PERCEIVING THE UNSEEN WORLD. [Nigel Anslow]  return

Mark 5:1-21 (NASB) v9 `......My name is LEGION:  for  we  are many.'
v15 `And they came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened.'
          A Legion = A division of the Roman army.

comprising
(4 Levels)

(4) - 1 Legionaire
(3) - 10 Cohorts
(2) - 60 Centurions
(1) - 6000 foot soldiers (& a cavalry detachment)
Rank in Roman army
`a band of soldiers' - Mk 15:16   (1 cohort + 600)
`Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian band' - Acts 10:1
Mat. 26:52-53  `Put up your sword .....or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than  12  legions of angels'.
4 levels in the unseen world.  Col.1:16   For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be:-
4.

The Throne

Spiritual wickedness
 in High Places


Rulers of this World's
Darkness

Power

Principalities

`We wrestle NOT against flesh & blood BUT against ..'

Ephesians 6:12
(the earth - footstool)


The Throne

Dominion


Might


Power

Principality


`far above all ...'

Ephesians 1:21
(the earth - footstool)

The Throne

Powers


Principalities


Dominion

Thrones


`whether they be ..' 

Colossians 1:16
(the earth - footstool)
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