Hell is a Christian Hoax 44
ARE THESE THE "ANGELS" OF THE DEVIL IN
Matt. 25:41?
Bill said Jesus told him that hell was not made for MAN, but for "the devil and his angels."
What do the Scriptures say about the "Angels of the Devil?" What do the Scriptures tell us they look like? How would you know one if you saw one?
Get ready for the shock of your life. I will show you what Satan's angels look like, and who they are.
The creatures pictured above are but artists' renditions of what they think demons might look like. Several of them look like they could be brothers of Bill's demon, or maybe 3rd or 4th cousins, wadda ya think? Sorry, but I don't have any artists renditions of Bill's other hideously deformed animal monsters. If you really want to know who the Devil's angels are, and what they look like, we will find the answers only in the Scriptures.
It is ludicrous to think that such bizarre creatures as pictured above could deceive people by the billions. The Scriptures give us many examples of the things that deceive people, but nowhere do we find that people are deceived by such repugnant monsters as Bill says populate hell. Would you like to see just what things the Bible tells us can cause people to be deceived? Here are a few:
Trusting in good works (Luke 18:9-14): Wonderful works (Matt. 7:22)
Miracle workers (Rev. 13:14, 16:14 & 19:20)
Those who speak with enticing persuasive words (Col. 2:4)
Coming in the Name of Jesus (Matt. 24:5; Mark 13:3)
Saying that Christ IS the Christ (Luke 21:8)
Imposters claiming to be apostles of Christ (II Cor. 11:13)
Sorceries (use of drugs & medications) - Gk: 'pharmakeia' (Rev. 18:23)
Great signs and lying wonders (Matt. 24:24; II Thes. 2:9)
Cunning craftiness (adroitness, trickery) and sleight (fraud) (Eph. 4:14)
False doctrines (Eph. 4:14). - Like most people will burn for all eternity
Good words and fair speeches (Rom. 16:17)
Ministers of righteousness (II Cor. 11:15) And who do we think Satan uses to accomplish such deception as the twelve points mentioned above? Why Satan's angels; Satan's ministers of course:
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works" (II Cor. 11:14-15)
Do you really believe that "the whole world" (Rev. 12:9) including 2,000,000,000 Christians are deceived by these alien monsters as Bill describes? Do you really believe that millions of highly educated Christians, and highly educated non-Christians - doctors, engineers, scientists, artists, and scholars are deceived by such grotesque and repugnant creatures with "zero IQ's?" No, Satan's "ministers of righteousness" are anything but ugly and stupid. They will deceive you!
The Scriptures give us three categories of Agents of Satan the Devil:
MESSENGERS: Only once in Scripture do we read of "a messenger of Satan" (II Cor. 12:7). Messenger is here translated from Dr. Strong's #32 'angelos' which means: "a messenger, especially an angel, a pastor." Some Versions translate II Cor. 12:7 as "an angel of Satan" (Moffatt Translation); "an angel of Satan" (Emphatic Diaglott); "one of Satan's angels" (Phillip's Modern English New Testament). The Greek word 'angelos' has three meanings: "angel, messenger, and pastor." "Demon" is NOT a definition of angelos!
Of the hundreds and hundreds of different translations of the Scriptures, I know of none that translated the word "angelos" as "demon." And so we have conclusive proof from the Scriptures "the Devil's angels" are mortal men. The false prophet of Acts 13:6; the Pharisees whom Jesus called "children of the Wicked one" in Matt. 13:38; those Pharisees whom Jesus said had the Devil for their father in John 8:44; Satan's "ministers of righteousness" in II Cor. 11:14-15); are all human, mortal men, not spirits - despicable, disgusting, dirty, demons!
Now then, how many of my readers believe that Bill's demon pictured above, or the group of demons pictured above are "pastors" or "ministers of the gospel?" Probably none of you. An "angelos' is an "angel," a "messenger," or a "pastor." So now let's answer the question: Do the angels/messengers/pastors of the Devil look like, ( 1) evil, ugly, animalistic, spirit demons with Zero IQ's? or ( 2) non-descript, invisible spirits, or ( 3) pleasant-looking, mortal, humans? Nowhere in Scriptures do we ever find a description of demons as Bill presents in his book. Such creatures are fraudulent deceptions of carnal-minded deceivers.
Bible examples of physical mortal angels:
"And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers ( Heb: 'malak') , which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho" (Joshua 6:25)
Comment: It is not necessary to "hide" spirit angels which can appear and disappear at will. These were mortal men of Israel.
"And when the messengers of John were departed, He began to speak unto the people concerning John" (Lk. 7:24)
John's messengers were mortal men.
