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Nothing my eye, Something for sure
The Bible actually backs that up.
"The sons of the true God" who materialized in Noah’s day, to indulge the pleasures of the flesh, were forced back to the spirit realm by the flood, where they were placed under restraint. There is no record of them manifesting in the flesh again, whereas faithful angels continued to do so.
The war in heaven mentioned in Revelation 12:7-12
“ And war broke out in heaven: Miʹcha·el and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them any longer in heaven. 9 So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.”
This identifies who the demons are.....satan’s angels....the devil’s henchmen.
When Jesus confronted them to cast them out their of their victims, they knew who he was and where they would eventually end up. They were compelled to obey him. Others who cast out those evil spirits also used Jesus’ name because of his God given authority over them,
I guess because they have great power and yet only exercise it when authorised by God to do so. Power corrupts all intelligent creatures if it is not exercised under God’s control. The devil stepped out of his boundaries and instead of using his power directly, he used deception and appeals to self interest.....gaining control of humans gave him all the power he needed to become their god and ruler. Others followed satan’s lead.....so we can respect those angels who remained faithful to God.....humans too, considering who is ruling this world. (1 John 5:19)
Will there ever be a time when God's creatures will be self sufficient, or will they remain God dependent for all of eternity?
As created creatures of God, and especially with their being enemies of God out there, I can understand the need for dependency on God. But eventually I would imagine all creatures loyal to God would eventually grow into friendship with God and become more independent.
I think God is more of a parent then until one day faithful people learn all their lessons.