The fallen angels are those who have rebelled against the Lord of whom satan is the leading rebel and chief prince. One third of all of the Lord's created angels are of this persuasion. [Revelation 12:3-9]
Satan and a selected number of these angels will play a central role together in his strategy to replace the Lord's rule, specifically over the earth, and to project satan's influence of deception and destruction toward humans. [Jude 1:6]
Leading fallen angels are often referred to as a "prince" [principality] ruling over an assigned dominion or geographical organization (city/state, country, nation, empire) of humans and their kings. [Daniel 9:26; 10:1-20; Ezekiel 38:2]
A fallen angel can also be described as a beast when associated with the direct possession of humans. [Revelation 9:11, 11:7, 13:1, 13:11, 16:13, 17:8, 17:11, 19:20]
This allows for the angel to gain a visible presence in the material world. The angel can then be seen and experienced by other humans.
These angels should not be confused with the description of the four "animal" beasts used that identify four successive dominions and related king positions in Daniel's visions. [Daniel 7]
Satan is referred to as the "chief" (head) angelic prince in Ezekiel 38 and this title designates him as the leader of all other fallen angels. The Lord addresses him as gog of the land of Magog.
Another example is Abaddon-Apollyon, the beast of Revelation 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 19, who is the angelic prince that is to come". He will personally possess and incarnate the little horn, human king of the northern Middle East, seen in Daniel's visions at the time of the end. [Daniel 8:9; 8:23-25; 11:36-45; 12:7]
There will also be another of satan's angelic agents who is called the false prophet. This fallen angel will manifest himself by possessing two human religious cult leaders and both will lead humans to worship Abaddon-Apollyon. [Revelation 13:11]
Abaddon-Apollyon was active as satan's angelic beast ruling over subordinated angelic princes like those of Assyria, neo-Babylon, Persia, and Grecia in the ancient Middle East. These are all part of satan's system of government to rule over the earth as the god of this world. [Daniel 10]
His name in Hebrew means the "destroyer" and he is king of the abyss ruling over the other fallen angels who have been confined there with him. These will be released to participate in the Lord's judgment of the earth at the time of the end.
There are three significant groupings of the fallen angels. Those imprisoned in the abyss, those bound at the Euphrates River, and those that are free.
Abaddon-Apollyon and the abyss angels inhabited the pre-Adamite earth. These angels are the same who then later interacted with human women during the millennium before the flood. [Genesis 6:1-7; 2Peter 3:5-6; Jude 6:1]
They were captured and sent to the abyss during the Lord's judgment of the world with a flood in Noah's day. The abyss is a place where He has reserved them for the coming day of judgment at the end of this present age.
Abaddon-Apollyon was allowed to continue his involvement of the re-populated earth after the flood with other free angles who were subordinated to him for the purpose of ruling over human dominions and their kings. [Revelation 17:8-11]
All of the fallen angels are subordinated to satan who is their god and he has been and is still free to interact currently with humanity on a more limited basis.
When a Middle Eastern empire fell in the past the associated subordinate angels of that empire were captured and bound at the Euphrates River.
Once captured and imprisoned, these angels cannot interact with humans or the earth. Both the abyss and Euphrates angels will be released upon the earth during the Lord's judgment at the end of this present age. [Revelation 9]
Abaddon-Apollyon and all angels subordinated to him during the post-flood period were imprisoned before the beginning of the first century.
This included angels like the prince of Persia and the prince of Grecia who ruled over the human kings of these ancient empires.
Abaddon-Apollyon was sent to the abyss to join the pre-Adamite, pre-deluvian angels. The other post-flood subordinate angels were captured and are currently bound at the Euphrates River.
Satan and all of the other free angels continued to interact with humanity after the first century began, and they still do, but at a much more limited level. The Lord sent His holy spirit to produce a level of restraint against this angelic activity.
This restraining influence is still in effect today. Satan and the free angels continue to be held in check, but conditions will change when the Lord reduces this function of His holy spirit during His coming period of wrath upon the earth. [2Thessalonians 2:3-6]
Satan and the free angels still influence humans regarding one's thoughts, motivations, and related behavior even though they are not allowed to interact directly at this time.
