(Demonology) Lucifer the Leader — Willie Mullan

I think that these are all the necessary announcements and we're starting on our new theme this evening demonology. And I cannot honestly tell you how many weeks we shall be continuing. I would think a great many.

And in the course of these lectures on demonology we're going to pick up the old cult and voodoo and spiritism and black magic and white magic and a dozen other items in between. And all the time we'll be keeping our nose in the book.

I'm wise enough to know that if you start to talk about the devil and his army and agents and you rummage in the book you're defeated before you begin. So everything that we are going to talk about we shall find it in this book and I trust that my pastor Michael will gather with us.

It's good to see such a company this evening. But as I look down at this great, vast, packed audience this evening I see every child of God and it doesn't matter whether you're brethren or duchess or Methodist or Presbyterian or Episcopalian no matter what flag you fly.

Spiritual Warfare and the Army of the Lord

If you're born again if you're washed in the blood of the Lamb then you're one of the soldiers of the Lord. And I see you as a part of the great army of the Lord the salvation army no other name for it.

Not talking about boys blowing giggles. I'm talking about men and women who are saying if you're a soldier in the salvation army it's the army of the Lord. The Lord hath chosen you to be a soldier. And I want you to get this that we're taught in this book that we're to war our good water and it doesn't mean that we're to fight with the Roman Catholics.

We're not talking about that kind of silly warfare. We're talking about a spiritual warfare. The army of the Lord has to war a good spiritual warfare. And you know the weapons of our warfare. This book says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

You don't run about with a gun in your pocket. You know the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of these strongholds of Satan. And not only are we in a mighty army and we're to war a mighty warfare and we have got mighty weapons but we're going to learn in the weeks that lie ahead if God will that we move against our mighty foe.

I don't suppose that there are many of us in this great company this evening who know everything there is to know about the foe that we move against continually. But we're going to expose this foe and going to look at how he works his organization and the ranks and all that he aims to do against the people of this land.

Lucifer as the Leader of Satan’s Kingdom

And as we start demonology tonight we're going to take a good bath of the might of looking at Lucifer himself who is the leader of this mighty foe. And we're commencing the Bible reading in Ezekiel 28.

Please the prophecy of Ezekiel. Chapter 28. And the Lord is talking to this old prophet Ezekiel. And remember he's talking to him hundreds of years before Christ was born. And in chapter 28 this is what he said to him.

The word of the Lord came again unto me saying son of man. That's what the Lord always called Ezekiel. He always called him son of man. Say unto the prince of Tyrus. And of course you know where Tyrus was.

It's the old ancient name for Tyre. You know where Tyre and Sidon is on the map right up the west coast of Palestine in the north west there where the Mediterranean sea locks in on those beautiful sands.

I remember standing there looking at it one day. So the Lord's talking to Ezekiel and saying son of man say unto the prince of Tyrus. Thus says the Lord God because thine heart is lifted up and thou hast said I am God.

I sit in the feet of God in the midst of the sea. Yet thou art a man and not God though thou set thine heart at the heart of God behold thou art wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that they can hide from thee.

For this prince of Tyrus will be great character. You know he was just a man. It's true he was a man but you know he had got right up into this position of power until he almost thought he was God. Sometimes as I see some of them squinting about on the TV I think they think they're there.

Mr. Wilson almost thinks he's the whole cheese and Mr. Heath he thinks he's the whole cheese too. And I think Enoch has gone off his nut. They're all together. I mustn't get along that line too much as I might bring one or two in that might upset you.

They're all big fellas. Well this prince of Tyrus he was a character just like that. He thought he was everything that there was and he was a wise man. All right. God admits he was even wiser than Daniel.

Now there was a prince of Tyrus. But when you come down the chapter God tells Ezekiel to talk to another man. Verse 11. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying son of man take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus.

Now you'll notice in the first ten verses it's all about the prince of Tyrus. Now history tells us ordinary secular history and in this class remember there are several historians who are going through history at Queen's and they know more about history than I'll ever know.

So I've got to go very carefully. They know and I don't know but I'm too cute to make any mistakes. You know secular history tells us that at the time of Ezekiel there was a prince of Tyrus but there was no king of Tyrus.

Now if God's telling Ezekiel to talk to the king of Tyrus and there is no king. What's God getting about? But you'll very soon find out that when you read about this king that he's not an ordinary man at all.

Let's read about it first and then you'll get the idea son of man. Verse 12. Take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus and say unto him love saith the Lord God thou seest up the sun full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

You see this character that God's talking about and talking to he was the son total of wisdom and beauty. You'll never see the light of this again. Some of you are good looking as I look down from here but your head's as light as a duster.

