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Originally posted by DISRAELI
reply to post by Belcastro
The "war in heaven" in Revelation ch12 is a symbolic way of describing the "victory" won by Christ in his death on the cross.
That's why the same event is described later in the chapter as the Accuser being overcome "by the blood of the Lamb", ie by the death of Jesus (v11).
I refer you to my thread;
Satan fell from heaven
Originally posted by Belcastro
hey your that guy that wrote that megathread on Revelation. nice.
my question to you is when satan fell from heaven was that before or after the adam and eve in the garden of eden, if they call him "the ancient serpent.
Originally posted by DISRAELI
Originally posted by Belcastro
hey your that guy that wrote that megathread on Revelation. nice.
my question to you is when satan fell from heaven was that before or after the adam and eve in the garden of eden, if they call him "the ancient serpent.
Thank you.
Frankly, the theory about "being kicked out of heaven before the Creation" is more John Milton's Paradise Lost than it is the Bible.
Part of the problem is that "heaven" has got more than one meaning in the New Testament. It can be where God is, or it can be where the stars are.
Satan's "falling from heaven" is more about falling from power. It meant he was losing his power over humanity. It was already beginning while Jesus was teaching (Luke ch10 v18) and the Cross finished the job.
So Revelation ch12 is a little "flashback" in the story of Revelation, put in to explain the origin of Satan's hostility to the church.
Originally posted by Belcastro
if they are invents of satan then that means the ancient serpent exists to this day and influences them.
Originally posted by DISRAELI
Originally posted by Belcastro
if they are invents of satan then that means the ancient serpent exists to this day and influences them.
Yes, John's got that angle covered as well.
He shows Satan as falling down to earth, very angry (v12), like a wounded animal, mortally wounded but not yet dead.
Then at the end of the chapter he sets up "the Beast" as a way of getting his revenge.
The teaching of the gospel (which is what "the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony" means) is that freedom from the Accuser's power is available in principle, but not everybody takes it up.edit on 16-4-2013 by DISRAELI because: (no reason given)