Bible example of God's heavenly spirit angels:
"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels ( Heb: 'malak') of God ascending and descending on it: (Gen. 28:12).
"Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels ( Gk: 'angelos') do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven" (Matt. 18:10).
Bill did not see one single beautiful or righteous creature in hell. All he describes where hideous and evil creatures, which he recognized as demons. And Bill thinks that these hideous demons are "the angels" of the Devil. How Bill equates spiders, rats, snakes and worms with "demons," I haven't a clue.
Truth is, Jesus never told Bill that the "everlasting ( Gk: 'eonian/age-abiding') fire" of Matt. 25:41 was not made for man (for humans). Jesus does not lie, neither does He contradict His Own Word. But Bill lies. We are going to see who the "angels" of the Devil really are, and they have absolutely nothing in common with the hideous and grotesque appearance of Bill's demons.
You need to seriously ask yourself whether such ugly monsters with a zero IQ could deceive you into thinking they are dispensers of righteousness, and thereby are able to "deceive the whole world" (Rev. 12:9-10).
Demons are invisible, therefore, neither Bill nor anyone has ever seen one.
Since demons are invisible, it is silly to teach that they look like reptilian men, or giant deformed animals, or any other physical creature.
There is Scriptural evidence for angels which have left their first commission, and which have sinned (Jude 1:6 & II Pet.2:4), but there is no such term as "fallen angels" in Scripture. You won't find the word "demon" in the King James Version. The Greek word translated "devils" in the King James is, daimon, and means "a demon or super natural spirit of a bad nature," Strong's Greek Dictionary). "Devils" should be translated "demons" seeing that there is only one Devil - Satan (Rev. 12:9).
Demons can think and they can speak with human voices, as witnessed by those cast out by Jesus and the apostles. There alone is proof that Bill's assertion that demons have "zero IQ" is a fabricated crock. No one has ever seen a real demon as they are spirit, and they are not visible. We are never told that we might on occasion entertain "demons unaware," as we might entertain angels (Heb. 3:2).
"Angels," however, can be either visible or invisible, and are often called "men." Sometimes they seem to be manifested as physical men (Acts 10:3 & 30 and Luke 24:4), but in reality they are actually spirit beings. Mortal men when used of God are called angels or messengers which, like all men, are destined to die. However, spirit angels in Heaven can never die:
"Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection" (Luke 20:36).
Heavenly angels are spirit and can never die, but are able at times to manifest themselves as if they were normal mortal men:
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Heb. 13:2).
It would be impossible to be "unaware" of a humanly manifested angel, except that they can manifest themselves without a hint of being supernatural.
But at other times the manifestation of an angel in the form of a man also radiates a supernatural glory that defies normal humans. In Matt. 28:1-4, the women said that "the Angel of the Lord descended from heaven.. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow." He told them to not fear, but in this same account in Mark 16:5-6, the women said that they saw "a young MAN...closed in a long white garment" who told them to not fear. So this angel was so radiant that it frightened the women, but yet they saw him as a "young MAN."
Therefore, "angels" can be ( 1) immortal spirits from God in Heaven, (as with the angel that was first invisible to Balaam, but then later was made visible, Num. 22:31), or ( 2) if needed, they can manifest themselves to appear as normal humans, but with a radiance that shows they are supernatural beings which are only taking on human form (See Judges 13:6), or ( 3) they can so perfectly make themselves visible and in human form so that anyone would be unaware that they are really angels from Heaven (See Heb. 13:2 above).
When mortal men are used in the capacity of an agent/messenger for God or any other authority. they are usually called in Hebrew, malak, translated "angel" 100+ times. All references to "angels" in the Old Testament are from the Hebrew #4397, 'malak' - whose definition is "a messenger (especially of God), that is, an angel (also, a prophet, priest or teacher): ambassador, angel, king, messenger" (Strong's Hebrew Dictionary).
"Malaks" can be invisible spirit angels, spirit angels manifested to appear as radiant, glowing men, spirit angels made to look like perfectly normal men with no supernatural radiance, or mortal men themselves are called "malak" when used in the capacity of a messenger.
Context usually dictates whether a "malak" is a spirit or a mortal man. When it appears that a spirit being sent from God is in view, malak is almost always translated "angel." However, when a mortal man is being used to convey a message from either God or a person of rank, malak is usually translated "messenger."
One exception is Malachi 3:1 where malak is translated, "My messenger..." with a lower case "m," while the second time we have, "...the Messenger of the covenant in Whom..." "Messenger" has a capital "M," and "Whom" has a capital "W," which might suggest that this Messenger is Jesus.