Ch
1
Rapture Return of
7 Churches Ch 2-3
4:1 Christ ch
19 New Heaven
Trib ch
6-19 Millenium ch 20
& New Earth
Vision
of
Reign of Christ ch-21-22
Throne ch
4-5 1000 years
Revelation
Chapter 12
Lesson 34
The Woman and the Dragon - Part 3
12:10-12 Praise at the defeat of Satan
- Salvation here is not
in the sense of from the penalty of sin;
but speaks of the deliverance and completion of the divine plan.
- 12:10b Restated again is the reality of the
expulsion of Satan from heaven;
No longer is he able to bring an accusation against
one of the saints, a believer.
- This has been Satan's
pattern of operation right down thru the ages and it all comes to a halt when
he is cast out of heaven here.
- First we're given the basis or ground of the
victory;
"because of the
blood of the lamb"
- Secondly the activity
that overcomes Satan is stated; its basis is:
"because of the word of their testimony,"
- Third the attitude involved in victory
"they did not love their life even to death."
To them it will be more important to be faithful to
the word, to God's will than to go with the flow, the vpt of the day, and
relieve the persecution.
Because of the victory over Satan and his expulsion
from heaven; Its a time of rejoicing;
He is confined to the earth as the only sphere of
operations. And he knows that his time
is short.
Some
observations:
1. Defeat does not reduce his
defiance. Satan knows he's defeated and
that his time is short.
2. Here we have Satan expelled from heaven
and he is going to vent his wrath on those with whom God is dealing with in a
very special way at this time; Who does
he attack? The church no!! Its
gone! The woman,
3. He takes out his defiance against God
and against Christ by persecuting the woman,
4. God is preparing
- Satan knows what the
Word teaches that the next event is the return and of the Messiah who is to
rule over the Jewish remnant remaining.
12:14-17
Assault on the Jewish remnant
It's interesting that the remnant's escape is
linked to an eagle.
- Ex 19:3-4
- Dt 32:10-12
- Isa 40:31
- It is noted that the
remnant will be protected for the whole period of the Great Trib.;
12:15-16 Satan pursues
the remnant!
The implication is that Satan strives with all his
power to persecute and exterminate the people of
But by divine intervention God renders his attack
on the fleeing remnant impotent!