The human will has to be open to their suggestions which generally target the area of separating one from a correct relationship with the Lord. There are numerous methods of deception and other tactics used by them to this end including false prophets and false teachers of professing christianity.
Human failures should be attributed to one's fallen condition and not necessarily the result of fallen angelic involvement. At the same time they will take advantage of human weakness to gain a foot hold and to deceive.
Satan's objective under his current limitation is to keep humans from finding out the truth about the Lord and their own fallen state. He also attempts to frustrate and disrupt one who has returned to a correct saving relationship.
Satan directs and influences his angels to do the same thing and their involvement is limited to the same extent. There are accounts reported and claimed by humans of demonic possession, visible sightings, habitations, and related.
One should question these accounts as to whether they are actual experiences or fabrications of those who report and or are subjected to them. The Biblical record of this type of direct satanic involvement since the Lord's restraint was activated is scant.
When satan and the fallen angels are released and cast to the earth their access to the heavenly dimensions will be closed, a good measure of restraint against them will be removed, and humans will be subjected to their direct contact and interaction.
They will all move about the earth with little restraint and will do satan's bidding during the coming tribulation period. [Revelation 9]
The Lord will use them as part of His judgment process of an unbelieving world of humans and then they will all ultimately be destroyed in the lake of fire. [Jude 1:6]
The primary focus of Bible prophecy is the Middle East. Satan's initial influence and control over the northern geographical sector of the fertile crescent after the flood included the land of Magog and then the subsequent Akkadian\Assyrian Empire.
Next were the human empires of neo-Babylon, Persia, and the northern portion of Alexander's Grecian Empire.
Satan will have the same influence and control over two additional consecutive dominions in the Middle East that are still in the future. [Daniel 2:31-45; 7:7; 11:36-45; Revelation 12; 13; 17]
The sixth will be the basis for forming the expanded seventh and last phase of human domination on the earth which will be replaced by the earthly kingdom that the Lord will rule for 1,000 years.
Abaddon-Apollyon, the false prophet, and all of the other fallen angels will be removed from the earth and destroyed in the lake of fire at the end of the coming tribulation period. [Revelation 19:20]
Satan will then be sent to the abyss for 1,000 years and released to deceive the nations again after which he will also be destroyed in the lake of fire. [Revelation 20:1-3, 20:7-10].
Satan and a selected number of these angels will play a central role together in his strategy to replace the Lord's rule, specifically over the earth, and to project satan's influence of deception and destruction toward humans. [Jude 1:6]
Leading fallen angels are often referred to as a "prince" [principality] ruling over an assigned dominion or geographical organization (city/state, country, nation, empire) of humans and their kings. [Daniel 9:26; 10:1-20; Ezekiel 38:2]
A fallen angel can also be described as a beast when associated with the direct possession of humans. [Revelation 9:11, 11:7, 13:1, 13:11, 16:13, 17:8, 17:11, 19:20]
This allows for the angel to gain a visible presence in the material world. The angel can then be seen and experienced by other humans.
These angels should not be confused with the description of the four "animal" beasts used that identify four successive dominions and related king positions in Daniel's visions. [Daniel 7]
Satan is referred to as the "chief" (head) angelic prince in Ezekiel 38 and this title designates him as the leader of all other fallen angels. The Lord addresses him as gog of the land of Magog.
Another example is Abaddon-Apollyon, the beast of Revelation 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 19, who is the angelic prince that is to come". He will personally possess and incarnate the little horn, human king of the northern Middle East, seen in Daniel's visions at the time of the end. [Daniel 8:9; 8:23-25; 11:36-45; 12:7]
There will also be another of satan's angelic agents who is called the false prophet. This fallen angel will manifest himself by possessing two human religious cult leaders and both will lead humans to worship Abaddon-Apollyon. [Revelation 13:11]
Abaddon-Apollyon was active as satan's angelic beast ruling over subordinated angelic princes like those of Assyria, neo-Babylon, Persia, and Grecia in the ancient Middle East. These are all part of satan's system of government to rule over the earth as the god of this world. [Daniel 10]
His name in Hebrew means the "destroyer" and he is king of the abyss ruling over the other fallen angels who have been confined there with him. These will be released to participate in the Lord's judgment of the earth at the time of the end.
There are three significant groupings of the fallen angels. Those imprisoned in the abyss, those bound at the Euphrates River, and those that are free.
