Satan In A Rage

Satan is the power behind the seven empires, all of the kings, and the Antichrist. The Holy Spirit wants us to know that Satan will empower these earthly authorities. Yet, it is God who allows kings to reign (Dan. 4:25-26). God also wants us to know the origin of the Antichrist’s real power.
When we arrive at verse 4, we discover that the Greek verb “swept” is a historical present. It takes us back in time before the world was created. Gaps in time are not uncommon in scripture (see study of Dan. 11 ). This is a jump back in time to when Satan and one-third of the angels in heaven rebelled against God.

And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. (NASB) Rev. 12:4

Here we learn that they attempted to defeat God and His holy angels; but they were stopped, and God gave them the planet earth as their new home. Now they can only visit heaven.

Since then Satan has been at war with God and has attempted to kill Jesus, the son of Mary. The woman represents the nation of Israel which is pictured as giving birth to Jesus. Was it Satan who attempted to kill Jesus after the three magi had visited Jesus? In Matthew 2:13-15 we are told that it was King Herod, but here we discover that Herod did not act alone. Satan motivated King Herod.
In 2 Corinthians 2:11 the Apostle Paul says . . .

. . . that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. (NASB) 2 Cor. 2:11

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