Revelation 12:6 And the woman
fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they
should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
If Israel is the woman then during
the 3 ½ years of 360 days each as per the ancient calculation, which is 1260
days, the Jews will have to flee the most intense persecution of their entire
existence. If those surviving Jews have to hide in the remote vastness of, for
instance, Edom, during the Great Tribulation then who are those people living
in Jerusalem? Members of the “Religion of Peace”, modern followers of Baal?
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And
except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for
the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Revelation 12:7 And there was
war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed
not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Michael was introduced in Daniel
as the specific angel representing Israel.
Daniel 10:13 But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one
of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of
Persia. …21 But I will shew thee that
which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with
me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Daniel 12:1 And at that time
shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy
people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was
a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be
delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. [Keep in mind
that Daniel doesn’t see or, perhaps, understand the church age.]
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the
archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses,
durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke
thee.
So, when was the devil cast out?
Again, is this future or past? Remember,
Satan was in Eden and had a respected position there, perhaps as God’s priest,
based on what he wore.
Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in
Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy
pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;
and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast
walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day
that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
He plotted the overthrow of God’s
heavenly order in his mind.
Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: 14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.
You can see that he wished to be a
god like God and this is the idea he tried to plant in Adam and Eve’s heads.
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be
as gods, knowing good and evil.
Is the following Godly sarcasm?
Psalm 82:1 ¶ « A Psalm of
Asaph. » God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among
the gods. 2 How long will ye judge
unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to
the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the
poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand;
they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 ¶ I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are
children of the most High. 7 But ye
shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt
inherit all nations.
And Jesus’ reference to it in a
manner of saying, perhaps, you think you are gods in the flesh and yet you say
I am blaspheming when I say I am the Son of God?
John 10:30 I and my Father are
one. 31 Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered
them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those
works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews
answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and
because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in
your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he
called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be
broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the
Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I
said, I am the Son of God?
And when the seventy Christ sent
out to Israel returned
Luke 10:17 ¶ And the seventy
returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us
through thy name. 18 And he said unto
them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Again, is it future or past? Did
the war in heaven happen during
Christ’s time? Or, is it a future event?
Events in the spiritual world may not be linked to our timeframe, by the way.
Consider that we have a very fuzzy notion of the orderly sequence of events
outside of the physical world.
Here verse 9, by the way, is a
link showing that Satan’s true nature is reptilian in form. See this
cross-reference and then remember Job, chapter 41.
Isaiah 27:1 ¶ In that day the
LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the
piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the
dragon that is in the sea.
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