The Big Picture, Pt. 2
Part of Revelation of Christ
May 19, 2022

REVELATION 12:7-13

THE GREAT WAR (vs. 7-12)

And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So 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.

10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
Revelation 12:7-12

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    is the counterpart of Satan in rank.

  2. We mistakenly think of Satan as living in

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  3. Satan is the

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    of our brethren.

  4. The brethren overcame Satan by the

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    of the Lamb and by the word of their
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    , and they did not love their
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Satan’s Four Falls

  1. From a glorified servant to a profane thing (Ezekiel 28:14-16)
  2. From heaven to earth (Revelation 12:9)
  3. Into the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:1-3)
  4. Into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10)

Keys to Overcoming

  1. By the blood of the lamb
  2. By the Word of their testimony
  3. They did not love their livesto the death

Additional references:
Job 1:6-7, Ephesians 2:1-2, Luke 10:17-18, Revelation 11:15, Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 2:1, Ephesians 1:7, Romans 8:16, Philippians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 15:55

ISRAEL’S PERSECUTION (vs. 13-17)

Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:13-17

  1. Satan hates God but can’t touch Him, so he does the next best thing… He goes after God’s

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  2. God promises upernatural protection for

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    from the wrath of the Antichrist.

  3. Satan, having lost his war in heaven, will now go to war against

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Additional references:
Exodus 19:4, Isaiah 16:1-5, Matthew 24:15-21, Jeremiah 46:8, Isaiah 59:19b, Numbers 16:31-33, Revelation 6:9-11, Revelation 7:9-17