One of the things that God revealed to me after I turned to him in repentance and faith was the extent to which humans are not fully autonomous. My higher education in philosophy, politics and history turned out to be not that high at all, because all humanities are based on the false idea that humans are autonomous, rational agents, and while I had a belief in God, I had no idea about the impact that spiritual beings play on our life.
Even though I went to church at times, I never once heard an exploration of angels and demons, which according to Michael S. Heiser both sit in the category of elohim, a catch-all term meaning “spirit beings” or beings that exist primarily in an unseen realm. Even worse, I didn’t have true faith in the ability of the most powerful creator Elohim, Yahweh, to intervene to bring about miracles and breakthroughs in my life. I saw Him as something existing at a distance, because at that point his Holy Spirit was not revealed to me as operational in my life, so I was not at that time reborn.
John 3
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
Angels, which are said in Psalm 8:5 to be a little higher than us, can override our minds unless God protects us. We see this when Judas was taken over by Satan, the fallen angel also known as Lucifer, during the last supper period of the Gospels.
Luke 22
3 Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. 4 So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them.
We can conclude from this that other angels have this ability, fallen or holy. We also find many accounts in the New Testament of individual’s minds being taken over by demons, including a man who was in a synagogue (Mark 1:23–25). The most memorable example of this phenomenon perhaps being the man from the Gerasenes who was possessed by a group of demons called “legion” but returned to his right mind after Jesus cast the demons out of him into the pigs (Mark 5:1–17; Luke 8:26–39). I differentiate demons from angels as, unlike angels, they cannot fully materialize as human-looking but operate from an unseen realm upon our minds and at times our bodies.
As can be found in the works of occult investigator Russ Dizdar, there are black-magic techniques that revolve around summoning and sending demons at targets. Such demons either target the victim’s mind directly, or work through other people to come against the victim. The demons can bring all sorts of destructive mental states upon the target including addiction and suicide. They are also summoned into the black-magic practitioner to aid with astral projection and other types of spiritual warfare. In an interview, ex-witch Jess Czebator states that this Solomonic black magic is the most powerful form of its kind; it is also what Mr 666 himself, Aleister Crowley, practiced and promoted through his books. Incidentally, Crowley also spent a large amount of time with a rocket engineer Jack Parsons attempting to open gateways for elohim to enter our realm.
Yet God also influences people’s minds to bring about the outcomes He prefers, and being the Creator and master of all things, will always triumph if it is in line with His preferred outcome. We find an interesting case of this where Sennacherib the King of Assyria threatened King Hezekiah of Judah and blasphemed God. In response, God released ‘a spirit’ that orchestrated Sennacherib hearing a rumour that eventually led to his death.
2 Kings 19
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
A similar example of this is where the Lord allowed one of his elohim to place lies in the minds of the prophets of Israel to lead the King of Israel, Ahab, to his death.
1 Kings 22
19 Then Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left. 20 And the Lord said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ 22 The Lord said to him, ‘In what way?’ So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, ‘You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.’ 23 Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”
God may allow spirit beings to influence people’s minds or may influence them directly via His Holy Spirit. This is a large part of why we can have confidence in all situations no matter how slim the odds. God can put thoughts into people’s heads, so situations go in our favor, and send people our way with important information by placing thoughts in their minds.
Of interest, in the first case of Hezekiah, the verses note that not only did God send thoughts into the King of Assyria’s mind via a spirit (either directly or by putting thoughts in the minds of others and then getting the King of Assyria to hear them), but he then sent the Angel of the Lord out to decimate the Assyrian forces (2 Kings 19:35). We are not told exactly how this is done, as this may have happened directly or through people. However, this speaks to the fact that God will not only lead people to do things by influencing their thoughts via his loyal spirit beings, but will at times act hands on, for the Angel of the Lord is God in the form of an angel (an elohim that works between the spirit and human realm). We as believers also always have the Holy Spirit with us, who will give us ideas and intuitions to keep us on our ordained path.
John 14
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Prayer
In the name of Jesus, I declare a breakthrough. I command that all blockages preventing my career, financial or relationship blessings are removed. I declare the coming down of all barriers now.
I call down the fire of justice on any angel, demon, group or person intentionally preventing my advancement towards my promised land.
I am a child of God, so no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against me will be condemned.
If any job, position or situation I have applied for is right for me, I declare all blockages removed, in the name of Jesus.
May holy angels whisper thoughts into people’s minds to make events work in my favour and rebuke all evil spirits placing ideas into people’s minds to act against me.
The Lord is behind me, so who can be against me. Arise Father and smash all barriers down that are delaying my progress or keeping me in a position not of you.
Make a way for me Yahweh. Usher me into my land of milk and honey and crush all forces working against me.
Guide me with your Holy Spirit Father. Reveal to me the truth, strip me of all delusions, and teach me what I need to do.
Raise me up Lord. Wash me clean of all curses, spells and slander, and reverse all black magic and demons back upon those that sent them at me.
I ask in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.