The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

Adam and his kingdom, so these filthy demonic creatures serve a like purpose and function in the spheres of man. Although lost and doomed, their hybrid hero-like creatures decide the family’s totem objects, source, and means of spirituality and worship. Other aspects of their definitions further allude to their being the source of deformities and human diseases passed on down the line. The writers of the gospels uphold this view, as there are definite differences between the effects of devils over demons, as pictured in Scripture. Devils are spiritual rulers, princes, and archons. Demons, on the other hand, are familial spirits peculiarly tied to the genealogy of those they oppress or possess which are enslaved to them. When studied closely, one finds that devils were hardly ever the source of physical maladies, deformities, or disease, but the demons invariably were, according to the Word of God. References to the devil, or devils, indicate their roles and effects to be much higher, more stratospheric and strategic. Familiar spirits are represented as the powers that govern and determine national and societal affairs more than the individual and tribal ones. These, the Lord’s teachings clearly tell us, remain under the local and more terrestrial domains of the demons. A New Testament example of these creatures in operation is Acts 13:8–11, which records Paul’s conflict with Elymas the sorcerer. Paul called the wizard a child of the devil, which was to say how he inherited his wizardry. See Devil, Ancestral Worship, Teraphim, and Generation Spirits. 503. Family—A) The word originally belonged to the aristocrat who sought to distinguish those born to his line from the offspring of the commoner or peasants. It was initially meant to define the “high born” or the “noble born.” B) Another word for family is a tribe, clan, or sort. A household with its residents, staff, and possessions. See Numbers 1:5–16 for wider prophetic application. The term family broadly includes the idea of a household and its possession. C) More intimately, families exist for the comfort, fellowship, and communion of their membership, which constitutes the body and perpetuity of the progenitor and reflects the spiritual force that covenanted with him. The word as initially adopted was to reflect a progenitor’s place and power in a society, and most importantly, his special status with the spiritual powers of creation. The latter was especially critical, as it decided the resultant family’s wealth, status, and influence in the world. The family name was vital to its explanation and the history of its origin and lineage. Recording and rehearsing