…and He died and rose again conquering death once and for all. We now fight against the spiritual forces of darkness not human. Listen closely to the inner voice of the Holy Spirit in your life. He alone can protect you from the evil we now face here on earth. Satan only seeks to kill, steal and destroy believers making them so involved in worldly success that they forget the God that they serve. All things must be filtered through Scripture…if it is not in the NT it is not relevant for today. Jesus came to bring truth to the earth He is our template for Godly success.
There is victory in Jesus.
Devil (Gk. diabolos) (2:10; 12:9, 12; 20:2, 10; Matt. 4:1; Acts 10:38) Strong’s #1228; Satan (Gk. Satanas) (20:2, 7; Matt. 4:10; Rom. 16:20) Strong’s #4567: The word diabolos signifies a slanderer, one who accuses another. Hence that other name given him: “the accuser of our brethren” (12:10). The name Satan signifies an adversary, one who lies in wait for or sets himself in opposition to another. These and other names of the same fallen spirit point to different features of his evil character and deceitful operations.
Enraged by his inability to destroy the woman, Satan, the dragon, resorts to war against a related group. The rest of her offspring are believers in Christ, since they keep the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. It is not clear whether they are Jewish believers (physical offspring of the woman) or Gentile believers (spiritual offspring).
In desperation, Satan opposes every trace of a biblically oriented faith in Christ.
Revelation 12:16–17 (NKJV)
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.
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