Monday, April 27, 2009

Revelation Chapter 12 - April 27, 2009

12:1 - I believe the woman here is symbolically the nation of Israel...God's chosen people. Because out of Israel God brought His son Jesus Christ. The woman is about to give birth to Jesus and the dragon (Satan, duh!) is about waiting for his chance to destroy the savior of the world.

12:5-6 - And just when Satan thinks he has done it...he has won...Jesus rises from the dead and goes up to heaven.

12:8 - War breaks out as Satan and his minions try one last time to defeat the God of the universe, but he is defeated. The war is over...Satan is defeated...Jesus has won! We are on the victorious side! That is so beautiful. No matter what happens in this world or in this life...as followers of Jesus we will be victorious!

12:11 - This is cool...it is a blueprint for defeating battling Satan and his freaky friends. 1.) The blood of Jesus Christ. You have to have that...the forgiveness...the righteousness from his sacrifice. 2.) The Word of Testimony. You have to know the gospel truth...who you are, who Satan is, and the power you have been given. 3.) You cannot love your life more than God. If you worship yourself and your life, you will fall victim to temptation after temptation in this world.

12:13 - This is such a scary thought, because we can see through history how Satan has pursued the Jewish people. Has that ever made any sense? In country after country the Jewish people have been rejected, killed, blamed, etc. It makes no sense! Why this small group of people? Because they are the people of God and Satan hates them.

12:17 - Satan couldn't defeat God and he cannot exterminate the people of God, so he has turned to wreak havoc on the rest of the world. You have to be ready. You have to beware. We are at war - never forget that.

1 comment:

Matt said...

it amazes me how prophesies are still being fulfilled 2000 years later.