Revelation 12: The Epic War Of The Ages (Part 2) Series

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:1–2)

So we are to be strong in the Lord through prayer, fasting, the Word, and resisting sin. Look at Daniel 10:12-13 Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. 13 The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,

Back to Revelation 12:10, John tells us that there is going to come a time when Satan is thrown out of heaven and cast down to earth. I believe all of this is going to happen at the moment of the Rapture. Satan is a defeated foe and he knows this. So when the victory of the church is consummated with the rapture and the wedding feast in heaven, Satan is cast out of heaven, which begins the tribulation period.

with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. (1 Thessalonians 4:16)

Why would the archangel be shouting at the rapture? Could it be that he is confronting Satan and his demons as they try to thwart the rapture? Could it be that this is the archangel Michael shouting? It is the war ensuing in heaven as the souls of the saints are snatched out of harm's way after Satan is hurled to the earth? It is possible that what triggers this war in heaven there in Revelation chapter 12 could be the rapture. Michael always seems to be fighting for God’s people - Israel, and the church, and he’ll stand up for all the saints at the end of the time of the tribulation.

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” (Jude 9)

We can never underestimate the war that is raging in heaven over the souls of man and that includes your life. That warfare constantly spills into the world we live in right now. That is going to come to a violent head where Satan is thrown down to earth and we will be snatched away.

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. (Matthew 11:12)

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. (Romans 16:20)

through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (Hebrews 2:14)

?For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12)

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. (?2 Corinthians 11:13–15)