The Rules of Engagement

The Rules of Engagement

Familiar spirits know your “hot spots.” They know which buttons to push. They know your weaknesses and strengths, likes and dislikes, passions and pet peeves, what gets you going, what upsets you, what distracts you, your desires, your ambitions—everything! Familiar spirits have three different assignments: Geographical assignments (Mark 5:1–10) Cultural assignments (Num. 33:50–55) Individual assignments (1 Sam. 28:3–9; 1 Chron. 10:13) To accomplish their goals and purpose, they can use: Animals (i.e., black cats, frogs) Talisman (any object or piece of clothing that witches and warlocks and other workers of the craft use to transfer spells and hexes) People whose lives are characterized by demonic/satanic alliances Familiar spirits act as informants to a larger network of demons who function as a kind of satanic intelligence. (See Daniel 11:30.) Their portfo lios include their roles as informants and council to Satan and other highly specialized principalities, powers, or rulers of the darkness of this world. I can imagine them reporting to satanic councils, bringing to the table infor mation that would be utilized in the designing of attacks and strongholds, and creating weapons of mass destruction designed to kill and destroy indi viduals, families, ministries, communities, and nations. Familiar spirits observe very strict protocols. Although they are not employed to attack, in addition to the aforementioned tasks, their job descrip tions would also include the examining of spiritual hedges of protection built around believers in an attempt to identify and locate perforations. Job 1:7–11 and 3:25 record examples of this activity. Fear created a perforation in Job’s hedge, thus allowing Satan to send in his agents to steal, kill, and destroy. In fulfilling their roles as counsel to Satan, high-ranking principalities, and powers, they offer suggestions to them as to how best to keep an indi vidual in bondage. In this instance, gatekeepers and doorkeepers would be employed to allow or prohibit access to an individual, family, community, 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

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