Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13?

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Mark 5:2-13
King James Version (KJV)

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2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand) and were choked in the sea.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...ersion=KJV

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So my initial questions are:
1. Where did the man's will and the demon's will start and end?

Seems in this case the demon had the greater control, I would say the man had lost his identity.

2. How did the possessed man recognize jesus? If the demon's told him that jesus was real and identified him, isn't that an unfair advantage? Why can't demons tell all of us which god is real?

He did not, the demon did, Jesus conversation was with the demon not the man.

3. If the man's free will is strong enough to drag the demons within him toward jesus, why couldn't he have excised them himself?

The demons knew who Jesus was, the man had no idea, these demons recognized the One who was always above them, ie. their creator as angels. They became demons when they chose to reject Christ.

4. Why would the demons relinquish control since they obviously knew that meeting jesus wouldn't go well for them?

They knew the had no choice and opted to be in the swine than to be cast out into the land. They made this statement themselves.

5. Why would a loving god allow demon possession?

The man allowed them to enter him, God gave him what he allowed. This is the simple answer, there is a greater thing going on here but most people who do not believe wouldn't understand and just call God cruel.

6. What happened to the demons ultimately? From the story, it appeared as though they died. Can demon's simply die and no longer exist?

I wouldn't think so, as a matter of fact I do not believe they did. Remember the demons were trying to deal with the sovereign God they had rejected by asking to be allowed to enter the swine, they did not want to be cast out into the land, they needed to possess.

7. Why did the demons drive the pigs into the sea to drown?

They didn't IMO, Jesus wanted to show the demons and His disciples that He had ultimate control over the demon and His creation, so He allowed the swine or made them run into the sea. Why, so the demons would not have anything or one to possess, the fate they were trying to avoid.

GC