Satan Thrown Down to Earth. And war broke out in heaven, Michael [the archangel] and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought,
but they were not strong enough and did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. [2Pe_2:4; Jud_1:6]
And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. [Gen_3:1, Gen_3:14-15; Zec_3:1; Joh_13:2; 2Co_11:3; Rev_20:8] Revelation 12:7-9
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
III. THE MESSIANIC CONFLICT, Revelation 8-14
1. The Seven Angels with Trumpets, Rev_8:1-13; Rev_9:1-21; Rev_10:1-11; Rev_11:1-19
2. The Woman and the Dragon, Rev_12:1-17
23. How extensive is the conflict between the forces of good and evil?
SATAN THROWN DOWN TO EARTH
And war broke out in heaven, Michael [the archangel] and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought,
but they were not strong enough and did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. [2Pe_2:4; Jud_1:6]
And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. [Gen_3:1, Gen_3:14-15; Zec_3:1; Joh_13:2; 2Co_11:3; Rev_20:8]
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom (dominion, reign) of our God, and the authority of His Christ have come; for the accuser of our [believing] brothers and sisters has been thrown down [at last], he who accuses them and keeps bringing charges [of sinful behavior] against them before our God day and night. [Job_1:6-11]
And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death. [Zec_3:1-10; Rom_8:33-34]
Therefore rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them [in the presence of God]. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you in great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time [remaining]!” [Isa_44:23; Isa_49:13]
And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male Child.
But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan). [Exo_19:4; Deu_32:10-11; Isa_40:31; Dan_7:25; Dan_12:7]
And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth. [Exo_15:12]
So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went off to wage war on the rest of her children (seed), those who keep and obey the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus [holding firmly to it and bearing witness to Him].
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Revelation 12:7-17
SATAN CAST DOWN FROM HEAVEN
The spirit of evil waits to destroy each birth of good in our world. As soon as Mary had given birth to our Lord, Herod sought to destroy Him, and this is characteristic of all the ages. But God’s care is always at hand to deliver His own. He has His prepared places, where He hides those who trust in Him. He keeps them in the secret of His pavilion from the strife of men.
Sin has brought conflict, not on our earth only, but throughout the universe; but from the heavenly places it has been driven, and the last stand is made on our earth. Is it not possible that the awful war which has desolated mankind may be one of the last phases of this age-long conflict? There is but one talisman of victory. We overcome only in so far as we take shelter in the blood of the Lamb and wield as our weapon the Word of God. As darkness cannot resist the light, so evil cannot exist before the witness of the Church and the child of God, if only we care more for the honor and glory of Christ than for our own lives. To the end there must be war between the seed of the woman and the dragon, and there must be bruising. But the final outcome is sure. As Satan was cast out of heaven, so he shall be cast out of earth, and Christ shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied.
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