SpiritualBeings

Exploring the supernatural realm and non-human spiritual entities revealed through Scripture. This category examines angels, demons, Satan, and other celestial beings—their nature, origins, roles, and interaction with the material world and humanity. Includes studies on spiritual warfare, God's sovereignty over all spiritual powers, and how believers relate to and understand the invisible realm that surrounds us through faith in Christ.

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SpiritualBeings

Jinn or Fallen Spirits - What Islam and the Bible Teach About the Unseen

"And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire." — Qur'an 55:15 "And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day." — Jude

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6 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Part 2 - Ministering Spirits and Unseen War - What Angels Actually Do

Part 2 of two in the series Spiritual Beings: A Study of the Unseen Creation. Angels are not decorative. Scripture shows them withstood for twenty-one days by a spiritual prince over Persia, announcing the Incarnation to shepherds, sent out to serve the heirs of salvation, and gathered in myriads

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20 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Part 1 - Burning Ones and Four Faces - What Angels Actually Are

Part 1 of two in the series Spiritual Beings: A Study of the Unseen Creation. Ask most people what an angel looks like, and you get a woman in a white robe, or a baby with wings. Scripture describes something else entirely: six-winged creatures who cover their faces because

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11 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Spiritual Beings - A Series on the Unseen Creation

The Bible assumes a populated universe. Alongside the world we can see, Scripture describes an entire order of created beings — messengers, burning ones, living creatures, archangels, thrones, dominions, rulers and authorities — made by God, ranked under Him, and active in the affairs of both heaven and earth. This two-part

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1 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Where Did Demons Come From?

"For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment." — 2 Peter 2:4 (NASB95) Most people assume the Bible answers this question somewhere in the opening chapters: Satan fell, took a third

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6 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

The End of the Demons - Chains, the Abyss, and the Eternal Fire

"Have You come here to torment us before the time?" — Matthew 8:29 (NASB95) Read that question again, because the demons have given away more than they intended. They do not ask whether they will be tormented. They do not argue their case, protest their innocence, or dispute

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5 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Territorial Spirits - The Gods of the Nations and the Rulers and Powers

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." — Ephesians 6:12 (NASB95) Paul's list in Ephesians 6 is usually read as

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5 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

How Jesus Cast Out Demons

"What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him." — Mark 1:27 (NASB95) The crowd in the Capernaum synagogue was not amazed that a demon came out of a man. Exorcists were a known quantity in the first-century

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6 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Goat-Demons, Azazel, and Lilith - The Bible's Strange Words for Demons

"They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons, with which they play the harlot." — Leviticus 17:7 (NASB95) Scripture never gives a systematic definition of "demon." There is no verse that says a demon is a fallen angel who serves Satan — that formulation

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5 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

Even the Demons Believe

"You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder." — James 2:19 (NASB95) There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from knowing you have the doctrine right. You can state the gospel accurately. You can spot an error in someone

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5 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

The Fall of Satan - Origin of Evil

The existence of evil in a world created by a perfectly good, all-powerful God raises fundamental questions. While the Bible doesn’t provide a philosophical treatise on theodicy, it presents a consistent narrative about the origin of evil, offering both intellectual coherence and pastoral guidance.

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22 Min
By: Dedrick Wright

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