An Invasion Of Demons Is Coming In The Last Days (Prophecy Points)

Revelation 12:9, we'll get to this later, says, "That great<br />
dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the Devil<br />
or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.<br />
He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him."<br />
So, when Satan fell, he led some of the angels with him.<br />
One-third of the angels went with Lucifer, and those fallen<br />
angels are now what we would call demons.<br />
And you say, "Well, that's really scary."<br />
Yeah, but remember, he took one-third.<br />
The other two thirds are still on our side.<br />
So, we're still on the winning side, aren't we?<br />
But look at what is happening here.<br />
This bottomless pit is being opened up and out of it come<br />
what is described as locusts.<br />
But these are demonic creatures that are unleashed<br />
upon the planet.<br />
So, Satan is sort of whipping up this frenzy.<br />
And they've been doing this for a long time, but now<br />
they're going into overdrive.<br />
The purpose of demons seems to be twofold.<br />
Number one, they seek to hinder the purposes of God.<br />
And number two, they seek to extend the power of Satan.<br />
Listen, if you're taking notes, here's three things you need<br />
to know about demons.<br />
I know you don't want to talk that much about this, but it's<br />
good to know these things.<br />
Three things you need to know about demons.<br />
Number one, they're real and aggressive.<br />
They're real and aggressive.<br />
They're not all bound in this bottomless pit.<br />
This will happen later.<br />
Right now, many are roaming freely on sort of a<br />
search-and-destroy mission.<br />
Remember when the angels of the Lord appeared before God<br />
in the Book of Job, and Satan was among them.<br />
And God says to Satan, "What have you been doing?<br />
Where have you come from?"<br />
And Satan responds in Job 2:2, "Well, I've just been going back<br />
and forth across the earth watching everything<br />
that's going on."<br />
Wow, that's creepy.<br />
He's just walking around checking things out, looking for<br />
opportunities, looking for ways to bring misery and destruction.<br />
That is why the Bible describes the devil as a blood-thirsty<br />
lion seeking his prey.<br />
Number two, though powerful, demons and the devil himself<br />
have clear limitations.<br />
Let me say that again.<br />
Though powerful, the devil and his demons<br />
have clear limitations.<br />
Let me tell you something that Satan does not want you to know.<br />
His power is considerable, but it is still limited.<br />
Remember, this is all allowed by God.<br />
We already read in Revelation, "To him was given the key<br />
to the bottomless pit."<br />
This is temporary, and God has given his permission<br />
for a period of time.<br />
So, all these demons are out and about, according to Revelation<br />
9, like scorpions with a power to sting, but not to kill.<br />
But notice that they can't attack everyone.<br />
Revelation 9:4 says, "They're commanded not to harm the grass<br />
of the earth or any green thing of any tree, but only those men<br />
who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads."<br />
Third thing I want to say about demons, and I'm done,<br />
demons flee at the name of Jesus Christ.<br />
They flee at the name of Jesus Christ.<br />
The Bible tells us in Philippians 2 at the name of<br />
Jesus Christ, every knee will bow and every tongue will<br />
confess of things in the earth and things under the earth that<br />
Jesus Christ is the Lord to the glory of God the Father."<br />
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