Meditation July 2025 – Chapter Nineteen – Where Did the Devil Come From?
Before we get into the discussion about how we are to confront these alien demonic forces, perhaps it is appropriate to understand where they came from and where they are going. With this knowledge, we get a bit better perspective of where we stand in the overall scheme of things when we enter into conflict with them. The Bible gives us two accounts of the origin of the devil.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? (Isaiah 14:12-17)