I've seen women you know with lovely faces but there seems to be an empty space inside somewhere. And then you know you see fellows who have all the wisdom of the day and God help us what cases they are to look at.

But this is the sort of son total this character. Thou seest up the sun full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been an Aden the garden of God. Oh you would have enough savvy even there is a hole in your head.

You would have enough savvy to know that the king of Tyrus if we're talking about the human was never an Aden the garden of God. You thought him over. He wouldn't need to pass the 11 plus to know that you would sort of gather that up just quickly on your own.

Sometimes God when he's speaking to Satan he doesn't speak directly to him face to face. Oh there are many times when he does. In fact we were looking at one on Sunday night when God said to Satan the Lord will give you peace.

And he was speaking directly face to face as one of the reasons I know that Satan is a personality because you can talk to him. Sometimes when God is speaking to Satan he speaks indirectly. He uses another.

You know Satan got into Peter and Peter came and took the Lord. That's what it says took the Lord and reduced him. And I don't fully understand what it means when it says he took the Lord. I think with Kimber Morgan that he took the Lord aside fancy Peter taking the Lord aside taking him over a wee bit out of the crowd and reducing him, selling him off.

Sometimes when the devil's in you you would do things like that the Lord used to look at him and say get, be behind me Satan. He was speaking indirectly. So he's speaking indirectly again using this figure the King of Titans.

But I think that you'll find out that there's no problem here when you look at this very carefully now I want you to get this bit. God says to Lord God thou seest that the Son full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

You know this Lucifer as we've gone to find in the moment as his name when God made him he was full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. Now let me get this over to you. He was never in Eden the garden of God in that fashion.

Oh no he was the fallen creature when we saw him in Eden. Because we've got to be very careful with Eden. You know you know that some of our troops were for a long time in Eden. Some of the boys here served in Eden.

And they came a day when the British lost Eden for good. I hope. And that's what you call Britain's Eden. Because the Eden that your mind jumps to is what's called Adam's Eden. That was Adam's Eden. But this is God's Eden.

The Primal Eden and the Gap Between Genesis 1 and 2

You see when God made the heavens and the earth in the beginning God made the heavens and the earth and this whole earth. You see all these planets were thrown into space. And you know something about this solar system of ours how wonderful it is and how all the planets go round the sun and they're there once a year on time every time.

And then of course there's another solar system outside ours and there's 10 ,000 more outside that. But the Lord God made this gigantic solar system. It says the Lord made the heavens and the earth just took this sweet planet of ours out and separated it on its own because he made it the garden of God and he put Satan into it to look after us all.

He was full of wisdom he was perfect in beauty and he was enough primal in being the four Adam's Eden altogether. Because you'll find that if you're a good reader you'll read the first verse of Genesis.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the second verse reads like this. And the earth was without form and void. Not that God didn't make it like that. Something happened between the first and second verses.

Actually it says in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and the earth became without form and void. That word was as the word became. You see this old Lucifer that was placed over this garden of God.

He rebelled and God left him just let him stand. And if you belong to Queen's University and some of the biologists or genealogists or geologists or whateverologist it is they try to tell you that this world is millions and millions and millions and millions of years.

It's perfectly true. That's not what it is. You know between the first verse and the second one of Genesis there's a gap. And it may be a gap of millions and millions and millions of years. Because I'll tell you when the devil took it over and we'll see him taking it over in a minute.

God just turned it upside down and left him in the dark. And there's nobody knows how long he was in the dark. The great Dr. Barnhart says he must have stood in the dark biting his fingernails for millions of years.

He could do nothing about it. He can't create light. You know. And when God had given him a dose of mercy then one day God came round to let him know he wasn't finished with this earth. He just shouted let there be light.

Walter. So this is the caricature that was in the primal Eden before the gap takes place between Genesis verse 1 and verse 2. But let's get the hold of this. We're still at 28 sure you would know that this is more than ordinary human.

The sardines, the two parts, the diamond, the gold, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald the carbuncle and gold. The workmanship of thy tablets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee. Now what's this phrase if you please in the day that thou wast created this being that we're looking at just now was created you know.

And he wasn't created only he was created the sum total of everything that's beautiful and the sum total of all wisdom he was coming in. When we look at all these stones they're the very same ones that's on the high priest's garments on the breastplate.

And you know they show us the security of the tribes of Israel. These are the very same stones that are in the foundations that Abraham looked for of the city that had foundations. When we go to the book of Revelation the same stones are there in the foundations of the eternal city.

And you know they're in the book just to let us see the security and the beauty and the grandeur and the glory that belonged to those whom God had made his own. And so you can see this character. Can't you.

