As we walk in Holiness, we will by necessity, deal with the unseen world!
The physical world is influenced and controlled by the unseen world. The following passage provides us with detail of this reality. First, we address the man in the physical realm, the prince of Tyre.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Ezekiel chapter 28:
2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,’ Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
3 (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
4 With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
5 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
9 “Will you still say before him who slays you, ‘I am a god’? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken,” says the Lord GOD.'”
It is acknowledged that the prince of Tyre was wiser than Daniel, but he is still a man subject to physical death. Now let’s look at who was truly in control in Tyre.
11 Moreover the Word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the Holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.
16 “By the abundance of your trading (vast wealth) You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.
The king of Tyre is the spiritual being known as satan, the serpent, aka the devil. The prince of Tyre tapped into satan’s wisdom which was originally given to him by the LORD GOD. However, this wisdom isn’t the fullness of the Wisdom of The Holy Spirit. This created being is the one who deceived Eve in the garden. He is the same one who was in control of the man known as the prince of Tyre.
Pride in his own beauty was the source of satan’s fall. His fall is further described by THE SPIRIT in Isaiah chapter 14:
12 “Look how you have fallen from your heavenly place, O Lucifer (shining one), son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations.
13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend into heaven and exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will rule on the mountain of the congregation, on the highest place of the sacred mountain.
14 I will rise past the tops of the clouds and rival the Most High God!’
15 Yet down to the underworld you go—into the depths of the pit!
16 Everyone will stare at you and ponder your fate, saying, ‘Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble?
Lucifer was referred to as a shining one, but Jesus is the bright and morning star.
Jesus spoke in Revelation chapter 22:
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
Yes, the adversary will attempt to deceive the whole world with his lesser, apparent light, but then when the world sees Jesus, there will be no question of who has been deceived by the unseen world. Do not disregard the unseen world when confronting those in the physical realm. You will be able to detect the source of their motivation even though at times it will be very subtle.