Are entire cities under the power of Satan?

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I once picked up a book in which the cover insisted that entire cities are under the power of Satan. I can’t remember then title of the book, but I have come to believe that it’s true!
 
Robert_Sock said:
I once picked up a book in which the cover insisted that entire cities are under the power of Satan. I can’t remember then title of the book, but I have come to believe that it’s true!
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Satan affects individuals. ‘Cities’, as ensouled or sentient entities, do not exist- they are just places where individuals live. Therefore a ‘city’ cannot be possessed.

However, there is certainly a lot of evil in some cities.
 
Qoeleth said:
Satan affects individuals. ‘Cities’, as ensouled or sentient entities, do not exist- they are just places where individuals live. Therefore a ‘city’ cannot be possessed.

However, there is certainly a lot of evil in some cities.
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It reminds me of Johna and Nineveh.
 
Robert_Sock said:
I once picked up a book in which the cover insisted that entire cities are under the power of Satan. I can’t remember then title of the book, but I have come to believe that it’s true!
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It would be good to try and remember the title and or author. A number of different Protestant teachers would propose this type of view and unless you can state who is promoting this and what they used to support this, it is hard to comment on a title alone. I would bet that this wasn’t a Catholic author. Thinking like this spreads fear and retreat. If we are the Church Militant and believe that the"gates of hell will not prevail against us" then whether there are whole cities or areas under the power of Satan, we have the greater power in Christ to move forward into areas or cities or regions that seems to be “under Satan”. Books like this I would bet doesn’t encourage people to move forward to spread the Gospel but to give up and retreat.
 
Yep, the dreaded St. Louis and Chicago. Both are determined to take down Wisconsin in football or baseball. Fortunately like Christ promised that won’t happen. 😃

Seriously though, yeah probably. We’ll never know for sure, but it’s likely leadership of cities is under satan via what the leaders are doing.
 
Yes, Cities (people) are under the influence of satan. These are cities in which the majority of the population agrees with abortion (pro-choice), gay marriage, cohabitation,etc… These people go against the laws of the Church, therefore the will of God. Therefore, they are in a state of sin, and total submission to satan’s influence as well as rebellion against God.

Even scripture supports this in various places. "Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Mathew 4:9. This implies that satan has the kingdoms (cities and countries) of this world under his control.

Christ also says "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."John 18:36.

Our Lord tells us many times that to go to His Kingdom, we must not follow the temptations of the world and of the flesh.

I can give many more direct quotes from the Holy Bible, but I think you get my point .👍
 
I know San Fransisco is a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. So while Satan can’t “rule” anything, the heathenish peoples of those cities elect Satan as their ruler and thus those cities are miserable to live in.
 
Robert_Sock said:
I once picked up a book in which the cover insisted that entire cities are under the power of Satan. I can’t remember then title of the book, but I have come to believe that it’s true!
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The book of Revelations referred to the city of Pergamum as the 'seat of Satan"
This article proposes several theories.

fishingtheabyss.com/archives/31

God’s peace be with you

micah
 
No. There are good people of faith in every city. If a city was “ruled by Satan,” that wouldn’t be possible.
 
Robert_Sock said:
I once picked up a book in which the cover insisted that entire cities are under the power of Satan. I can’t remember then title of the book, but I have come to believe that it’s true!
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How about entire countries ! 🤷
 
Robert_Sock said:
I once picked up a book in which the cover insisted that entire cities are under the power of Satan. I can’t remember then title of the book, but I have come to believe that it’s true!
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For a non-Western example, I’ve had my suspicions about Bombay (now Mumbai) for quite some time… 😃 (Just kidding around - it’s the equivalent of Hollywood over here, if you need the joke explained.)

But I think the answer to the question is “yes, but only in a general sense; not in the sense that every single resident is demoniacally obsessed, possessed or otherwise troubled.” Sodom and Gomorrah would be examples. I shall refrain from giving contemporary ones. 😃
 
Ill go even further and say a whole state is in the devils grasp. Utah is ready for a disaster.
 
I voted somewhat agree.

The points about individuals are very convincing and agree with our individual judgement upon death.

But Jesus sometimes calls out cities, namely Jerusalem, Chorazin, and Bethsaida for their unbelief. And in Nazareth He was without honor for He was in His own hometown.

Sodom and Gomorrah are completely destroyed by an act of God … other times armies destroyed cities like Samaria and Jerusalem after they were warned and did not repent.

Then too, Nineveh, capitol of Assyria, was warned and DID repent for a time. It no longer exists but was spared when it heeded Jonah’s warnings.

