Apostle John Eckhardt Let the heaven and earth praise Him. the seas, and everything that move therein. Psalm 69:34 Marine Demons Revised 1206 Table of Concents Chapter 1 The Mystery of the Waters The Islands Chapter 2 God Judges the Waters Dagon and the Philistines Jezebel of Zidon (Sidon) Tyrus (Tyre) Chapter 3 Jesus Comes to the Sea Coast Rivers and Basins Flying Fish and Birds that Swim Prayer Nets Deliverance from Marine Spirits Chapter 4 Leviathan. The King of Pride Man's Inability to Draw Out and Conquer Leviathan Chapter 5 Rousing Leviathan Chapter 6 Stripping Leviathan's Scales Leviathan. A Fire Breathing Dragon? Chapter 7 Stubbornness and Hardness of Heart Hardness of Heart Pride's Trail Attacking Leviathan and Other Related Spirits Related Spirits of Pride Strategies to Defeat Marine Demons Appendix: Tactics to Rout Demons A Way for the Deliverance Worker to Get Started: Leadership During Deliverance Time Tactics of Speaking to Demons What to Expect in Receiving Deliverance Demon Manifestations Hindrances to Receiving Deliverance How to Keep Your Deliverance Reference Chapter 1 The Mystery of the Waters The waters are mentioned at the beginning of creation. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (Gen. 1:2). Darkness was upon the face of the deep. One translation calls it "the roaring deep". The earth was without form (chaotic). The Hebrew phrase for "without form" is tohu wabohu. Tohu wabohu, that unformed chaos, to which are added the darkness, choshek, and the watery deep, tehom,—all are understood in Job, Psalm and several of the Prophets to have been dominated by entities that are at enmity with God. They are controlled by the "powers" resisting God's power. God represents order, light, life, love, and creation. The chaotic deep represents disorder, darkness, destruction, and death. The bathic sea, the wild ocean waters, is that which is contained by God in the Creation. (R. Bixler) God gathered the waters together in seas and contained them. He set boundaries and commanded the dry land to appear. The word that most accurately describes this action is muzzle. God muzzled the rebellious powers in creation. These powers are identified in scripture as Leviathan, Rahab, and the dragon. God's power in creation is used to restrict these rebellious spirits and make the earth habitable for man. Water itself is not that which is evil, but rather the malevolent spiritual power controlling the seas. Indeed, water in the creation narrative of Genesis 2 is the very basis for fertility. The ocean and the fresh water are contrasted, one misused by a hostile spiritual power and the other provided by a caring God as a life-giving necessity. (R. Bixler) There are "powers" linked to the waters. We call these marine demons. They can still affect the land when men invite them through "conscious" or "unconscious" pacts and decisions. Coastal areas are vulnerable to these spirits and churches in these areas need to be aware of their activities. God's power is needed today to muzzle them just as God did in the beginning. Those involved in spiritual warfare should not overlook this key component of Satan's kingdom. O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts, There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. (Psa. 104:24-26) Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. (Psa. 69:34) The marine kingdom is one of the most varied and spectacular kingdoms created by God. There is an amazing beauty and diversity within this kingdom. This kingdom represents God's wisdom. The oceans provide numerous benefits. The oceans are the cleaning system for the refuse of the earth. The oceans also regulate seasons and weather patterns. Man was given dominion over the marine kingdom (Gen. 1:26). Satan desires to control the marine kingdom and has a host of spirits under his command that assist him in doing this. Demons that operate from the waters (oceans, seas, lakes, rivers) are called marine spirits. There is a whole class of demons that operate from water. These spirits represent witchcraft, lust, perversion, murder, death, pride, rebellion, destruction, and greed. Water is a symbol of life. There can be no life apart from water. It should not be surprising that demons would pervert this truth and use the waters to bring death and destruction. God also uses water to bring judgment as he did upon Pharaoh. The earth is founded upon the seas, and established upon the floods (Psa. 24:2). The earth is connected to the seas. The seas affect the earth in many ways. Is there a spiritual correlation as well as a natural one? Has the devil devised a plan to capture the earth through the seas? Why wouldn't the devil devise a plan to capture the heart of cities? How are the water fronts gateways to a city and even a nation. The Mafia in the 1950's devised a plan to rule over the water fronts with violence, financial greed and murder. Who were they influenced by? Who gave them the idea to take over the water fronts? Is it possible that they could have been influenced by water spirits of murder and destruction? (Wayman Thomas) Spring break has become a popular time for thousands of young people to go to the ocean and its beaches. Sexual perversion and drunkenness operates at a high level during these times. Are thousands of young people being seduced by marine spirits to come and practice debauchery? Many of these students are being demonized through the ritual of spring break. Many cities in America are strongholds of perversion, violence, drug addiction, witchcraft and rebellion. Many of these cities are on large bodies of water. They include San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, New Orleans and Chicago. International cities such as Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Cape Town, and Mumbai are examples of cities controlled by marine spirits. These cities are gateway cities that include ports. There is a great degree of spiritual traffic through these gateways. Marine spirits must be challenged and bound if we are to see revival come to these cities. There has been violence, blood, murder, rape, slavery and thievery within our oceans. Thousands of slaves were thrown overboard through the slave trade. Wealth, including gold and silver, has been transported across the oceans, after lands were plundered. Illegal drugs have been transported across the seas. Marine spirits promote murder and greed. Bloodshed causes defilement. Many waters have been defiled by blood which gives marine