The evidence we have in the Bible
shows the sons of God, whose visible representatives are called angels, like
any visible representative of God, man on earth, or even a church, is called an
angel, which we have already discussed as having in part succumbed to Satan’s
pride and temptation.
The question is, do these verses
following have to do with this mention in Revelation, chapter 12? Or is 12
referring to a future event?
Genesis 6:1 ¶ And it came to
pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were
born unto them, 2 That the sons of God
saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all
which they chose.
3 ¶ And the LORD said, My spirit
shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall
be an hundred and twenty years.
4 ¶ There were giants in the
earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the
daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men
which were of old, men of renown. 5 And
GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which
kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
In any event, Satan knew Christ
was coming, and wanted to kill Him, but did not know when.
Genesis 3:15 And I will put
enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Jeremiah 31:22 How long wilt
thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new
thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
This gives us a spiritual reason
why Israel was so deceived and spiritually buffeted about as Satan did
everything in his power to destroy them both physically and spiritually. We
must remember, though, that Satan could go no further than God allowed. We have
that certainty from reading the book of Job. It also explains why he tested and
tempted Christ to try to have Him seek a crown before a cross, thus trying to
overthrow God’s plan.
Luke 4:1 ¶ And Jesus being full
of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the
wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted
of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended,
he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil
said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made
bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying,
It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of
God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into
an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All
this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto
me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get
thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he
brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said
unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And
in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot
against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering
said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the
temptation, he departed from him for a season.
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