At one time the devil served in heaven as a mighty angel, but he rebelled against God. And when he fell, a third of the angels fell with him and became disembodied spirits. We call them demons today. The devil is now the lord of these fallen angels, and together they form a demonized, organized, and mobilized power of satanic wickedness. Paul reminds us, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against