Jesus Christ is Better than Angels (1:1-14) He has a More Excellent Name (v4)

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1 Jesus Christ is Better than Angels (1:1-14) He has a More Excellent Name (v4) The Son In His Titles 1:2 heir of all things, Agent of creation 1:5 Son of God 1:6 the Firstborn 1:8 God, King 1:10 Lord In His Nature 1:3 the radiance of God s glory, the exact representation of His nature, powerful 1:5 begotten by God 1:8 sovereign, righteous, hates lawlessness 1:11-12 eternal, immutable, unchanging In His Work 1:3 upholds all things by the word of His power work of creation 1:3 made purification of sins work of salvation 1:3 sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high - finished work 1:10 laid the foundation of the earth work of creation 1:10 made the heavens with His hands work of creation Recognition by God 1:2 appointed as heir of all things 1:9 appointed by God over His companions 1:13 to sit at God s right hand until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet Angels Their Titles ministers (1:7), ministering spirits (1:14) Their Nature winds, a flame of fire (1:7) created by God(1:7) Their Work 1:6 to worship Jesus 1:14 at God s command to render service for all those who inherit salvation Jesus Angels Relationship to the Father Son Servants Regarding Authority Lord / Anointed Servants Regarding Creation Creator Created Regarding Rulership King Subjects Regarding Worship God Worshipers Regarding Eternity Eternal Created at one point of time Regarding Character Immutable Changeable Righteous Some fell

2 Angels in General OT malak = messenger, angel, theophanic angel NT aggelos = one who is sent; of human or divine messengers; of good angels, a being superior to man, God s messengers & agents in administering the affairs of the world & in promoting the welfare of humans; of bad angels as Satan s demonic powers Their Creation Gen 1:31 all that God had made was very good Col 1:16 all created by Christ Job 38:6-7 - all the sons of God sang for joy when earth was established (Note: Jews believed angels created on 2nd day) Their Nature Col 1:16 invisible Mk 12: don t marry 2Pet 2:11 mightier & more powerful than men Their hierarchy Col 1:16 - thrones, dominions, rulers, authorities Eph 6:12 rulers, powers, world forces, spiritual forces Ezek 28:14 anointed cherub who covers Jude 9 archangel Dan 10:13,21; 12:1 princes, kings 2 Pet 2:10a angelic majesties BAD Angels The Fall of Lucifer and His Angels / Their Sin Isa 14:12-15 The Sin of Lucifer - PRIDE Ezek 28:12-19 The Fall & Judgment of the anointed cherub - PRIDE Rev 12:3-9 The Fall of 1/3 of The Stars (angels) 1Tim 3:6-7 PRIDE Jude 6-7 indulged in gross immorality His Names / Nature Devil, diabolos, slanderer Satan, Satanas, adversary; Dragon, drakon, Satan as Persecutor Serpent, ophis, Satan as Deceiver Adversary, antidikos, opponent at law Roaring Lion, leon, Satan as Devourer Very Prideful (Isa 14:12-15; Ezek 28:17; 1Tim 3:6) A Sinner (1John 3:8) Satan s Work / Purpose Isa 14:12 - weakened the nations SUCCESSFUL Rev 12:4a - tempted 1/3 angels to sin SUCCESSFUL Rev 12:4b-5 - tried to kill Jesus at His birth FAILED! Rev 12:6, dragon tried to kill the woman FAILED Rev 12:7-9 will war with Michael & his angels LOST Matt 4:1-11 Satan tried to tempt Jesus to sin FAILED! 1Tim 3:7; 2Tim 2:26 snares men VERY SUCCESSFUL 2Cor 11:2-4 - deceived Eve by his craftiness SUCCESSFUL 2Cor 11: disguises as an angel of light Heb 2:14-15 holds men in bondage to himself thro their fear of death 1Pet 5:8-9 our adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour Rev 2:10 cast believers into prison Rev 20:7-8 deceives Gog & Magog nations Satan s Power Heb 2:14-15 has the power of death 1John 3:8 limited (Jesus appeared to destroy his works) Jude 9 Michael dared not pronounce a railing judgment against him Satan s Destiny Matt 25:41 eternal fire Isa 14:12,15 cut down to earth, to Sheol, the pit Ezek 28:16-18 cast from the mountain of God, to the ground, destroyed from the midst of the stones of fire Rev 20:1-3,7-10 bound in bottomless pit for 1,000 years, let loose for a while, then cast into lake of fire forever Bad Angels Work / Purpose Deut 32:15-18 sacrificed to by wicked Israelites; want to be God & worshipped by men Psa 106:34-40 worshipped by human sacrifices Their Destiny Matt 25:41 - eternal fire prepared for the devil s angels 2Pet 2:4 - some angels bound in Tartarus, in pits of darkness Jude 6-7 in eternal bonds Heb 2:16 no salvation for angels Instructions to Believers 1. How to avoid the devil s snare (1Tim 3:6-7; 1Jn 3:9) 2. DON T Worship Idols/Demons (Deut 32:15-18; Ps 106:34-40) 3. How to NOT be deceived (2Cor 11:2-4,13-15; 1Jn 3:7; ) 4. How to rescue ensnared people (2Tim 2:24-26) 5. How to deal with fear of death (Heb 2:14-16) 6. How to deal with a roaring lion (1Pet 5:8-9) 7. Why be hospitable (Heb 13:2) 8. Spiritual Warfare (Eph 6:10-20)

