How Satan's Organization Works

Paul tells us in his letter to the Ephesian that Satan has an organization with a hierarchical command structure. He states that our real battle is not with the people caught up in sin and Satan’s schemes, but with Satan himself and his army. Notice how Satan’s army has rulers at the top, then authorities, followed by powers of darkness, and finally spiritual forces of evil:

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Eph 6:12-13

Not every fallen angel (demon) in Satan’s army has the same position and power. Some are fairly weak demons that spend all of their time blinding the non Christians to the truth and harassing Christians, tempting us to detour from our calling. Others, however are much more powerful rulers over geographical regions, such as cities or even countries. Still others are authorities over specific areas of evil, such as sexual perversion, false religion, witchcraft, the occult, death, depression, and the list goes on.

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