{"id":4911,"date":"2017-10-27T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2017-10-16T22:15:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T22:15:51","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#747474'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Spiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 2<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>October 27, 2017<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>It had been my intention after\nfinishing the Psalm 23 series to do a series on the Tabernacle of David, and\nmore specifically, the Key of David, but Holy Spirit prompted me to hold on\nthat for the moment because of the incredible demonic displays we are seeing in\nthis nation and around the world.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The\nviolence, the reverse racism of what we used to know 70 to 100 years ago, the\ngang mentality that has overtaken our society, the calling of that which we\nknow as evil, good, and that which we know as good, evil are all examples of a\nsociety, a nation and a world in the throes of Satanic fear.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>We are literally in the final days\nof an age where Satan has had free reign to purvey his evil.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He has run out of time and is terrified of\nwhat comes next.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He has done his best to\noverthrow the influence of the Gospel in this nation and is failing!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>What we are seeing are his last ditch efforts\nto defeat the Kingdom of God and the rulership of the Lord Jesus Christ.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Because the authority to defeat him with\nabsolute finality has been given to the people of God, it is critically\nimportant that we, as God's people and as the Bride of Christ, exercise the\ndominion given to us.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In order to do\nthat, we absolutely MUST know who we are in Christ, and who He is in us.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is time for God's people to subdue this\nenemy, NOW!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Satan\u2019s\npurpose from day One has been to steal those heavens from the Lord and use them\nto torment the people of God.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nmay seem rather academic, but you\u2019ll notice that Satan is NEVER referred to as\n\u201cthe King of this present world.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus\nalways refers to him in the lower sense as an <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>archon<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>prince.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The more accurate translation of that Greek\nword would be \u201cmagistrate.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>A magistrate\nhas permission to exercise power and authority within certain proscribed boundaries.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Let\u2019s\ntake this discussion the next step.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We\nknow from Paul\u2019s letter to Timothy that Jesus Christ has the title \u201cKing of\nKings.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(See I Timothy 6:15)<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In fact, three times in the New Testament,\nJesus is referred to as \u201cKing of Kings and Lord of Lords.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>This may be completely academic, but who are\nthe \u201ckings\u201d He is King of?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Revelation 1:4-6<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'>Grace <i>be<\/i> unto you, and peace, from him which is, and\nwhich was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before\nhis throne; And from Jesus Christ, <i>who is<\/i> the faithful witness, <i>and<\/i>\nthe first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto\nhim that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, <u>And hath\nmade us kings and priests unto God and his Father<\/u>; to him <i>be<\/i> glory\nand dominion forever and ever. Amen.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Revelation 5:9-10<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'>And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the\nbook, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us\nto God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; <u>And\nhast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.<\/u><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>That\nbeing the case, where do we stand in the hierarchy of Heaven?<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>As kings, princes are subject to us.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Go back to David\u2019s statement in the Psalms:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Psalm 115:16<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>\u201cThe\nheaven, <i>even<\/i> the heavens, <i>are<\/i> the LORD\u2019S: but the earth hath He\ngiven to the children of men.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nearth hath He given to the children of men!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>That\u2019s US!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Stop\nand consider once again the legal concept of the first heaven, the second\nheaven, and the third heaven.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We know\nfrom both from Genesis 7:21-23 and Peter\u2019s second epistle (II Peter 3:5-6) that\nthe first heaven and first earth perished.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>In terms of the time frame for this event, it took place AFTER Adam\u2019s\nfall and eviction from the Garden of Eden.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>It took place AFTER Satan was cast into the earth.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>With\nNoah and his family began the second heaven and second earth.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That is the heaven and earth that presently\nexist.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It exists within a proscribed\ntime frame which has an end date:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><b><u>II Peter 3:10-13<\/u><\/b>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>But the day of the\nLord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass\naway with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the\nearth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><i>Seeing<\/i> then <i>that<\/i> all these\nthings shall be dissolved, what manner <i>of persons<\/i> ought ye to be in <i>all<\/i>\nholy conversation and godliness,<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Looking\nfor and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on\nfire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Nevertheless we, according to his promise,\nlook for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Revelation 21:1<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>And\nI saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>(<\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>protos<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>: <\/span><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>foremost, present, former<\/span><\/u><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>) <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>heaven\nand the first <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>(<\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>protos<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>: <\/span><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>foremost, present, former<\/span><\/u><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt'>) <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>earth were passed away; and there\nwas no more sea.<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Why\nmake this point again?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Because Jesus\nthree times described Satan as the \u201cprince of \u201cthis present arrangement of the\nworld.