powers and principalities, n.Definitions

Powers and principalities (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be shaken, so they cannot be the true God: they are the forces that have governed humanity since the world began.

Powers and principalities (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠two-faced: before Christ they keep men from destroying one another; after him they are veils that block the full revelation.

Powers and principalities (n.) played ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠their oldest trick on Jesus and lost: the disciples remembered an innocent man, not a guilty god, and the trick was exposed.