The Satan and Demons • Understand Evil Spiritual Beings in the Bible (Spiritual Beings Series Ep 4)

The storyline of the Bible presents a populated spiritual world, full of creatures who are in rebellion against their Creator, just like humans. For lots of fascinating reasons, our modern conceptions of the Satan and demons are based on serious misunderstandings of the Bible. So let’s go back to the book of Genesis and start over as we learn about the powers of spiritual evil in the story of the Bible.

Special thanks to Dr. Michael S. Heiser, author of “The Unseen Realm,” for script consulting on this series.

00:00 Introduction
00:10 The Bible's first portrait of evil
01:11 The snake in the Garden of Eden
02:11 How biblical authors talk about the Satan
03:11 The rebellion of demons
04:47 How demons work evil into the world
05:11 How Jesus viewed pain and suffering

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[Laughy-Flaaffy]

This is one of the most chilling animations you guys ever made. The fact that the Satan _“isn’t for anything, rather he’s anti-everything”_ is an important reminder that this entity wants to torment and kill you regardless of what you stand for. It doesn’t matter if you’re for him or against him. If you’re human then you’re an image bearer of God—you’re the Satan’s target to kill and destroy, both in your soul and body.

[mecapoonslayer]

Hey i just want to say that your videos got to me on a spiritual level and ive decided to become a Christian. I acsept jesus christ as my lord and savior and want to be saved. Thank you so much and god bless you.

[DreamSurferRelaxation]

I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life. ❤

[onbcvtd]

I am a new Christian, too. Well, I realized that even though I would tell myself that I was Christian but I was a luke warm Christian. I would hear scripture and my first thought was to question it without context and sometimes reject it. The older I get, the more I understand and the more I realize I was completely wrong. I have recently asked for forgiveness and genuinely asked Jesus to come into my life and for his Will to be done even if that means things happen in my life that I don't understand & that I may receive as negative but the I trust God & His plan for me. I asked He guide me so that my actions reflect His Will and to protect me from the adversary. I'm starting to actually read and comprehend Scripture in a way I've never done before & it gives me a peace I have never felt before. I feel physically & mentally lighter.

[danielferguson]

A good reminder to pray for our human enemies, that they may be freed as we have been freed; by, to and for Jesus.

[simplyyaeriee]

Humans: *exist*

Devil: *and I took that personally*

[MYchANNELisFLY]

“Working through lies to drag humans back into darkness”. This has to be the best definition and description I’ve ever heard 👊🏻👏🏻🔥

[bibleproject]

Most people familiar with the story of the Bible know that all of the tragic problems begin with the fateful story of Adam and Eve and the snake in the garden of Eden. But if we want to appreciate the whole biblical portrait of sin and death, we have to consider the entire series of rebellion stories in Genesis 1-11, the first main movement of the biblical story. Here we find a combined human and spiritual rebellion that comes in three waves, each story intensifying the fallout of the previous episode. The humans and the snake of Genesis 3 find their counterparts in Cain and Lamech (Genesis 4) and the rebel spiritual beings (the sons of God) in Genesis 6. Here we find the first human city, permeated with violence and sexual abuse that results in the birth of violent warrior kings who are part human, part spiritual being. These rebels live on in the mutant legacy of the Nephilim and their descendants, called “the Rephaim”: the spirits of these dead warriors who terrorize the living. These rebellions in Genesis 3-6 are then intensified in the story of Babylon, where humans exalt their city into the divine realm in the ultimate power grab, until they’re scattered by God. When Moses later reflects back on this story in Deuteronomy 4 and 32, we learn that Babylon wasn’t just a human initiative but intertwined with a spiritual rebellion among the sons of God. So then, these three waves of rebellion give us three categories of spiritual evil that map precisely onto the storyline of the New Testament. (1) The arch-rebel, who goes by many titles: “the satan” (the adversary; Mark 1:13); “the devil” (the slanderer; the evil one; the ruler of this world). (2) The rebel sons of God, who are called the “principalities and powers” by Jesus and the apostles (see Luke 22:53; Ephesians 3:10 and 6:12). (3) The evil spirits who terrorize humans, animating their vices and exploiting their mortal weakness (Mark 1:23-27, 5:1-13). These three types of spiritual rebels are confronted by Jesus in the Gospel narratives and are overpowered by his death and resurrection (John 12:31-32; Ephesians 1:20-21). And while these beings still hold sway over individuals and societies who are enslaved to their lies and social systems of exploitation (1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 12:9), Jesus is in the business of liberating people from their influence (Romans 8:38-39; 1 Peter 3:15-20). So then, the entire biblical story offers a robust and nuanced portrait of spiritual evil. It invites us to see that we’re all participants in systems of cosmic ruin, and that our only hope is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, who has opened the way into a liberated creation.

[savannahlevy]

He's not for anything. He's against everything.

[justme]

I need a 10 hour version of these videos 😭 They do such a good job explaining everything

[mantasmauricas]

We aren’t fighting against people but the thing controlling them. Wow if you look at this in such a spiritual way forgiving, loving and saying sorry become so much more as you know who your battle is against.

[sandyedwards]

I grew up in church and I’ve never ever heard this explained this way. WOW. This video is everything!

[Scrizot]

We battle not against flesh and blood but principalities. Layer upon layer of deceit from the enemy has misled this world. When our Savior returns, the real truth will be revealed

[JasonChowTV]

6mins? please make a 60mins version! i can watch this whole day

[anthonyashley]

Christian spirituality does not get enough credit. This brought me to tears. Thanks you so much. God bless you all!

[juris]

AMAZING!!! Jesus died not just to save us from eternal death but to set us free as well from the captives or influence of the enemy! I'm in awe!

[Strup]

I'm thinking of becoming a christian after being babtised as a baby and never going to church. Thanks for the video

[fxdrimt]

Thank you for the Korean subtitles and I'm very happy to have known God. May God bless you.

[bryanbajala]

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12