Satan, the Machine This chapter will be about Ezekiel 28, but first I Want to share something with you. Now, I necessarily do not agree with all the views of this author. In fact, this chapter is only the beginning. In the next chapter I will teach about the Nephilim, the watchers, and how they relate to what many reality shows are now trying to make money from. I am sure there are some serious and sincere people exploring paranormal activity, ghostly encounters, and things they cannot explain that go ‘bump in the night.’ That topic has become popular on television, but those people do not have a clue what they are dealing with and how they are being manipulated, even though it makes for good TV, I guess. However, part of this series explores what the watchers created with the daughters of men, who became the giants of the land prior to Noah’s flood, and the reason why the flood destroyed everyone except one family. Do you ever stop to think of the pressures that were on that family? Everything was destroyed; giants, humans, the animal world, everything was destroyed. In the world, there are legions upon legions, millions upon millions of demons. Many people like to classify demons as fallen angels, but I will show what the differences are. Satan and his band of evil spirits must be rejoicing because they have been classified incorrectly. Demons and fallen angels are different types of beings and Satan is a cherubim. You need to know the differences. Things that go ‘bump in the night’ are not necessarily fallen angels. Most of the time, evil spiritual beings that possess individuals are not fallen angels. They do not need to possess bodies because they have their own. However, there is a certain type of spiritual evil being that needs to possess other bodies, which we will explore in future chapters. There is much confusion about this topic mostly because of the Middle Ages and the classification of the different types of angels that happened around that period. For now, I want you to know that it is important to understand Satan and his evil forces. They are a serious thing to comprehend. Do not limit God through your own preconceived notions of what things ought to be. Once again, I necessarily do not agree with everything that this author says, but one thing this author has done for me is bring me to the point of understanding how little I do understand, especially about these unseen evil forces out to destroy us. They are powerful beings. We are no match for them, but we are more than conquerors if we reside in the blood of Jesus Christ. His blood is the great neutralizer, it is the key. You may wonder how this relates to Ephesians 6 and Spiritual Warfare. We are in verse 12 that reads, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, [the Greek has it reversed, blood and flesh] but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:11 describes Satan as a being with a multitude of methods or strategies against us. He is an intelligent being, far superior in intelligence than any of us. We are no match for him. At one time, before sin, I believe Adam was more than a match for Satan. Satan had to walk on hot coals for instance, even in his approach to Adam and Eve. If he tried a face-to-face confrontation with them, I think Adam and Eve were warned about Satan’s methods and strategies, so Satan had to sneak in and confuse them by possessing whatever the serpent was. I am sure the serpent was another unique being created by God that communicated verbally with the understanding of something that Eve had never heard before. And because of her lack of understanding, she felt that God was trying to hide something from her that would expose God for what He was. Satan convinced Eve that God was someone who was not truthful and had not fully disclosed to them all their possibilities, that they could be like God and not serve God. Now we could go on for hours trying to explain the garden story, but that is not the purpose of this chapter, which is to demonstrate what we are dealing with. And that is something so incredibly originally wonderful, but because of his pride and sin of wanting to be like God, and even greater than God, turned into an evil monster. If he could not have it his way, he would destroy everything that God created. That describes what we would call an evil heart. I do not know if Satan has a heart or not, but I do not believe he does. He was not built like us; he was not created like us, but he has some emotional factor that controls his spiritual being that makes him hate the way he does. Remember, Satan was a unique being created by God, and I am not too sure all cherubim are created equal because he was a chief cherubim. He was a strange looking creature. He was incredibly large with four wings and four faces among other attributes. Here, this author is writing about the transporting cherubim. He writes, “If Satan is a cherubim, he is four-faced. [You find that in Ezekiel.] Forgive the pun, but if Satan is a cherubim he is a strange looking creature; a being incredibly large with four wings and four faces. When the prophet Ezekiel began writing his book, he actually was an eyewitness to a cherubim. In fact, Ezekiel was called to be a prophet of Israel upon having his encounter with this cherubim. His detailed description of a cherubim is the best in scripture.” Go to Ezekiel 1:4. It says, “And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.” Ezekiel 1:13 goes on the say, “As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.” There have been many pictures by artists trying to paint this image on canvas. I do not think anybody could truly capture what a cherubim can be, what they can turn themselves into, and what they are truly like. I would not even know how to begin trying to describe that on canvas if I was an artist painting what a cherubim would look like and what their capabilities would be. Returning to Ezekiel 1:14 we read, “And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.” Verse 16, “The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.” A wheel in the middle of a wheel. How would you visual that? Some describe this as a UFO. Maybe, maybe not. Verse 18, “As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.” What four? The four faces? The four wings? I cannot even try to describe them. If anything, I probably would have fallen on my face out of fear if a cherubim approached me. It may even have the ability to change its features. Verse 22, “And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature [that was surrounding this cherubim] was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.” Verse 24, “And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.” Verse 