3 Satan His Origin (Ezekiel 28:11-19) v12 king, melek = king, ruler, prince, god, a false god, an idol-king Sometimes the prophecy speaks of the HUMAN king and sometimes of the SPIRIT that energizes & possesses him. Sometimes it refers to BOTH of them. Be discerning! Who: 1/ the king of Tyre (v12) 2/ the anointed cherub who covers (v14) 3/ O covering cherub (v16) = a created being (v15) Where: 1/ in Eden, the garden of God (v13) 2/ on the holy mountain of God (v14, 16) 3/ in the midst of the stones of fire (v14, 16) What: On the day you were created (v13, 15) 1/ had the seal of perfection (v12) 2/ was full of wisdom (v12, 17) 3/ was perfect in beauty (v12, 17) 4/ had every precious stone for a covering (v13) 5/ had music in you (settings/tambourines; sockets/flutes, v13) 6/ was blameless in your ways (v15) 7/ was beautiful & splendid (v17) UNTIL His Fall 1/ unrighteousness was found in you (v15) 2/ internally filled with violence (v16) 3/ sinned (v16) 4/ became profane (v16) 5/ heart was lifted up (v17) 6/ corrupted your wisdom (v17) 7/ had a multitude of transgressions (v18) 8/ was unrighteous (v18, 15) 9/ profaned your sanctuaries (v18) Judgment from God 1/ cast from the mountain of God (v16) 2/ destroyed from the midst of the stones of fire (v16) 3/ cast to the ground (v17) 4/ fire brought from the midst of you to consume you (v18) 5/ turned to ashes on earth & in eyes of all who see you (v18) 6/ you will be no more (v19) The Sins of the Human King of Tyre v2, 6 proud said, I am a god (v9) I sit in the seat of gods Yet you are a man & not God (v2, 9) v3-5, 7 wiser than Daniel v4-5 acquired great riches v9 defiant God s Judgment 1/ the most ruthless of the nations will defile your splendor (v7) 2/ they will bring you down to the pit (v8) 3/ you will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers (v8) 4/ put before kings to be seen (v17) 5/ fire brought from the midst of you to consume you (v18) 6/ turned to ashes on earth & in eyes of all who see you (v18) 7/ all who know you will be appalled at you (v19) 8/ you have become terrified (v19) His Sin (Isaiah 14:12-15) Who: 1/ O, star of the morning, i.e., shining one 2/ son of the dawn = Lucifer or Day star What: he said in his heart I will raise my throne above the stars of God I will ascend to heaven I will make myself like the Most High I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the North earth his future judgment prior to the start of the Tribulation Great Sheol his ultimate judgment Pit

4 Abussos, 9x = the abyss, the pit, the immeasurable depth; in Rom 10:7, the word is equivalent to Hades, the abode of the dead; of Orcus, a very deep gulf or chasm in the lowest parts of the earth used as the common receptacle of the dead & especially as the abode of demons; as a place of shutting away the devil & the evil spirits (Luke 8:31; Rev 20:3); the abode of Abaddon, as the angel of the underworld (Rev 9:11). In 1 Enoch 21:7 cf. 18:11, the abyss is the final prison of fallen angels, a horrible place with great descending columns of fire. It is a shaft into the very heart of the earth, a prison & place of confinement, in the realm of the spirit world, the underworld. Here demons are confined until the Day of Judgment. The idea is that of a long shaft or well leading to Gehenna, the mouth of which on earth is covered & locked. It is not the final Hell (Gehenna), nor Tartarus, nor Hades, nor the Grave. It is the Pit and it is bottomless as to its depth. It is distinctly the jailhouse of Satan & fallen spirits at present, & also in the 1000 years of the Kingdom Age. The Scriptures show that some demons are free to roam the earth & torment mankind, other spirits are still locked in the bottomless pit. Satan is still loose but the time will come when he is to be bound in the bottomless pit (K. Conner, p 278). Abaddon, 1x= name of the angel prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death & the author of havoc on the earth. He is Destruction in person, the king of the evil forces originating in the world of lost spirits & allowed to operate destructively in human life. Used 6x in the OT, it is the world of the dead in its utterly dismal, destructive, dreadful aspect. In Abaddon there are no declarations of God s loving-kindness (Ps 88:11). It is a synonym for insatiableness (Prov 27:20). Apollyon, 1x = destroyer, the angel of the bottomless pit, the evil angel who rules over the demons. Copyright Copyright Cecilia Cecilia Perh 2008 Perh

