Introduction: In our last study we saw what happened to the angels that followed the devil, 1/3 of the host, are cast out of heaven. Now we pick our study up at Verse 9 and there we are going to see what happened to the devil at that time.
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Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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- “the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan”
- Down comes the devil, cast out of heaven.
- We shall see that his opposition will become even more fierce.
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- “cast out”
- Thrown out like the guest without a robe at the wedding: Matthew 22:11-13 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: [12] And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. [13] Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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- Our Lord will always be victorious over the dragon: cp. Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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- “which deceiveth the whole world”
- Satan is a deceiver: John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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- Told Eve, “ye shall not surely die” (Genesis 3:4)
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- Like false teachers and preachers: Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
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- Seeks to deceive Believers: 1 Peter 5:8
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- Deceives the nations today: Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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- Cp. Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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- “he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him”
- Herein is a terrifying thought, the devil will come to this earth in fury.
- Wait till man sees these visitors from outer space!
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Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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- “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven”
- A glorious declaration for some, bad news for others.
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- “Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ”
- Satan vanquished is salvation.
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- Satan vanquished is strength: 1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
- Cp. Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
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- “for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night”
- Rejoice that this day means satan can no longer accuse us to the Savior.
- This he is doing today, even as he did with Job to God (Job1 & 2)
- Great news for us as believers.
- Rejoice that this day means satan can no longer accuse us to the Savior.
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Conclusion: What a great note to end our study on, the removal of that old dragon that accuses us before the Throne of God daily. Praise God the accusations will end.