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Last Published: 12/2/2008 12:34:15 AM
Here Piggy Piggy Piggy
Posted by:
Bible Blogger on
February 20, 2008 at
10:24AM EST
I was listening to today's podcast of the Daily Audio Bible and the
incident between Jesus and a demon possessed man in Mark really leapt
out of the speakers.
"And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for
he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the
chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the
strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” So
he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered
the pigs, and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the
steep bank into the sea and were drowned in the sea." - Mark 5:2-13(ESV)
Look at the number of the pigs...two thousand. Stop and think about
that number of pigs. Two thousand pigs. Let's say the average length
of a pig is 3 feet. That would be six thousand feet of pig. That's
over a one mile long line of pig with some left over. That's a lot of
pigs.
There were enough demons within that one man to go into a herd of pigs
that size and cause them all to go insane and rush into the lake and
drown themselves.
That's power whether you want to admit it or not.
Now, as Jesus showed, God's power surpasses even the greatest display
of power that Satan or his minions can bring to the table. Still, it's
important to realize that we're talking about great spiritual power and
it's something that was too much for that possessed man to handle on
his own.
I know many who want to dismiss the idea of spiritual warfare and deny
there are angels and demons all around us. Yet as Jesus showed clearly
there is power out there being weilded by Satan and his minions and we
need to acknowledge that power is out there and that it can be too much
for us to handle without Jesus standing right there beside us.
If you're someone who is "dabbling" with the "dark arts" and things
like Ouija Boards or other things realize what it is you're dealing
with and the power you could be unleashing against you. Focus on God
and the things of God and you won't end up like that demon possessed
man who couldn't hold off Legion.
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