Dealing With Demons (Part 1)

Some people ignore the subject of demons completely. Others have a compulsive interest in them. You should not minimize the power of demon spirits in the world today, yet you must not become so preoccupied with them that you see a demon in everything that happens and in everyone around you. You should take a
simple, literal, Biblical approach to the subject of demons. Do not study secular books about such powers of evil. Your only sources of study in these areas should be the Word of God or good Christian literature.

God originally created all of the angels, some of which later became demons:
John 1:13 "All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made."

Colossians 1:16 "For by Him were all things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities,
or powers; all things were created by Him and for Him."

Demons were originally like the other angels of God with the same attributes and positions as the good angels. When Satan rebelled against God, a portion of the angels participated in his rebellion. God cast them out of Heaven, along with Satan. They were no longer good spiritual beings (angels). They became evil spiritual beings (demons):

Revelation 12:7-9 "And there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon (Satan); and the dragon fought and his angels. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in Heaven.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

If demons are not "fallen" angels, then we have no other Biblical explanation for their existence. Satan cannot create his own forces, because all things were created by God. There are two groups of these fallen angels. One group is actively opposing God and His people on earth.
Another is confined in chains:

2 Peter 2:4 "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to Hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment."

Jude 6 "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of
the great day."

There are confined demons and active demons. The leader of both groups is Satan, who is called
the "prince" of devils in Matthew 12:24. Hell is prepared for the Devil and his angels. It will be their final destiny:

Matthew 25:41 "Then shall He (Jesus) say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

When Jesus confronted the two men possessed by demons, their response was:

Matthew 8:29 "What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?"

The demons in the possessed men knew their final destiny was a place of eternal torment. Since
Hell is a place of torment and was prepared for Satan and his angels, then demons must be the fallen angels.