Tag: thrown down

7.n. But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 12:7   Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

The roaring lion, father of lies, deceiver, accuser, tempter, murderer, destroyer, stumbling block, crafty, and schemer all describe Satan.  He is now cast out of heaven and turned loose on earth.  He knows his end is near and comes in great wrath.  Can you imagine what it will be like on earth with the Holy Spirit removed and Satan turned loose?  We will see in later chapters what it will be like for those who are living during this period of the tribulation time.  Everything God had done previously in terms of His anger and wrath was done by His power and might.  Now He has released Satan for a time on earth, and earth will experience his wrath too.

There are many fictional movies that try to give a picture of what life is like at the “end of the world” scenarios.  They show very hard times, murderous times, and strange happening and people in the worst conditions possible.  These will not even come close to revealing what it will be like during the time of God’s wrath and the time of Satan’s wrath.  Just know that these end times come upon mankind for the rejection of  Christ and the intentional choice of self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and self-satisfaction.  The acts of wrath that come on earth and the people of the earth will get more and more intense and severe.  Each progression throughout the tribulation period will be worse than the previous.  Each act of wrath brings the final judgment seat of Christ closer, where those who have been born again will live eternity in heaven and those who have rejected Him (have not sought forgiveness of their sin, redemption, and salvation through Christ, repentance) are cast into the lake of fire that burns forever and ever.  where there is constant torment beyond what we can imagine forever.  Denying that this will happen will not stop it from happening.  Denying Christ into your life will usher in this judgment at your death and there is nothing you can do to change this outcome.  Now is the time of salvation.  Now is the time to seek forgiveness of sin, repent, and trust in, rely on, follow, and obey Jesus Christ.

4.l. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Job 1:6  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Revelation 12:9-10    And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.  And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

1 Peter 5:8    Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Satan the deceiver and accuser.  The false one.  The liar. The tempter.  How many have never seen the love of Jesus Christ because of this liar?  How many have been tempted away by his lies?  How many have believed his accusations?  Satan will try to deceive us.  He will show us the tempting shining lights of health, wealth, prosperity, and fame.  He will accuse us and tell us we are unworthy of the Love of Jesus Christ.  He will tell us we are a failure.  He will tell us we are not or cannot be forgiven.  He will tell us God can’t help us or won’t help us.  Satan is very real.  He knows are weaknesses, pride, jealousy, envy, greed, and hatred.  He will prowl looking for the opportunity to attack us with lies and temptations for he knows our sinful nature much better than us.  How are we to stand against this foe?

Are we worthy of the grace, mercy, and love of Jesus Christ? No.  Are we good enough to warrant forgiveness? No.  Have we done anything that Jesus Christ should grant us eternity with Him? No.  Have we sinned? Yes.  Do we sin? Yes. Does Jesus Christ know all of our sins past and present? Yes.  Satan will use questions like these and offer answers that seem to proper and true, but they are lies intended to confuse, intimidate, worry, pleasure, gratify, and delight self-worth, self-esteem, self-regard, self-respect, self-love, self-importance, self-satisfaction, and self-reliance.  He does this to get us to reject the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to live self-centered lives that are blind and deaf to the leading of the Holy Spirit and the awesome power, might, strength, and love of God.

Jesus went to the cross while we were yet unworthy sinners.  He did this for us as we were and are.  He did this because He loved us.  He did this to give us hope.  He did this to give us purpose.  He did this to give us opportunity of forgiveness, joy, peace, strength, grace, mercy, and love in and through His redemption made possible and perfect through His sacrifice on the cross and the promise of the indwelling Holy Spirit to all those who believe in Him, confess their sin, repent, and by faith cling to, rely on, and trust in Him.  “Greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world!”

John 3:16-21  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.