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He\u2019s not a king.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>His power only operates as men and women give\nhim that right.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Sin gives him a right to\noperate \u2013 and even then there are limitations to that right.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>All\nof the \u201cprincipalities and powers, the world rulers of darkness and those who\npractice and exercise spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies\u201d are totally under\nour dominion.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They have no authority\nwhich even measures up to that which we\u2019ve been given.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nare the ones to whom the earth has been given.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Satan\u2019s only sphere of operation is \u201cthe air.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In fact, here\u2019s how Jesus put it to the\ndisciples when He sent them out to preach the Kingdom:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Luke 10:17-20 (NASB)<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'>The seventy returned with joy, saying, \u201cLord, even the demons\nare subject to us in Your name.\u201d And He said to them, \u201cI was watching Satan\nfall from heaven like lightning. \u201cBehold, I have given you authority to tread\non serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing\nwill injure you. \u201cNevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are\nsubject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.\u201d<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Some\nof our English translations read <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>\u201cBehold I give unto\nyou power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the\nenemy.\u201d <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#A50021'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The problem is that\nyou have two distinctly different words translated \u201cpower.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Greek text uses the word <b><i><span\nstyle='color:navy'>exousia <\/span><\/i><\/b>(authority, right, permission) in the\nfirst instance and <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>dunamis<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(force,\npower, might, ability) in the second.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Satan\nis never identified as having <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>exousia<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>anywhere in\nScripture.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He has <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>dunamis<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>but not\nauthority.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That is something we have,\nand we have the responsibility to deprive Satan of his power, to diminish it in\nevery instance where we see it operating.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Demonic\nprinces are under our authority.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Demonic\nmagistrates are under our authority.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Demonic foot soldiers are under our authority.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Satan himself is regarded \u2013 legally \u2013 as\nbeing under our feet.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Psalm 110:1-3<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>The\nLORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies\nthy footstool.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The LORD shall send the\nrod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Thy people <i>shall be<\/i> willing in the day\nof thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou\nhast the dew of thy youth.<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Hebrews 10:12-14<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>But\nthis man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins <span class=SpellE>for\never<\/span>, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till\nhis enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for\never them that are sanctified.<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\u201cThe\nLord shall send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s us, folks!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Zion.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>The Bride!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are expected to\nmake Jesus\u2019 enemies His footstool \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re going to do!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Before\nwe launch into the next phase of this discussion, let\u2019s refresh our memories on\nthe levels of hierarchy in the spirit realm as Paul laid them out in Ephesians\n6.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Ephesians 6:12<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>For\nwe wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against <u>principalities<\/u> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>(<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>arch\u00e9<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>), against <u>powers<\/u> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:red'>(<\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>exousia<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>), <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>against the <u>rulers\nof the darkness of this world<\/u><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> (<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>kosmokrator<\/span><\/i>),\n<\/b><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>against\n<u>spiritual wickedness<\/u> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>(<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>pneumatikos\/poneria<\/span><\/i><\/b>)\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>in<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> high places.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>Each\nof these levels are defined in the Greek text like this:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>Arch\u00e9<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>A head or a chief; first; creator,\ninitiator; it means a causal beginning or act; origin; <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>Arch\u00e9<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>means: extremity or\noutermost point, rule, authority, dominion; the verb form <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>(<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>arch<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"WL LatinAllIn1Cour\";color:#002060'>o<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"WL LatinAllIn1Cour\";color:#002060'>\u00f4<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>)<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>denotes being\nfirst, or to rule.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>E<i>xousia<\/i><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Permission, authority, right, liberty,\npower to do anything;<b> <\/b><\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>Exousia<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>denotes executive\npower, while<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>\n<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>arch\u00e9<\/span><\/i><span style='color:#002060'> <\/span><\/b><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>represents the\ndelegated authority representing that power.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>Exousia<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>means:\nit is allowed; one can; it is permitted; denying the presence of some\nhindrance.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>K<i>osmokrator<\/i><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Contraction of <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>kosmos<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(order of world)\nand <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>kratos<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(power\nor authority); this word is used almost exclusively to describe demonic powers\nwhich rule or hold authority over certain parts of the world, i.e., a lord of\n[certain or specific] darkness.