Going through a “bad part of town” the evil can seem almost palpable. My agnostic exwife was driving and took a shortcut off the main drag in Las Vegas through some iffy neighborhoods with litttle rundown motels blaring that they had X-rated cable inside, and with the sidewalks punctuated by the occasional "looks like a possible prostitute, advertising … " <judging from ex-wife’s reaction.

When we got to the “good part” of town again, we went into a Casino to get a deal on a meal. To get to the restaurant we had to meander through mirrored sections of slot machines and gambling tables. Outside it was about 106 degrees and it seemed like
half the town had come into the casino to beat the heat.

When we sat down she looked shaken. “This has been an unusual half-hour,” I said.

“I KNOW …” she replied “It’s sort of like …” (and she paused for a bit searching for a word).

“Hell?” I offered. “Yeeeah!” she responded. She was a LITTLE less agnostic at seeing what she estimated to be evil.

And really we hadn’t seen much. Just the veneer. It was not the gambling. Or the drinking. Or the agitated people pushing their way into the cool rooms. The zombie like
rhythm of the people feeding the slot machines. The overt calls to pornography on oversized motel signs.

There were spiritual vibes. Greed. Hopelessness. Hostility. Drunkenness. Immodesty.

And a general attitude of … this stuff is OK HERE!

And yet to compare Las Vegas to other American cities … it may not be the worst.

I enjoyed going to the Catholic Church in Las Vegas (in the shadow of the Luxor Pyramid).
It seemed like an Oasis. And at other times I’d been to a college football game at UNLV
and met some very nice folks. Pretty G-rated all-American stuff. lol.

God has a way of making distinctions. Like with Lot and his family. The land of Goshen vs. Egypt etc.

But especially with us Americans, where we choose our leaders and are not without some individual power, maybe the judgement of cities and nations (which Jesus also alluded to), should give us pause or spur us to greater citizenship.

When evangelized well Satan can fall from the sky, for the power of God is greater.
But some cities offer no welcome to Jesus. Like Bethlehem. While an unnamed pagan Egyptian city let the holy family live there as refugees.

Jesus told the apostles to shake the dust of some towns off their feet for having rejected
salvation and the good news. And those were towns in Judea! Later He told them to
“go and teach the nations.”

Paul had some cryptic things to say about Crete. And some other cities. St. John too.

It is an interesting subject to ponder. Since I’m still in the pondering stage … I voted “somewhat agree” based on some of the above.
 
CaptFun said:
I voted somewhat agree.

The points about individuals are very convincing and agree with our individual judgement upon death.

But Jesus sometimes calls out cities, namely Jerusalem, Chorazin, and Bethsaida for their unbelief. And in Nazareth He was without honor for He was in His own hometown.

Sodom and Gomorrah are completely destroyed by an act of God … other times armies destroyed cities like Samaria and Jerusalem after they were warned and did not repent.

Then too, Nineveh, capitol of Assyria, was warned and DID repent for a time. It no longer exists but was spared when it heeded Jonah’s warnings.

Going through a “bad part of town” the evil can seem almost palpable. My agnostic exwife was driving and took a shortcut off the main drag in Las Vegas through some iffy neighborhoods with litttle rundown motels blaring that they had X-rated cable inside, and with the sidewalks punctuated by the occasional "looks like a possible prostitute, advertising … " <judging from ex-wife’s reaction.

When we got to the “good part” of town again, we went into a Casino to get a deal on a meal. To get to the restaurant we had to meander through mirrored sections of slot machines and gambling tables. Outside it was about 106 degrees and it seemed like
half the town had come into the casino to beat the heat.

When we sat down she looked shaken. “This has been an unusual half-hour,” I said.

“I KNOW …” she replied “It’s sort of like …” (and she paused for a bit searching for a word).

“Hell?” I offered. “Yeeeah!” she responded. She was a LITTLE less agnostic at seeing what she estimated to be evil.

And really we hadn’t seen much. Just the veneer. It was not the gambling. Or the drinking. Or the agitated people pushing their way into the cool rooms. The zombie like
rhythm of the people feeding the slot machines. The overt calls to pornography on oversized motel signs.

There were spiritual vibes. Greed. Hopelessness. Hostility. Drunkenness. Immodesty.

And a general attitude of … this stuff is OK HERE!

And yet to compare Las Vegas to other American cities … it may not be the worst.

