12/21/2023 0 Comments Book of Demons instaling![]() For us to see what they saw, we need to go back to the Bible’s account of the great flood. To an ancient reader, someone who lived during the time of the Bible, this explanation would have been quite clear. This explanation for the origin of demons has secure links in the biblical text, they just aren’t obvious-to us anyway. While I referenced the Dead Sea Scrolls above, don’t be misled. I’ll briefly sketch the idea below, but if you want all the serious data and high-browed scholarship behind it, you’ll have to read my book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. I’ll admit this is great fodder for Halloween, but I’m serious about that being the answer. I know what you’re thinking-Mike, you’re trying to freak us out because it’s Halloween season. There’s actually a straightforward answer to that question, but it’s likely one you’ve never heard of: In ancient Jewish texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls, demons are the disembodied spirits of dead Nephilim giants who perished at the time of the great flood. So if the Bible doesn’t record an ancient expulsion from heaven by hordes of angels who then became known as demons, where do demons come from? The idea of a primeval fall of angels actually comes from church tradition and the great English poet John Milton in his epic Paradise Lost. The only description of anything like that is in Revelation 12:9-but the occasion for that whole episode was the birth of the Messiah (Rev 12:4–6), an event long after Adam and Eve. ![]() But guess what? There’s no such story in the Bible. Christians typically assume that demons are fallen angels, cast from heaven with Satan (the Devil) right before the temptation of Adam and Eve. But most would be surprised to learn that there’s no verse in the Bible that explains where demons came from. Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn WhatsAppĮveryone familiar with the Bible knows it talks about angels and demons.
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