Last week, we talked about where demons come from.

This week, I want to talk about why they’re still here.

So demons are the spirits of the giants in the Old Testament. Most of them probably lived prior to the flood. But they all died, and when they did, their spirits didn’t leave this planet. God left them right here on the earth to act as spirits of affliction against mankind.

These are demons. The ghosts of giants.

God literally says in Enoch 16, “thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great ⌈judgement⌉.”

And by the way- I’ll show you today that the Bible backs this up 100%.

But hold up. Why do we have to deal with them? The giants and their spirits are irredeemably evil. They do nothing but cause problems. The flood was supposed to give us a fresh start. Why not just send them on down to h-e-double-hockey-sticks and we can be done with them?

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why the demons got left behind in the book of Enoch, as well as in our Bibles.

And not only that, it’s going to conclude our week-by-week journey through the Book of Enoch that we started in January.

So if you’re ready for that, turn to Matthew 18, and let’s get weird.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

3:25 - Basanizo

8:08 - Persons Without Bodies

16:45 - Enoch 16

22:20 - Types of Spirits

26:50 - Next Time

27:50 - Closing Thoughts

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Virtually all the theology books out there tell us: demons are fallen angels. This is the prevailing theory offered by most scholars, pastors and theologians today.

In GotQuestions.org's article titled “What Does the Bible Say about Demons?” The first four words are these: “Demons are fallen angels…”

And I love that website, but this is an area where I would disagree with them. But I bring that article up because that represents the conventional wisdom in modern times in the Western world. And it’s also what I believed most of my life. That when Satan rebelled against God, he took a third of the angels with him, and that these angels are the demons who make up his kingdom today- the same demons that Jesus was constantly casting out of people when He walked the earth 2,000 years ago.

The only problem is: the bible never says that. And that’s not what the ancient peoples believed. Don’t get me wrong: there is a Satan. There were indeed fallen angels. However, the ancient people- including the writers of the Bible- believed demons came from somewhere else.

In fact, by the end of today’s episode, you’ll see that Jesus Himself used an expression that tells us exactly where the demons came from- and we can prove from His own words that they are NOT fallen angels.

So why do people in modern times see things differently?

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why this contemporary theory is NOT in the Bible.

Turn to Genesis 6, and let’s get weird.

The GotQuestions.org article I referenced: https://www.gotquestions.org/demons-Bible.html

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

3:10 - The Genesis of the Giants

6:50 - Enoch 15

10:05 - The Genesis of the Demons

17:00 - Unclean Spirits

22:00 - What Does the Bible Say?

25:00 - Closing Thoughts

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I Corinthians 11 is one of those really weird passages of Scripture that I would say 90% of Christians just kind of try to ignore.

It’s probably the most out-of-place chapter in the entire New Testament. It feels very counter-cultural, extremely outdated, and not super relevant to anything in modern church practice.

It’s a section that even the most conservative, Biblically faithful modern churches like to pretend isn’t there.

I’m talking about the chapter where Paul talks about head coverings.

He tells us in

I Corinthians 11:5

every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head

What are you talking about, Paul? Where is this coming from? Is this just a cultural thing, or is it a literal command for all believers anywhere, anytime?

And what’s even more strange is Paul’s reason for this statement, which he gives in

Verse 10

That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Oh, ok then. Because of the angels. Great. Totally makes sense now.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, PAUL?

Turns out, he’s talking about the Watchers. Those dudes we’ve been reading about this year in our book of Enoch study. Why is Paul referring to them in this section about head coverings, though?

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible.

Turn to I Corinthians 11, and let’s get weird.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

3:05 - Revisiting this Odd Chapter

9:05 - Don’t Blur the Lines

18:10 - Ancient Pop Culture References

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