatever authority I have with that authority I will work with you but beyond that what needs to be done to you may the Lord do it so basically it just shows us we should know our boundaries and not try to behave like we are over Satan we have conquered Satan but I hope you try to understand what I am saying so we have conquered we have the victory but simply bad mountains speaking ill or demeaning that sort of sometimes very carelessly people talk so we shouldn't do that because we don't see that in scripture that's my singular point there so let's pause here we will understand little more about Satan demons their nature questions so far or any thoughts oh god hands are just going up even if you have questions please do post it to your online students yes let's take the questions we will go to one of them first ok if it's difficult you say it I will repeat the question we need to know what God is on everything we have to go by yeah good question so Mitz is asking see God is a holy shit he knows everything so did he know that there will be a rebellion and even though he knew why did he create me see God knew but he went ahead same thing with man but he went ahead we are all still here so God knows but then he has a way of involving he doesn't he didn't stop himself from creating because something might go wrong later on in a way you can you can see that God is like a redeemer, restorer isn't it so even though things went wrong there is an option Jesus and to restore the world world of redeem so I think God had another plan also there is no redemption for the following see from scripture I don't know I don't want to comment on that but knowing the nature of God I am saying this this is not in the Bible I am saying this I feel that before the beginning I am sure God would have given a safe opportunity I am sure God would have given a safe opportunity so options to both Lucifer and his team but if he has been thrown out my feeling is he went beyond ever so that is my suggestion I feel so because that is in God's nature so I am sure he must have given chances I don't know I hope you have some questions in the beginning when God created me so since then and maybe and heaven is also there and it helped me and why God created me and why God has created me in the beginning okay God created the heavens and the earth okay so see God created the heavens and the earth when you read about heaven I think Pastor also explained that we refer to many different things so God created the heavens and the earth in Genesis our understanding from there could be the universe the seed the perceived universe that God created the galaxy the stars so we term that also as heaven that also is heaven but the place where God and the heavenly beings or the angelic beings dwell that is also known as heaven so you see there are many heaven is not only one but we are understanding that there are more passages more places with the same term heaven so my answer is yes the heaven where God lived and all existed that is why when you say in the beginning it's the beginning of the created earth the created universe and on that part heaven is what we are referring to so definitely the heaven where God was angels were angels now your next question when was hell created frankly I don't know the answer but I know that hell was created for Satan it was created for Satan and his demons why God did not send him directly to hell I don't know I don't know if anybody knows please tell if he killed the hell he died is he killed 28 he was a person and he was a person who was a god so he was like he was a god and he was a god and he was a god and he was a god and he was a god no see how will interpret this you are a demon sounds like you present in such a way in English so we have to interpret scripture based on scripture what does scripture tell us in the beginning God created heaven and earth and when he made it man you put him in the garden that is our first reference to Eden so that was the time Eden was made why is God saying you are a Eden though it is it sounds like present tense that is the connection basically what here it's coming out in the revelation of Ezekiel is Satan was on the earth yes see unless earth is created how he can be on earth so before that he was not on earth but once earth was created he was on the earth that's what it's saying you are in the earth that's our that's what we can see Satan was on the earth he is still on the earth from other references we know he is still in the earth it's too heavy some point here on the comments Lucifer Lucifer's fall just a text just two times Lucifer's fall had already taken place in Eden when we tempted Eve it refers to him as a serpent Genesis 1 it says God created the heavens and the earth so by Genesis 3 he was cast down so Nina is saying by Genesis 3 he was cast down Nina what I would say is the earth was created only in Genesis 1 and we had reference that Satan was on the earth okay from the book of Genesis but God created the heavens and the earth so by Genesis 3 he was cast down I don't think that would be that would be true I think he was cast down or meaning he was removed from heaven much earlier he was removed from heaven much earlier but then in Genesis we see that he comes and he is here on the earth so that much I know from the scripture but to say that the timing he fell when the earth was created I don't think that would be I mean I don't see that in scripture so is that okay Nina or do you differ on that view all of those that happened before creation so he was already operating on earth he was cast down that point I can make earth was created in Genesis 1 and he was operating he was operating on earth from the time the earth was created so where was he in that internet period when God he fell and earth was not there where was Satan and that answers one was it here created me yes he is a created me but creation did not happen only in Genesis 1 no in Genesis 1 we see God created the heavens and the earth now this other heaven where God is where the angels are that existed before then it already existed so in that heaven there are created beings already in the form of angels and you know whatever other creatures so yeah I hope that answers your question she is fine alright so we run out of time but any burning questions that have to be answered right now yes why so many names of death okay it's just a description so it helps us understand what he does that's why like deceiver accuser we will see already deceiver and accuser lie so it just shows his activities what is the minimum there will be actually I haven't researched that okay I'll just see it just okay so when we look at the words for devil okay one answer says demon okay in the Hebrew in the Greek what does it say Greek it says demon supernatural spirit of bad nature other translation say false accuser slanderer hurtful evil in effect or influence so these are all the descriptions of that term which they have used for Satan but in English it is translated as so like a spirit of bad nature slanderer accuser Lucifer is a name Prince I haven't researched that also so Lucifer what does it mean okay let us look it up right away does it have a meaning yeah so it gives us something it comes from the Hebrew word called Heelal Heelal it means the morning star so it's a good name Lucifer is a good name but obviously nobody wants to keep that name anymore what must be Lucifer yeah I think there is a reference see it's just a name so it's okay we are not we are not attributing deity as you would have learnt in Christology we are not attributing deity but it's something which you know says that he is a good creation and that's why God gave him the name morning star so I don't think there is anything wrong with that we are all fine okay fine so with that let us wrap up the class today let's pray and close I want to invite Satyabit the online class to please lead in prayer just unmute and pray shall I Father God thank you Lord thank you Lord that you have given us an understanding from your word Lord of all that we have to know Father God Father you are a God of wisdom Lord and all that we want to know Lord thank you for teaching us Lord help us Lord to understand your ways from your word Lord increase our understanding Lord even as we sit in those online classes Lord and meditate from your word Father I pray Lord whatever that we have to take in our heart Lord and carry it I pray that you will carve in each of our hearts Lord so that we will have your understanding grow in your understanding and wisdom Lord and we will walk in your ways Lord in Jesus mighty matchless name we pray thank you thank you everyone for being part of this class we will connect again next week please to go away on notes if you have more questions you can ask and it will be nice to discuss all that we will proceed further ok so God bless you have a wonderful day bye