Saturday, October 18, 2014 Text: “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 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.” - Revelation 12:7-9 Comment: The name Michael means “Who is like God?” It is a name that proclaims the supremacy and majesty of the Almighty God. Jesus Christ is the one whom God uses to vindicate His name and uphold the majesty of the Most High, the God of gods and Lord of lords. The name Michael is one of his titles. He is the arch angel spoken of in 1Thessalonians 4:16 and Jude 1:9. The text for today speaks prophetically of a time a war was fought in heaven in order to expel the devil from the heaven of heavens to the regions of this earth. The expulsion of the devil from heaven by the hosts of heaven under the command of Jesus Christ was the first stage in God’s plan which would culminate in the destruction of the devil and his hosts and the salvation of the just in an earth made paradise. After the devil was driven down from heaven a proclamation was made in heaven which said, “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” (Revelation 12:12) That short time the devil has to live before he is killed is known as the last days. We are now in that age. How are we to conduct ourselves? Christ exhorts us thus, “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” - Luke 21:36
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