The Blame Game
Revelation 12:7-12
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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.
11 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.
12 ¶ 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 unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Verse seven pertains to Satan and all the Angels that followed him being cast out of Heaven which will take place during the midpoint of the great tribulation period.
Why God has allowed Satan and his followers to stay in Heaven all of this time we are not told, it is a mystery. But it will now be finished.
Revelation 12:8
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Satan during this time will be defeated, during this time it is not Satan who initiates this war but rather the Arc Angel Michel at the command of God.
Verse eight says, neither was their place found any more in Heaven.
This joins with the close of the book of Revelation, where the evil one has no place on earth as well.
His place will be in the place of torment for ever and ever according to Revelation 20:10.
Revelation 20:10
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 12:9 Says:
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
He is called the great Dragon because of his propensity to “steal, kill and destroy” that is according to John 10:10.
He is called the old serpent because in his first appearance in the Bible, he chose to work through a serpent; so he is the one who caused the serpent to be wryly subtle and treacherous.
Deception is his greatest weapon; he deceives and he himself is deceived.
Verse 9 says he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
This is pronouncing the beginning of the end for him.
Revelation 12:10
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.
This verse is presenting the White robe wearers of Revelation 6:10.
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
This presents the triumph of Christ; this is also referring to the fact that Christ will rule this world not Satan.
For the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
This is saying that either Satan or one of his fallen angels is before the Throne of God accusing the brethren constantly.
In the book of Job we see where Satan went to the Throne of God and he made accusations against Job.
Revelation 12:11
11 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.
The power to overcome and to overwhelm the Kingdom of Satan is found exclusively in the Blood of the Sacrifice of the Son of God and our faith in that finished work.
And by the Word of their testimony, the testimony must pertain to the fact that our object of our faith is the cross.
This gives the Holy Spirit the ability to work in our lives.
Revelation 12:12
12 ¶ 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 unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Heaven rejoices because Satan no longer has access to those portholes.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
The woe that is mentioned here is the third and final woe and this is pertaining to Satan being cast out of Heaven, down to earth he will have great anger.
He knows that he has a short time to carry out his plan.
Satan is mad because he really does know that his days are numbered.
Anything that he can do he will do in order to defeat you.
I have entitled this today:
The Blame Game and here is the reason why:
8-8-08
I dreamed that we were in the sanctuary of the church. It was Wednesday night. I got up and was teaching. The church was pretty full. About 7:10 everyone got up and started to leave. I asked an individual what had happened and they said they knew but was not going to tell. I knew that this person was going to blame someone else. I now ask Minnie what had happened. She said that Jr thought the service was over so he got up to leave and every one else followed. I laughed
Interpretation
A lot of times we try to blame someone else for things and we have the wrong person.
A lot of times we blame Satan for all of our problems but the true problem is not him it is you who did it.
A lot of times we cause the messes that we go through because of disobedience.
Hard aches come our way nothing seems to go right and we automatically start the blame game.
The car breaks down, late on bills, no food in the house.
We automatically blame Satan, can I ask you a question today have you paid God His tithes?
Are you being obedient to God?
If not then the Bible says that you are cursed with a curse.
A lot of times we bring on our own problems by not obeying the whole Word of God.
Who are we blaming for our problems today?
Satan is mad and he will try to take you down, but we have to learn to be an over comer.
We overcome situations by trusting what the Word of God says to do.
Is Satan making false accusations against you or is he not talking about you at all and that is not good.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Are your old things passed away?
11 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.
Are we overcoming Satan by the Blood of the Lamb?
How is our testimony?
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Are we playing the blame game?
Maybe it is time for us to take responsibility for some of the things that we go through.
Quit blaming someone else for things that you have no idea about.
Satan is mad when we are serving Christ, but through the Blood of Jesus you will persevere.
Who are you blaming for the situation that you’re going through?
Look at the situation and apply what the Word of God says and evaluate the situation that you are in.
When you apply what the Bible says then you will find healing for the situation that you are going through.
At times it is Satan causing some of your problems but sometimes it is by the choices that you make.
Closing
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Where is your strength coming from?
Obedience to the Word is the key to a victorious Christian life.
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