The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

they minister. Romans 12:3, 6; John 3:36; 1 Corinthians 12:1–11. 360. Deism—A) The belief in nature as religion. B) The contention that God is not involved in His creatures and that His creatures are not accountable to Him. 361. Deity—An impersonal term used to define a spiritual being worshipped as a god. 362. Delegated Authority—The right to exercise authority received from another whose authority is higher than their own. 363. Delegation—A) Ambassadors. B) A representative party or group of an organization, country, or a sovereign dispatched to a distant location to conduct business in its name. C) An assignment handed over to a subordinate by a superior. Luke 14:32 and 19:14; Joshua 9:4, 14:6, and 22:13; Judges 21:13; 2 Kings 2:19 and 18:18; Acts 12:20 (tlb). 364. Delphi—A) A word that means dolphin in the Greek. B) The center for oracles, divinatory utterances, and petitions for the ancient Greeks. A center for female prophets who receive prophecies for their countryman. C) A prophecy petition center. 365. Delphi Oracle—The term applied to the predictive and instructive responses received by ancient Greek worshippers of the Delphic religion, that is, the worship of dolphins as saviors, redeemers, and deities or as their transportation vehicles. 366. Delusion—Error in strategy and its effects of falsehood and mockery for the purposes of deception and seduction. 2 Thessalonians 2:11; Matthew 27:64; 1 John 4:6. 367. Demon—An unclean spirit with divine and inferior godlike status able to influence humanity and their affairs by bestowing fortunes on people or inflicting suffering upon them. Often became worshipped as a god or a goddess in ancient civilizations. These beings have their own treasury of fortunes that they distribute at will in return for worship and service. For example Christ’s temptation by Satan where he offered to give the Lord all the kingdoms of the world if the Savior would bow down and worship him. Demons differ from devils in that demons, aside from being accepted as an inferior god or goddess, are also referred to as “familiar spirits.” What this