(December 17, 2013 at 12:51 pm)Chad32 Wrote: If I was a being that could possess things, I'm pretty sure I'd be happy to be in a lot of things. Besides, it was their idea to go into the pigs. I'm not sure why they would get stuck in something anyway.Satan and the angels were allowed to rebell. They were given an option like we were. If they weren't they would still be serving as angels.
I'm not sure what you mean by allowed to do so.
Quote:Ok. So why kill themselves?so they could be expelled on their terms.
Quote:Where would they go if they died?The same place they were before they possess that man. When God cast them out they weren't cast out to Hell. The were sent here. This world this realm is the closest thing there ever will be to a satan run domain. This is satan's kingdom or rather the closest thing to it. Hell is a place of Torment for satan and his followers.
Quote:Why wait until someone came along to transfer them to something else, if they just wanted to die?I don't know all the ins and outs of possession, because the bible does not spell them out. But appearently when Christ casts out a demon it is sent to Hell.
Now As per the parable Jesus told concerning demons in Mat 12 43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
when a demon 'comes out' on his own he is free to roam.
Quote:It seems to me that they didn't have full control over the man. Once he saw Jesus, and ran to him, the demons had to fess up and hopefully make a compromise.There was a legion of demons inside this person. If a legion of demons are anything like a legion of Men that means there were as many as 6000 warrior class demons in this man. and yet they yeilded themselves to Christ. Which is consistant behaivor to a legion of soldiers to a general.
This story shows who Christ is in the pecking order of creation. As James 2 recordes The Demons not only believe they are terrified of Him.
Quote:They wanted to go into the pigs. Either they couldn't control the pigs, and the animals went mad and killed themselves, or Jesus had the pigs kill themselves just to spite the demons. Either way, he's responsible for the death of the pigs directly or indirectly, and makes no apologies or promises to repay the owners of the pigs.Indeed.
