📖The Bible gives us clear insight into what this name “legion” really means, and why it matters when people call themselves by it today.
📖In Mark 5:1–13, Jesus encountered a man in the region of the Gadarenes who lived among the tombs. This man was tormented, cutting himself, breaking chains, and crying out day and night‼️
When Jesus asked his name, the man said “My name is Legion; for we are many.” (Mark 5:9)
This was NOT one demon speaking, it was thousands‼️ The man had LOST his personal identity to the voices of darkness inside him😭.
The word legion comes from the Latin word “legio”, a Roman military term. In ancient Rome, a legion was a massive unit of soldiers, typically 3,000 to 6,000 troops.
By using this word, the demons revealed the reality the man was occupied NOT by a SINGLE unclean spirit but by an ENTIRE army of demons‼️
This is NOT just a cultural trend, or “gender freedom” or whatever other terms “they” are calling it, BUT it’s a SPIRITUAL BATTLE over identity‼️God created male and female (Genesis 1:27), but the enemy TWISTS what God established, leading people into confusion and bondage‼️
Even though legion was many, they had NO POWER before Jesus. With ONE COMMAND, thousands of demons had to FLEE🙌🏼 The man who was once bound, naked, and tormented was restored, sitting clothed and in his RIGHT MIND at the feet of Jesus (Mark 5:15)😭🙌🏼.
Just as legion spoke in the plural because thousands of demons had stolen his voice, so today the enemy is pushing people to embrace plural pronouns that reflect confusion, fragmentation, and a rejection of God’s order.
When someone aligns themselves with “they/them” or even calls themselves “legion,” they are knowingly or unknowingly echoing a biblical picture of demonic identity theft. But no matter how dark the deception, Jesus STILL restores, redeems, and gives back the TRUE identity the enemy tried to steal🙌🏼.
Your identity is NOT legion‼️Not confusion‼️Not “they‼️” Your IDENTITY is Child of God, fearfully and wonderfully made in His image🙌🏼.