Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Belial 15 OT verses
· In the OT Always with sons of, children of, men of, man of , daughter of
· The same Hebrew word is translates as wicked and ungodly.
· 2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
· wicked one 5 NT verses
· the devil in 44 NT verses [the Devil Rev 12:9, 20:2]
· Belial associated with
Ø Deu 13:13 - worship false gods
Ø Jug 19:22 - sodomy
Ø 1Sam 1:16 - drunkenness
Ø 1Sa 2:12 - wicked priests
Ø 1Sa 10:27; 2Ch 13:7 - despising God’s chosen man
Ø 2Sa 23:6 Thorns [Jug 2:3 the nations left in the land] [Gen 3:16]
Ø 2Ch 13:7, 1Ki 21:13 - bearing false witness
Ø 2Co 6:15 Opposite of Christ
Baalim 18 OT verses: Baalim is the plural of Baal
Baal 52 OT verses {considered as the god of agriculture, control of the rain}
Beelzebub 7 NT verses, the prince or chief of the devils [Mat 12:24, Lk 11:15]
· same as Baalzebub 4 OT verses
· all in 2Kings 1 with god of Ekron, a chief city of the Philistines
· Zebub: (meaning to flit); a fly (especially one of a stinging nature):--fly. Dung god.
Baalberith 2 OT verses [Judg 8:33, 9:4]
· Berith: the sense of cutting, confederacy, passing between pieces of flesh [consider the old western movie term blood brothers].
***I believe all these are the names of Satan that hid his true identity from man, specifically the Jews.
· Isa 14:12 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!
· the devil in 44 NT verses {the Devil Rev 12:9, 20:2}
1Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
The Godhead {The plural God, Elohim Gen 1:1, 26}: 1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.{three the’s, three persons one God}
· Satan {Belial} mimics God: Lucifer name given by God: multitude of names.
· His, Baalim{plural}, names : Baal, Baalzebub, Baalberith,
gods 207 OT verses; devils in 4 OT verses and 44 NT {37 verses are in the gospels usually Jesus ruling over the devils}; a devil 13 N.T. verses
· the angels that followed Lucifer devils
De 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Ø Came up not made up, they were real beings
Ø gods they feared not [Deu 10:12, Ecc 12:13] the children of Israel did not want a God they were to fear.
· 1Ki 11:5 Ashtoreth, the goddess Zidonians
· 1Ki 11:5: Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
· 1Ki 11:7 Chemosh, the abomination of Moab,
· Le 18:21, 1Ki 11:7 Ammon: Molech,
· 1Sa 5:2 Philistines: Dagon,
· Jer 50:2 Babylon: Bel , Merodach
Note: God’s angels never accept worship from man or are called gods by man.
The fallen angels, Satan’s devils are called gods and seek worship from man in high places.
“high places” is in 89 OT verses:
· Only N.T. verse - Ephesians 6:12
· Lev 26: 30 First mention [Lev 26:14-30]
Misc verses
· De 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
· 2Sam 1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
· 2Ch 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
· Jer 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Ø Lien: a primitive root; lie with, ravish, attempt to reproduce with [Gen 6:2] spiritual fornication [Jer 3:6,13] [1Sam 2:12,22]
· Jer 19:5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
· Ps 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
· Eze 20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
· 1Co 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils
Ø Heb 13:15 offering worship due the Lord is sacrificing to devils
[Deu 32:9,12; Ps 18:3; Hab 3:19 Our “high places” is where God sets us] ]
Note: Isa 14:12-14