26, “And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the stone was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of the loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.” What kind of creature are we dealing with here? We know Satan is a cherubim and not just any cherubim. He was the cherubim of cherubim’s. What kind of creature are we dealing with? Let us continue with the author: “The lower parts of the cherubim had wheels, wings, pillar-like extensions and fire with lightning. The upper parts of cherubim incorporated a transparent canopy and even contain seats or thrones.” Have you ever tried to imagine any of this before? That is why I said a few moments ago that artists’ renditions do not come close. “Today we associate all these features [The lower parts of cherubim having wheels, wings, pillar-like extensions, fire with lightning. The upper parts of cherubim having incorporated a transparent canopy and even contains seats or thrones] with machinery. More specifically they resemble a vehicle, a living piece of machinery. Centuries prior to Ezekiel, King David also was an eyewitness to this type of thing. He confirms that this was some sort of living vehicle. David confesses that at one time he was even rescued by a cherubim and transported by it. David writes, ‘And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:’” David wrote this in Psalms 18:10, “And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.” [Who? The cherub! The cherub shot out his arrows and scattered David’s enemies.] Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.” Returning to the author, we read, “If anything like this were seen today, it would without a doubt be classified as a UFO. [an unidentified flying object] Yet a cherubim is not just a vehicle, it has the ability to self-navigate, to sense danger, plan operations, and has the power to blast holes in the sea even through the seabed. Like Ezekiel, Daniel also saw the Lord transported by something presumed to be a cherubim. Daniel says in Daniel 7:9, ‘I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.’” Does that sound familiar? “his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.” “God himself transported by a cherub? Yet if Satan is a cherub, this means that Satan is some type of living machine. Even worse, he is a machine gone awry.” To say the least! Just think about it; Satan, the machine. I want you to expand your mind. I do not necessarily agree with everything said here, but the possibilities could be there. We think we know how God created a cherub; how God created Satan. We know some of his purposes for creating them. We know what Satan became and what he is trying to do with us, but what is a cherub and what is a cherubim? If you do not know, will that affect your salvation in any way? No, but this written in God’s Word to enlighten us; to give us more knowledge of what we are facing; and to be aware of how powerful these beings are. And so far I have just read to you about a cherub. I am not getting into others beings yet. I think Satan, being the chief cherubim, had the greatest power of all the angelic beings. Maybe his only match was Michael. If Michael was not that, he will eventually be given the power to bind Satan in chains and cast him into the pit or abyss for 1,000 years. But, can Satan be a living machine? Think about it! Some read the Bible and never ask any questions or rely on artistic renditions or what preachers preach about it. We are talking about the being itself. I am not talking about the spiritual evilness of that being and what he is trying to do with all his capabilities and power. I am talking about Satan, the machine! Could it be possible? This author states, “With the insight, the strange part of Ezekiel’s oracle to the king of Tyre [Zor as the Hebrews would say] begin to become logical.” Go to Ezekiel 28:13 and pay careful attention to its description. It reads, “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, [Not just a few, but every precious stone was thy covering.] the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold:” I remember back 30 to 40 years ago when the big IBM main frames were the only computers. Back then, it was considered the super computer, and I remember pulling out the cards of these individual devices. There were control units, the main-frame, tape drives, all kinds of peripherals that attached to the main frame of the computer. Big rooms full of computers. Now it has changed, but back then, information traveled quickly because the precious metal, gold, was used. It was not corrupted and was used for the processes of moving information from Point A to Point B. Satan had all those precious stones and then some -- topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, emerald, carbuncle, and gold just to name a few because he had every precious stone. This is just a small list described in Ezekiel 28:13. Verse 13 also says, “…the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.” Most often this is related back to just a vocal expression. That is why he is classified as a chief musician. Now Satan might have been the chief musician, but is that what this verse is really saying? Reading on to Ezekiel 28:14 we see, “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; [If you recall from the beginning chapters of this series, the ‘anointed cherub’ covered the Ark of the Covenant.] and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.” To end this chapter, this author states, “Ezekiel does say this covering cherub is made of these elements [these precious stones that he was covered with] and if Satan is technically one of these cherubim [which I believe he is] then a scenario begins to unfold. We may now be able to detect that Satan is not a bio-spiritual identity such as angels and demons appear to be, rather Satan and fellow cherubim, and perhaps even seraphim, seems to be….” To be continued… Copyright 2014 TeachingFaith Ministries Please email us at email@teachingfaith if this has encouraged and strengthened your faith. You can also find all the written spiritual warfare sermons at teachingfaith/spiritual-warfare-ebook. In 2 Corinthians 9:7 it reads, “God loveth a cheerful giver.” The Greek word for cheerful is Hilaros which means when someone is prompt to do something; they are ready in mind, with a joyful heart. In the Septuagint it also means to cause to shine. Today I am looking for Hilaros Givers who are ready and full of joy for the opportunity to cause others to shine by hearing, learning, and growing in God’s Word. Join with us today and participate as a Hilaros Giver. If you wish to participate use the following link teachingfaith/giving TeachingFaith
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