2nd Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
The enemy of souls will reveal himself as a dazzling, supernatural being, to forever seal the decisions of those who have rejected Christ and His truth. But, for the time being, he is restricted to remaining hidden from view for the most part. This leads us to the third rule of engagement as it pertains to the battle for our minds. Some way, and somehow, angels need to get their suggestions into our minds.
With the angel Gabriel, who was locked in combat with satan, both of them needed to get their persuasions into the king’s mind, and so, the next logical question is: How do they do this? The answer to this question has two parts, because of sheer necessity. Angels do not necessarily need a human being to infuse the mind of another person with their suggestions and persuasions. They have the ability to do so directly on their own.
There was not a single other person involved when satan had spoken through Peter. No one influenced Judas to do evil at Christ’s communion table and the Bible does not specifically state that other folks had encouraged David to number Israel.
1st Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!