Angels and Spiritual Warfare

Angels

spiritual beings created by God to serve divine purposes

angelos

a Greek term meaning messenger

Creation timing of angels

created by God prior to humanity

Nature of angels

spiritual beings without physical bodies

Named angels

Michael and Gabriel

Roles of angels

messaging, protection, and opposition to evil

Demons

evil spiritual beings opposed to God

daimon

a Greek term referring to a spiritual being

Lucifer

the spiritual being associated with rebellion against God

ha Satan

the adversary or accuser

Demon origin

spiritual beings aligned in rebellion against God

Biblical demon language

a broad category describing multiple kinds of evil spirits

daimonizomai

being under demonic influence or oppression

Naturalistic Reductionism

the view that spiritual warfare language describes psychological or social phenomena

Supernatural Reductionism

the view that spiritual warfare focuses almost entirely on demonic activity

Spiritual Warfare

faithful resistance against spiritual evil

Four views on Spiritual Warfare

World systems model, Classical model, Ground level deliverance model, Strategic level deliverance model

World systems model

emphasis on social, political, and economic structures as spiritually influenced

Classical model

emphasis on personal spiritual conflict with demonic forces

Ground level deliverance model

emphasis on deliverance from demonic oppression

Strategic level deliverance model

emphasis on confronting territorial or hierarchical spiritual powers

Boyd association

ground level deliverance model