War in Heaven

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The twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation describes how Michael and his angels will drive Satan and his angels from their place in the heavens. Stan Josephsen preached Sunday morning (7/17/2005). He presented the arresting thought that this battle will not occur instantly but over a period of time; and that it has begun!

The passage from Revelation tells us that the casting down of Satan and his angels will result in the coming of salvation, power, and the Kingdom of God. The inhabitants of Heaven will rejoice as a result. But this means trouble for the people living on the earth, because Satan will be furious, knowing that his rule is soon to come to an end.

Have you noticed how moral horrors are increasing in the world? Is this because Satan and his angels are relinquishing their position in the heavens and expressing themselves in the earth? It seems so, for the things that are happening are clearly diabolical. Innocent people of all ages are being blown apart by bombs.

It appears that individuals are being driven by demons, for what they are doing is not human. For example: the traffic in sexual activity and perversion using little children. Can this be nothing more than human lust, or are supernatural beings controlling the appetites of people? Then there are the instances where students in school are murdering their classmates.

If Pastor Stan is correct, we can expect to see a rapid increase in unbelievably horrible behaviour as fallen angels drive their victims into hellish crimes.

A substantial number of young adults are strapping bombs on themselves and killing ordinary people who are going about their business, and doing this in the name of God! No doubt we are at the beginning of the third world war. But it is not a war of nation against nation but of groups of individuals who are determined to tear down society, being willing to kill themselves in order to accomplish their goals.

It is our point of view that no effort by any government or combination of governments will be able to control terrorism. Only the Lord Jesus Christ has the power to stop terrorism, and He is not going to do this until there is widespread repentance. I personally believe that millions of people are going to die in the United States as terrorists smuggle in atomic bombs and detonate them. Or we may experience poison in our water sources or anthrax in the air.

Remember, we are not struggling against human beings but against spiritual lords who rebelled against God at one time, and then were driven down to a lower heaven.

Stan stressed Zion as a symbol of a militant remnant who will serve God in the last days.

At the evening service I emphasized that Satan is being torn down because there are those believers who are overcoming him by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of their testimony, and by loving not their lives to the point of death. It is only as some Christian people are willing to give themselves wholly to Christ that Satan can once and for all be driven from the heavens, and ultimately from the earth. Are we willing to set aside our own life that Satan and all his works may be overcome and removed from the creation?