The Bible teaches us that demons have degrees of strength and authority. Jesus, speaking of epilepsy, said, This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (Matt. 17:21). Here He was revealing that some demons are so strong that it takes the total surrender of the Christian in dedication and divine union with Christ to rebuke and loosen the evil spirit and to exorcise it from the possessed person.
There are demons who rule over large areas as lords, or leaders, and governors in the evil spirit world. For example, according to Buddhist belief, Pa, the ruling god of Singapore, demands that all his followers come first to his temple to burn incense and to worship him before they can go worship in any other of the many temples of the city. This is common knowledge among the Buddhists of that area.
Another example of demonic lordship is found in Calcutta, India, which is named after the female goddess, Cali. She is the ruling dignitary of the spirit world in that area. She is acknowledged and respected as the supreme ruler of that city.
Of course, a demon is neither male nor female; it is only the manifestation of that evil one who elects to be known as male or female.
In our discussion of the weaknesses or strengths of demon spirits, I find that a deaf spirit is the weakest and the easiest to dislodge and to bring forth from a person. Epilepsy is possibly the strongest to combat or to send forth. There are legions of different kinds of spirits. In my book, Witch Doctor, Mr. Arlindo Barbosa de Oliveira identified spirits and their relative strength as he dealt with them for over forty years as a witch doctor.
7. Where do demons live?
Demons principally live in the air above the earth because the devil is the prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2). It might be that they also have access to regions below the earth's surface. We do not know the extent of the territory or area over which they rule.
It could be possible that the headquarters of the devil is on the moon. There is no scripture to substantiate this theory, but we do know that the moon has a tremendous effect upon our earth. If someone goes crazy, he is called a lunatic, meaning "moon struck." Medical science has stated that patients in mental hospitals become very unstable during certain phases of the moon; they may be normal for twenty-eight days, then suddenly become stark raving mad. This is an area for further study.
Devils live in arid places. Jesus said, When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places (Luke 11:24). Demons also live in evil places, places where crime and murders have been committed. (Rev. 2:13.) If you live in a house that seems foreboding or oppressive, either rebuke that threatening spirit in
Jesus' name or sell the house and move out.
In the heathen world, demons have particular places they frequent—special cities or mountains or desert areas in which they live. Often they have certain trees which they inhabit. Some spirits may dwell in a special rock where the heathen come to worship them.
But, above all, demons wish to inhabit humans. In that way, they can give expression to their evil desires and unclean ways. (Matt. 8:28-34.)
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