I have asked this question elsewhere and I want to ask here.
I’ll just start by posting the following from the book of Revelations:
Revelation 12:9 the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And the following:
Revelation: 12:16He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
Now, I am interested in others opinion of whether you think that any rules so to say change because of the devil and his demons being all on earth, and because of the 666 being given out? What do you think this means for us?
Thanks
I have asked this question elsewhere and I want to ask here.
I’ll just start by posting the following from the book of Revelations:
Revelation 12:9 the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And the following:
Revelation: 12:16He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
Now, I am interested in others opinion of whether you think that any rules so to say change because of the devil and his demons being all on earth, and because of the 666 being given out? What do you think this means for us?
Thanks
Well, first of all Rev. 12:7-12 describes a great angelic battle in which Satan and those with him are removed from heaven. The question then should be.......When did or does this battle take place?
One way to answer this question is to look at other places in Scripture where Satan appeared before the Lord. In Job.1-2 Satan is seen before the Lord in heaven. Therefore, the battle in Rev. 12 had to take place after this time.
Now, Job is said to be the oldest book of the Bible.
In Zech. 3 Satan appeared before God to accuse Joshua of wrongdoing. This again shows Satan still had access to heaven in the Old Testament period.
In the New Testament, Eph. 6:11-2 also notes Satan operating in the heavenly realm: ......
"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
Ephesians was written in approximately AD 60—62, about thirty to thirty-five years before Revelation. At this time, Satan was still taught as being able to access God's presence in heaven.
So then.........These passages indicate that Rev. 12 has not yet taken place and most likely describes a future event during which Satan and his followers will not be allowed any access to heaven..
It seeems as if to me that Rev. 12:6 seems to indicate this will take place at approximately the midpoint of the tribulation period. Satan and his fallen angels will have only three and a half years to attack God's people. Verse 12 notes,........
"But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!"
The one who causes men to receive the mark of the Beast is actually the "False Prophet" and not the A/C.
That also is still in the future.
We.......people have always tried to make something real that is not actually real. I know that it is comimng but IMO it is not with us today AND..........
IF you are a born again believer you will not experience those things anyway as the Rapture will remove all REAL Believers.