Evil Angels- Identification

Question 1

Evil Angels- Origin #1

Answer 1

Demons are spirits of wicked deceased people

Question 2

Demons are spirits of wicked deceased people- 1

Answer 2

Parapsychologists- Paranormal activity is associated with certain people as a result of “negative energy”.

Question 3

Spirits of the dead- 1

Answer 3

Roam the earth because they have “unfinished business”

Question 4

Critique #1- 1

Answer 4

The only spirits that have any activity on earth as seen in Scripture is that of holy and unholy angels.

Question 5

Spirits of the deceased location- 1

Answer 5

Either in heaven or hell- they are not free to roam the earth.

Question 6

Necromancy- 1

Answer 6

OT law demands the death of those who practice necromancy

Question 7

Evil Angels- Origin #2

Answer 7

Demons are the disembodied spirits of a race who lived before the creation of Adam.

Question 8

Emery Bancroft- 2

Answer 8

Before the creation of Adam and Eve, a race of people on the earth were ruled by Lucifer. When he rebelled, so did the earth.

Question 9

Bancroft- What do demons seek?- 2

Answer 9

They seek the bodies of men and endeavour to use them as their own.

Question 10

Critique #2- 2

Answer 10

Scripture does not hint that there was another race of beings.
- Adam declared to be the first human
-Possess bodies: Unless God gives them permission to function outside of the invisible realm, they cannot.
- Restrictions, they desire to possess physical bodies to have more activity in the physical world.

Question 11

Main influence of demons- 2

Answer 11

Putting thoughts in human minds. God allows this if the person allows it (seeking power)

Question 12

Evil Angels- Origin #3

Answer 12

Demons are the offspring of the sons of God and the daughters of men as described in Genesis 6:1-4.

Question 13

“Sons of God”- 3

Answer 13

Angels who lusted after women. The offspring was unholy (Nephilim), the spirits of these mongrels roam earth today.

Question 14

Support for view 3- 3

Answer 14

• Jesus preached to the spirits from Noah’s day who are in prisons (1 Peter 3:19, 20)
• Angels confined to dungeons for punishment, just as the people of Noah’s day were punished in a similar manner (2 Peter 2:4,5)
• “Pursuing strange flesh” (Jude 6)
• Similarities between the people of Sodom and the angels lusting after women

Question 15

Critique #3- 3

Answer 15

-Angels are non-material beings, they would need physical bodies to impregnate a female (this power can only come from God)
- Angels are sexless, no gender, no physical body, no sexual urges or need to procreate
- Neither passages refer to Genesis 6:1-4
- Jude 6, no indication of sexual impropriety, left their God-given function

Question 16

Evil Angels- Origin #4- 4

Answer 16

Demons are fallen angels who rebelled with Satan.

Question 17

“Prince of demons”- 4

Answer 17

Their leader is a fallen angel, they are of the same nature as him

Question 18

Rank of angels- 4

Answer 18

Suggests that holy angels are of the same essence as demons. Little difference between demons and fallen angels

Question 19

CONCLUSION- 4

Answer 19

God created all angels to be holy, sinless creatures, but at an unknown time, Satan coaxed some of the angels to follow him in a rebellion against God. Primarily based on Revelation 12:7-12.