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I have been thinking for awhile about the war in heaven, the one mentioned in Revelations (chapter 12). It seems that we have an incident that needs to be placed. Now the problem I have is this, we read that the devil spoke to God in the book of Job, right. So at this time our great Adversary had not been cast out of heaven yet, according to the text in Revelations.
So when did this great battle take place? I read today in Matthew (12:12) “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence.” At this time Jesus was still in the early stages of his ministry, and was addressing the issue of biblical references to John the Baptist. I found the violence remark to be very interesting, since it could have multiple meanings, yet when we look at the evidence it might also refer to the looming battle in heaven.
Now some folks think that the Adversary was cast out of heaven early on, but this does not make sense to me, Rev. 12:13…“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.” The woman is considered the Church, the bride of Christ. Yet, when you read this particular verse, you find that our Adversary realizes he has been cast out of heaven after being defeated.
Ok…my point being that the only discussion about victory being complete is when we are discussing the event of Jesus’ death and resurrection. So this, I believe is the point where Satin reveals his plans for domination, along with the corruption of a third of heaven; “And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”Rev 12:4 To me this clearly shows that Satan has made his move and was trying to kill Jesus early on, probably via the actions of Herod. So in failing to kill Jesus, Satan attempts to overthrow the Kindom and gets tossed.
Sounds logical to me.
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