5 GOOD Angels Their Work / Purpose Matt 4:11 - ministered to Jesus after His temptation Psa 91:9-13 to guard saints in all their ways Psa 103: bless the Lord, perform His word, obey His voice, serve Him, do His will Psa 148:1-5 Praise God, praise His name Dan 8:15-18 gave Daniel understanding of the vision that pertains to the time of the end Dan 10:13,21 stand firmly against demonic principalities Matt 13:37-42 sent to gather all stumbling blocks & lawless ones out of Jesus kingdom & to cast them into the furnace of fire Matt 16:27, 25:31 will come with Jesus at His 2nd coming Matt 18:10 continually behold the Father on behalf of the little ones who believe in Jesus Matt 24:31 gather Jesus elect to Him Matt 26:52-54 more than 12 legions of angels to be put at Jesus disposal if He asked the Father Matt 28:1-5 announced Jesus Resurrection 1Pet 1:10-12 angles long to look into the mysteries of salvation Heb 13:2 can take human forms / were entertained by men Special Angels Gabriel Dan 8:15-18 brought message of the future to Daniel Luke 1:18-20 brought message of John s birth to Zacharias, pronounced judgment on his unbelief Luke 1:26-38 brought message of Jesus birth to Mary, told her of Elizabeth s 6-month pregnancy Michael Dan 10:13 - one of the chief princes Dan 10:21 prince of Israel Dan 12:1 - the great prince who guards sons of Israel Rev 12:7 Michael & his angels wars with Satan & his angels and wins! - the Warrior Angel Jesus Angel Rev 1:1-2 showed John the end times Rev 22:6-9,16 - refused worship, fellow-servant with John and the prophets The Angel of the LORD Gen 16:7-14 appeared to Hagar as she fled from Sarai El Roi, The God who Sees Gen 22: appeared to Abraham as he was about to slay Isaac Yahweh Yireh, The Lord will Provide Ex 3:1-16 appeared to Moses at the burning bush Yahweh, I AM WHO I AM Num 22:21-35 appeared to Balaam to ensure that he will only speak the word that God shall tell him Judges 2:1-5 pronounced judgment on disobedient Israel at Bochim Judges 5:23 pronounced a curse on Meroz Judges 6:6-24 appeared to Gideon Yahweh Shalon, The Lord is Peace 1Kg 19:1-8 - appeared to care for Elijah 2Kg 19:32-37 killed 185,000 Assyrians in answer to Hezekiah s prayer 1Ch 21 carried out God s judgment on Israel Ps 34:6-8 encamps & rescues those who fear the Lord Ps 35:4-8 judges the enemies of God s people Zech 3:1-7 rebukes Satan on Joshua behalf, admonished Joshua Our Relationship to Angels With Regards to God s Word Heb 1:2 - Jesus is God s final revelation in these last days Gal 1:8 - the written Word is to be believed above man s or even angels words With Regards to False Teaching 2Cor 11: beware false apostles, deceitful workers who disguise themselves as angels of light 1Jn 4:1-5 apply the doctrinal test to know whether a spirit speaks from God or not With Regards to Choice Angels have a free will, can choose to obey or disobey. Obedient angels who passed their test are called chosen or elect angels (1Tim 5:21) With Regards to Their Service Matt 18:10 - angels take care of God s little ones Heb 1:14 - angels render service to believers With Regards to the Future 1Cor 6:2-3 - saints will judge angels in the world to come Copyright Copyright Cecilia Cecilia Perh 2008 Perh

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Who Is Satan? Satan (Hebrew for accuser ), Devil (slanderer), Belial, Beelzebul, the Adversary, The Dragon, the Enemy, the Serpent,

Who Is Satan? Satan (Hebrew for accuser ), Devil (slanderer), Belial, Beelzebul, the Adversary, The Dragon, the Enemy, the Serpent, Who Is Satan? List of New Testament t Names Satan (Hebrew for accuser ), Devil (slanderer), Belial, Beelzebul, the Adversary, The Dragon, the Enemy, the Serpent, And the Wicked One. Tyndale Bible Dictionary