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Originally Posted by votivesoul
This would indicate that the world isn't plagued by hundreds of the thousands of fallen angels/demons running amok all over the place, but rather, simply one pervasive spirit, belonging to the Dragon, with which a person can run afoul, whenever they find themselves opposed to Christ.
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There are other spirits operating with Satan as described here:
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Eph 6:12 NASB] 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places.]
(notice that Paul contrasts of flesh and blood to spiritual forces clarifies that he is referring to spirits and not human governments)
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Rev 12:7, 9 NASB] 7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The
dragon and his angels waged war, ... 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth,
and his angels were thrown down with him.
I did notice that in many other scriptures you see that the work of the darkness is attributed to one singular spirit, indicating Satan, as you mention. But then I see these other verses indicating that there are many of them, and the stories of devils (and even legion of them) being cast out in the Gospels and so on. The only way I can reconcile all those scriptures is by interpreting the single spirit attribution to just a way of speech pointing the head and mastermind of the darkness. Like when some people when speaking thanks the price of the gas going down to the President and its actions over the economy. But we all know it is not the President alone the one doing it.