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How can someone be thrown from Heaven multiple times? And have a body and name change after the first time? How could Lucifer go from being beautiful, the choir director, to Satan a dragon-like demonic entity? Even a simpler question like ‘Where is God?’ Now this is a very simple question that we can’t answer. Sure we can say ‘In Heaven’, but that then only opens up the question of, ‘Where is Heaven?’ Doesn’t that bother you that you don’t have an answer? What the sun? I mean it came first right? But doesn’t scripture blatantly contradict that? Doesn’t any of this bother anyone else or are we just searching too deep?

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Are Demons Real?

It seems like the older we get, the more we believe that the spiritual realm and the supernatural are just fairy tales. We become more and more skeptical of testimonies of the spiritual world, especially in terms of belief in demons, which is even taboo in the church. We’ve become desensitized to everything that we can’t see, hear, or touch. Though many don’t believe in demons, many have no other choice but to, because they actually see them. In today’s world seeing demons is seen as a mental illness, and many are actually hospitalized for being able to. Many even question if demons are even in the Bible. Many believe that demons aren’t real, they’re just misunderstood ghosts. Join ArieRashelle as she strives to answer the question, Are Demons Real?

Deuteronomy 32:17
Psalms 106:37
Matthew 7:22
Revelation 18:2
1 Corinthians 10:20-21
1 Timothy 4:1
Acts 17:8
Matthew 9:32-33
Mark 9:17-18
Mark 1:34
Luke 8:30-33
Mark 16:17
1 Timothy 4:1-3
Revelation 12:9
Genesis 3:1
Mark 5:6-13

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Demons In The Bible

  • Demonized/Casting Out Demons in the Bible
    • Matthew 4:24
    • Matthew 8:15-17
    • Matthew 8:28-32
    • Matthew 9:34
    • Luke 4:41
    • Luke 8:2
    • Luke 9:1
  • Characteristics of Demons in the Bible
    • Matthew 12:43-44
    • Mark 3:11
    • Luke 8:29
    • James 2:19
  • Demons Linked to Unclean Spirits in the Bible
    • Mark 6:7-9; Luke 9:1-3
    • Revelation 16:13-14

Fun Facts

  • Demons are only mentioned in the Old Testament twice. We see entities that are translated as goat demons, but that is actually the Hebrew word se’irim’. Whereas the word demon is the Hebrew word sedim. They are two completely different words, with different meanings.
  • 1/3 of Jesus’ ministry was casting out demons. Everywhere He went He casted out demons, whether it was in the Synagogue or out in the fields.
  • After casting out a demon in front of the Pharisees, Jesus said, “the Kingdom of God has come.” Before then, Jesus quieted everyone and told them not to tell anyone. In fact even His first miracle, turning water into wine, Jesus said His time hadn’t yet come. Even before that miracle, Jesus (as well as John the Baptist) preached that the Kingdom of God is at hand, but when casting out the demons, Jesus said “the Kingdom of God has come.”
    • Matthew 3:1-2
    • Matthew 4:17
    • Matthew 12:22-32
    • Luke 11:20
  • During the End Times after the Sixth Trumpet is blown, many people are killed by plagues, but the interesting thing is what John reveals is their response, “20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.” (Revelation 9:20-21) They refused to give up worshiping demons. The worship of demons will be one of the greatest downfalls of humanity in the Last Days.
  • According to Paul, teachings of demons are 1 Timothy 4:1-5, ” Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. “ The teachings of demons will be forwarded by liars who don’t have a conscience, forbid marriage, and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving. Just think about that…

Testimonials

A Woman with Epilepsy

While working with the homeless, we met a woman who suffered from epilepsy since the age of 16 (she is now in her 40s). It wasn’t even that we just heard that she suffered from epilepsy, but we witnessed it every time we saw her, which was at least once a week. She had prescription medication that she had been on for over 30 years. During one visit she just kept having seizure after seizure after seizure. Celia decided enough was enough and we needed to help her, so Celia laid hands on her and started casting out a demon. As Celia and Kenny were praying and casting out the demon out of the woman, Arie was walking around the perimeter of the camp when she felt something light on the outside of the camp, a good presence trying to get into the camp but couldn’t. As she began to feel that presence get stronger, Celia and Kenny continued to pray and cast out the demon, when they saw the woman’s facial features begin to change. She began growling and becoming more animal-like. After a few more minutes of prayer the demon left the woman, and she stopped seizing and her facial features returned to normal. It’s now been almost two years, and the woman has not had a seizure since.

Arie’s First Encounter with a Demon

Arie was born with the ability to see, hear, and feel what others may not be able to. From a young age, she was able to see the unseen spiritual realm. Once when she 4 or 5, she was lying in bed, and a spirit entered the room. Its height was about the height of an average man, it was slender, had a long round white/grey face, and had a suit on. As it walked towards her side of the bed, as her older sister Britni was asleep on the other side, it began to speak to her. “I’m your dad. It’s okay, I’m your father. I’m your dad.” Once the adrenaline from fear finally kicked in, Arie screamed for her dad, Kenny, which only made the entity try to convince her more. Once Kenny walked into the room, the entity disappeared. Arie has never seen the entity since, but to this day, she still subconsciously sleeps in the center of the bed out of a subconscious fear of it returning.

