Lee Strobel

And it is every bit as real as the realm that we're in and experience day by day. Spiritual warfare comes in because part of that other realm is there is a demonic element. We have angels, literally hundreds of millions of angels that exist. They're spirits, but there's also demons. And Satan, whose name had been Lucifer before he fell as an angel and is now in warfare with God's plan,

And it is every bit as real as the realm that we're in and experience day by day. Spiritual warfare comes in because part of that other realm is there is a demonic element. We have angels, literally hundreds of millions of angels that exist. They're spirits, but there's also demons. And Satan, whose name had been Lucifer before he fell as an angel and is now in warfare with God's plan,

He sometimes reaches into our world and there are, in my book, I document cases of possession, demonic possession. This is real stuff. Now, Demons cannot possess a Christian because we're indwelled by the Holy Spirit. We can't be indwelled at the same time by a demonic spirit. But Satan can hector us, he can harass us.

He sometimes reaches into our world and there are, in my book, I document cases of possession, demonic possession. This is real stuff. Now, Demons cannot possess a Christian because we're indwelled by the Holy Spirit. We can't be indwelled at the same time by a demonic spirit. But Satan can hector us, he can harass us.

He sometimes reaches into our world and there are, in my book, I document cases of possession, demonic possession. This is real stuff. Now, Demons cannot possess a Christian because we're indwelled by the Holy Spirit. We can't be indwelled at the same time by a demonic spirit. But Satan can hector us, he can harass us.

And so spiritual warfare is a way that we protect ourselves through prayer and through vigilance and through reading scripture and understanding why we believe what we believe. These various things we can do to kind of ward off these attacks that we otherwise might experience. Interesting.

And so spiritual warfare is a way that we protect ourselves through prayer and through vigilance and through reading scripture and understanding why we believe what we believe. These various things we can do to kind of ward off these attacks that we otherwise might experience. Interesting.

And so spiritual warfare is a way that we protect ourselves through prayer and through vigilance and through reading scripture and understanding why we believe what we believe. These various things we can do to kind of ward off these attacks that we otherwise might experience. Interesting.

Because there's a passage in Scripture where John gets a vision of the post-resurrection Jesus on his throne. And he says there are 10,000 times 10,000 angels there. Well, that's 100 million angels just in that setting around the throne of Jesus worshiping him. So we got a minimum of 100 million angels. I believe that's just the tip of an iceberg. So do we become angels when we die?

Because there's a passage in Scripture where John gets a vision of the post-resurrection Jesus on his throne. And he says there are 10,000 times 10,000 angels there. Well, that's 100 million angels just in that setting around the throne of Jesus worshiping him. So we got a minimum of 100 million angels. I believe that's just the tip of an iceberg. So do we become angels when we die?

Because there's a passage in Scripture where John gets a vision of the post-resurrection Jesus on his throne. And he says there are 10,000 times 10,000 angels there. Well, that's 100 million angels just in that setting around the throne of Jesus worshiping him. So we got a minimum of 100 million angels. I believe that's just the tip of an iceberg. So do we become angels when we die?

No, no, we are made in God's image. We have capabilities that angels don't have. They have capabilities we don't have, but they are a separate creation. What kind of capabilities? That they would have? Both. Well, first of all, they're not embodied, so they're spirits. So they have the ability to move and transport themselves at great speed.

No, no, we are made in God's image. We have capabilities that angels don't have. They have capabilities we don't have, but they are a separate creation. What kind of capabilities? That they would have? Both. Well, first of all, they're not embodied, so they're spirits. So they have the ability to move and transport themselves at great speed.

No, no, we are made in God's image. We have capabilities that angels don't have. They have capabilities we don't have, but they are a separate creation. What kind of capabilities? That they would have? Both. Well, first of all, they're not embodied, so they're spirits. So they have the ability to move and transport themselves at great speed.

That's why you see many pictures of angels with wings on them. They don't technically have wings generally, but they're able to move a lot faster than we are because their spirits are not encumbered by a human body. They don't grow old. They don't age. So, because there's no physical body to get older and older. Have they always been? Yeah, no, God at some point created them.

That's why you see many pictures of angels with wings on them. They don't technically have wings generally, but they're able to move a lot faster than we are because their spirits are not encumbered by a human body. They don't grow old. They don't age. So, because there's no physical body to get older and older. Have they always been? Yeah, no, God at some point created them.

That's why you see many pictures of angels with wings on them. They don't technically have wings generally, but they're able to move a lot faster than we are because their spirits are not encumbered by a human body. They don't grow old. They don't age. So, because there's no physical body to get older and older. Have they always been? Yeah, no, God at some point created them.

This would have probably been before the creation of the world. And he created these legions of angels whose purpose is described in scripture to minister to God's people. And there are indications, this is a bit of a dispute in the Christian world, but there are indications that we have a guardian angel. That is an angel who specifically kind of guards over us and watches over us.

This would have probably been before the creation of the world. And he created these legions of angels whose purpose is described in scripture to minister to God's people. And there are indications, this is a bit of a dispute in the Christian world, but there are indications that we have a guardian angel. That is an angel who specifically kind of guards over us and watches over us.

This would have probably been before the creation of the world. And he created these legions of angels whose purpose is described in scripture to minister to God's people. And there are indications, this is a bit of a dispute in the Christian world, but there are indications that we have a guardian angel. That is an angel who specifically kind of guards over us and watches over us.