Has Satan been cast out of heaven yet?
By dbcraff
@dbcraff (162)
United States
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
29 Sep 08
In the book of revelation/apocalypse, chapter twelve, says how satan is restricted from heaven or the heavenly realm after the execution and resurrection of Jesus. It says there is a woman (nation, here) who has a (spiritual) crown/'aura' of twelve stars. This woman of course is Israel, for she gives birth to a "manchild" surely they same as the "Son of man" which is known to be Jesus. Satan (in his guise as the dragon) stands in front of the woman to devour her child and history tells us this very thing happened using the person of Herod who tried to kill the newly born Jesus, by killing all the young children of Bethlehem at that time. But, the chapter says, He (the manchild) is caught upn to God and His throne, which exactly concure with the book of Hebrews, chapter 1 (or is it 3?) says Jesus now sits at the right hand of God.. After this, the chapter says there was war in heaven and the dragon is no longer allowed access to heaven. This was long after the days of Job.. as that book of the bible is a very ancient one.
- Should I go on about chapter twelve of rev/apoc? Why not? after all to read it or not is optional.
After the war in heaven, the dragon sees he is restricted to the earthly realm as opposed to full access everywhere.. and in anger he persecutes the woman and she flees.. this is the second fleeing, and the woman now is christianity (til the very end, when once again the mantle rests on the shoulders of Israel). We can see in history how after 70a.d. christianity fled to europe.. then there arose persecutions and inquisitions (to all sides of christianity) and chapter twelve says the woman flees again, she is given the two wings of an eagle so she may fly (er, sail, I would say) to a new place where she is kept safe from the face of the dragon for three (modern) divisions of time and a half. The date on Plymouth rock is 1620, add 350 to that and we come to 1970. The chapter says at that time a flood is released from satan (now in his guise as beguiler and tempter, the serpent, as in the garden of Eden) - I believe this is the proliferation of indecency which has seemed to take over the world and has clearly changed christian america.. then the chapter says the earth will open its mouth and will swallow the flood (this I believe is drought, the dry days prophesied by Joel) because when Jesus was on his way to be crucified He told women who were weeping for Him "do not weep for me, but for children's children, for if they will do this in a green leaf" (crucify Him) "what will they do in a dry leaf?" (to see the answer to that see rev 13:17 and 20:4). And to end the story of chapter twelve, after this the dragon is angry and goes off to make war with the rest of the woman's offspring (Israel) who (by this time) have the testimony of Jesus and also the commandments of God.. {Here is where the chapter ends.} Note: This is a pivotal point for Jesus said to Israel "you'll not see me again, until you say 'blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD"/being God the Father here. In other words, when Israel embraces Christ, Christ's return is imminent. I.e, at the end of chapter twelve, the dragon's attention turns to gathering the world to Armegeddon.. when the armies of the nations will surround Israel seeking to annihilate it, at which time Jesus returns.
After the war in heaven, the dragon sees he is restricted to the earthly realm as opposed to full access everywhere.. and in anger he persecutes the woman and she flees.. this is the second fleeing, and the woman now is christianity (til the very end, when once again the mantle rests on the shoulders of Israel). We can see in history how after 70a.d. christianity fled to europe.. then there arose persecutions and inquisitions (to all sides of christianity) and chapter twelve says the woman flees again, she is given the two wings of an eagle so she may fly (er, sail, I would say) to a new place where she is kept safe from the face of the dragon for three (modern) divisions of time and a half. The date on Plymouth rock is 1620, add 350 to that and we come to 1970. The chapter says at that time a flood is released from satan (now in his guise as beguiler and tempter, the serpent, as in the garden of Eden) - I believe this is the proliferation of indecency which has seemed to take over the world and has clearly changed christian america.. then the chapter says the earth will open its mouth and will swallow the flood (this I believe is drought, the dry days prophesied by Joel) because when Jesus was on his way to be crucified He told women who were weeping for Him "do not weep for me, but for children's children, for if they will do this in a green leaf" (crucify Him) "what will they do in a dry leaf?" (to see the answer to that see rev 13:17 and 20:4). And to end the story of chapter twelve, after this the dragon is angry and goes off to make war with the rest of the woman's offspring (Israel) who (by this time) have the testimony of Jesus and also the commandments of God.. {Here is where the chapter ends.} Note: This is a pivotal point for Jesus said to Israel "you'll not see me again, until you say 'blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD"/being God the Father here. In other words, when Israel embraces Christ, Christ's return is imminent. I.e, at the end of chapter twelve, the dragon's attention turns to gathering the world to Armegeddon.. when the armies of the nations will surround Israel seeking to annihilate it, at which time Jesus returns.