And you'll notice that it does say the workmanship of thy tablets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee. Because this character had not only a wonder about him and wisdom and wealth but he led to praise.

God led him to praise him and he was made to be full of praise. What's with verse 13. It says thou art the anointed cherub. Well I would tell you it's not a man we're talking about. I hope you do know something about cherubins.

Because cherubins are are special class of angels. There are not only angels and the archangels but there are cherubins and seraphims. But this is the highest of them all. This is the anointed cherub that covered God's throne.

This is some character. Let me tell you true character. And God says and I have set thee so God had made him thou wast. But on the holy mountain of God. When we talk about mountains it talks about the greatness and the power and the authority up to the hills will lift mine eyes this day thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

For thou God is a consuming fire. And this great created cherubin was so near to God that he walked in the midst of the fire. So you wouldn't like to come round and argue with me now that he was the king of fires.

Would you. Oh no this is a mighty person. It says in verse 15 thou wast perfect. So it didn't come from Ulster anyway. There's no perfect man in Ulster. Thou wast perfect in my ways from the day that thou wast created.

Hell, iniquity was fighting me now that's really tremendous isn't it. He was sinlessly perfect until from the day that he was created until oh he's a mighty cherubin an anointed one. And God had given him a special place in the garden of God in the primal Eden.

And you're going to find out in a moment the sort of thing that went through his mind. You see while he was sinlessly perfect and mighty and beautiful and wonderful and wise he wasn't infallible. You see if God made the creature like that infallible well I'm afraid God would only be playing around.

You see if I could throw my sons into a stall tonight if I could take away the right of thinking. We talk about nationalizing and all that sort of thing. And I said you go to bed, you get up at seven you give me your money, you do this, you do that.

And automatically. Well I would have no joy in my family. They would be like puppets on a string. Well God doesn't want that from any creature that he made. Oh no you have a will of your own. And if you love God then you do what God wants you to do.

And if you love him enough you trust him for everything. And so he was perfect in beauty and full of wisdom. And the anointed cherub that covered. And you can see his creation. And you can see his occupation.

Lucifer’s Pride and Attempted Usurpation

Now let's go back to Isaiah chapter 14 just for a moment as we've got to keep our nose in the book all the time. Now I want you to get this. We're at Isaiah 14 and we're at verse 12 and God is speaking and God is saying to this person how art thou fallen from heaven.

O Lucifer. There's a word now and it means son of the morning, alright. And God's speaking directly now not indirectly. How art thou cut down to the ground which did weaken the nation. For thou said in thine heart I will ascend into heaven.

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Sometimes the word stars is a very difficult one in this book. It's an old Hebrew word. It's sometimes translated stars. And sometimes it's translated angels.

Sometimes it's translated messengers because our English is not much better than the Hebrew or Greek. Because if I said I was going to California tonight to Hollywood to see the stars you wouldn't know whether I was going to see the stellar heavens or James Hefner.

You wouldn't know I was going to say Marilyn Monroe. But then I know she's dead. And that bit I won't do. But you see the stars were the angels. And this person is saying I will exalt my throne above the angels of God.

I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the mosque. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. Now here's the bit. I will be like the most high. You see this person that was created that was the anointed church that was perfect in wisdom and beauty.

You know he got so proud. That's what the New Testament teaches us tells us to look after the young members of the congregation lest they should fall into the pride of the devil. Because if you give a wee fellow too much rope you know he'll not be able to keep the balance.

And you could get so proud you know that you would go head over heels. It was this pride. Every angel looked up to him. God had given him this exalted position. He had so much wisdom he thought he could take over the throne of God.

Now I want you to watch the wording because the wording in the Bible is always very particularly vast. I will be like the most high. I didn't say I will be like Jehovah. It didn't say I will be like God.

It didn't say I will be like the creator. It took a very definite title. I will be like the most high. Just go over to Genesis chapter 14 for a moment. And interesting enough this is the chapter where you get the word war for the first time in this book Genesis 14.

And in verse 1 you get the names of four kings and they made war. It says in the second verse that these made war with five kings and the four overcame the five. And verse 11 says. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their victuals and went their way and they took lots.

Now you would wonder when a war was on and raids were being made and things were being robbed that you would take time to talk about war. What did matter about him anyway. Oh that was very important you know because he was Abraham's brother's son.

And it says verse 13 and there came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. Verse 14 when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive he armed his trained servants born in his own house three hundred and eighteen.

And he pursued these four kings on to Dan went their way up north and it says. And he divided themselves against them. He and his servants by night and smote them pursued them on to Hoban which is on the left hand of Damascus.