I enjoyed going to the Catholic Church in Las Vegas (in the shadow of the Luxor Pyramid).
It seemed like an Oasis. And at other times I’d been to a college football game at UNLV
and met some very nice folks. Pretty G-rated all-American stuff. lol.

God has a way of making distinctions. Like with Lot and his family. The land of Goshen vs. Egypt etc.

But especially with us Americans, where we choose our leaders and are not without some individual power, maybe the judgement of cities and nations (which Jesus also alluded to), should give us pause or spur us to greater citizenship.

When evangelized well Satan can fall from the sky, for the power of God is greater.
But some cities offer no welcome to Jesus. Like Bethlehem. While an unnamed pagan Egyptian city let the holy family live there as refugees.

Jesus told the apostles to shake the dust of some towns off their feet for having rejected
salvation and the good news. And those were towns in Judea! Later He told them to
“go and teach the nations.”

Paul had some cryptic things to say about Crete. And some other cities. St. John too.

It is an interesting subject to ponder. Since I’m still in the pondering stage … I voted “somewhat agree” based on some of the above.
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I’ve heard people call Las Vegas “Sin City”.
 
CaptFun said:
I voted somewhat agree.

The points about individuals are very convincing and agree with our individual judgement upon death.

But Jesus sometimes calls out cities, namely Jerusalem, Chorazin, and Bethsaida for their unbelief. And in Nazareth He was without honor for He was in His own hometown.

Sodom and Gomorrah are completely destroyed by an act of God … other times armies destroyed cities like Samaria and Jerusalem after they were warned and did not repent.

Then too, Nineveh, capitol of Assyria, was warned and DID repent for a time. It no longer exists but was spared when it heeded Jonah’s warnings.

Going through a “bad part of town” the evil can seem almost palpable. My agnostic exwife was driving and took a shortcut off the main drag in Las Vegas through some iffy neighborhoods with litttle rundown motels blaring that they had X-rated cable inside, and with the sidewalks punctuated by the occasional "looks like a possible prostitute, advertising … " <judging from ex-wife’s reaction.

When we got to the “good part” of town again, we went into a Casino to get a deal on a meal. To get to the restaurant we had to meander through mirrored sections of slot machines and gambling tables. Outside it was about 106 degrees and it seemed like
half the town had come into the casino to beat the heat.

When we sat down she looked shaken. “This has been an unusual half-hour,” I said.

“I KNOW …” she replied “It’s sort of like …” (and she paused for a bit searching for a word).

“Hell?” I offered. “Yeeeah!” she responded. She was a LITTLE less agnostic at seeing what she estimated to be evil.

And really we hadn’t seen much. Just the veneer. It was not the gambling. Or the drinking. Or the agitated people pushing their way into the cool rooms. The zombie like
rhythm of the people feeding the slot machines. The overt calls to pornography on oversized motel signs.

There were spiritual vibes. Greed. Hopelessness. Hostility. Drunkenness. Immodesty.

And a general attitude of … this stuff is OK HERE!

And yet to compare Las Vegas to other American cities … it may not be the worst.

I enjoyed going to the Catholic Church in Las Vegas (in the shadow of the Luxor Pyramid).
It seemed like an Oasis. And at other times I’d been to a college football game at UNLV
and met some very nice folks. Pretty G-rated all-American stuff. lol.

God has a way of making distinctions. Like with Lot and his family. The land of Goshen vs. Egypt etc.

But especially with us Americans, where we choose our leaders and are not without some individual power, maybe the judgement of cities and nations (which Jesus also alluded to), should give us pause or spur us to greater citizenship.

When evangelized well Satan can fall from the sky, for the power of God is greater.
But some cities offer no welcome to Jesus. Like Bethlehem. While an unnamed pagan Egyptian city let the holy family live there as refugees.

Jesus told the apostles to shake the dust of some towns off their feet for having rejected
salvation and the good news. And those were towns in Judea! Later He told them to
“go and teach the nations.”

Paul had some cryptic things to say about Crete. And some other cities. St. John too.

It is an interesting subject to ponder. Since I’m still in the pondering stage … I voted “somewhat agree” based on some of the above.
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I think it is clearly satanic how you can be walking along the sidewalk on the strip one minute, and find yourself in the middle of a casino the next, without any conscious knowledge of entering the casino voluntarily.🤷
 
I wouldn’t say that any city is completely under the power of Satan, so I voted “somewhat agree.” However, San Francisco and West Hollywood are the capitals of the homosexual hedonistic lifestyle with all of its cruising and clubbing, so they would be near the top of my list.

One city that is on the other extreme- Vatican City!:extrahappy:
 
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