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Satan and evil spirits
will die!
Frank Borg & Steve
Jordan
1st April
2010
At the end of the one
thousand year reign of
Jesus Christ a fire will
be burn, the result of
which is recorded in
Malachi 4:1:
“For, behold, the day
cometh, that shall burn
as an oven; and all the
proud, yea, and all that
do wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day
that cometh shall burn
them up, saith the LORD
of hosts, that it shall
leave them neither root
nor branch.”
Notice that ALL the
proud and wicked shall
be as stubble! The word
“ALL” means “entire,
everything, everybody”.
Could this include Satan
and evil spirits/demons
as well as mankind?
“Surely not?!” you might
say. Did not Jesus
Christ say the following
in Luke 20:35-36:
“But those who are
counted worthy to attain
that age, and the
resurrection from the
dead neither marry nor
are given in marriage;
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.”
Here Christ did say that
spirits can neither die
nor marry. This is
correct. In their
spiritual state, spirits
cannot die. However, we
must review other
scriptures on this
subject to fully
understand the fate of
evil spirits.
On a Sabbath day in
Capernaum Jesus Christ
was teaching in a
synagogue and a man with
an unclean spirit cried
out saying:
“Let us alone! “What
have we to do with You,
Jesus of Nazareth? Did
you come to destroy
us? I know who
you are – the Holy One
of God!” (Mk. 1:24).
The word “destroy” could
also means “perish, die,
lose and mar” (Strongs
No G622). But can a
spirit being die? We
will answer this
question in this article
using the Word of God as
our source:
“Thou hast been in Eden
the garden of God; 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: the workmanship of
thy tabrets and of thy
pipes was prepared in
thee in the day that
thou wast created. Thou
art the anointed cherub
that covereth; 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. Thou
wast perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou
wast created, till
iniquity was found in
thee. By the multitude
of thy merchandise they
have filled the midst of
thee with violence, and
thou hast sinned:
therefore I will cast
thee as profane out of
the mountain of God: and
I WILL DESTROY THEE
[make thee to
perish], O covering
cherub, from the
midst of the stones of
fire. Thine heart was
lifted up because of thy
beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by
reason of thy
brightness: I will cast
thee to the ground, I
will lay thee before
kings, that they may
behold thee. Thou hast
defiled thy sanctuaries
by the multitude of
thine iniquities, by the
iniquity of thy traffick;
therefore will I
bring forth a fire from
the midst of thee, it
shall devour thee, and I
WILL BRING THEE TO ASHES
UPON THE EARTH in
the sight of all them
that behold thee. All
they that know thee
among the people shall
be astonished at thee:
thou shalt be a terror,
and NEVER SHALT THOU
BE ANY MORE”
(Ez. 28:13-19).
Is not the Word of God
so clear and straight
forward? Do not verses
16, 18 and 19
irrefutably state that
God will destroy Satan,
and bring him to ashes
so that he will no
longer exist? Notice
further regarding the
fate of the demons:
“But ye shall die
like men, and fall
like one of the princes”
(Ps. 82:7).
Scripture clearly
indicates that spirits
can in fact die!
Understand: In Genesis
18:1-8, 16-22 and
Genesis 19:1-13 there
are examples where
angels appear in the
flesh. We also know that
Christ, a Spirit being,
divested Himself of His
divinity and became
flesh. At the end of
Christ’s physical life,
He died and was placed
in the sepulcher. If God
the Father did not
resurrect Christ, He
would be no longer!
Similarly, could not God
change Satan and the
demons from spirit to
physical matter and end
their existence once and
for all? Absolutely!
Everything is possible
with God (Mk. 19:26),
and this is how
scriptures such as Ez.
28:16, 18-19, Ps. 82:7
and others can be
fulfilled! The fate of
Satan and his demons is
clearly stated in
the Word of God. As we
shall see, scripture
outlines that Satan and
his demons will be
thrown into the Lake of
fire which will destroy
them forever! Carefully
read the following two
scriptures:
“Then shall he say unto
them on the left-hand,
depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting
fire (Strong’s 166),
prepared for the devil
and his angels” (Mr.
24:41).
“And the devil that
deceived them was cast
into the Lake of Fire
and brimstone…and shall
be tormented day and
night forever and ever”
(Rev. 20:10).
When all the scriptures
on this subject are
placed together, it is
evident that the intent
of what is being stated
in Rev. 20:10 is that
the effects of the Lake
of fire will be eternal!
Satan the devil will
become ashes under the
feet of the righteous
(Mal. 4:3)!
Notice Rev 12:9:
“And the great dragon
was cast out, that old
serpent, called the
Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole
world: he was cast out
into the earth, and his
angels were cast out
with him.”
Why? Matthew 25:41:
“Then shall he say also
unto them on the left
hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels:”
Truly indeed, all the
proud and the wicked
including evil spirits
that rebelled with Satan
against God will be
changed into flesh and
will be devoured in the
Lake of fire to become
as ashes under the feet
of the righteous. How
truly wonderful is the
plan of God!
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