(Additional Notes) Demoniciduth - Enemy of Satan

These are notes the band wrote in the lyric booklet for their album "Enemy of Satan". These notes are written at the top of each page, followed by the actual song lyrics. These notes are also available when you click on each song title [on Bandcamp]. I just wanted to have them all available in one convenient place. For more info on Demoniciduth in general, including the aforementioned song lyrics, see the Unblack Archives page for them [here]. Oh, for the record, there's some text on the inner sides of the CD packaging. If you were wondering, they say: (left) "Enemy of Satan - Fear not the serpent - His fate has been foretold - In the pages of old". (right) "DEMONICIDUTH MMXVII".

March of the Dead
"Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light" - Ephesians 5:14

Christian Metal Worldwide
The purpose of that song is to reaffirm what Christian Metal ought to be. Christians believe that the Bible is God's exclusive revelation to mankind and Jesus' sacrifice the only way to salvation. Such a statement can stir up much opposition in our increasingly secularized world. Does it mean that backing away from a clear stand for the truth of The Scriptures is a viable solution to reach our generation? By no means! "Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through The Word of Christ" (Rom. 10:17) So we should be determined not to beat about the bush. And determined we shall be!

Destiny
The Bible says that "man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment" (Heb. 9:27) But there is "no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1). The Son of God suffered the penalty for our sin through His death on the cross and rose again on the third day, so that all who believe in Him and repent from their sin will have eternal life, but those who don't will be condemned (John 3:16-18). Therefore we urge you to receive God's grace: "Now is the time of God's favour, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2)!

Crucify
Originally written in 2003 under the name "Cut Off", the song depicts the Christian's daily war to keep in step with the Spirit, something we cannot carry out by our own, as the apostle Paul realized 2000 years ago when he wrote: "Who will rescue me from this body of death?" while immediately adding: "Thanks be to God through Jesus to sympathize with our weakness, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need" (Heb. 4:15-16). Amen!

The Holocaust of Our Generation
In Jeremiah 7:30-31, we read that God pronounced a sentence against the people of Judah because they were burning alive their children in sacrifices to the gods Moloch and Baal in an area of the Valley of Ben Hinnom called Topheth, from Hebrew "toph", meaning "drums", for the cries of the children were masked by the sound of tambourines. Likewise, in the ongoing debate over abortion, pr-choice proponents use 'rhetorical tambourines' to mask the fact that abortion is murder. Although modern fetology has confirmed the Bible's claim that human life begins at the very moment of conception, abortionists still question the human status of the unborn. The same kind of reasoning prompted Nazi Darwinian Germany to kill about six million Jews. They denied their full humanity, calling them "Untermensch" (subhumans). Abortion is the holocaust of our generation and it is our duty to expose the deeds of darkness (Eph. 5:11) and engage our culture with a biblical defense for the sanctity and dignity of human life: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart" (Jer. 1:5)

Enemy of Satan
The Bible warns us: "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Pet. 5:8). We are told to "Resist him, standing firm in the faith" (v. 9). Faith in Jesus is like a shield which "can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil  one" (Eph. 6:16). Several examples in the gospels demonstrate that demons are terrified when confronted with Jesus. Thus, Christians shouldn't fear the devil, "because The One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). Satan's doom is settled: "And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever" (Rev. 20:10). The whole purpose of that song and album is to remind everyone that Christ has all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt. 28:18). We are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom. 8:37)!

Megiddo Massacre
This is a song about the justice of God. Jesus said that a time of great distress – unequalled from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be equalled again – would befall humankind, adding that if those days had not been cut short, no-one would survive (Matthew 24:21-22). Indeed, man will be scarcer than pure gold (Isaiah 13:12) when God will bring charges against the nations, judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword (Jeremiah 25:31). Does God punishes too harshly? Holy angels don't think so: "You are just in these judgments... Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments" (Revelation 16:5, 7). Rather, our righteous acts are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). We deserve to die for our sins (Romans 5). But the point is this: God loves us and gave His Son to take our punishment (Isaiah 53:5), so that "whoever believes in The Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects The Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on Him" (John 3:36). Hebrews 2:3 aptly summarizes: "How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?"

Dogs of Antichrist
This song primarily addresses the dangers of satanism through a tale about a man who made a pact with the devil. Thinking that Satan would treat him like a son, he was instead treated like a prisoner and a slave. In the end, Satan sent his dogs to claim his due. The poor man was devoured (the dogs imagery was borrowed from Greek mythology, namely the legendary hell hound Cerberus). If you feel like you're in a dead end, trapped and without hope, we tell you: Come to Jesus! He is your Saviour, your Deliverer and He said that He came to save what was lost (Matthew 18:11).