I like the way the Bible gives directions because as you are going up through the land and you go to Damascus right out on your left hand. That's easier for a boy like me. That's where you find this place called Hoban.

And he brought back all the goods. And it says in verse 17 the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him at the valley of Shaveh which is in the king's den.

And Melchizedek king of Sodom brought home bread and wine for he was the priest of the Most High God. Isn't that the same term. And he blessed him. That is he blessed Abraham and said Blessed be Abraham of the Most High God possessor of heaven and earth.

That's what the word means. So when the devil said I will be like the Most High what he was saying was I will possess heaven and earth. It was then that God turned the Eden upside down and left it in the dark.

Which makes the gap between Genesis verse 1 and verse 2. So you can see the rebellion. We don't want to waste time. But when God started to recover and re-garnish the earth you know one day he called for light and one day he made the grass to grow.

Then on the 6th day he made man. This was a new creature and you know he put man in charge of the whole earth. So there you are now you ponder your feet you take command. You see all devils flying about somewhere.

This is a new creature which comes so he's got to do something about this fellow hasn't he. And you know how he did it. Don't you. He can't believe. You know there are some supposed to be scholars who don't believe the Eden story.

Isn't it a great pity of them. Because I can tell you that Jesus Christ believes it and that is quite sufficient for me. Let me take you over to Matthew and we are at chapter 19. Matthew's gospel chapter 19 verse 3.

Just to save the time the father sees also came unto him unto Christ tempting him and saying unto him is it awful for a man to put away his wife for every cause. And he answered and said unto them have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female and said for this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.

And they twins shall be one flesh. Now if you want to know where God said that you'll find it's in Genesis 2. And the Lord Jesus didn't believe in evolution. He says he that made them at the beginning made them male and female not monkeys.

The Serpent, the Fall, and Christ’s Victory

Now I want to tell you that not only did the Lord Jesus believe the Genesis story but Paul believed it and he was writing on the inspiration. So the Holy Ghost must have believed it. Let me just show you this for the young people's sake it's 2nd Corinthians and it's chapter 11.

2nd Corinthians. Chapter 11. Paul says in verse 1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

But I fear lest by any means of the serpent beguiled ease through his subtlety. For your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity that's in Christ. So Paul believed that the serpent beguiled ease and the Holy Ghost believes this.

For the Holy Ghost's inspiring Paul this book is inspired and Jesus Christ believed this and I believe it. And you wouldn't bother knocking me off this platform of truth wouldn't you? So this being that was created and was perfect and wise this being that was so proud that he made an attempt to take over possession of heaven and earth.

This being that made God turn the earth that he had made into a waste and void thing and let it lie for countless millions of years in the dark he now comes against the man that God has set on the planet and he has very severely wounded him.

He has brought him down and God called the three of them before him in the garden of Eden. And he said certain things to the woman and certain things to the man. And then he came to the serpent and he said I will put enmity between thee and the woman between my seed and her seed.

Thou shalt bruise his heel and I'll tell you a wee thing he shall bruise my head. It will be my man. I'll finish him. He'll get nothing. Because man is a very important creature you know. But remember it was the man Christ Jesus who was the seed of the womb.

And so we'll begin to see this territory. You can see the creation and the occupation and the rebellion and the retaliation. Now tonight let's go to 1 Peter chapter 5. 1 Peter chapter 5. And Peter is writing to these saints these believers.

And he's saying this in verses be sober, be vigilant. You know we need to keep our eyes open because you are adversary. The devil as the roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour when as there was a circus in the town today and the lion was caught he was very careful to not let down, wouldn't he.

Well you see this old rebel who has created Lucifer and came into the garden of the serpent. He's gone about today as a roaring lion. He's against Christ. He's against all the believers. He's against the Jews because it was the nation of the Jews that brought Christ to this planet.

He's even against you unsaved friend because he's determined to blind your mind so that you can see the indignation of the devil. Now we've just come through these wonderful footsteps and we've been to Calvary and saw so many things.

The reignation of the devil was Calvary. It was there the Lord brings to pass now I just wanted to do that for you so that you would see the leader of this mighty army that we're moving against. I may as well tell you that we're only starting now just starting.

You want to eat your pieces always. Now I want to show you the companions of Satan in this warfare. Let's get this befuddled that this great personality who was perfect in wisdom and beauty and was the anointed servant.

Remember he is not omnipresent. He's not like God. You know he can't be everywhere at once. And as we're thinking yes or tonight then he's not here. I was very near going to say thank God but that wouldn't be nice for the lessons would it.

I have a feeling you know we get into this subject that he'll be here sometime and there won't be any from above. And I know right now the ace I'm on he can't be everywhere at once but he has a tremendous army.

