Tag: Satan
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Shut Up for a Thousand Years – Revelation 20:3
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. There is a deep satisfaction in this verse. Satan is not…
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One Angel, One Chain, No Contest – Revelation 20:1-2
Revelation 20:1-2 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. There is almost a holy simplicity in this…
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Croaking Toward Armageddon – Revelation 16:13-14
Revelation 16:13, 14 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of…
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Not Just Admiration – Revelation 13:4
Revelation 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? This is where everything darkens even further. The world will not merely follow the beast politically. It will worship him spiritually. What…
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More Than a Match for the Accuser – Revelation 12:11-12
Revelation 12:11-12 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down…
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The Voice of the Accuser Silenced – Revelation 12:10
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. What a verse this is. All through this…
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No Place Left in Heaven – Revelation 12:7-9
Revelation 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:…
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The Dragon’s Ancient Hatred – Revelation 12:4
Revelation 12:4 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. This verse pulls the curtain back and lets us see…
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The Dragon Behind the Empire – Revelation 12:3
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. John has just shown us the woman and the child. Now he shows us the enemy. And he does not appear as a harmless symbol or a passing…
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The Same Devil Everywhere – Revelation 9:11
Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. John now tells us these horrors are not random. They have a king over them. Behind the torment, behind the darkness,…
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The Fallen Star with the Key – Revelation 9:1
Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth… John does not describe a star newly falling in that moment, but one which had already fallen. That matters, because this is not simply a blazing object dropping out of the sky. This is a person. This…
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Where Satan’s Seat Was – Revelation 2:12-13
Revelation 2:12 (b), 13 (a) These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is… Pergamos was a dark place spiritually. According to Greek mythology, it was the birthplace of Zeus. And when Jesus speaks of Satan’s seat, the reference…