Satan's Headquarters Part 1



In Ephesians 6:12 Paul makes it very clear that, as Christians, we are involved in a life and death struggle with a highly-organized kingdom peopled by evil, rebellious spirit-beings and that the headquarters of this kingdom is in the heavenly realm.

The phrase, "the heavenly realm," raises a particular problem in the minds of Christians.  If Satan was cast out heaven long ago, how then can he still occupy a place in the heavenly realm?

Let's answer this question by pointing out some passages that describe events that took place long after the initial rebellion and casting down of Satan by God.  These passages indicate that Satan still had access to the presence of God in heaven at that time. Job 1:6-7 6 one day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.  7. The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you came from?"  Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

Almost exactly the same incident is recorded again in Job 2:1-2 1 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?  Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."

So at that time, which was in the days of Job, we see that Satan still had direct access to the presence of the Lord.  When God's angels came to present themselves and report to the Lord Satan was there among them.  The passages seems to indicate that the other angels did not identify Satan.  I can understand this because in 2 Corinthians 11:14, Paul says that Satan is transformed as "as an angel of light."  The passage states that the only one who could identify Satan was the Lord.  Apparently, he could appear in the presence of  angels and not be detected. We will discuss more in Part 2 of Satan's Headquarters.
by Spiritual Warfare: Derek Prince