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Who Is Lucifer?

Are Satan and Lucifer the same? Where did Satan come from? Where did Lucifer come from? Why is this being tied to the adversary of the Church, but never spoken of again by name? There has to be more to his story. He laid the nations low. He tried to make himself like God. So why don’t we know more about him? Join us as we search through scripture to find some answers as we ask the question, Who Is Lucifer?

Isaiah 14:12-15
Revelation 9:11
Revelation 12:7-9
Exodus 12:23

Who Is Lucifer?

Difference Between Satan and Lucifer

Satan and Lucifer: Lucifer

12 How you are fallen from heaven, [Lucifer], son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ 15 But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.

Isaiah 14:12-15

Satan and Lucifer: Satan

7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 12:7-12

Summing up Satan and Lucifer

To sum things up, we believe that Lucifer is the fallen angel known as Abaddon and Apollyon, as well as the entity referred to as The Destroyer in Exodus 12. He once laid the nations low and was worshiped by many. He said in his heart he would ascend above the stars of God, he would sit in the mount of assembly, he would ascend above the heights of the clouds, and he would become like the Most-High. But now, he is locked away in the bottomless pit until the final days when he is prophesied to be released on Earth once again. We’ll get into his role in the End Times in a video coming soon. This leaves us with the impression that he is a worse enemy to God than Satan because Satan is still on Earth, free to do as he pleases. Lucifer, however, is not. He is locked away until the time comes and the key to his freedom comes down from Heaven.

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The Creation Story Pt. 3: The Order of Creation

Jesus is the light and life. The Word of the LORD is light and life. What was the light created on Day One?

God created creation in a specific order, but why? Why would God wait until day 4 to create the sun? Why are there three heavens? What is the responsibility of man? What is the light God spoke into being on Day One recorded in Genesis 1:1-5? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he unpacks the answers to all of these questions and more in the third part of the Creation Story, The Order of Creation.

Genesis 1:1-31
Isaiah 24:10
Isaiah 34:10-11
Isaiah 45:18
1 John 1:5
Proverbs 6:23a
Psalms 27:1a
1 Timothy 6:16
Isaiah 9:2
2 Corinthians 12:2-3
Job 38:7
Psalms 84:11a
Malachi 4:2a
Matthew 4:16
John 3:19
Isaiah 60:19

More Verses On the Order of Creation: The Light

Psalms 27:1
Psalms 43:3
Psalms 56:13
Psalms 119:105
Proverbs 6:23
Isaiah 9:2
Matthew 5:14-15
John 8:12
Ephesians 5:8
1 Thessalonians 5:5
1 Timothy 6:16
James 1:17

More Verses On the Order of Creation: The Dark

Psalms 88:12
Matthew 6:23
Luke 22:53
John 3:19-20
Romans 1:21
Romans 13:12
2 Corinthians 6:14

The Order of Creation

God created everything in a specific order. Why?

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Genesis 1:1-5

God created heaven and earth before He created anything else. Why? Why didn’t He created the sun first? Why did He wait for day 4 to create the sun?

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Genesis 1:14-19

What’s so special about the order of Creation?

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The Creation Story Pt. 2: The Creation of Man

God created man in His own image. After He found no mate for the man He had created, God created woman. If God created man and woman, when did they evolve? Where does evolution play in the creation of man? And why was woman created from man? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the truth behind the creation of man in the second part of his, The Creation Story series.

Genesis 2:1-4
Genesis 1:1
Hebrews 2:6-8
Genesis 2:19
Genesis 2:7
Genesis 2:21-22
Genesis 2:24

Just to clarify, the word Heavens in Genesis 1:1 is not actually a plural word when going back to the Hebrew. We firmly believe that only the Third Heaven (and Earth) was created at the time Genesis 1:1 is referring to, not the other two heavens discussed in the video above.

The Creation of Man

Science teaches us that man evolved out of apes. But is that what God has told us?

The Creation Story: God first created man

5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 2:5-7

The Creation Story: Then God created woman

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Genesis 2:18-22

Then They Became One Flesh

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 2:24

According to Scripture, man did not evolve. He was created in the image of God. If Scripture does not support evolution, then evolution cannot be deemed true. Instead, it is a lie sold to us by the enemy. We did not evolve, we were created. Formed by the creator Himself.

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The Creation Story Pt. 1: How Old Is The Earth?

We all know Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” But do we all know what that means? Do we understand what Moses meant when he said, “3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3). Or maybe when he said, “6 And God said, ‘Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ 7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.” How about evolution, is it fact or fiction? How old is the Earth? Does the Bible even say how old the earth is? Why did Moses say ‘evening then morning,’ if there was no sun? So, join Rev. Kenny Yates as he uncovers the truth behind the Creation Story in part one, How Old Is The Earth, of his four-part series, The Creation Story.

