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What
are Satan’s schemes? Do you know? One of his schemes includes
motivating others to murder. He will do whatever he can to accomplish
his goals. He is at war with God and believers.
Third Sign - Male Child. The
next sign is a male child - Jesus.
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And
she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all
the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught
up to God and to His throne. (NASB) Rev. 12:5 |
Scripture
is very clear that in the future Jesus will rule all nations with
a rod of iron (Psalm 2:7-9; Rev. 19:15). In the past, He was taken
up to heaven after His death on the cross for our sins and returned
to life with God.
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For
I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third
day according to the Scriptures . . . (NASB) 1 Cor. 15:3-4 |
Our
visit into past history is over when we come to the next verse -
to the last half of the tribulation.
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And
the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place
prepared by God, so that there she might be nourished for
one thousand two hundred and sixty days. (NASB) Rev. 12:6 |
Jesus
said the same thing to His disciples - run.
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Therefore
when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken
of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place
(let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea
must flee to the mountains . . . (NASB) Matt. 24:15-16 |
Run
when you see the Antichrist. Run! Satan is after you! But Israel
will not be alone, for God will care for them during the final 1,260
days of this age which is the last half of the tribulation. God’s
faithful love for His people will not stop.
Fourth Sign - Archangel
Michael. We have already been told in Rev.
9:1-2 that Satan will one day be denied access to heaven. Michael and his
angels will fight with Satan and his evil angels, and Michael will win.
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And
there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war
with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and
they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place
found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown
down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth,
and his angels were thrown down with him. Then I heard a
loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and
the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of
His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has
been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day
and night. And they overcame him because of the blood of
the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and
they did not love their life even when faced with death.
(NASB) Rev. 12:7-11 |
Notice
the phrase “no longer a place found for them in heaven.” Satan
will finally be denied access to heaven, and heaven will rejoice
and give praise to God and Jesus.
Satan In A Rage. When
this happens Satan will know that he has very little time left. Like a little
frustrated boy or girl who has been wounded, he will seek revenge.
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For
this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them.
Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come
down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only
a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was thrown
down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth
to the male child. (NASB) Rev. 12:12-13 |
He will attempt to persecute the Israelites in some way, but God
will not let him do what he wants.
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