Daily Devotional, Year 4 – April 9 (Satan’s Number 8, Part 3: “Caught in Satan’s Web”)
By admin On May 30th, 2024.
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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – April 9
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Satan’s Number 8,
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Part 3:
“Caught in Satan’s Web”
To read Part 1, click here…July 26th (Satan’s Number “8”).
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“if God peradventure
will give them repentance
to the acknowledging of the truth;
And that they may recover themselves
out of the snare of the devil,
who are taken captive by him
at his will.”
2nd Timothy 2:25, 26
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In the July 26th devotional (click here), the eight arms of the Octopus were discussed, and how this sinister-looking creature is a fitting symbol of Satan.
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And it was discussed how the number, “8”, is the number of the kings of the Antichrist Beast of Revelation 13 & 17.
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Octopus – Vulgaris – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License
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SPIDER’S 8 LEGS
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But the Octopus isn’t the only evil-like creature with eight limbs. No, spiders also have eight legs, while most other insects only have six.
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Yes, spiders are also a fitting symbol of Satan, as he weaves his deadly web of sin and deceit for the human race, but especially the Church!
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And some spiders even wrap their victims in their silken cords, and inject a deadly paralyzing poison into the fly, which turns that six-legged bug into a pulpy liquid. Spiders are indeed a worthy comparison to Satan!
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Jumping Spider Eyes – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License
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CAUGHT IN A WORLD-WIDE WEB OF SIN
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The spider and his web are fitting symbols of this world. Yes, we live in a world of sin. And 
whether we know it or not, the entire world has been taken captive, just like the little fly, helplessly and hopelessly caught in a spider’s web.
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Whether we are trapped in our lust, or in gluttony. Or whether we are a prisoner of our out-of-control emotions. Or perhaps we are addicted to some substance. Or we are consumed by our insatiable desires for more of this world’s treasures and pleasures, or some type of self-exaltation.
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The fact is, Mankind has been taken captive by sin and Satan. This nonsense about man having free-will is just that: sheer nonsense, as is written…“…the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2nd Corinthians 4:4
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OUR SAD CONDITION CLOUDED BY OUR FUNCTIONALITY
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Nevertheless, this condition is often clouded by the fact that, for the most part, we can still function on a daily basis.
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We work. We raise our family. We go on vacations. We have family get-togethers. We lay down at night and sleep. We laugh. We play our sports.
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And so, it just isn’t always clearly seen that we are Satan’s prisoners of sin.
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Barbecue – Dutch family – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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SELFISHNESS, THE BASIC QUALITY OF THE HEART
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Nevertheless, selfishness is the basic condition of the human heart.
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And nearly everything we do in life is permeated by that fundamental quality.
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Listen…“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.” Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Yes, everything we do is for our own self.
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And yet, our selfish desires are never quenched.
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“THE WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS”
1st John 5:19
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Listen again, as Paul lays out ou
r hopeless condition… “There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Romans 3:10-18
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Here is the sad and tragic reality of the human condition. And though we may see ourselves as being moral and upright to a certain degree, it is just a facade, merely a thin outer veneer.
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“TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES”
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The fact is, we are hopeless slaves of desire. In one way or another, each of us are held captive in 
Satan’s web of selfishness, and are unable to break free!
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And yet, there is great hope!
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Listen…“And when He (Jesus) had opened the Book, He found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:17-19
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Yes, Jesus came to set us free! This is the Good News of the Gospel!
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Jesus Teaching His Disciples -www.lavistachurchofchrist.org – Luke 4:31-32
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JESUS CAME TO SET US FREE!
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Yes, Jesus came to set the captives free!
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No more must we live as prisoners of sin and selfishness! No longer must we die this slow death which is guaranteed to all humans. Jesus came to break our bands asunder! He came to show us the way of truth and love! He came as a loving shepherd to lead us out of this dark world of death and woe, and into the Promised Land: a land flowing with milk and honey! A land in which all sickness and suffering will be forever vanquished. A land in which the shadow of death shall never again darken our paths.
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No more will we be slaves to our selfish desires. But all of our paths will shine brighter and brighter as we ascend out of this dark sin-cursed earth, and onward and upward to that land that is fairer than day!
And there in that Promised Land, we shall live…forever happy, and forever young!
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
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“Dear Lord, Deliver me from Satan’s web that I may be free indeed…
Praying Hands – Otto Greiner – Wikimedia – .bassenge.com – Cropped image – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
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To explore deeper into this subject, please read…April 4 (Eternal Torment? Part 18: “Stuck In The Miry Pit!”), or you can also read… October 13th (The Devil Made Me Do It!)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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ARTICLE #2
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Satan’s Number “8”
Part 4:
“Cuttlefish’s 8 Deadly Arms!”
To read part 1, click here…Today’s Devotional – July 26th (Satan’s Number “8”)
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Most insects have six legs. And for those who have 
curious minds, the question comes down: “Why do most insects have six legs?”
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Well, scientists might attempt to give some scientific explanation for why.
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But the question might also be asked: “Why does the spider have eight legs?”
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And again, scientists may have a complicated answer for that question too!
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Fly – illustration – Wikipedia – Public Domain
Spider – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license
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SIX: THE NUMBER OF MAN
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But for the Creationist, the answer is simple. The number six is the number of Man. And the number eight is the number of Satan.
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And so, that is why spiders catch little bugs in their nets, and not the other way around. Because the spider web is a perfect illustration of Satan’s snares, which he uses to catch the souls of men.