Hebrews 10:1
Colossians 2:16-17
Deuteronomy 19:15
Psalms 90:4
2 Peter 3:8
Psalms 95:10-11
Hebrews 3:7-11
Revelation 20:1-6

How Old is the Earth?

Does the Bible really say how old the earth is? The Bible starts with the words in the beginning.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

If the Bible starts with, in the beginning, then wouldn’t it make sense that the Bible gives us the age of the earth?

7 But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 Peter 3:7-9

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The Beasts of the Field

In Genesis 3, God compares Satan’s intelligence to that of the Beasts of the Field. Why? Throughout history, we’re told of mythological creatures such as centaurs, satyrs, minotaurs, etc. Many people hear about these mythological creatures and think that they’re just all make-believe. But what if they’re not? What if there is more to these mythological creatures? What if there are mythological creatures in the Bible? What if Satan being called a dragon is more than what it seems? Crazy? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the Truth in her video, The Beasts of The Field.

Genesis 3:1
Hebrews 2:6-8
Deuteronomy 28:26
Isaiah 18:6
Genesis 2:18-20
Revelation 12:9
Matthew 18:10
John 3:14-15
Numbers 21:8
Isaiah 6:2
Job 1:6-7
Revelation 12:7-8
Genesis 6:1-2
Jude 1:6
Luke 3:38
1 Peter 5:8
Revelation 12:10
Genesis 2:18-19
Isaiah 34:14
Genesis 1:26
Isaiah 13:21
Revelation 13:2-4
Revelation 18:2
Deuteronomy 32:17
Genesis 1:1
Psalms 82:1-7
Matthew 25:46
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
Matthew 19:17
Luke 23:39-43

The Beasts of the Field

Satan Compared to a Beast of the Field

If Satan is an angel and the beasts of the field are just animals, why did God compare his intelligence to an animal?

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

Genesis 3:1a

Mythological Creatures in the Bible

Satan Called a Dragon

If Satan is an angel, why is he never referred to as such? Why is he referred to as a dragon or a serpent (which are beasts of the field)?

7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:7-9

The beasts of the field aren’t animals, they are supernatural beings created on earth. That’s why they were brought to the man when God saw he was lonely.

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

Genesis 2:18-19

Satan isn’t an angel. He is a beast of the field.

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From Lucifer to Satan

As Christians, we have been taught from a young age that Lucifer and Satan are one being. Lucifer was the choir director in Heaven. Throughout his body were musical pipes, but then pride was found in him, due to miraculous beauty. Lucifer was then thrown down to the Earth before the Earth was even formed, which resulted in the Earth being left in Chaos.

Once thrown down, he became known as the Devil and Satan, vowing to destroy all of mankind. But is this the true origin of Satan? Did he really fall before the Earth was even formed? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the truth.

Ezekiel 28:12-14
Isaiah 14:12
Revelation 12:9
Ezekiel 10:14
Ezekiel 10:20-22
Genesis 1:16
Revelation 9:1
Ezekiel 28:15
John 8:44
Isaiah 14:13-14
Revelation 12:4-6
Ephesians 5:22-27
Revelation 19:13-16
John 1:14
Matthew 2:13-15
Ezekiel 28:18-19
1 Peter 5:8
Isaiah 14:15
Revelation 20:3

Verses on Lucifer and Satan

Lucifer

His Sin

12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

Isaiah 14:12-14
His Punishment

15 But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.

Isaiah 14:15

Lucifer’s sin was that he desired to be like God, whereas Satan’s sin was that he tried to kill God.

Satan

His Sin

1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.

5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. 7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,

Revelation 12:1-7
His Punishment

8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:8-9

The Anointed Guardian Cherub

The Sin

14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. 16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.

Ezekiel 28:14-17
The Punishment

18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you.

Ezekiel 28:18

Lucifer, Satan, and the Anointed Guardian Cherub Table

Lucifer, Satan, and the Anointed Guardian Cherub are three different beings for several reasons, but specifically, because their sins and their punishments were very different. One was thrown to earth, another to the pit, and the last was destroyed (turned to ash).

Picture describing difference between Lucifer, Satan, and Anointed Guardian Cherub

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Sheol

We’ve often heard that the dead go to a special place, but what exactly is that place? When Jesus died and went into the belly of the Earth, was that place Hell? What is the difference between Hell and this Old Testament term, Sheol? Is there even a difference? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through both Old Testament and New Testament to find the answers, in her video Sheol.

Acts 17:11
Matthew 5:22
Genesis 37:35
2 Corinthians 5:8
Luke 16:22-23
Luke 16:25-28
Mark 9:43-48
Revelation 19:20
Revelation 20:14
Matthew 12:40
Revelation 20:11-15
Ephesians 4:8
Revelation 6:9-11
2 Corinthians 5:8
Matthew 16:25
John 14:1-4

Sheol

8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

Psalms 139:8

39 But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”

Matthew 12:39-41

22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s [bosom]. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’

Luke 16:22-24

13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:13-15

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