The word of God, absolutely, knows more about the devil himself than anyone. After all, he was created by the word. Knowing fully well that the word of God is God himself.
Undisputably, he will know more about
the Devil than even the devil himself.
The book of Ephesians highlights the agents of the devil according to their rank. To be precise, Ephesians 6:12 states that …For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
That verse covers everything we need to know about the rank in Satanic kingdom.
The first rank and most powerful rank is
principalities. Then, power comes second.
The third one is the rulers of darkness. After which we have the spiritual host of wickedness. Those are the four senior rank officers in his kingdom. Any other demon you have in his kingdom are just ordinary agent.
No one should be surprised as to what is happening in the confine of the dark world. Satan is an imitator.
Whatever you see in the kingdom of God, there is every possibility that you will
see
the counterfeit within the devil’s confine.
God ranks his messengers in heaven. That is why we have the Arch angels — the likes of Michael and Gabriel —Cherubims and Seraphim and ordinary angels. It is after those highly ranked angels that God placed all other angels in Heaven.
Jehovah is an orderly being. In fact, the arrangement we have in his domain is enough to reveal the rate at which he cherishes orderliness.
After staying with him for good number of years, the devil knows about this wonderful act. So, it was easy for him to imitate such act.
Even though, we have not been to his meeting before, we can deduce from the passage that the highest rank he established for himself is the position of principalities.
This position can not be compared with the other positions. You can imagine the kind of demon that is place in such position if a lower rank demon contended with angel Gabriel and seized him down for twenty-one (21) days.
Mind you, from the story recorded in the book of Daniel 10:13…But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia…you will notice kings and prince were
mentioned.
These kings and prince are not the ones who ruled Persia; those ones Daniel mentioned are simply the demons that run
the affairs of the kingdom of Persia right from the atmospheric region of Persia without the knowledge of the Persia government.
No wonder Satan controls the world. He has kings, who are rulers of darkness, situated in every
nations of the world.
The demon that stopped angel Gabriel was not even a ruler — hope you can still remember the 3rd rank in the devil’s kingdom — he was just a demon position below the rulers of darkness. Consequently, he
must have been a spiritual host of wickedness, which is the 4th rank.
In conclusion, christians must not joke with the devil. He is not a being someone can easily confront without being prepared for serious war. As you’ve read, it was not demons in the first, second or third rank demon that dealt with angel Gabriel, who is second rank in Heaven; it was a fourth rank demon. So, take to the advice of apostle Paul below if you are serious about contending with the devil and his demons…
Ephesians 6:13-18…
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked one.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.
