rebellion, they were expelled from the presence of God. This was the inauguration of the kingdom of darkness, and invariably the subsequent emergence of the powers and principalities. The powers and principalities therefore, can be simply defined as fallen angels who have been expelled from the presence of God, but who are now in direct spiritual confrontation with the Kingdom of God.21 This will adequately explain one of the titles of Satan as the ‘devil’, which means ‘the chief opponent of God’.
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