3832 — Abode of the Fallen Angels
By Editor
Where is the abode of the fallen angels at the present time? A Reader. It is said of the head of the fallen angels that he "as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8. He is called by the apostle Paul "the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." Eph. 2:2. From these texts we would gather that Satan and his angels are everywhere in this world. So our Lord met them in His own ministry. So the children of God meet them now. Satan of course has his headquarters and his organization, his armies, his delegations. This is indicated in Rev. 2:13, "I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan's throne is." Where that may be we do not know, but we may be assured that it is at that very spot of earth which Satan feels to be the most strategic point in attacking the cause and work of God for humanity. One of the lines of work which Satan carries on is manifest in spiritism. These fallen spirits, working on the false belief that man survives the grave,—lives while he doesn't live,—come to the living in the guise of the spirits of the dead. We must conclude that this is the case, from the following: The Scriptures declare that "the dead know not anything." They also declare that Satan is a deceiver, that he appears as an angel of light. Therefore, when beings appear to the children of men and claim to be the spirits of those who have died, we may know that the claim is a false one, and we are shut up to the conclusion that it is simply an angel of evil in a false guise, fitted to deceive. As to the prophecies of his last-day deceptions, see 2 Thess. 2:9; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 13:13, 14; also chapter 16:13, 14.