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Revelation 12:7–17
The End Times—Sermon #29
Intro: The chapter we are studying here in Revelation is a chapter wrapped in conflict.
In our last study we witnessed war between the nation of Israel, symbolized by pregnant woman, and Satan, symbolized by a great red dragon.
As we read our text today, you may have noticed that these verses continue the image of conflict.
In fact, verse 7 is quite a shock to the system.
When we read of war in Heaven it kind of takes us back.
We do not think of Heaven as being a place where wars are fought.
If the Bible announced a war on earth, we would not be shocked.
Our world has a long history of bloody warfare.
According to one statistician, in the 5, 560 years of recorded human history there have been some 14, 531 wars.
Many of history’s wars were conflicts between two nations, or two factions within a nation.
But, in World War II war was taken to new and devastating heights.
By the time the war reached its zenith only twelve nations were not involved in the conflict on at least some level.
In the year 2,000 there were at least forty armed conflicts being fought on the soil of thirty-six different nations.’
Our world is a world of warfare!1
Yet, when we read of warfare in Heaven, we are taken aback.
This war will settle a conflict that has been raging since before there was a world.
As we discovered in our last study, Lucifer, who seems to have been the chief among God’s angels sinned against God.
He led one-third of the angels of Heaven away from God in this rebellion and he and they were removed from God’s presence.
Lucifer became Satan and he has done everything in his power to disrupt the eternal plan of God to redeem His elect people and His ruined creation.
Since that time, as we will discover, Satan has had limited access to Heaven.
This chapter tells us about the final battle in this ages old war.
In this battle, Satan, the great dragon, is forever cast out of Heaven.
While there are details here that are confusing, these verses are a blessing to the children of God.
They tell us of a day when Satan will finally and eternally be cast out of Heaven.
Let’s look at these verses and examine a few more of the participants of the Tribulation Period.
I want to preach on that time when The Dragon Is Cast Out.
I. THE REVEALING OF THE DRAGON
(III.
There are several passages that talk about the devil, his origin and his activities, Isa.
14:12–20; Eze.
28:12–19; 1 Pet.
5:8.
This passage seems to reveal the devil far more clearly than any other passage in the Bible.
So, let’s learn a little more about the dragon today.)
A. v. 9 His Names
—A quick look at the names given to this creature reveals more about him than he wants people to know.
1. Dragon—A winged, mythical creature that resembles a serpent with four legs.
Dragons are usually associated with fierceness, brutality, violence and destruction.
Superstitious people in the dark ages lived in fear of fire-breathing dragons.
This image is fitting for Satan.
He is a violent character, bent on the total destruction of God and His creation.
He is responsible for countless deaths and wars.
2. Old Serpent—This immediately calls us back to the fist appearance of Satan in the Bible, Gen. 3:1ff.
In that passage Satan appears to Eve in the form of a serpent and entices her to commit sin.
The image of a serpent is an image of something that is evil, contemptible, detestable, deceitful, underhanded and sly.
What a perfect depiction of the devil!
He spends his time attempting to deceive everyone he encounters.
3. Devil—The word devil comes from the word “diabolos”.
It refers to one who is a “slanderer, a false accuser”.
It pictures him as a creature who stands before God accusing the saints of God.
This is just what the Bible says he does in Job 1–2.
When we fail, he accuses us before the throne of God.
He slanders our name and he slanders our Savior too.
4. Satan—This word means “adversary’or “one who stands opposed’.
This is what Satan is all about.
He opposes everything that has to do with God.
He opposes everything God is trying to do.
He opposes the people of God, the House of God, the Word of God and the plan of God.
He stands in open opposition to everything that is decent, holy and right.
He is an adversary!
B. v. 9–10 His Nature
—This passage not only reveals Satan through his names, but also through his nature.
This passage reveals the two most common activities of the devil.
1. v. 9 Revealed By His Earthly Deceptions—We are told that it is he “which deceiveth the whole earth”.
The word “deceiveth” means “to seduce, to lead astray, to lead out of the right way’.
That is Satan’s mission!
When he appeared before the Lord in Job 1:7; 2:2, he was asked about his activities.
He replied that he had come “from going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it.”
He was on the prowl for souls to deceive.
That is what Peter says about him in 1 Pet.
5.8 The word “seeking” in that verse means “to crave, to reason, to plot’.
Satan is always plotting someone’s fall.
He craves the souls of men.
He reasons out ways to turn people away from God and from Christ.
And, he is very good at what he does!
He can come into our midst and not even be recognized, 2 Cor.
11:13–14
Satan is a deceiver and he always has been.
When he came to Eve in Eden he is called “subtil’.
That word means “crafty and shrewd’.
Satan deceived Eve and he has been deceiving people ever since.
He will continue to weave his web of lies and half-truths until he is cast into the Lake of Fire.
2. v. 10 Revealed By Some Heavenly Declarations—Satan is described by the host of Heaven as “the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night’.
The word “accuser” means “to make an accusation”.
It speaks of “a plaintiff who brings up another person on charges”.
That is Satan’s business!
It seems from Job 1:6and 2:1 that Satan still has some limited access to the throne of God.
When he appears there, he does so to condemn the saints of God.
He did this to Job and to Joshua, Zech.
3:1.
He stands before God and points out our sins and our failures.
He does not have to lie about us, because we have enough failure and sin in our lives that he has a ready supply of accusations to make.
Yet, when he opens his mouth and declares his case, the saints of God have a Man on the inside!
We have a lawyer in Heaven
The word “Advocate” in 1 John 2:2 means “one who pleads another’s cause before a judge”.
Jesus Christ, our Advocate stands up to declare us just and justified.
He pleads our case by showing the nail prints in His hands and feet.
He pleads the blood He shed on the cross as the perfect, eternal payment for all our sins.
The Father cries “Case dismissed!”
Hallelujah!
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