Boberservations Column: - "The Devil Cast Down"

Satan is the great enemy of the church.  He fights against God and His people on different fronts and his tactics of warfare many.  He accuses, lies, he intimidates and as we’ll see also goes to whatever length he can to be the victor.  However, Christ has overcome – and in the end, brings the victory. For us, as believers, Jesus stands between us and our mutual enemy with absolute authority. Christ is inseparable from his faithful sons and daughters. Though Satan tries everything in his power to destroy the church, Jesus promises that even the gates of Hell will not prevail. This is a promise that spoke clearly to the early church and it should encourage us today as well! Revelation 12 moves from describing Satan, the Devil, that Great Dragon as an accuser, to the praise and worship of Jesus Christ, and finally, to the victory we have as believers through the blood of the lamb and the words of our testimony.  Satan is overcome by Michael and his angels but also by the faithful believers who put their trust in the Lamb. Now that Satan is thrown down, his furious rage turns to the woman (Israel).