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Mark of the beast – pub. dom. – Wikipedia
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THE BEAST & THE DRAGON
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Now, just look at the Bible, and you will see this number eight being used to describe Satan.
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Listen… “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads (of the Antichrist beast) are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is THE EIGHTH, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.” Revelation 17:9-11
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So here is the Antichrist Beast. And his seven heads represent seven mountains, and seven kings. But the Beast himself is the eighth.
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And of course, this beast is made in image of the Revelation 12 Dragon. And so, the Beast and the Dragon are made in the same image!
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Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – Wikimedia – US Public Domain.
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JESUS EXPLAINS THE NUMBER, “8”
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OK, so what is the significance of the number eight? Just what spiritual truth does the number eight represent?
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Perhaps a parabolic truth which Jesus told the Pharisees will make these things more clear.
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Listen… “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he comes, he finds it swept and garnished. Then goes he, and takes to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” Luke 11:24-26
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Brooklyn Museum – The Pharisees Question Jesus – James Tissot – US Public Domain – Wikimedia
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NUMBER “7”, A RELIGIOUS NUMBER
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So, this little illustration presents a great big truth. Yes, Jesus was telling the Pharisees this account, so as
to illustrate how Satan can take some secular person and turn him into a much more evil person.
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And this story was given to the Pharisees to illustrate their very own condition! When a person is merely an abject unbeliever, he only has one evil spirit: an unclean spirit at that! But should that same man become religious, but with no true conversion, then Satan moves back in, bringing seven more religious devils with him (not literally 7 more devils, but figuratively)! And now the man was far worse off than when he was merely a worldling!
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Now he is a religious man, symbolized by the addition of 7 devils. Oh yes, he is still unconverted! But Satan has now given him a form of godliness, but with merely a counterfeit “holy spirit”! He’s now a moralist!
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And so, this is the big point of the number eight. It is 7 + 1. Satan plus his counterfeit religiosity, represented by God’s number of spiritual rest, “7”.
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Highbrow drunkard – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License
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CUTTLEFISH: THE ULTIMATE IMPOSTORS!
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One of the most amazing creatures ever created is the Cuttlefish! This amazing creature…“has eight arms, and two tentacles furnished with denticulated suckers, with which they secure their prey.” (Info provided by Wikipedia)
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The reason why this creature is so incredible, is that whatever the Cuttlefish passes over, it instantly begins to change into the same color and shape, of that undersea object!
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And so, its enemies cannot easily detect the camouflaged Cuttlefish!
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Cuttlefish.ogv – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License
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CUTTLEFISH: SYMBOL OF SATAN
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Well, God has created this little eight-arm predator to give us further insight into the inner working of the kingdom of Satan.
(As this little 26 second video below shows, the Cuttlefish has the ability to paralyze his potential victims, by using his hypnotizing strobe-light effect! Amazing!)
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Certainly Satan and his unseen minions love to make themselves invisible! And then with strobe-like flashes Satanic forces mesmerize us with the glittering tinsel-like treasures and earthy pleasures!
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This is the manner in which, they can deceptively work their misery and woe upon this unsuspecting world!
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Yes, without Satan’s deceptions and mesmerizing allurements, the world’s inhabitants would become alarmed, which would cause us to rebel against Satan’s kingdom, as we flee to God for refuge and safety!
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SATAN WORKS UNDERCOVER
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Now, God has created this amazing creature’s camouflaging abilities, to illustrate how Satan works undercover within the Church!
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Listen… “And then shall that Wicked be revealed…Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,” 2nd Thessalonians 2:8, 9 (condensed)
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As this above passage reveals, Satan will counterfeit the workings of God, to deceive God’s people, until the day he is revealed to God’s Elect!
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Martin, John – Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – 1824 – Wikipedia – public domain
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TO READ PART 4, CLICK HERE…
December 4 (Satan’s Number 8, Part 4: “The Cuttlefish’s 8 Deadly Arms!”)
Cuttlefish komodo – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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WATCH THIS SHORT BUT AMAZING VIDEO…
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to understand the true workings of this very deceiving world! Help me to become so savvy as to what is going on all around me, that I no more am deceived…
Praying Hands – Otto Greiner – Wikimedia – .bassenge.com – Cropped image – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…APRIL 1 (Cuttlefish & The False Prophet)“or you can also read…March 15 (A World of Lies, Part 10: It’s a Cuttlefish World: “The Whole World Lies In Wickedness!”)
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS STARS
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A new constellation has been revealed, as of about May 29th, 2014. This constellation appears as a snake. Its body is comprised of stars from the Bootes Constellation, and its jaws are made of the four stars which Babylonians saw as the head of Draco, the Dragon. It also has a small single star for an eye.
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Now in this constellation is a group of five stars, which will be called “The Five Foolish Virgins Stars”. These are located on the opposite side of the Glorious Crown of 12 Stars, from the Five Wise Virgins Stars. But one big difference between the two is, that The Five Wise are curved around the Glorious Crown, while the Five Foolish are curved away from it!
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Five Foolish Virgins Stars”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW
April 10 (“Blessing The Children”)
Ring around the rosies – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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THE DESIRE OF AGES, BY ELLEN G. WHITE
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this chapter of the audio book about the Gospel of Jesus Christ in His life and ministry.
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Chapter 55 – Not With Outward Show
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Sign of the Son of Man Constellation – made of the various constellations on this website
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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM 
QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) are invited to listen to this recording #149, a small 30 minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s 90 minute nightly talk shows. This particular program aired in the last few years of his 50 year radio ministry, and includes caller’s questions regarding his teachings on “the end of the church age”…
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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons
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