spirits strength to operate. There have been many covenants made with spirits connected to the waters (Isa. 28:17-18). Waterways are gateways to cities and nations. Satan will always try to possess the gates. He will place some of his strongest demons at these gates. Gates control the flow in and out of a region. We are to possess the gates of the enemy. We can command the gates to open for the King of Glory to enter (Psa. 24:7). Waters and seas represent that which is secret and hidden. There are many mysteries and secrets hidden under the waters. People are often attracted to bodies of water to perform secret rituals. This is especially true in the realm of witchcraft. Many people go to islands and take cruises to engage in sexual sin and fornication. There is much fornication performed on the waters. There are many spirits that are represented by sea creatures. It is the nature of these spirits to remain secret and hidden. They are often hard to discern and detect. Many of these spirits have the form of sea serpents, fish, amphibians, crocodiles, crabs, squids, frogs, eels, and other creeping things. There are also spirits that look like halffish and half-man, mermaids, and other hybrids. This is because these spirits seek to intermingle with men and corrupt society. We have cast out many mind-binding and mind-controlling spirits that have the form of a squid or an octopus. These spirits have tentacles that wrap around the minds of people hindering them from thinking clearly. These spirits cause much confusion and help blind people from seeing the truth. These are powerful spirits that often require fasting to break. Spirits of lust and perversion can often take the form of frogs. Leviathan takes the form of a large sea serpent. . . . though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: (Amos 9:3) There is nothing hidden from the LORD. He discovers the deep things out of darkness (Job 12:22). The dark deep is as light to the LORD. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves (Job 34:22). Evil cannot hide from God. Marine spirits and their operations are not hidden from his eyes. In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1) This is not referring to a natural creature. God is not angry with whales. Leviathan is a spiritual entity. He makes the deep to boil like a pot (Job 41:31). He is a king over all the children of pride (Job 41:34). God has promised a day in which the king of pride (leviathan) will be crushed. Leviathan is a proud ruling spirit in the marine kingdom. The marine kingdom and its demons will be judged. This judgment will come through the church. We are living in the day in which God is exposing this realm of satan's kingdom. Marine spirits are being judged and cast out. Their control over families, cities, and nations will be broken. Leviathan and Rahab are arrogant sea monsters. They have multitudes of demons that help them in their resistance to the purpose of God. God is against the proud. He has determined to judge these spirits and rebuke them in their pride (Psa. 119:21). We can execute upon them the judgment written (Psa. 149:6-9). Marine spirits hate praise. They hate fasting (self-humbling). Fasting, prayer, and praise are powerful in challenging and defeating marine spirits. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. (Psa. 29:3) We can release the voice of the LORD upon the waters. We can prophesy over the waters. We can blow shofars over the waters. We can release praise over the waters. These are effective ways to break the powers of marine spirits. Marine spirits will flee at God's rebuke and run away at the voice of his thunder (Psa. 104:6-7). Ask the LORD to visit them with thunder (Isa. 29:6). Pray for the LORD to be upon the waters. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. (Psa. 93:3-4) The floods and the waves represent pride and rebellion. God is mightier and higher than the floods and waves. God's kingdom rules over all. God will establish his authority over the secret and hidden marine kingdom. God rules the raging of the sea (Psa. 89:9). The sea was created to praise the LORD, not to be ruled by demons (Psa. 98:78). He will root out rebellion from the waters. There is no part of creation that will remain defiled. All the earth will eventually be purified. He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. (Job 28:11) God bindeth the flood from overflowing. God has set a boundary for the sea. Overflowing floods represent breaking boundaries (rebellion). Marine spirits are proud and rebellious. They seduce and motivate people to sin and engage in acts of rebellion. These spirits like to remain and operate in the dark. God brings the hidden things to light. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. (Rev. 12:15-16) The dragon releases a flood against the church. The bible has a lot to say about waters and floods. Water was meant to sustain life, but the enemy uses it to release death. Marine spirits release death and destruction. The earth helped the woman. The earth was made to work for us, not against us. It is important to know that God rules the sea through his power. He rules the floods. Although Satan desires to rule every part of God's creation, God has ultimate authority. In his hand are the deep places of the earth (Psa. 95:4). The sea is his, and he made it (Psa. 95:5). The only right satan has is that which is given to him by man. All demons operating in the waters must submit to the Lordship of Jesus. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end... He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:10,12-13) God smiteth through Rahab (the proud) by his understanding. It takes understanding to defeat this class of demons. Leviathan is called a crooked serpent (Isa. 27:1). Divideth means to toss violently or suddenly. God hath compassed the waters with bounds. God shuts up the sea with doors (Job 38:8). This shows God's authority and power over the marine kingdom and marine spirits. God is able to break the power of these arrogant sea monsters. ... Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. (Eph. 4:9-10) Jesus filled all things through his descent and ascent. Jesus descended to the lower parts of the earth. Hell is beneath the earth and beneath the seas. Jesus descended into hell that he might fill all things. All realms are now subject to his power and authority. This includes the deep. God's judgments upon satan and his kingdom come through the death and resurrection of Christ.