Abaddon-Apollyon and the abyss angels inhabited the pre-Adamite earth. These angels are the same who then later interacted with human women during the millennium before the flood. [Genesis 6:1-7; 2Peter 3:5-6; Jude 6:1]
They were captured and sent to the abyss during the Lord's judgment of the world with a flood in Noah's day. The abyss is a place where He has reserved them for the coming day of judgment at the end of this present age.
Abaddon-Apollyon was allowed to continue his involvement of the re-populated earth after the flood with other free angles who were subordinated to him for the purpose of ruling over human dominions and their kings. [Revelation 17:8-11]
All of the fallen angels are subordinated to satan who is their god and he has been and is still free to interact currently with humanity on a more limited basis.
When a Middle Eastern empire fell in the past the associated subordinate angels of that empire were captured and bound at the Euphrates River.
Once captured and imprisoned, these angels cannot interact with humans or the earth. Both the abyss and Euphrates angels will be released upon the earth during the Lord's judgment at the end of this present age. [Revelation 9]
Abaddon-Apollyon and all angels subordinated to him during the post-flood period were imprisoned before the beginning of the first century.
This included angels like the prince of Persia and the prince of Grecia who ruled over the human kings of these ancient empires.
Abaddon-Apollyon was sent to the abyss to join the pre-Adamite, pre-deluvian angels. The other post-flood subordinate angels were captured and are currently bound at the Euphrates River.
Satan and all of the other free angels continued to interact with humanity after the first century began, and they still do, but at a much more limited level. The Lord sent His holy spirit to produce a level of restraint against this angelic activity.
This restraining influence is still in effect today. Satan and the free angels continue to be held in check, but conditions will change when the Lord reduces this function of His holy spirit during His coming period of wrath upon the earth. [2Thessalonians 2:3-6]
Satan and the free angels still influence humans regarding one's thoughts, motivations, and related behavior even though they are not allowed to interact directly at this time.
The human will has to be open to their suggestions which generally target the area of separating one from a correct relationship with the Lord. There are numerous methods of deception and other tactics used by them to this end including false prophets and false teachers of professing christianity.
Human failures should be attributed to one's fallen condition and not necessarily the result of fallen angelic involvement. At the same time they will take advantage of human weakness to gain a foot hold and to deceive.
Satan's objective under his current limitation is to keep humans from finding out the truth about the Lord and their own fallen state. He also attempts to frustrate and disrupt one who has returned to a correct saving relationship.
Satan directs and influences his angels to do the same thing and their involvement is limited to the same extent. There are accounts reported and claimed by humans of demonic possession, visible sightings, habitations, and related.
One should question these accounts as to whether they are actual experiences or fabrications of those who report and or are subjected to them. The Biblical record of this type of direct satanic involvement since the Lord's restraint was activated is scant.
When satan and the fallen angels are released and cast to the earth their access to the heavenly dimensions will be closed, a good measure of restraint against them will be removed, and humans will be subjected to their direct contact and interaction.
They will all move about the earth with little restraint and will do satan's bidding during the coming tribulation period. [Revelation 9]
The Lord will use them as part of His judgment process of an unbelieving world of humans and then they will all ultimately be destroyed in the lake of fire. [Jude 1:6]
The primary focus of Bible prophecy is the Middle East. Satan's initial influence and control over the northern geographical sector of the fertile crescent after the flood included the land of Magog and then the subsequent Akkadian\Assyrian Empire.
Next were the human empires of neo-Babylon, Persia, and the northern portion of Alexander's Grecian Empire.
Satan will have the same influence and control over two additional consecutive dominions in the Middle East that are still in the future. [Daniel 2:31-45; 7:7; 11:36-45; Revelation 12; 13; 17]
The sixth will be the basis for forming the expanded seventh and last phase of human domination on the earth which will be replaced by the earthly kingdom that the Lord will rule for 1,000 years.
Abaddon-Apollyon, the false prophet, and all of the other fallen angels will be removed from the earth and destroyed in the lake of fire at the end of the coming tribulation period. [Revelation 19:20]
Satan will then be sent to the abyss for 1,000 years and released to deceive the nations again after which he will also be destroyed in the lake of fire. [Revelation 20:1-3, 20:7-10].
