Today’s Topic: The Great War: The Demonic vs. The Saints: The Foundation
Scripture: Genesis 6; Exodus 1 and 2; Matthew 2; Revelation 12 and 13
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now for the next few messages I want to show you this because it is easy to get caught up in the doctrine of rapture and all of these other teachings and never really hear the truth about an issue. From the very beginning of time and the age of man when Satan was cast out of the Highest Heaven to the second heaven (demonic), Satan has tried to destroy the program of God. He knew if he could cut off the bloodline that Christ would come through then that would ultimately result in the end of the covenant of God with Himself to have sons. Why does God want us to know this? We need to be prepared but if we do not know this then why is this even the case? Now how has Satan attempted to do this? Let me show you three examples.
Noah – Genesis 6
The program of God came from within one family of being over. Remember evil was continuously in the heart of mankind and God was grieved in his heart (Genesis 6:5,6) that he had made man. But grace was found in one man on the Earth and it was through that man that God would start the human race over through Noah and His family. If Satan or the demonic had got to Noah and contaminated his family with evil and sin then the program of God would have been over.
Moses – Exodus 1 and 2
Remember in the story of Moses when he was a newborn. A decree from Pharaoh went out into Egypt to kill the first born sons because the Israelites had grew in vast number and Pharaoh feared that they would rise up and take over the kingdom of Egypt so he made the decree in Exodus 1:22 to kill the firstborn sons and every daughter born can live. Remember Pharaoh was a type and shadow of the god of this world and who is that? Satan. Now if Moses’ mother would not have sent him up the river and Moses would have been killed then the program of God would have been over.
The Tribe of Judah
The reason I say the tribe of Judah is because when the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin were in Babylon and if the kingdom of Babylon would have destroyed the Tribe of Judah then that would have ended the program of God from the standpoint that it was prophesied that the Messiah would come through the Tribe of Judah and if the Tribe of Judah would have been destroyed then the Messiah could not come. This was just another way how Satan tried to destroy the program of God.
Jesus – Matthew 2
Do we remember when Jesus was born how Herod tried to trick the wise men into giving the location of where Jesus was born and when Herod realized he had been mocked by the wise men and told his armies to go kill all of the children that were in Bethlehem and in the coasts thereof from 2 years of age and under according to the time which Herod had inquired from the wise men. Now who was influencing Herod? Satan! Why? He was trying to kill Jesus and if he had succeeded then salvation for mankind would not have been achieved. But even as I am typing this I hear the Lord say all of the prophecies that were spoken from the Holy Spirit through the Prophets and the Law had to come true because it was God’s Word and His Word never fails. So we have a guarantee that if God has spoken these things to happen then you can rest assure that they will happen.
End of the Age – Revelation 12 and 13
Even at the end of the age Satan will try one last time to destroy the sons of God and end the program once and for all but he will be extremely angry because he has now only a short time (Revelation 12:12). Before this happens, this is foretold in the stars of our Heaven. Now when he is here he will wage war with the sons of God on Earth (Revelation 13:6,7).
Now as I close this out, I will make this statement because we talk about victory all the time but there is a time when the saints will lose. Yes, we will lose.
1. Daniel 7:25: “And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall WEAR OUT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH…”
2. Revelation 13:6,7: “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven and it was given unto him to make war with the saints, AND TO OVERCOME THEM:…”
Now we have 2 scriptures, one the vision God shows the prophet Daniel and the exact same vision given to the Apostle John in Revelation. So I know we will ultimately have victory in the very end but there is a time coming that the saints will lose and the scriptures have foretold these things almost 2000 to 2500 years ago.
In the next message we will look at how satan plans to wage war against the saints. I love God for this because it is only a mystery when you do not want to know but when God gives revelation then you have peace and are able to see things the way God sees them.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