Holy Angels and Fallen Angels

That's the bit I want you to get the hold of look. Let's go back to Matthew 25 for the moment. Matthew's gospel chapter 25. And in this chapter the Lord Jesus is talking to some of these Jews about the time when he will come to earth to take the throne of his father David.

It'll be a very wonderful day when his speech will stand on the Mount of Olives. And it says in verse 31 when it's Matthew 25 31 when the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all nations.

I just want you to see the nations before him because they're seen from earth. Isn't it. I want you just to glimpse at the throne. Don't worry too much about it just now. I want you to notice the adjectives that's before the angels here because the angels that are with him are the holy angels.

Because you've got to make a difference when you talk about angels because there's some of them holy and I'll find there's some of them in a moment just not so holy. It's the holy. Down the chapter before we leave it.

It says in verse 41. Then shall he the Lord Jesus say also unto them on the left hand depart from me. Ye christened into everlasting fire prepared for the devil. And all the angels they're not the holy ones.

Surely. So that when we come to think about the great doctrine of angels we find that it divides into two. There's a great cloud on that side and there the holy angels. And there's a great cloud on that side and there the devil is.

He's got quite the following you know. Now let's go over to 2 Peter. And that's the 2nd chapter. Please. 2nd Peter. 2nd chapter. Now listen to Peter preaching. He was a great preacher. You know sometimes we think he was just a fisherman who lived on the lake for so long and never went to school.

And that's perfectly true. But then God took him over you know. And it isn't academic standard that gives him what he has. You know once when he answered rightly the Lord Jesus said flesh and blood didn't reveal nothing.

He didn't get out of school. But my father which is in heaven he was the man who with a simple look kept the character box. God took him in hand and taught him many things. Watch this now verse 1. We're at 2nd Peter chapter 2.

But there were false prophets also among the people. You see even in history there were boys came round with a leather and jiggle around their loins and pretended to be prophets first. There's boys come round with a collar around their neck now and pretend to be preachers.

I'll tell you a lot about them. And you know the negatives. Some of them were emissaries from hell and there will be no conscious poor here you know. But there were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers among you.

And there are some actually and false teachers who cleverly shall bring in down the good houses. Mind you. That's quite a mouthful isn't it. I have the notion of writing a little book on down the good house.

And I can tell you that old Weatherhead who was one of the presidents of the Methodist church. And if you're a Methodist you ought to blush. I can tell you this that he wrote in his book. So I know where I'll find it for you if you want me to.

He said that the Lord Jesus wasn't the son of the Virgin. He said that Zechariah the father of John the Baptist set her up in the temple and kept her there until he made her pregnant. And if that's not damnable heresy then I may leave the job.

And if that's the sort of president of the Methodist how could God help you. No wonder your churches are empty and you should be ashamed to be named it. I wouldn't let anybody talk about my role like I let one of the Baptists talk like that.

And I shall leave this church or this church will leave having been named Baptist forever. Just let one of them keep. I needn't she. I've been that long at the wicked. It doesn't matter whether I'm bulled out now or not but I shall stand my ground.

I wouldn't let anybody talk about my Lord like that many years ago. God bless them. The Lord is for the brethren. Thank God for them. But do you know these false teachers who privilege to bring in damnable heresies.

What's it? Even denying the Lord the bottom and bring upon themselves swift destruction as we've been talking about on Sunday night. I shouldn't have taken the text here. Sudden destruction. And it's unfortunately so even those few and many shall follow their pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth shall be even spoken of in full covetousness shall lay the thin birds.

Make merchandise of you. Wonder why you think you're all super when you have a head desire to talk. And I'll tell you super cause the truth that they turn out to bless nobody money if you want to know that's what it says there make merchandise of you hope you're not giving your money to that whose judgment now for a long time lingereth not under damnation slumbereth not.

And we know the judgment is coming because of this. For if God sped not the angels that said oh yes we're all proud of them. Next week you know we're going to start to count the number of the angels. And I'm surprised you when I tell you this that every child that's born into this world whether it be black or white or red or yellow or protestant or catholic or jew or gentile it has an angel of its own.

You'll find out when the book is done. So there must be a lot of angels. Cause all the kids from Adam down to Eve all the angels of the world. And when it begins to number the number of the angels it says there's 10 ,000 times 10 ,000 and thousands and thousands.

And that's too big for me. I can't multiply as far as that. Oh that's a horse. But you know a tremendous part of this horse still is sitting at his age. The following them the thought he would take the floor.

I have to stop because there's so many things that go through my mind. I was going to say it's like standing between a coach and then the unionist who thought they were going to win. And then they've lost.