7 Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to battle with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought.
8 But they were defeated, and there was no room found for them in heaven any longer.
9 And the huge dragon was cast down and out--that age-old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, he who is the seducer (deceiver) of all humanity the world over; he was forced out and down to the earth, and his angels were flung out along with him.
10 Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now it has come--the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren, he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and night, has been cast out!
Look at the events that we are shown here. Jesus was first born, then He was caught up to Heaven, and when He was caught up, this is the time that satan and the fallen angels were cast out of Heaven. Jesus shows John here that satan was cast out of Heaven after He was crucified and raised from the dead, not before He was. Think of it, satan was accusing Job in Heaven before Jesus came to the earth wasn’t he, Job 1? The churches power, or the woman’s power, is salvation and our Kingdom is from Christ, and this all came to us after Jesus was raised from the dead. After Jesus’ crucifixion is when He bruised satan’s head with His heel, and after He was crucified is when Jesus took the keys of death and hell from satan, Revelation 1:18.
11 And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].
Jesus is the woman’s power, the Churches power, and His Blood keeps us clean from sin, 1 John 1:9. There is nothing left for satan to accuse us with, so there is no longer any room for him in Heaven. We are no longer saved by works; we are now saved by grace and faith, Ephesians 2:8. No man can truly accept Jesus as Lord unless the Holy Spirit empowers him to, 1 Corinthians 12:3. And our faith is now authored and finished by Jesus, Hebrews 12:2. So everything we are is of our Father, and satan has no grounds to accuse us and he has no place to accuse us, Jesus won and it is finished! Until Jesus did all of this for us satan was allowed to stay in Heaven. But as soon as Jesus was raised up from the dead, satan was thrown out of Heaven.
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