The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

a result of their pursuit or rejection of the destiny devised for them by their Maker. Destiny fulfillment relies on more than the performance of one’s call. Its success depends on equipment, training, and skills the person must identify, acquire, and refine to excel in what they were born to do. Destiny usually evidences itself by what a person not only does well but thrives on doing. It exceeds hobby by being the only solace, gratification, or enthusiasm a person receives or has for anything. What one is made to do is what gives value, merit, and meaning to their life. The destiny becomes a refuge and an outlet at the same time. The Bible links destiny without fail to prophecy, that is, the word of the Lord, which a person is predestined to live up to and pursue as his or her appointed destiny. All people born on the planet have a destiny that their choices and circumstances eventually reveals to them. Whether they answer its call is dependent upon their determination to explore and make the right choices. The alternative to one’s destiny is fate, that is, living life come what may and settling for what happens or is forced upon one by circumstances. Ephesians 1:5, 11. 375. Deva—A god. 376. Devas/Devi—The name for Hindu, and Buddhist, gods and goddesses. 377. Devils—The word given for the fallen angels of creation who rebelled against their Maker and presumed to overthrow heaven and its kingdom. Lucifer, who led the campaign, started a war that led to his, and his angels’, eviction from heaven and eternal banishment from the celestial spheres of God. At this point his name was changed from Lucifer, the Light-Bearer, or son of the morning, and he became the father of devils and lower spirits of darkness. Devils are superior to the demons who are their slaves. In contrast to the demons, devils are the actual powers and authorities in the sphere of darkness. The devils are the strategists that assign and dispatch demons. See Familiar Spirits. Demons in comparison are believed by some to be the hybrid offspring from the marriage of devils and human women. 378. Devil, the—The devil, Satan, is the prince of all these lower demonic deities. He was Lucifer, son of the morning, and the anointed cherub. See Isaiah 14:12; Ezekiel 28:14. The devil is how the dark heavenly spheres of God are exercised. Their powers impel their will upon the people of the earth. The devil’s chief manifestation is symbolized by the he-goat, especially the shaggy one, and