The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

The belief that demons populate the earth and inflict human beings at will is dated as the spirits of light were venerated and desired over the spirits of darkness by the ancient world. Their polytheistic mind-set said there was no single great god that they knew of and anything and everything was or could potentially be a god. They only operated on the premise that there were gods in the heavens, gods in the earth, and gods beneath the earth. The ones they wanted they kept and served, using their slaves (demons) as needed. The gods they did not want they cast out, that is unless a person wanted to be inhabited by them to make use of their spiritual access to supernatural powers and authority. Yahweh upset this belief system and its errant practice by establishing Himself as the only true God, to which all His prophets attest. To prepare His disciples to receive His Holy Spirit and be totally converted to Him, the Lord Jesus cast out many devils, which knew Him and would have attempted to reveal Him before time. Using His authority as Creator and Sovereign Lord, He evicted the demons and devils (see both elsewhere) and paved the way for the soon-to-come indwelling Holy Spirit. Upon His ascension, He delegated the power and the command to continue the practice until He returned, admonishing us to do so in His name. Instead of merely a sort of musical chair exorcism, the Lord truly cast out the demons and suffered their re entry into a life no more. It was His true deliverance of the captives that angered His contemporaries so, as they were reaping great profit from the shuffling back and forth of the demons that they pretended to exorcise. 247. Castor and Pollux—Greek gods whose names mean “sons of Jupiter” or “the Zeus boys.” They were worshipped as the gods of horse tamers and boxers respectively. Acts 28:11. 248. Cat—A symbol of vigilance, sensuality, and transformation. Cats were and are still linked to women and blamed for their negative and malicious temperament, causing the word “catty” to characterize unpleasant, gossipy, and slanderous females. As with any feminine worship object, cats too are associated with lunar goddesses and were tutelary spirits. Black cats were feared as unlucky, while cats in general were often used in witchcraft as the embodiment of the devil himself. They were also felt to be vessels of demonic spirits or familiar spirits and used in satanic rituals and orgies. Cats are a famous pet of witches. 249. Categories of Service—The term given to the dimensions of service to which a prophet’s particular mantle may be predisposed.