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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 21, 2017 6:37:57 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Revelation 12:7-12 ---------- And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 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.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming, "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death. Rejoice then, you heavens and those who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you with great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!"
Devotional ---------- These verses portray the great conflict between Christ and Satan. Satan and his angels were overcome and thrown out of heaven. They will be defeated on earth as well. The triumph of the Lamb (Jesus Christ) will be complete and all sin and death can be overcome through the Lamb. Jesus' resurrection destroyed the power of death to separate us from God.
Prayer ---------------- I give you thanks for the victory over sin and death, gracious God. Amen
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 7:03:56 GMT -5
So true, that the devil and it's angels are here on Earth. Manifold of examples everyday.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Apr 21, 2017 9:52:36 GMT -5
This particular scripture is pointing to a day to come (in this generation), but Satan does roam this world seeking to destroy and deceive. This is his domain. He offered it to Jesus in his time of temptation. Even now, Satan goes to and fro from earth to heaven to condemn and accuse just like he did with Job.
I know there are different battles as for our souls, the ones humans face daily, but this battle spoken of here is different. They are fighting, but how? How do eternal beings battle, fight? Yes, we've read about angels with swords and armor, but what good are these in a heavenly realm? They cannot die or lose limbs; they are eternal. These things really are mysteries to me. We can only speculate.
We read that a powerful dark angel, a high level demon (Prince of Persia) kept Gabriel from getting to Daniel for 3 weeks. I'm assuming he was just blocking him. My human mind imagines a headlock and a wet-willy being involved. LOL ...until God sent a more powerful angel, the most powerful, Michael.
The battle of Armageddon isn't much of a battle at all as Christ whacks them with a word from his mouth. We will be in this battle. We, those who belong to him, will ride white horses ...in the clouds no less, returning with Christ to rule the earth. I was hoping to get a headlock on one of those demons, but not thinking it will happen.
As you all know, this battle is at the very end, however, in this present generation. It's interesting to me that we read about horses and blood up to the bridle; this is a lot of blood. Have you thought about why they aren't driving tanks and HumVs? Do we think that John didn't know what to call what he saw??? Maybe, but these are the inspired words of God. He could have described them as metal horses. John knew what metal was, but no; he saw horses.
In thinking about these things, I think there is a very good possibly that an EMP, solar flare will knock modern technology out, render it useless. They'll be forced to battle like in the renascence period.
No matter how much we learn or how much God reveals to us, there are many mysteries for us now. However, a day is coming when we will be like him, and we will know. All things will be made clear to us. For now, we trust it all in faith. Sunday came!
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