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regarding the day of judgment where the sheep were being separated from the goats. To the
               goats He will say:

               Matthew 25:41
               “Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the aionian fire which has been prepared for the devil
               and his angels...”


               In the image of Baphomet we see the right hand pointing up, and the left hand pointing
               down, once again bringing to mind the expression “As above, so below.” What I would bring
               out in relation to this present study is that Satan is called the Prince of the Power of the Air
               in the Bible.

               Ephesians 2:1-2
               And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to
               the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is
               now working in the sons of disobedience.

               Satan has a spiritual kingdom of which he is the head. It is this kingdom Christ refers to in
               the following Scripture.

               Luke 11:15-18
               But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons..." But
               He knew their thoughts and said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste;
               and a house divided against itself falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his
               kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.”

               The  Jews  called  Satan  (Beelzebul)  “the  ruler  of  the  demons.”  Yet  Satan  has  greater
               aspirations than to rule over demons. He seeks to rule over all mankind. That rule that he
               has in the heavenly realms he wishes to see brought to fulness as all mankind bows before
               him in open worship. Satan sought to accomplish this end by inducing the Son of God in the
               flesh to bow before him in worship.

               Matthew 4:8-9
               Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the
               world and their glory; and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down
               and worship me."

               Having failed in tempting Yahshua to worship him, Satan has not given up his quest. He is
               ever working toward the goal of getting all men to worship him. The book of Revelations
               reveals that he will achieve this goal among the mass of humanity at the end of the age.


               Revelation 13:3-4
               And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; they worshiped the
               dragon because he gave his authority to the beast...


               Even as the demons worship Satan, and even as 1/3rd of the angels followed Satan in
               rebelling against Yawheh, so too does Satan seek to induce all mankind to follow and
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