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>Pneumatikos\/poneria<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>There are two forms\nof the word <\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>pneumatikos<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> \u2013 both of which\nhave the root <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>(<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>pneuma<\/span><\/i>: <\/b><\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>for wind or spirit): <u>the first\nform<\/u> denoting a person under the influence or control of sin and its\npropensities; and <u>the second<\/u> describing a spiritual man or woman\nassisted by the Holy Spirit to perform supernatural acts.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>Pneumatikos<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>is differentiated\nfrom<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>psuchikos<\/span><\/i> <\/b><\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(soulishness, soulish control,\nsoulish behavior).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nsecond word used in this Greek phrase is <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>poneria<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>which is derived\nfrom<span style='color:#002060'> <\/span><\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:#002060'>poneros<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(a malicious\nperson), and identifies one who is not only evil, but expresses his malice in\nsuch a way as to affect or influence or control the behavior and\/or activities\nof others.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\nGreek phrase utilizing these two words is usually translated \u201cspiritual\nwickedness\u201d (in [<\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>epouranios<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>] high places), but that translation misses\nthe fact that Paul is describing spiritual forces at work in [usually]\npolitical or governmental places, operating through individuals to maliciously\nalter their lives or their thoughts and activities in such a way as to prevent\nthem from operating in, from and out of the Kingdom of God.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>How do these spiritual forces work?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Once\nagain, it is important to note that although demonic authority was often\nexercised in earthly kings, at no time did Jesus ever describe these\n\u201cprincipalities\u201d as kings.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Satan, who is\nthe principal authority in the realm of the demonic, is only described as \u201cthe\nprince of this world\u201d or \u2013 more specifically \u2013 \u201cthe prince of the power of the\nair.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(See John 12:31 and Ephesians\n2:2).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>By\ncomparison, we are defined as \u201cKings and Priests\u201d (Revelation 1:6 and 5:10) or\nas \u201cKings\u201d and \u201cLords\u201d \u2013 Jesus being our \u201cKing of Kings and Lord of Lords\u201d (See\nI Timothy 6:15 and Revelation 17:14).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Among\nthe list of earthly kings in describing the realms of power through which\ndemonic princes were operating, we see the following: Balak (King of Moab),\nAgag (King of Amalek), both Hadad and Ben-Hadad (Kings of Syria), Goliath (the\nChampion of Gath and the Philistines), Shalmaneser (King of Assyria), and the\nKing of Babylon.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nare given no name of the king of Babylon, but both Isaiah and Ezekiel describe\nLucifer in his fallen state as Satan, the Accuser, as operating through the\nking of Babylon.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Beyond\nthese, we have named in Scripture the Prince of Persia, the Prince of Tyre (or\nTyrus), the Prince of Egypt, the Prince of Meshech and Tubal, and the Prince of\nGreece (or Grecia).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Finally,\nwe have Beelzebub, who is named as \u201cthe prince of devils\u201d (or more properly\ndemons).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>These\nare the demonic powers that are specifically enumerated according to the term\nthat Paul used in Ephesians 6 <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Gourmand\",\"serif\"'>-- <b><i><span style='color:#002060'>arch\u00e9<\/span><\/i> <\/b>\u2013\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>but as\nyou begin to see and understand the kinds of demonic activity described\nthroughout the Word it becomes abundantly clear that there are many, many\nothers whose activities are camouflaged so as not to be quite so readily\nvisible.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nis not my objective to make this an exhaustive study of each demonic prince but\nrather to deal with some broad areas of spiritual bondage as they relate to\nsome of these princes, and to help us as believers in being able to confront\nand destroy the chains that have held so many in captivity.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>I\nhave personally found it fascinating that the names of each of these kings \u2013\nBalak, Hadad, Agag, etc. \u2013 are the names of certain gods or deities in the\nCanaanite and Babylonian pantheon.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Thus,\nBalak is the name of a demon \u2013 his name translates to \u201cWaster.\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The root for his name in Hebrew means: to\nannihilate.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We can relate this to\nIsaiah\u2019s prophecy in Isaiah 54:16 where God says, \u201cI have created the waster to\ndestroy.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Agag\u2019s\nname is \u201cFire,\u201d and it means: to burn with a hot flame.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Hadad\u2019s\nname was the common name for a Canaanite demon, and the name means: fierce; to\ncut with a sharp instrument, severe.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\naddition of the prefix \u201cBen\u201d making the name Ben-Hadad simply added \u201cson of\u201d or\n\u201cdescended from\u201d; i.e., progeny, child of.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>&nbsp;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Next\nweek, we will take a look at the activities and descriptions of these demonic\nprinces, their witchcraft and manipulation and how they sought to overthrow\nGod's plan, purpose and destiny for His people, Israel, as well as how they are\noperating today to defeat believers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>&nbsp;<\/span><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For those of you who\u2019ve been participating in\nour Monday night Healing Prayer Conference Call, we just want to let you know\nthat beginning with the month of July and continuing until the first Monday\nnight in October, we will be taking a break for the summer.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ve found during the past three years of\ndoing this call that participation during the summer months drops significantly\nbecause of folks taking their vacations, and being involved in other\nactivities.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That said, we will resume\nour prayer calls on Monday night, October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our\nSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about\n10:45AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings\navailable by Skype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish to\nparticipate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is regner.capener.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>B<b>lessings\non you!<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n<div 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